Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes (Coursera)

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ESCP Europe

Comprendre l'écologie, pour une économie innovante (Coursera)

Sci: Physical & Earth Sciences Sci: Environment

Conçu conjointement par le think-tank Ecolo-Ethik et ESCP Europe, ce MOOC se propose de vous aider à dépasser les idées reçues sur l’écologie, dans le souci d’une démarche ouverte et multiple. A ce titre, de grands experts reconnus interviendront pour illustrer, approfondir et enrichir les différentes thématiques.

Aug 31st 2026

5-12 Weeks

Energy Economy Ecology

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University at Buffalo

Renewable Energy: Fundamentals and Job Opportunities (Coursera)

Engineering Sci: Physics

This course prepares you to recognize the complexities and nuances of different renewable energy solutions, as well as relevant career opportunities (both technical occupations and roles not typically associated with clean energy). Learners are immersed in discussions about green energy technologies, the impact of sustainability on society, energy consumption in the United States and conservation. Topics include: tenets of green building design and construction, solar energy conversion through photovoltaic cells, wind turbine site selection and design, and nanotechnology applications in clean energy.

Sep 7th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Sustainability Renewable Energy Solar Energy

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University of Geneva

Climate Change and Water in Mountains: A Global Concern (Coursera)

Sci: Environment Science

What is climate change? How are mountain regions affected by the evolution of water resources and their uses? What kind of risks need to be considered? Mountains are recognized as particularly sensitive physical environments where intense and rapid changes have in the past, and may increasingly in the future, place pressure on their resource base.

Sep 7th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Science Sustainability Agriculture

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École Polytechnique

Wind resources for renewable energies (Coursera)

Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences Sci: Physical & Earth Sciences

The main goal of this course is to get the necessary knowledge on atmospheric and fluid dynamics in order to quantify the wind resource of a local or regional area. We’ll learn about basic meteorology, the specific dynamics of turbulent boundary layers and some standard techniques to estimate wind resources regardless of the type of turbine used or the level of efficiency achieved.

Sep 7th 2026

4 Weeks

Sustainability Energy Wind

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University of Edinburgh

Climate Solutions (Coursera)

Sci: Environment

This short course has been designed by award-winning climate change experts and passionate educators to give you an insight into the greatest challenge of our era. Through completing the course, you'll gain a deeper understanding of core climate concepts such as mitigation, adaptation, climate justice, carbon footprinting, net zero and solutions frameworks.

Sep 14th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Environment Climate Change Climate Mitigation

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University of Michigan

Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action (Coursera)

Sci: Physical & Earth Sciences Sci: Environment

Are you concerned about climate change? Would you like to learn how to address and respond to this challenge? If so, this course is for you. Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action is intended to help learners understand, address and respond to climate change as individuals and in partnership with their communities and political leaders.

Sep 7th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Sustainability Food Energy

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University of Maryland, College Park

The Effect of Fires on People, Property and the Environment (Coursera)

Sci: Physical & Earth Sciences Sci: Environment

Fires impact people, property and the environment in all countries around the world. In some cases, the resulting losses are extraordinary, causing hundreds of deaths, widespread damage to property and contents and significant impacts on the environment. More often, fires may cause a single casualty or affect a single home, though the effects are still highly significant to those affected and collectively are substantial. This course will provide an overview of the challenges posed by fire as well as the fire safety solutions that are available to meet those challenges.

Sep 14th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Sustainability Environment Fire

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Emergence of Life (Coursera)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences

How did life emerge on Earth? How have life and Earth co-evolved through geological time? Is life elsewhere in the universe? Take a look through the 4-billion-year history of life on Earth through the lens of the modern Tree of Life. This course will evaluate the entire history of life on Earth within the context of our cutting-edge understanding of the Tree of Life. This includes the pioneering work of Professor Carl Woese on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus which revolutionized our understanding with a new "Tree of Life."

Sep 7th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Earth Biology Astrobiology

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Leiden University

A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism (Coursera)

Sci: Environment

Metals are present everywhere around us and are one of the major materials upon which our economies are built. Economic development is deeply coupled with the use of metals. During the 20th century the variety of metal applications in society grew rapidly. In addition to mass applications such as steel in buildings and aluminium in planes, more and more different metals are in use for innovative technologies such as the use of the specialty metal indium in LCD screens. A lot of metals will be needed in the future. It will not be easy to provide them. In particular in emerging economies, but also in industrialized countries, the demand for metals is increasing rapidly. Mining and production activities expand, and with that also the environmental consequences of metal production. In this course, we will explore those consequences and we will also explore options to move towards a more sustainable system of metals production and use.

Sep 7th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Sustainability Metabolism Metals

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Yale University

Journey Conversations: Weaving Knowledge and Action (Coursera)

Sci: Physical & Earth Sciences Sci: Environment

Journey of the Universe weaves together the discoveries of the evolutionary sciences together with humanities such as history, philosophy, art, and religion. This course draws on the Journey of the Universe Conversations, a series of 20 interviews with scientists and environmentalists. The first 10 interviews are with scientists and historians who deepen our understanding of the evolutionary process of universe, Earth, and humans.

Sep 14th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Earth Evolution Universe

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Wesleyan University

How to Change the World (Coursera)

Humanities Social Sciences

How can we use the things we share in common to address some of the most challenging problems facing the world? This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to helps us understand better how to initiate positive change.

Aug 31st 2026

5-12 Weeks

Sustainability World Education

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Università Bocconi

Corporate Sustainability. Understanding and Seizing the Strategic Opportunity (Coursera)

Business

In this course, thought leaders in a wide variety of management and economics fields illustrate how to assess and seize the opportunities offered by these global emergencies. They will offer new ways to understand the purpose and the logic of success of the business enterprise in this new context, providing ideas and examples on how to manage the transition process to realize the value creation potential from corporate sustainability for all involved stakeholders.

Sep 7th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Business Sustainability Strategy

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