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- A conceptual framework for environmental peacebuilding
- Evolution of environment, peace, and conflict linkages
- Case study: Extractives and peacebuilding in Aynak, Afghanistan
- Case study: Environmental peacebuilding in Colombia
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Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace
Learn the fundamentals of environmental and natural resources with Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace by Edx.
Intermediate
Online
8 Weeks
Free
Quick facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study, Virtual Classroom
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Learning efforts
2-4 Hours Per Week
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Course overview
Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace certification course provide a profound introduction to the many roles natural resources and the environment play in the creation, settlement, and rehabilitation of violent conflicts. Conflicts related to natural resources and the environment are a serious challenge faced by 21st-century Geopolitics. However, if managed in an equitable and sustainable manner, natural resources and the environment can be used as a vehicle of peace. The 8-week course focuses on peacebuilding as a new frontier in the fields of interdisciplinary research.
The Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace training is based on the individual research work by the students on the environment. The course includes self-paced learning and it’s really important because it will increase the learning of the student as he or she grabs from the theoretical aspects. The Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace certification would be given at the end of the eight-week program if the learners took the programme by paying the fee. In the free mode, they can access the programme for a limited duration. This is a complete online course of eight-week duration.
The highlights
- Specialisation in environmental science
- Requires 2-4 per week
- Self-paced learning study curriculum
- Verified by Edx
- Intermediate level certification course
Program offerings
- Assessments
- Lectures
- Reading materials
- Feedback
- Instructor support
Course and certificate fees
Type of course
certificate availability
certificate providing authority
Eligibility criteria
Work experience
No work prerequisites are mandatory for the Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace by Edx.
Education
No educational prerequisite is asked to apply for the course.
Certification qualifying details
Candidates who are keen to get the certificate of completion are requested to pay the fees and complete the entire programme successfully.
What you will learn
As the curriculum of the Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace programme will end, the candidates will learn the following concepts -
- The candidate will learn the effects of environmental and natural resource conflicts.
- Candidates can understand how violence damages the climate and natural capital.
- Learn how to promote peace-building through natural capital and climate.
- Discover how the relationship between natural resources and conflicts can be evaluated and addressed.
- The emphasis of the curriculum and Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace certification syllabus is on learning how conflicts between natural resources for the ecosystem and negative aspects of technology can be created.
- The candidates will address the issues that lead to conflict sensitivity in nature.
- Natural resources and significance could be taught at the beginning of the curriculum.
- More and more research work will focus on understanding the environmental conflicts.
Admission details
Follow the below-mentioned procedure to enrol for the Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace programme -
Step 1: Click on the link below to get a complete overview of the format of the course on https://www.edx.org/course/environmental-security-and-sustaining-peace.
Step 2: Further, candidates need to register with either Google or Facebook or if they already have an account on Edx then make a login.
Step 3: Click on the option “view course material”.
Step 4: Applicants will be directed to the course home dashboard where they can have access to complete course material.
The syllabus
Week 1
Module 1: Course overview
Week 2 and 3
Module 2: Natural resources and conflict causes
- Introduction
- Drivers of violent conflict emergence
- Climate stress, conflict, and peacebuilding
- Case study: Diamonds and conflict in Sierra Leone
- Case study: Climate change dimensions of the Arab spring
- Transparency and access to information
- Governance and resilience
- Conflict sensitivity
- Case study: Land as a conflict driver in Sierra Leone
- Mediating natural resource conflicts
- Wrap-up of module 2
Week 4 and 5
Module 3: Natural resources and the environment during armed conflict
- Introduction
- Environmental impacts of armed conflict
- The importance of natural resources during conflict
- Breakdown of environmental governance and social relationships
- Case study: Blood chocolate - Cacao and conflict in Côte d'Ivoire
- Conflict resources and pillage
- National tools for addressing conflict resources
- Implementing international law during armed conflict
- International law protecting the environment during armed conflict
- UN security council tools for addressing resource conflicts
- Natural resources in peace agreements
- Case study: Diamonds, timber, and conflict in Liberia
- Wrap-up
Week 6 and 7
Module 4: Post-conflict environmental peacebuilding
- Introduction
- Renewable and nonrenewable resources for recovery
- Environment and natural resources in post-conflict assessments
- Natural resources in security and stabilization
- Resources as entry points for dialogue and cooperation
- Restoring livelihoods and building resilience
- Case study: Cooperation around shared water in the Jordan river
- Empowering women in natural resource management and peacebuilding
- Rebuilding environmental governance
- Spatial planning and recovery
- Coordination in peacebuilding
- Mitigating environmental impacts of reconstruction
- Case study: Environmental peacebuilding through water management in Wadi El Ku, Sudan
- Wrap-up
Week 8
Module 5: Course wrap-up and final assignment
Course wrap-up and final assessment
How it helps
The main Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace certification benefits are that this course will teach students how to be more responsible towards the environment and how to protect it from different kinds of conflicts. This course on environmental protection and peacefulness provides a deep understanding of the many roles natural resources and the environment play in creating, resolving, and rehabilitating violent conflicts.
Certain considerations and answers are also significant in this regard for the understanding and approach to social disputes concerning natural resources and the environment. The course focuses on peacebuilding as a new frontier in interdisciplinary research, providing a philosophical and operational context that takes into account the constructive value of natural resources to build peace over the entire conflict-related development cycle while reducing risk.
The candidates can avail themselves of Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace certification benefits at the end of the course after taking certification for this respective course. The teaching will be delivered and focused on each student's work on environmental science. The course involves self-sustaining learning which is very significant because it improves the student's learning when drawing on the analytical aspects. After the eight-week curriculum, the credential will be issued.
Instructors
Mr Carl Bruch
Director
Freelancer
Mr David Jensen
Instructor
Freelancer
Other Bachelors, Other Masters
Dr Richard Matthew
Associate Dean
UCI Irvine
Mr Marc Levy
Deputy Director
Columbia University,...
Dr Erika Weinthal
Professor
Duke University, Durham
FAQs
There are a total of five modules that will be taught on a weekly basis for this particular course.
The main offerings that the programme gives are the verified certification, mentor support, and feedback, graded assignments, lectures.
No, the programme didn’t have any pre-requirements in regards to the education or work experience for enrollment.
SDG AcademyX provides and accredits this particular online course.
The course carries specialisation in the field of environmental studies.
The certification syllabus is focused on environmental conflicts, conflict sensitivity, environmental peacebuilding, and natural resources.
No, this is an entire online course, no on-field research will take place.
No, a one-time payment is a must, the candidate has to pay the fees in one mode in one way only.
In eight weeks, candidates need to complete the entire course and afterwards, the candidate can attain certification too.
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