Sustainable Development Goals: Global Vision for Future
Discover how the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals shape worldwide efforts toward creating a more equitable and sustainable future.
Discover how the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals shape worldwide efforts toward creating a more equitable and sustainable future.
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015 as a global initiative towards sustainable development. Learn about the historical context of sustainability, the SDGs' framework, and how progress is measured. Gain insights into human impacts on Earth at a planetary level, focusing on climate action and biodiversity. Explore concepts like the Anthropocene, Planetary Boundaries, and Doughnut Economics. Examine the implementation of SDGs by various societal actors and understand the interconnectedness of these goals in addressing global challenges.
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What you'll learn
Understand the history and development of sustainable development concepts
Explain the framework and significance of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
Analyze methods for measuring progress towards SDGs
Evaluate human impacts on Earth's systems, focusing on climate and biodiversity
Understand the concepts of Anthropocene and Planetary Boundaries
Explore the social aspects of sustainability, including inequality and human conditions
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There are 3 modules in this course
This course provides a thorough introduction to the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their significance in shaping a global vision for sustainable development. Students will explore the historical context of sustainability, the SDG framework, and methods for measuring progress. The curriculum covers key concepts such as the Anthropocene, Planetary Boundaries, and Doughnut Economics, with a particular focus on climate action and biodiversity. Learners will examine human impacts on Earth at a planetary level and analyze the implementation of SDGs by various societal actors. The course emphasizes the interconnectedness of the goals and their relevance to global systems management, providing a comprehensive understanding of sustainable development challenges and potential solutions.
Sustainable Development as a Global Goal
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Managing human impacts on the natural world
Module 2 · 3 Hours to complete
Social sustainability and the way forward
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
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Professor of Biological Oceanography and Leader of the Sustainability Science Centre at the University of Copenhagen
Professor Katherine Richardson is a leading figure in biological oceanography at the University of Copenhagen, where she serves as the Head of the Sustainability Science Centre. With a distinguished career, she has chaired significant initiatives, including the Scientific Steering Committee for the Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions conference aimed at informing the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Additionally, she led the Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy, which developed Denmark's roadmap to eliminate fossil fuels from its energy and transport sectors. Her research, conducted at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, focuses on biogeochemical processes in the surface ocean and their interactions with climate change and biodiversity, particularly regarding their impact on the global carbon cycle. As a co-leader of the Planetary Boundaries framework, she aims to define a safe operating space for humanity concerning environmental perturbations. Katherine has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to contribute to the drafting of the Global Sustainable Development Report. With over 100 scientific publications to her name, she remains an influential voice in sustainability science and climate policy.
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