Lund University - Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches
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- Public/Government Institute
Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches at Coursera Overview
Duration | 19 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches at Coursera Course details
- In this course, participants are introduced to key notions and concepts evolving in sustainability science that are relevant to all, independent to one's work or field of interest
- Throughout the course, links are made to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, as our current global road map towards sustainability, and how new approaches and solutions are emerging to describe, understand and address key sustainability challenges
- The first module presents essential concepts within sustainability science, and methods used to describe, frame, and communicate aspects of sustainability
- We look at key questions such as what we mean with strong or weak sustainability, resilience, tipping points and the notion of planetary boundaries
- The second module is all about systems thinking and how systemic approaches are applied today to achieve long-term sustainability goals
- Your will see what we mean with systems thinking and how systems thinking, and design is applied in practice to find new solutions
- The third module touches upon drivers for a sustainable future, namely links to economy and business with an introduction to notions of a circular economy, and also policy and regulatory frameworks
Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches at Coursera Curriculum
Key concepts to frame and communicate sustainability
Welcome, objectives and structure of the course
General reflections on advancements in sustainability science and development
Sustainability and Sustainable Development Part 1
Sustainability and Sustainable Development Part 2
Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals
Important concepts in sustainability
The Anthropocene and the Planetary boundaries
Narrating climate futures - creative and co-productive approaches to climate imaginaries
Interview - Environmental Policy at Lund Municipality, Sweden
The Lund University Sustainability Forum
Suggested readings
Suggested readings
Information - external video on the SDGs
image: the "SDG wedding cake"
Suggested readings
Information - external videos about positive tipping points
Suggested readings
Voluntary Local Reviews 2021: 4 Swedish cities
Quiz for module 1
Sustainability through a systems lens
Why systems thinking in sustainability?
What is system thinking?
Approaches to designing for modelling
Challenges in systemic design
Examples of systems
Systems summary
Information: two external videos on leverage points
Suggested readings
Gigamapping: example of tool in system design
Suggested reading
Quiz for module 2
Drivers for a sustainable future
Transformative governance and policy frames
The role of business in the circular economy - Part 1
The role of business in the circular economy - Part 2
The local view - Part 1
The local view - Part 2
The local view - Part 3
The global view - Part 1
The global view - Part 2
Circularity's value to society - Part 1
Circularity's value to society - Part 2
Circularity's value to society - Part 3
Suggested readings
Note on other Lund University MOOC on circular economy
Quiz for module 3
Innovation and Sustainability
Introduction to the module
What do we mean by innovation?
From innovation to system change
Innovation for weak and strong sustainability
Innovation in time and space
Case - Community currencies
Interview - Forum for Social Innovation Sweden
Interview - DigIT Hub, cluster for digitalisation
Interview - Sustainable Business Hub, cluster for smart sustainable cities
Suggested readings
Suggested readings
Interviews with external actors driving nnovation
Quiz for module 4
Working with scenarios
Working with climate scenarios
Biodiversity conservation is key to achieving the SDGs
Turning conflicts between biodiversity conservation and climate action into synergies
AI and data science for sustainability
AI and geodata science for sustsinability
Suggested readings
Suggested readings
Suggested reading
Quiz for module 5
Other courses offered by Coursera
Student Forum
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