The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions

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The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions
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Discover how global environmental crises are connected, their impacts, and how to take action in your local community.

Duration	4 weeks
Total fee	₹2,763
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions

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The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions
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Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate

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We are living in an era of unprecedented environmental change. As a result, we are experiencing biodiversity loss, climate change, and overuse of freshwater resources, to name just a few. All of these affect fundamental ecosystem processes, causing change on a local and global scale.
On this four-week course from Leiden University, you’ll learn how these huge environmental crises are interconnected and how they impact our planet.
By the end, you’ll be empowered to take action in your local environment by engaging in real-world activities within your community.
You’ll start by examining the planetary boundaries and how we could exceed key boundaries, risking an increasingly uninhabitable planet.
Next, you’ll explore biodiversity to understand its value and threats. With this knowledge, you’ll learn more about the biodiversity in your community and how to promote it.
As you delve into the environmental changes happening to our planet, you’ll unpack the consequences of climate breakdown.
You’ll look at the big picture and learn how to debunk climate misinformation before exploring what you can do to take local action.
You’ll gain insights into how pollution affects the planet as you develop the skills to assess the different risks associated with this threat. This knowledge will help you understand how to take collective action against issues such as plastic pollution.
Finally, you’ll explore the global and local transitions needed for a better future. This knowledge will ensure you finish the course with the skills to tackle local issues in your community which will help have a global impact.