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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries by University of Cape Town

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About the Course

This course challenges you to consider how one might lift societies out of poverty while also mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. We explore the inherent complexity of developing country governments wanting to grow their economies in a climate-friendly way. You will be introduced to an approach with which to address this challenge. The approach consists of a facilitated process whereby academic researchers and high-level influential actors within society co-produce knowledge. You will track this process in four Latin American countries - Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and South Africa. You will hear from various professionals about their contexts and the different challenges and opportunities the process includes. This course will cover topics such as facilitation process techniques, energy modeling, scenario building, innovation, and policy making. You will have the opportunity to respond to these topics with ideas and reflection from your own context. Whether you are a climate change practitioner, work in development, or are simply curious about how climate mitigation is understood, this course will give you insights into the complexity of how countries from the South pursue development goals while addressing climate mitigation. The course is free to enroll and take. You will be offered the option of purchasing a certificate of completion, which you become eligible for if you successfully complete the course requirements. This can be an excellent way of staying motivated! Financial Aid is also available....

Top reviews

MG

Oct 3, 2016

Super-awesome course that taught me about the super-wicked problem of our time and how to effectively achieve climate change mitigation and development objectives from developing countries context

CO

Nov 9, 2017

The course has been very insightful to me as a climate change scientist. It has been very detailed and it has given me input that from a perspective that i had not thought of before. Thank you.

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By Kenny S M G

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Jul 1, 2021

Excelente curso

By Olaleye A

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May 29, 2017

Simply Awesome!

By MEGHANJAN S

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Sep 18, 2023

awesome course

By Gourpada D

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Jul 17, 2020

Thanks a lot!

By Deleted A

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Apr 28, 2017

Great courses

By Nicole M B H

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Jun 29, 2021

good course

By Dr: J A B

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Jun 7, 2016

Excellent .

By Somnath M

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Sep 19, 2022

excellent

By DIEGO H P E

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Jul 10, 2021

muy lindo

By Lady E H C

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Jul 5, 2021

excelente

By Maria A P E

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Jun 28, 2021

genial

By TONY A V B

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Jul 6, 2021

Good

By NOE A H A

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Jul 3, 2021

Good

By Nicolas S N d P

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Jul 3, 2021

good

By Diana A C M

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Jul 1, 2021

Nice

By Abayomi I

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Feb 27, 2022

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By Madhuri S

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Aug 8, 2020

Many interesting things can be learned through this course like how to make changes or tackle a problem by finding solution not only regarding climate change problems but personally to. The assignments are very interesting and helped to learned about activities or initiatives that were taking place in other developing or developed countries regarding the climate change and development or mitigation. I learned how models can be so helpful in getting info for future by using the past years data. Thank you.

By Leidy V B T

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Oct 9, 2022

I really missed the contact with teachers, I wish I could receive comments from teachers with retroalimentation or suggestions about my homeworks or what I expressed about I think I could do for my comunity as professional though the MAPS approach. I think is a good exercise be examinated by other students but I could appreciate if in some exercises I could be examinated and retroalimentated by a teacher so in that way I know if I am doing the exercises in a good way.

By Tomasz K

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Jan 8, 2018

Great course, well organized and highly interesting. Some talks could be more up to the point and presented more clearly, but the international nature of the exchanges and the multicultural background of speakers explains those factors. I am giving 4 stars because I enjoyed the course a lot, but I think it could be more detailed and factual. Thank you for making this content available.

By Yotam F

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Dec 11, 2016

A course that provides an overview of the challenges faced by sustainable development efforts, and the processes the MAPS programme practices to effectively tackle them. I wish I could have access to the detailed "models" that were a main topic to more deeply understand the kind of effort that goes into creating and adjusting them, and how they then translate into affecting policies.

By Faith C C

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Jan 8, 2022

It was my first but certainly will not be my last course. So grateful to Harald and the entire MAPS team for taking time out of their busy schedule to share their knowledge and skills with us! It was informative and well presented throughout. I especially appreciated ng able to interact with my peers as we would in a classroom.. Fantastic!

By Josaia U

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Apr 1, 2019

This course puts into perspective the correlation between the co-production of knowledge, innovation, technology, community towards the development and establishment of a country's policy towards climate change and its effect on developments. I definitely have learnt a lot from other context especially other developing countries.

By Hiba J J J

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Jul 14, 2016

It explains the issue of how developing countries are facing climate change and on that aspect it presents the information not only the way they deal with it but the obstacles they encounter in the process. It also introduced very interesting concepts that could be used outside of this course.

By Livia W

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Jul 10, 2021

What I particularly liked were the essays we wrote, as wording a write-up on a specific topic brings the relevant topic this way much closer.

What I would have liked more that there are presentation materials, that can be saved and later re-read. Unfortunately there were none.

By Arjun P

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Nov 3, 2021

I find the course very useful to those who are working in climate change field. Topics and the processes included in the course will help provide a guide to the students, bureaucrats and development practitioners engaged in environmental management and climate change.