ONLINE COURSES

Nothing undermines sustainable development like global crises and disasters. They can destroy decades of progress in an instant. Understanding and managing disaster risk is essential to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Today, the world finds itself in some of the darkest days in living memory. The war in Ukraine becomes more devastating every day, and COVID-19 has affected every corner of the world. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that without immediate and deep emission reductions across all sectors, keeping global warming below the 1.5°C thresholds will be impossible. 

This course highlights case study examples, tools, and ideas for addressing systemic risk and transforming how we think about risk. It also encourages action to make risk governance fit for purpose in the context of the climate emergency and an increasingly complex and interconnected world.  This course is a call to action to understand better and act to address systemic risks and global crises.  

An industrial age set of solutions for the extraction and provision of basic materials within a linear model is increasingly reaching its limits - due to, the one hand,d,  the rapid expansion of the global middle class of consumers and the other dwindling resources. The solution to this challenge is becoming increasingly apparent. It involves a shift from a linear economic model to a nonlinear model; from a linear economy to a circular economy.  

This course seeks to equip you with relevant concepts, principles, and applications related to Sustainability and  Circular Economy.  Explore relevant mindsets to embrace the  circular economy. Examine practical applications of principles of the circular economy.