Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes
Learn practical approaches to address climate change impacts through collaborative action and nature-based solutions in landscape management.
Learn practical approaches to address climate change impacts through collaborative action and nature-based solutions in landscape management.
This comprehensive course empowers professionals to take effective climate action at the landscape level. Students learn to analyze climate impacts, implement nature-based solutions, and foster multi-stakeholder collaboration. The curriculum covers climate science, biodiversity connections, vulnerability assessment, and climate finance. Through real-world examples and practical tools, participants develop skills to design and implement climate-smart landscape initiatives.
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What you'll learn
Define and explain different forms of climate action and their global urgency
Assess climate change impacts at landscape level
Understand the relationship between climate change and biodiversity
Facilitate effective multi-stakeholder collaboration
Implement nature-based climate solutions
Develop climate action business cases and secure funding
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course addresses the critical challenge of implementing effective climate action through landscape approaches. Students learn about climate change impacts on biodiversity and human well-being, while exploring nature-based solutions. The curriculum covers stakeholder collaboration, climate vulnerability assessment, solution identification, and climate finance. Through practical exercises and real-world examples, participants develop skills to analyze climate impacts and design effective interventions in their landscapes.
Setting the Scene
Module 1
Stakeholder Collaboration
Module 2
Climate Impacts
Module 3
From Impacts to Solutions
Module 4
Climate Finance
Module 5
Wrapping up
Module 6
Fee Structure
Instructors
9 Courses
Learning Design and Sustainability Education Expert
Tossa Harding serves as Learning Design Advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, where she combines her background in environmental systems analysis and social sciences to develop transformative learning experiences. Her work focuses on creating educational programs that foster systems thinking and strengthen the relationship between people and nature. She has played a key role in developing several influential MOOCs for Wageningen University, including "Environmental Gamechanger - Lead the Way to Sustainable Development," which empowers learners to become agents of sustainable change through interactive assignments and real-world applications. The course introduces essential sustainability skills and guides participants in applying these to personal projects in their communities. Through her work on courses like "Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes" and the Professional Certificate Programme in Sustainable & Inclusive Landscapes, she demonstrates her commitment to using online education as a tool for building capacity in sustainable development. Her approach emphasizes the importance of systems thinking and stakeholder engagement in addressing complex environmental challenges, reflecting her belief in education's power to drive positive global change.
5 Courses
Leading Expert in Climate Change Adaptation and Landscape Governance
Ilse Hennemann serves as Advisor Climate Change & Environmental Governance at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI), where she specializes in integrated landscape approaches and climate change adaptation. After completing her training as a human geographer and environmental sociologist, she has established herself as a key expert in environmental governance and multi-stakeholder processes. Her work focuses on developing resilient landscapes through participatory approaches and capacity building, particularly in Africa and Asia. As coordinator of the Landscape Learning Journey project in the Horn of Africa, she has successfully implemented innovative learning approaches that empower communities to address climate challenges through landscape-based solutions. Through her teaching of MOOCs including "Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes" and "Landscape Governance: Collaborating Across Sectors and Scales," she helps professionals understand complex landscape dynamics and governance processes. Her expertise particularly shines in facilitating multi-stakeholder processes and developing landscape governance frameworks, demonstrated through her work training landscape facilitators across six countries in the Horn of Africa. As co-author of guides on blended learning for landscape professionals, she continues to advance capacity development approaches while contributing to more resilient and sustainable landscapes worldwide.
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