Professor of Environment and Sustainability,
6 Learning Experiences
Climate Solutions
What You'll Learn
- Analyze the connection between conservation, sustainable development, and climate change from multiple perspectives.
- Evaluate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies with equity, justice, and sustainability in mind.
- Combine ideas from environmental science, policy, social systems, and innovation to assess challenges and determine the tradeoffs.
- Build strategies that account for leadership style, stakeholder engagement, and the decision-making required to enact change.
3-Course Series
60 hours
20 hours per course (approx.)
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About Climate Solutions
Our world is changing fast, and the challenges we face—like climate change and protecting nature—are all connected. "Climate Solutions" traces that connection across three courses: from protecting biodiversity while supporting the people who live closest to it, to helping vulnerable communities adapt, to the strategies driving innovative climate action.
Across the three-course series, you'll explore why these challenges affect people unequally and how to build solutions that are not just effective but fair. You'll move from foundational concepts in conservation and development, through the social dimensions of climate adaptation, to the technological, institutional, and grassroots approaches reshaping the field.
Skills You'll Gain
- Environmental Health Management
- Sustainability Procedures
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Economics
- Sustainability Initiatives
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Professor Emerita of Environment and Sustainability
4 Learning Experiences
Lecturer III in Environment and Sustainability
3 Learning Experiences
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Beginner Level
No degree or prior experience required. Anyone interested in climate solutions, innovation, or global development can succeed in the course.
3 Courses in this series
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Free U-M Access CourseConservation and Sustainable Development
Examine the costs of conservation efforts, the impacts of climate change on different communities, and the tension between ecological protection and societal growth.
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Free U-M Access CourseClimate Change and Adaptation
Examine how climate adaptation strategies affect different communities, analyzing the social, economic, and ecological factors that shape human responses and resilience.
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Free U-M Access CourseInnovative Climate Solutions
Learn how to drive climate innovation through technological, social, institutional, and grassroots change.
