The course focuses on the role that natural resources, environmental degradation and climate change play in conflict and peacebuilding dynamics.

This free 8 week course is offered in English in the EdX ecosystem, with video transcripts and tests in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese. 

Registration is open till end of February

Here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9synaiAb7Q&feature=youtu.be

Here is the enrolment link: https://www.edx.org/course/environmental-security-and-sustaining-peace-0

The development of this course was a major undertaking over an entire year in a genuine partnership among UNEP, UNDP, the Environmental Law Institute, and the Universities of Columbia, Duke and California (Irvine). It also reflects the combined learning from a range of other UN agencies, governments, civil society and non-governmental organizations, academics, and private sector actors. It was funded by the government of Finland together with the EC (IcSP) and the United Nations Development Account.