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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Addressing Sustainability and Development
University of Michigan
In this course, we focused on addressing the twin challenges of sustainability and development with actionable knowledge for innovating solutions to the world’s most pressing problems like climate change, poverty and inequality, and biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. When sustainability and development are placed on an equal footing, rather than 'sustainable' acting as a qualifier, it requires us to think more explicitly about the trade-offs, co-benefits and synergies between them.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week
Arun Agrawal
Samuel Trask Dana Professor
University of Michigan
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Assess and analyze the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their relationship to the world's most pressing problems.
- Apply frameworks and evidence necessary to develop solutions.
- Describe the world's most pressing problems with a specific focus on poverty & inequality, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, and climate change.
- Apply skills learned to implement solutions.
- Assess relevant solutions that would help realize the SDGs and at the same time, solve pressing problems.
Syllabus
During this engaging course, you will:
- Explore theoretical currents in Sustainability and Development.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Learn the methods and skills necessary for designing innovative solutions to sustainability and development problems through the emerging field of Sustainability Science.
- Explore three of the most pressing challenges undergirding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including climate change, poverty and inequality, and ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss.
- Compare and contrast the trade-offs, co-benefits and synergies between these challenges, especially as they relate to designing innovative solutions for achieving our sustainability and development goals.
Issued on 17th November 2021
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