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Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia

How can we live a good life on one planet with over seven billion people? This course will explore greening the economy on four levels – individual, business, city, and nation. We will look at the relationships between these levels and give many practical examples of the complexities and solutions across the levels. Scandinavia, a pioneering place advancing sustainability and combating climate change, is a unique starting point for learning about greening the economy. We will learn from many initiatives attempted in Scandinavia since the 1970s, which are all potentially helpful and useful for other countries and contexts. The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University is an international centre of excellence on strategies for sustainable solutions. The IIIEE is ideally suited to understand and explain the interdisciplinary issues in green economies utilising the diverse disciplinary backgrounds of its international staff. The IIIEE has been researching and teaching on sustainability and greener economies since the 1990s and it has extensive international networks connecting with a variety of organizations.

Status: Economic Development
Status: Environmental Policy
BeginnerCourse15 hours

Featured reviews

JG

5.0Reviewed Oct 12, 2015

Great lectures and discussions around sustainability in Scandinavia. I leanred a lot of information that I could apply in my life.

JE

5.0Reviewed May 25, 2017

Loved this course - great videos, really interesting subject matter, thought provoking peer review projects/questions, genuinely really enjoyed this! Thanks!

MS

5.0Reviewed Jun 6, 2020

Very nicely structured the course by segregating into various departments like individual, organisation, city and policy wise. It really helped to look at the same problem differently.

YM

5.0Reviewed Oct 17, 2020

Great course! I love how well organised it is, and how everything is (from assignments to course setup) explained. As someone who is new to the field, I found the material very accessible.

RO

5.0Reviewed Nov 24, 2022

Thank you, Lund University and Coursera! I have to truly master these subjects/courses and I should not be lazy about them. More to learn! Have to purchase the Certificate in due time.

AD

5.0Reviewed Oct 25, 2015

The course gives a broad overview of how businesses can iintegrate sustainability and is like a pre cursor to LU's masters degree in Environment, ma

LZ

5.0Reviewed Apr 28, 2019

Very clearly explained, also for those not very familiar with the core subject. Challenging, practical and rewarding learning methd.

TT

5.0Reviewed Mar 8, 2020

My very first MOOC on sustainability topic. Good to have an overview on the link between environmental and economic aspects of society

GB

5.0Reviewed Mar 19, 2017

It's a very well designed course. It speaks about individual choices and how to manage them, market options for green economy, and political acts to achieve it.

GF

4.0Reviewed Mar 19, 2017

This programme offers a great introduction and background to the thinking on the Green economy, as well as very useful examples from Scandinavia.

JM

4.0Reviewed Oct 13, 2015

Interesting concepts, interesting way of presenting them and the peer-assignement is a great way to discover knew things while review our classmates.

AS

5.0Reviewed Apr 10, 2017

very informative course.. very intriguing method of teaching.. interviews with different stakeholders were very enlightening.

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