Planetary Boundaries Courses and Certifications

Planetary Boundaries

6 ratings

Can our planet continue to support the current scope of human activity?

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Planetary Boundaries: Breakthrough Science from Frontiers Planet Prize Champions

Explore the planetary boundaries framework through breakthrough research by Frontiers Planet Prize Champions. Learn how their science drives global solutions for biodiversity, pollution, and climate s

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Planetary Boundaries

Can our planet continue to support the current scope of human activity?

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Planetary Boundaries

Can our planet continue to support the current scope of human activity?

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future

5074 ratings at Coursera

Trace the 17 SDGs from sustainability's history to implementation: measure progress, weigh planetary boundaries, Anthropocene and biodiversity evidence, doughnut economics, and climate action under the UNFCCC.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Social Determinants of Health: Planetary Health

Human health depends on Earth's systems: study planetary boundaries, Indigenous origins of planetary health, movement building, foresight leadership, and regression with scatter plots in R.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Great Sustainability Transition: Global challenges, Local actions

53 ratings at Coursera

Explore planetary boundaries, biodiversity loss, climate breakdown and pollution, then take local actions: citizen science biodiversity mapping, climate conversations, trash collection, and meal footprint analysis.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Master’s Pathway in Foundations of Sustainable Development

1 rating

The Master’s Pathway in Foundations of Sustainable Development is a partnership between the SDG Academy and University College Dublin (UCD). Learners who complete the Pathway on edX are eligible to re

• edX
• 27 weeks, 1-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $132.00
• 3 courses

Career Certificate

Foundations of Sustainable Development

1 rating

Learn the tenets of sustainable development and the UN SDGs, examining how economies can grow inclusively within planetary boundaries that limit biodiversity loss, deforestation, and desertification.

• edX
• 22 weeks, 2-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $106.00
• 2 courses

Sustainability Through Doughnut Economics

23 ratings at Udemy

Thriving without breaking the planet: use the Doughnut Economics framework to assess social shortfall, ecological overshoot, rich–poor inequalities, and progress beyond GDP.

• Udemy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Biology and Climate Change - Part 1

Explore the intricate relationship between climate change and planetary boundaries, understanding how human activities impact the biosphere's health and Earth's sustainability.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Médecine et santé environnementale

Ce MOOC vise à donner les bases d’une approche de santé globale et planétaire.

• France Université Numerique
• 15 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Sustainable Development

8 ratings

Explore what sustainable development means: trace the history of global income divergence and examine how countries pursue growth, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability within planetary boundaries.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1-3 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Paid Course

Sustainable Development: Solutions and Trends

Become a knowledgeable problem solver who tackles sustainability challenges

• edX
• 12 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course