| FREE UN Courses on Energy Transition and Renewable Resources
1. Become a Player in the Energy Transition – ITC https://lnkd.in/gsB88PmC 2. Energy Subsidy Reform – IMF https://lnkd.in/dhUKezb8 3. Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Mitigation Strategies – IMF https://lnkd.in/gDPGwCvN 4. Introduction to Standards and Sustainability – ITC https://lnkd.in/ep_KqZv 5. Sustainable Cities – SDG Academy https://lnkd.in/dF7dJCV 6. Sustainable Lifestyles – UNSSC https://lnkd.in/gCZ8c9py 7. Green Marketing Challenge – UNSSC https://lnkd.in/gFGFFyru 8. E-Course on Carbon Taxation – World Bank https://lnkd.in/dhpC8g5 9. Podcast: The Fight for Our Forests and Future: The Rising Threat from Oil and Gas Exploration https://lnkd.in/gxDBnSW3 10. Podcast: Dealing with climate emergency and disaster risks: How can we make climate and risk knowledge accessible to those who need them the most? https://lnkd.in/gRqzh6Gd |
| FREE Sustainability-Related Courses offered by the United Nations
1. The National Implementation of the Paris Agreement Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=176&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 2 hours Certificate Language: English Description: This course was developed by the UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat to explain how Parties to the UNFCCC implement the goals of the Paris Agreement through continually increased ambition expressed in national legislation, constitutional amendments, regulations, standards, codes or other mandatory compliance means. 2. The Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=175&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 3 hours Certificate Language: English Description: This course will introduce you to the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee (PAICC). It will provide you with a detailed description of the function, nature, and operation of the Committee. 3. Introduction to Sustainable Development in Practice Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=170&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 2 hours Certificate Language: English Description: This introductory course teaches learners WHAT is an integrated approach to sustainable development and WHY is it needed. The course explains the rationale, drivers, challenges, and opportunities for an integrated approach to tackling poverty-environment issues. The course lays the foundations for an advanced course focused on HOW to apply the integrated approach in practice. 4. International Climate Change Negotiations: Leveraging LoCAL Experience in Support of Climate Change Negotiations Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=159&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 3.5 hours Certificate Language: English, French Description: The course has been designed to build a solid understanding of the negotiation environment provided by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including its governing bodies, subsidiary bodies, negotiating groups and the financial mechanisms available, while focusing on climate change adaptation. 5. Gender Equality and Human Rights in Climate Action and Renewable Energy Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=142&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 6 hours Certificate Language: English Description: An overview of the interlinkages between gender, human rights, climate change, and renewable energy. The course provides participants with knowledge and tools to integrate and implement gender equality in renewable energy access and entrepreneurship, as well as related gender-responsive and human rights-based approaches in climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. 6. An Introduction to Climate Change and Human Rights Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=136&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 3.5 hours Certificate Language: English Description: This course addresses how human rights obligations require the international community to take more ambitious action to mitigate emissions, to support adaptation that benefits persons, groups and peoples in vulnerable situations, and to address loss and damage associated with the impacts of climate change. 7. Carbon Taxation Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=87&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 12 hours Certificate Language: English Description: Putting a price on carbon involves a fair amount of analysis and consultation with stakeholders. The overall goal of the course is to familiarize learners with underlying market dynamics, policy design options and relevant terminology. 8. Finding the Money – Financing Climate Action Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=77&page=overview Tutorial style Time: .45 hrs ️ Certificate: No Language: English, Spanish, Arabic, French Description: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the resilience and adaptive capacity of societies to the harmful impacts of climate change resulting from past emissions require significant financial resources. This tutorial provides an overview of what climate finance is and where countries access different sources of financing. 9. Climate Change: From Learning to Action Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=48&page=overview Pace: Self-paced Time: 8 hours Certificate Language: English, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese Description: This course provides “everything you need to know” about the basics of climate change. The course features lectures and exclusive interviews from UN experts on key climate change topics. The course is divided into six modules, each taking an average of 2 hours to complete. Each module features videos, lessons and exercises that give you an overview of a different aspect of climate change. 10. Climate Policy and Public Finance Link: https://unccelearn.org/course/view.php?id=15&page=overview Tutorial-style Time: 1 hour ️Certificate: No Language: English, Thai, Khmer Description: This tutorial aims to build understanding of the links between climate policy and public finance by using examples from Asia-Pacific region. The tutorial is divided into five sections, and it takes around 30 minutes to complete all sections. Reference: Unccelearn.org Share to help others learn and gain access to these opportunities |