Sustainability and Greening Humanitarian Responses, free eye-opening online courses
Today 17th of April 2023, HNPW, the Humanitarian Network and Partnerships week, started again. Where last year I hosted the only session dedicated to sustainable procurement and driver for change, this year there is a record of sessions on procurement and sustainability. Our sector is changing, adapting and looking ahead. As per DG ECHO’s Guidance on operationalising the minimum environmental requirements and recommendations for EU-funded humanitarian aid operations, launched in September 2022 – environment and sustainability are at the core of many of our strategies and visions. Today I hosted a session with Gemma Arthurson on Greening Humanitarian Responses at HNWP; next week, more on procurement, sustainability and localisation while I am in Geneva!
Hence, I am launching a new list of free online courses focused on greening our humanitarian responses, the SDGs in practice in aid, climate change and human rights. As always, this list will be constantly updated; if you know more courses the sector should be aware of, please give me a shout and collaborate with me to enable access and awareness of free online courses available for our sector! I started this series in August, on World Humanitarian Day 2022, with the first online, free list of humanitarian introduction courses. Since then, many lists have followed (for example Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chains, Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection or WASH in our sector.
How to start on these concepts beyond our sector, please find four interesting university courses, available for free and online here: Introductions to Sustainability (25 hours) by Illinois University or Global Environment Management (10 hours) by the Technical University of Denmark or Managing Responsibly: Practicing Sustainability, Responsibility and Ethics (22 hours) by the University of Manchester or The Great Sustainability Transition: Global challenges, Local actions (26 hours) by Leiden University.
A separate list of free online Disaster Risk Reductions courses (and Climate Change Adaptation) will follow soon! Stay tuned for more, or message me if you wish to support or learn more!
Free online training to green and more sustainable humanitarian aid
- Greening Humanitarian Aid for non-ECHO partners by DG ECHO
- Greening Humanitarian Aid (free for DG ECHO staff, DG ECHO Certified Partners and their Implementing Partners) by DG ECHO and EHA (Environment in Humanitarian Action)
- Sustainable Development in Humanitarian Action by IFRC and ICRC (4 weeks of 2 hours)
- Greening the sector – climate change and humanitarian action with KUNO, IECAH and CHA (webinar)
- From Climate Science to Action by WorldBank Group (13 hours)
- Management of International Development: Towards Agenda 2030 by Università Bocconi (7 hours)
- Environment in Humanitarian Action by UNEP and OCHA
- Beyond Response: Better Preparedness for Environmental Emergencies by EEC Learning Centre
- Practicing Environmental Sustainability by IFRC (1 hour)
- The S Word: In Pursuit of Sustainability by Propel Nonprofits
Green economy and planning
- Introduction to Green Economy by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- E-Learning course on green economy by UNITAR
- Indicators for an Inclusive Green Economy: Introductory Course by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Indicators for an Inclusive Green Economy: Advanced Course by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia by Lund University (15 hours)
- Energy Saving at sea by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches by Lund University (18 hours)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future by University of Copenhagen (10 hours)
- The Age of Sustainable Development by Colombia University NY (30 hours)
- Sustainable Development – Ideas and Imaginaries by University of Copenhagen (15 hours)
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals: an Interdisciplinary Academic Introduction by KU Leuven (28 hours)
- Integrated Approaches to Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support for the SDGs by UNICEF and UNDP
- Driving business towards the Sustainable Development Goals by Erasmus University Rotterdam (15 hours)
- Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs by Duke University (9 hours)
- Measuring Sustainable Development by SDG Academy (10 hours)
- Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Addressing Sustainability and Development by University of Michigan (9 hours)
- Sustainable Development in the 21st Century with Ban Ki-moon by Yonsei University (15 hours)
- The ABC of sustainability by Campus BBVA (12 hours)
- Sustainable Development: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus by Aachen University (8 hours)
- Political Economy of Institutions and Development by Leiden University (22 hours)
Climate change courses related to our sector
- Climate action and climate change by IFRC (3 hours)
- An Introduction to Climate Change and Human Rights by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Climate change and Indigenous People and local communities by University of Barcelona (14 hours)
- Integration of climate change into national, sectoral and local policies by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Championing Change: Human Rights and the Climate Crisis by Amnesty International
- International Climate Change Negotiations: Leveraging LoCAL Experience in Support of Climate Change Negotiations by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Integrating Climate Change in UNICEF’s Planning and Programming by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
- Children and Climate Change by UN Climate Change Learning Partnership – UN CC:Learn
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