A Pró-Reitoria de Extensão (Proext) e o Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (ICHS) tornam público o edital n° 27/2024, para o curso de extensão “Mudança climática, desastres e garantia dos direitos humanos da população atingida”.

O projeto será realizado pela UFRRJ em parceria com o Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens e tem como público-alvo militantes da sociedade civil organizada (OSC) que atuam com a temática ambiental e de direitos humanos, especialmente, pessoas atingidas por desastres e pela construção de barragens, sendo 30 vagas reservadas aos atingidos do município de São Sebastião/SP.

Os recursos são provenientes da Secretaria de Acesso à Justiça, do Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública.

Para conferir os detalhes, procure pelo link: https://portal.ufrrj.br/edital-no-27-2024-selecao-para-participantes-no-curso-de-extensao-de-mudanca-climatica-desastres-e-garantia-dos-direitos-da-populacao-atingida/

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Curso de difusão: A crise dos plásticos: da informação à ação. 

O curso tem o objetivo de  promover a difusão de conhecimento relacionado a crise dos plásticos e estratégias de resíduo zero para resolução de problemas com inovação e impacto social.

Para mais informações sobre o curso e procedimento de inscrição, acesse o link:

http://www5.each.usp.br/avisos-ccex/inscricoes-abertas-para-o-curso-de-difusao-a-crise-dos-plasticos-da-informacao-a-acao/

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O Portal Capacidades oferta, em parceria com a EV.Ge a ReDUS, um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem didática e de fácil assimilação por qualquer pessoa, no qual o participante acessa cursos de autoinstrução de forma assíncrona e sem custos, de temáticas variadas, focados no desenvolvimento urbano sustentável e integrado.

https://www.capacidades.gov.br/cursos/

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FREE Sustainability courses from the United Nations:

1. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a Development Agenda: https://lnkd.in/eFsr2TwM
2. Integration of the SDGs into National Planning: https://lnkd.in/e6vuGHng
3. Green Marketing Challenge: https://lnkd.in/eWByut-N
4. Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs: https://lnkd.in/e3mBsuhQ
5. Integrated Approaches to Mainstreaming, Acceleration and Policy Support for the SDGs: https://lnkd.in/eENsUTdw
6. Digital4Sustainability Learning Path: https://lnkd.in/e3Vu_842
7. What is the Net-Zero Standard: https://lnkd.in/eKVzhvm8
8. Setting Science-Based Targets to Achieve Net-Zero: https://lnkd.in/e2rETaz9
9. Sustainable Consumption and Production in Africa: https://lnkd.in/eAh7J75a

10. Introduction to risk-informed, conflict-sensitive and peacebuilding programming: https://lnkd.in/evgywv46

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Empowering Eco-Friendly Innovators: Nature-Based Solutions Courses

Free:

1. Urban Rewilding: Restore your local ecosystem:

https://rewilding.academy/courses/urban-rewilding-restore-your-local-ecosystem/

In this urban rewilding course, you’ll learn how to make our cities more livable and sustainable. To address city-specific issues ranging from urban heat islands to human wellbeing, we must first change our minds. Instead of trying to control nature, we need to harness its powers; we must let nature do what it does best: grow.

Course Provider:  Wageningen University & Research in collaboration with the Rewilding Academy

2. Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience:

https://pedrr.org/mooc

For years, experience and evidence on NBS from around the world have been growing. But many people – from policymakers to engineers and businesses – don’t yet know how NBS can help them solve the challenges they’re facing from events like floods, heatwaves, or droughts. These events affect the lives of millions of people every year. The course is open to everyone who would like to deepen their knowledge of the application of NBS.

Course Provider: European Union, Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction & United Nations Environment Programme

3. Monitoring forest and landscape restoration

https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=687

This course is designed for a range of stakeholders with an interest in forest and landscape restoration (FLR). This course has been developed to equip practitioners with the capacity to design, plan and implement monitoring systems for FLR interventions. 

Course Providers: Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations elearning Academy

4. Shifting Towards Water-Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities:

https://e-learning.unescap.org/thematicarea/detail?id=9

This interactive course assists regional policy makers and practitioners with proactive policy measures to achieve SDG readiness through the lenses of Water-Resilient Cities, providing an environment to create a sense of larger social well-being and happiness. Its structure follows key elements of the whole concept and lists its practical tools, viewing Water and Water Cycle at the core of Sustainable Development in an urban environment and its related challenges.

Course Provider: United Nations ESCAP

5. Fundamentals of Making Small Farms Work:

https://www.richardperkins.co/get-started/

This free mini-course enables people to tackle four crucial elements and find the clarity and confidence to pursue their farming dreams.

Course Provider: Richard Perkins

6. Finding the Money – Financing Climate Action: 

https://www.unsdglearn.org/courses/finding-the-money-financing-climate-action/

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the resilience and adaptive capacity of societies to the harmful impacts of climate change resulting from past emissions require significant financial resources.  This tutorial provides an overview of what climate finance is and where countries access different sources of financing.   

Course Provider: United Nations Climate Change: Learn

Paid:

1. Introduction to Systems Thinking

https://rewilding.academy/courses/introduction-to-systems-thinking/

This course is an opportunity to build a global system of systems leaders who help their organisations discover meaningful missions that will transition our ways of living on the planet to become sustainable and resilient.

2. Nature-based Solutions to Global Challenges Foundation Course

https://www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/nature-based-solutions-to-global-challenges-foundation-course

This course is designed to improve awareness and understanding of the science, policy, practice, financing and governance of nature-based solutions. This course is for current and future public servants and leaders from the private sector and civil society. It will provide participants with knowledge that will enhance future work on nature-based solutions.

Course Providers: University of Oxford

3. The Soil Association’s Agroforestry Online Learning Course:

https://www.soilassociation.org/farmers-growers/low-input-farming-advice/agroforestry-on-your-farm/agroforestry-and-farm-woodland-e-learning/#sign-up

This short online course is all about agroforestry and farm woodlands in practice, increasing your understanding of how to get started and giving you the confidence to take the first steps.

Course Providers: Soil Association

4. Nature-Based Solutions for Water and Land Management: 

https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/courses/short/water/nature-based-solutions-for-water-and-land-management

The course will illustrate how NbS can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, either by themselves or in combination with other technologies or strategies. As the world shifts towards net zero, nature recovery and water security targets, being able to assess potential nature-based solutions in different contexts will become a key skill for all designers, regulators, consultants, academics, and NGOs involved in environmental studies.

Course Providers: Cranfield University

5. Nature-Based Metropolitan Solutions:

https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/nature-based-metropolitan-solutions/

Discover the potential benefits of nature-based solutions (NBS) in metropolitan areas and develop strategies for their implementation. This course will teach you about the design, construction, implementation and monitoring of nature-based solutions for urban ecosystems and the ecological coherence of sustainable cities. Constructing smart cities and metropolitan regions with nature-based ecosystems will secure a fair distribution of benefits from the renewed urban ecology.

Course Providers: TUDelft