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Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes

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  • Online course - MOOC
  • 4 weeks
  • 4-6 hours per week
  • Starts directly

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Introduction

There is no planet B. It’s time to take effective climate action for which collaboration and innovation are key. This online course will boost your knowledge and skills to help you move from analysis to action in order to develop climate smart landscapes across the world.

Directly apply what you learn to your own business

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Study at the best agricultural university in the world from the comfort of your own home

Plenty of opportunities to ask questions and to interact with other learners

A woman making notes, while sitting in a field filled with flowers and a shovel in the background

Explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life

Why follow this course?

The programme

The question is no longer WHY should we take climate action, but rather HOW we can take action. In this course you will learn how to take joint action to understand and address climate change impacts in your landscape or work.

It is widely recognized that there is an interconnection between climate change and biodiversity. With examples from all over the world, you will learn how climate change negatively affects biodiversity and human well-being, but also how biodiversity can play an important role in adaptation and mitigation efforts. With the support of professionals from various fields you will be guided from analysis to identifying innovate climate solutions at landscape level.

Is this course for you?

For who?

Join this course if you want to:

  • Understand how climate change is impacting you and your landscape
  • Know how to mobilize collaboration among landscape actors
  • Learn from nature-based climate solutions from around the world
  • Get practical support in taking some first steps in climate action in your landscape

What you will learn

Learning outcomes

You will learn

  • Define and explain different forms of climate action and understand the global urgency to take collective action;
  • Understand how climate change is impacting you and your landscape and why the landscape is a good entry point to take climate action;
  • Understand the relationship between climate change and biodiversity, and why integrating biodiversity in climate action is essential;
  • Apply participatory tools and methods to assess climate vulnerabilities and identify, prioritise and assess adaptation and mitigation measures to support landscape decision making;
  • Explain what nature-based climate solutions are and how they can benefit your landscape;
Top-ranked University
According to influential university rankings and citation indexes, Wageningen University & Research ranks world’s best in the field of Agriculture & Forestry.

Online programme Sustainable and Inclusive Landscapes

Certificate

This course is also part of the Sustainable and Inclusive Landscapes Professional Certificate Programme. Following the complete programme lets you harness the power of place and advance your career as a landscape leader. The programme consists of the following courses, which can be taken in any given order:

  • Landscape Leadership: Catalyse sustainable development in landscapes
  • Landscape Finance: Investing in Innovation for Sustainable Landscapes
  • Landscape Governance: Collaborating Across Sectors and Scales
  • Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes (this course)

Our course leaders

Course leaders

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Organisational unit

Wageningen Academy

Educational type

MOOC

Duration description

4 weeks, 4-6 hours per week

Accreditation

Certificate

Format

Online

Course starts immediately

Yes

Language of instruction

English