The Challenge of Clean Growth and Clean Cities (FutureLearn)

The Challenge of Clean Growth and Clean Cities (FutureLearn)

Discover technologies for clean growth, consider clean growth strategy and explore the skills required to meet clean city targets. Explore one of the ten pillars of the industrial strategy. On this course, you’ll explore the latest research that’s contributing to the decarbonisation of the UK. You’ll explore the current targets which are forecast to be met using technologies and solutions such as hydrogen in the gas network and large-scale deployment of fuel cells.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see FutureLearn's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

You’ll learn about the future green skills economy and equip yourself with the skills to be part of the workforce that helps regions achieve their carbon net zero targets.
You’ll also consider the impact of the successful meeting of these targets on climate change and sustainable industrial development.

Syllabus

Week 1: What is the challenge of clean growth?
Week 2: The pathway to a cleaner city

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Identify the challenge of decarbonising our cities and regions, how to achieve this and the opportunities this provides
  • Investigate emerging technologies such as Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
  • Explore the impact of research in reducing climate change
  • Discuss how Industry 4.0 will accelerate clean growth

Who is the course for?
The course is designed for anyone with an interest in learning more about smart cities, clean growth, and industry 4.0.
It will be particularly useful for anyone looking at courses for developing their careers in this emerging economy or those with a genuine learning need to become more literate on the topic (eg if you’ve already attended carbon literacy training).
It will also be useful for researchers who want to showcase their expertise in working in the clean growth areas and entities with a desire to educate on their plans to achieve net zero carbon targets.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Big Bang and the Origin of Chemical Elements (edX) EdX
Seoul National University,SNUx

Big Bang and the Origin of Chemical Elements (edX)

Discover the ultimate origin of all chemical elements essential for life. Explore the Big Bang through Nobel Lectures and scientific papers in part 2 of Life in the Universe. This course will start with the nuclear structure of atoms and discuss the creation of hydrogen in the big bang universe and the fusion of hydrogen to make heavier elements in stars. Three pillars of the big bang cosmology will be elaborated.

This course is archived
4 Weeks
Net-Zero Building Fundamentals (Coursera) Coursera
Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Net-Zero Building Fundamentals (Coursera)

Interested in decarbonisation, high performance, and climate resilient buildings? Then this course is for you. Our future is low-carbon, net-zero buildings that are super-efficient and self-sufficient in terms of their energy and water use. Decarbonisation, digitisation, and deglobalisation are driving the infrastructure revolution over the next 20 years. This course, offered jointly by the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), will enable you to reap the benefits of this revolution and work on climate change.

Oct 26th 2026
5-12 Weeks
The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
University of Groningen

The Scientific Revolution: Understanding the Roots of Modern Science (FutureLearn)

Learn about the seventeenth-century Scientific Revolution and its role in shaping the modern Western world. How did the science of today come about? What constitutes ‘modern’ science? How does science relate to religion? Answer these questions and more with this course that travels back in time to the seventeenth-century Scientific Revolution to explore the roots of modern science.

Self Paced
3 Weeks
Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
The Open University

Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation (FutureLearn)

How important are eyewitness testimonies in police investigations? Discover how forensic psychology prevents criminal injustice. Become a forensic psychologist and help solve crimes using eyewitness evidence. Have you ever questioned how reliable your own mind is? In this 8-week forensic psychology course, you’ll learn how the mind plays tricks on us and how this can impact criminal investigations. You’ll discover how cautious the police have to be during eyewitness investigation, and you’ll step into the shoes of a forensic psychologist.

Self Paced
5-12 Weeks
Introduction to Physical Chemistry (Coursera) Coursera
University of Manchester

Introduction to Physical Chemistry (Coursera)

Chemical reactions underpin the production of pretty much everything in our modern world. But, what is the driving force behind reactions? Why do some reactions occur over geological time scales whilst others are so fast that we need femtosecond-pulsed lasers to study them? Ultimately, what is going on at the atomic level? Discover the answers to such fundamental questions and more on this course in introductory physical chemistry.

Nov 16th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Energy Transition Selection (IFP School) Other Providers
IFP School

Energy Transition Selection (IFP School)

This module is intended either for students and professionals interested in the energy transition challenges and innovative solutions to reduce CO2 emissions. But more specifically it is intended for those willing to gain knowledge about developing a decarbonized energy mix based on both renewables and natural gas, underground CO2 and energy storage, energy efficiency and CO2 abatements in processes, biofuels. In general, for those who are convinced that climate change is really a challenge that can also be sustained through concrete solutions and societal awareness. **ENERGY TRANSITION SELECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 31ST.**

Available Now
1 Week
How the Internet of Things and Smart Services Will Change Society (openSAP) OpenSAP
SAP

How the Internet of Things and Smart Services Will Change Society (openSAP)

The Internet of Things will forever change our personal and professional lives. By 2020, there will be 50 billion connected devices communicating through the Internet. Devices can range from connected coffee makers, cars, or sensors on cattle to connected machines in a production plant. These devices provide data that offers new insights, and as they talk to each other, they develop their own intelligence and can advise customers about optimal ways to put them to use. This will revolutionize consumer habits and the way we do business.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Hydrogen for Mobility (IFP School) Other Providers
IFP School

Hydrogen for Mobility (IFP School)

Hydrogen is a hot topic nowadays. Why? Because society must find solutions to reduce its impact on climate change and because there is now a political will (in Europe) to develop a hydrogen economy. The mobility sector, and in particular the heavy mobility, is concerned by this transformation. After some general information about hydrogen production and the hydrogen economy, you will gain a deep understanding of the hydrogen solution for mobility. We will explore both the fuel cells and the hydrogen thermal engine solutions as a mean to reduce the environmental footprint of heavy mobility.

Jan 16th 2023
1 Week
Smart Service Welt (mooc house) Mooc.house
acatech

Smart Service Welt (mooc house)

Mit Industrie 4.0 wurde der Schritt in Deutschland unternommen, die digitale Transformation in der Produktion voranzutreiben. Aktivitäten im Bereich der Industrie 4.0 sind jedoch nicht ausreichend, um die branchenübergreifende und service-orientierte Digitalisierung von Wertschöpfungsketten zu beschleunigen. Unsere Gesellschaft produziert bereits heute gigantische Datenmengen, die für innovative Produkte und Dienstleistungen genutzt werden können. Individualisierte Smart Services, die aus den Daten eines Produktes generiert werden, werden dabei oft wichtiger als das Produkt selbst. Sie tragen dazu bei, neue Geschäftsmodelle zu entwickeln, Ressourcen zu schonen, Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen und dabei die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands zu sichern.

Self Paced
Self-Paced