A MOOC* by the World Bank Group
in collaboration with Coursera
Higher temperatures, changes in rain patterns, rising sea levels,
and more frequent weather-related disasters—climate change is
a reality NOW.
This Massive Open Online Course, based on the World Bank’s
Turn Down the Heat report series, presents the most recent
scientific evidence as well as some of the opportunities for urgent
action to potentially prevent irreversible damage to our planet.
This course will also include a regional module, with specific
sections on Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan
Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, South East
Asia, and Europe and Central Asia.
#WBHeat
Course Syllabus
Module 1 Climate changes and their impacts
Module 2 Possible 21st century climates
Module 3 Life in a 4°C warmer world
Module 4 What can we do?
Module 5 Regional impacts
Learn From
• A Climate Film Fest with renowned climate scientists and
practitioners
Workload
3–6 hours/week
• A Google hangout with international climate experts
• A global discussion forum
• Final project built around specific regions uploaded as a
‘digital artifact’
Choose to participate in one of the two course tracks:
• Track 1: Climate Champions
• Track 2: Policy and Leadership
• New tools like a daily carbon footprint tracker
Five Weeks of Great Learning for FREE
Sign up for the second delivery of the course,
Starting April 20, 2015, at:
https://www.coursera.org/course/warmerworld
* Massive Open Online Course
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