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Climate change: transitions to sustainability provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

The Open University via OpenLearn
5 hours worth of material
Self Paced
Overview

  • Human societies have to take urgent action to end their dependences on fossil fuels. We have to alter the whole path of our development and decision making in order to make our societies both ...

Syllabus

    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Globalisation and environmental change
    • 1 Globalisation and environmental change
    • 1.1 What is 'globalisation'?
    • 1.2 Globalisation is about networks
    • 2 Globalisation and the global environment: three views
    • 2 Globalisation and the global environment: three views
    • 2.1 Political responses to climate change and the environment
    • 2.2 Vibrant civil societies and a networked globe
    • 3 Governance, citizenship and sustainability
    • 3 Governance, citizenship and sustainability
    • 3.1 Who will make the decisions?
    • 3.2 Governance – filling the hole where government used to be
    • 3.2.1 What is the difference between government and governance?
    • 3.2.2 Good green governance in five easy steps
    • 3.3 Green governance needs citizens
    • 3.3.1 Too late for the nation state?
    • 3.3.2 Citizenship beyond (species) borders
    • 3.3.3 Obligations to trees?
    • 3.3.4 Home-grown compassion, not public commitments
    • 4 Making it happen – sustainability in practice
    • 4 Making it happen – sustainability in practice
    • 4.1 Three approaches to global environmental change
    • 4.2 Capitalism – naturally
    • 4.2.1 Eco-efficiency = money in the bank
    • 4.2.3 Business needs sustainability
    • 4.3 Green from the grassroots up
    • 4.3.1 Ecological tax reforms
    • 4.3.2 Complementary currencies
    • 4.3.3 Pipe dreams?
    • 4.4 Signing everyone up to sustainability
    • 4.4.1 Partnerships for sustainable consumption
    • 5 New ways of looking at the world
    • 5 New ways of looking at the world
    • 7 Summary and final thoughts
    • 7 Summary and final thoughts
    • 7.1 Questions
    • 7.2 Answers
    • 6 Conclusion
    • 6 Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements

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