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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesCoursera

    The fees for the course is :

    Fees componentsAmount
    Course feesRs. 2,699

    The Syllabus

    Videos
    • Introduction to the Course
    • Created in the time of COVID-19
    • Why Sustainability AND Development?
    • The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in this Course4
    • Background and Scope for Achieving the SDGs
    Readings
    • Recommended resources from Achieving the SDGs lecture
    • Course Syllabus
    • Help us learn more about you!
    assignment
    • Week 1: Introductions

    Videos
    • An Introduction to SDG 13: Climate Action
    • Climate Vulnerability & Adaptive Capacity in NE Brazil
    Readings
    • Introduction to Michigan Sustainability Cases and Gala Platform
    • Case: Climate and Development
    assignment
    • Week 2: Climate Change

    Videos
    • Poverty, Inequality and Strategies to Address Them: Introduction
    • Definitions of Poverty
    • Introduction to 'What is Poverty?' and 'How is Poverty Measured?'
    • Measures of Poverty
    • Introduction to 'Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes'
    • Capacity to Reduce Poverty
    • Causes and Effects of Poverty and Inequality
    • Mechanisms to Address Poverty and Inequality
    • Attempts to Address Poverty and Inequality 
    • Social Assistance Programs
    • Effectiveness of Social Assistance Programs in Poverty Reduction
    • Income Generation Programs
    • Logic of Income Generation Programs: Graduation Programs
    • Different Forms of Capitals
    • Unemployment Benefit Programs
    • Drivers of Unemployment Benefits
    • Ecotourism and Payment for Ecosystem Services
    • Payments for Ecosystem Services: Continued
    • Examples of Payment for Ecosystem Services
    • Comparing Environment Vs. Economic Programs for Effects on Poverty
    • Future Trends that will Influence Poverty and Inequality
    Readings
    • Additional Resources
    • 'The Poverty Trap'
    • 'Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)'
    • Case: Poverty, Environment, and Inequality
    assignment
    • Week 3: Poverty and Inequality

    Videos
    • An Introduction to Ecosystem Degradation & Biodiversity Loss
    • What is driving change and what are the impacts?
    • What can we do to ameliorate these changes?
    • Opportunities to dive deeper and learn more
    Readings
    • Case: Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Degradation
    assignment
    • Week 4: Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Degradation

    Videos
    • An Introduction to Sustainability Science
    • Implications for Sustainability and Development
    • Trade-Offs, Co-Benefits, and Transitions
    • Five Transitions of Human Societies: Demographic and Energy
    • Five Transitions of Human Societies: Forest, Agricultural, and Nutrition
    • How can past transitions guide sustainability transitions?
    • What can trade-offs and co-benefits look like?
    • Five programmatic examples demonstrating trade-offs and co-benefits
    • Improving Sustainability Solutions
    Readings
    • Share Course Feedback!
    assignment
    • Week 5: Trade Offs and Synergy

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