Explore climate change impacts, regional vulnerabilities, and actionable strategies for building climate resilience across different regions.
Explore climate change impacts, regional vulnerabilities, and actionable strategies for building climate resilience across different regions.
This action-oriented course examines climate change science and solutions across global regions. Students learn about climate impacts, mitigation strategies, and adaptation measures specific to different parts of the world. The curriculum combines scientific evidence with practical policy approaches, featuring regional case studies and interactive tools like carbon footprint tracking. Special emphasis is placed on developing country perspectives and actionable solutions.
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What you'll learn
Understand climate change science and impacts
Analyze regional climate vulnerabilities
Evaluate mitigation and adaptation strategies
Implement climate action solutions
Assess regional policy approaches
Develop personal climate response plans
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
4.4 Hours PreRecorded video
3 assignments
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive overview of climate change impacts and solutions through four detailed modules. Students explore scientific evidence, regional vulnerabilities, action strategies, and individual responses to climate change. The curriculum emphasizes practical applications and regional perspectives, featuring case studies from six major world regions.
Climate Change in the 21st Century
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Sectoral and Regional Impacts
Module 2 · 5 Hours to complete
From Science to Action on Climate Change
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
What You Can Do
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
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Instructors
Climate Change Policy Expert and International Development Leader
Dr. Alan S. Miller has established himself as a leading authority on climate finance and policy through a distinguished career spanning more than three decades. After earning his A.B. in Government from Cornell University (1971) and both J.D. and M.P.P. from the University of Michigan (1974), he has shaped global environmental policy through various influential roles. His 16-year tenure with the World Bank Group included serving as Principal Climate Change Specialist at the International Finance Corporation and Climate Change Team Leader at the Global Environment Facility, where he managed over $1 billion in clean energy projects across 70 developing countries. His academic contributions include founding the Center for Global Change at the University of Maryland (1989-96) and teaching at prestigious institutions including Duke, Michigan, and Vermont Law School. As a Fulbright Scholar in both Australia (1977) and Japan (1987), he has brought international perspective to environmental policy. Currently, he continues to consult for major organizations including UNDP, US AID, and ADB, while contributing to environmental law literature through his widely-used textbook and numerous publications on climate change, energy, and development.
Carbon Finance Expert and Climate Change Mitigation Specialist
Claudia Barrera serves as Senior Carbon Finance Specialist in the Climate Group at the World Bank, where she has established herself as a leading expert in results-based finance for climate mitigation projects. After earning her MSc in Environmental Management from Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and an MSc in Environmental and Resource Economics from Universidad de Los Andes/University of Maryland, she has built an impressive career in carbon finance and climate policy. Since joining the World Bank in 2009, she has been instrumental in operationalizing over 40 projects worldwide, generating more than 4.5 MtCO2 emission reduction credits under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Her expertise spans private sector CDM project implementation in Latin America and academic work as an economics professor at Universidad Autonoma de Manizales in Colombia. Through her work with the Results Based Finance Facilities Team, she continues to advance innovative financing mechanisms for climate change mitigation, while sharing her knowledge through the Coursera course "From Climate Science to Action."
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