Sustainability, Climate Change & SDGs

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Course Code: GC02

Program: Global Citizenship Program

Course Overview: Sustainability literacy helps students understand climate change, environmental responsibility, sustainable development, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These issues connect environmental, social, and economic choices with the wellbeing of communities, ecosystems, institutions, and future generations.

This course explores climate risks, responsible consumption, pollution and waste, energy and water, biodiversity, sustainable cities, climate adaptation, renewable energy, green technologies, circular economy, sustainable entrepreneurship, climate leadership, environmental ethics, global policy, ESG, accountability, and practical sustainability action.

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain sustainability, climate change, sustainable development, and the SDGs
  • Analyze pollution, waste, natural-resource, biodiversity, and urban-sustainability challenges
  • Apply climate-adaptation, resilience, clean-energy, and sustainable-innovation concepts
  • Evaluate environmental ethics, policy, global agreements, ESG, and accountability
  • Design practical community solutions and a measurable personal sustainability action plan

Target Audience: Students, campus groups, aspiring professionals, and community participants seeking practical sustainability and climate-action literacy.

Learning Experience: Students engage through video overviews, audio deep dives, study guides, practical examples, reflection prompts, workbook activities, applied tasks, knowledge checks, and end-of-module quizzes. Activities support climate and SDG analysis, responsible consumption, resource and biodiversity awareness, sustainable innovation, ethics, policy evaluation, community solutions, and personal action planning.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Understand sustainability challenges. Design responsible responses. Take measurable action.

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Course Introduction

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Foundations of Sustainability
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in foundations of sustainability. Learners explore introduction to sustainability, understanding climate change, and sustainable development goals (sdgs) and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Introduction to Sustainability Understanding Climate Change Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Personal Responsibility & Sustainable Living Lesson Sequence: Introduction to Sustainability Understanding Climate Change Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Personal Responsibility & Sustainable Living

Environmental Challenges & Sustainable Solutions
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in environmental challenges & sustainable solutions. Learners explore pollution, waste & environmental impact, energy, water & natural resource management, and biodiversity & ecosystem protection and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Pollution, Waste & Environmental Impact Energy, Water & Natural Resource Management Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection Sustainable Cities & Communities Lesson Sequence: Pollution, Waste & Environmental Impact Energy, Water & Natural Resource Management Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection Sustainable Cities & Communities

Climate Action & Sustainable Innovation
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in climate action & sustainable innovation. Learners explore climate adaptation & resilience, renewable energy & green technologies, and innovation for sustainability and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Climate Adaptation & Resilience Renewable Energy & Green Technologies Innovation for Sustainability Youth Leadership in Climate Action Lesson Sequence: Climate Adaptation & Resilience Renewable Energy & Green Technologies Innovation for Sustainability Youth Leadership in Climate Action

Ethics, Policy & Global Responsibility
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in ethics, policy & global responsibility. Learners explore environmental ethics & responsibility, global climate agreements & policy, and corporate sustainability & esg and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Environmental Ethics & Responsibility Global Climate Agreements & Policy Corporate Sustainability & ESG Sustainable Leadership & Accountability Lesson Sequence: Environmental Ethics & Responsibility Global Climate Agreements & Policy Corporate Sustainability & ESG Sustainable Leadership & Accountability

Applied Sustainability Projects
Module Overview: This module builds practical capability in applied sustainability projects. Learners explore sustainability challenges case studies, community sustainability projects, and designing sustainable solutions and connect the learning to academic success, personal development, professional readiness, or future career application. Learning Focus: Sustainability Challenges Case Studies Community Sustainability Projects Designing Sustainable Solutions Personal Sustainability Action Plan Lesson Sequence: Sustainability Challenges Case Studies Community Sustainability Projects Designing Sustainable Solutions Personal Sustainability Action Plan

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