Advanced  PG  Diploma  distance  learning  programme in Renewable Energy is being  offered  by  TERI  University.  Last Date for applying is 30th June, 2013.

It  gives  an  opportunity to learn about the fastest growing sector in the world, sitting in the comfort of your home/office.

 Programme Details:

-              A two years Advanced PG Diploma with an exit option after a year leadingto a PG Diploma in Renewable Energy

-              Covers technologies such as solar, Wind and biomass, growing at a doubledigit rate

-              Study through web-based Virtual Learning Environment

-              Lectures  from  renowned  experts  in  each  field  during  face-to-faceinteraction or through webinars

-              Developed in collaboration with UK Open University and Ministry of New &Renewable Energy, Government of India

-              Approved by Distance Education Council (DEC), India

-              Open for International students also

Eligibility:

A bachelors degree in Mathematics/Physical Science/Technology or equivalent with  minimum  cumulative grade point average of 6.0 on a 10 point scale or equivalent  as  determined  by  TERI University, wherever letter grades are awarded,  or  55%  marks  in  aggregate  (of  all  years/semesters  of  the qualifying examinations) wherever marks are awarded.

More Details:

For  more  information  about  the  programme,  kindly go through the link:

http://www.teriuniversity.ac.in/APGDRE/   or  contact  the  University  for further details at the below mentioned.

With regards,

TERI University

Phone: +91 11 26122222, 26139110, 26139011

Website: www.teriuniversity.ac.in

Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations

This free online course from the University of British Columbiaintroduces the basics of the Earth’s climate system, climate models and predictions, the natural and human impacts of climate change, potential responses, and the evolution of climate policy.

You will learn how to:

§  Analyze the science behind climate change

§  Assess the demographic, economic and political factors that accelerate climate change

§  Evaluate mitigation strategies that address the causes of climate change

§  Explain key adaptation strategies that help us respond to climate change

§  Investigate the links between climate change and economic resilience, health, poverty, and environmental problems such as biodiversity and water quality

Course instructors

§  Dr. Sara Harris, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, UBC

DDr. Sarah Burch, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, UBC

Register for free at Coursera:www.coursera.org/course/climateliteracy

View the course introduction on YouTube (2:06).

About this course

 Climate Literacy is delivered as a MOOC – Massive Open Online Course – through Coursera and is sponsored by UBC Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.

Learn with others worldwide. Starts May 20, 2013.

The Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP), working with the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, is excited to offer the 2013 Adaptation Academy Foundation Course: Creating Climate Adaptation Leaders aiming to support decision making in a changing environment.

Now in our fourth year, the Adaptation Academy is a leading climate adaptation training programme, supporting participants in developing technical and leadership skills in climate adaptation through actual project work and practical case studies. We constantly refine and shape the course based on the learning and feedback from previous years, ensuring that we remain a global leader in climate adaptation training. 

Climate adaptation requires champions, leaders and agents of change. Join us next August and immerse yourself in the Foundation Course. Emerge transformed. Be prepared to find adaptation solutions for some of the most profound challenges ever to face the world and build a strong foundation for integrating climate adaptation into your work. Join world-renowned alumni and the leading global network of climate adaptation.

From the halls of an Oxford college, explore your role, make new and binding friendships with future leaders, raise the bar on your own thinking and potential by rubbing shoulders with an internationally renowned academic community, learn first-hand from expert practitioners and be inspired by leading intellectuals pioneering revolutionary interventions.

 

The Foundation Course integrates four central learning themes:

1.      Participants’ role as change makers

2.      Causal chains of climate science

3.      Adaptation as a process

4.      Project/Program development

Building on these four central themes, we have developed a range of different modules and exercises to bridge knowledge and application, theory and practice. The content of the 2013 Foundation Course will be:

·Concepts of climate change, risk, vulnerability and adaptation

·Analysing climate data for change and variability – trends and extreme events

·Using climate change scenarios – uncertainty, probability, climate envelopes

·Theory of change, leadership skills and communicating climate risks

·Assessing vulnerability and impacts

·Mapping socio-institutional networks, information flows and needs

·National, sectoral, urban and local strategies and measures

·Disaster risk reduction

·Economics of adaptation and adaptation finance

·Screening adaptation options to develop sound projects

·Monitoring, evaluation and learning in adaptation pathways

·Project development and practical skills development

Places are filling up and only a few remain! Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to revolutionise your thinking and take steps towards becoming an effective change maker.

The 2013 Adaptation Academy Foundation Course runs from the 12-30 August 2013, Oxford UK.

For more information, check out the Academy website (www.adaptationacademy.org) or contact Mica Longanecker, the Academy Coordinator, at .

 

Apply directly online for the course here!