Environmental Policy and International Development - Certificate

Deepen your knowledge of pressing global issues like climate change, resource scarcity, and population growth. Gain a deeper understanding of the policies and solutions needed to address today’s environmental and international development challenges.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Understand the environmental ethics in game and wildlife management, natural resource use, water management, biological diversity, fisheries, ocean protection, and agricultural production.
• Analyze the science of climate change, social adaptation of human communities, and diplomacy efforts born out of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Navigate environmental policy, regulation, and legislation, including major environmental statutes as well as common and constitutional laws within the United States.
• Leverage tools for developing sustainable economies, such as economic valuation, value chain, and cost benefit analysis. 
• Lead effectively in a variety of organizational contexts using change management principles.