Integrated Action on Biodiversity/Ecosystem, Health and Climate

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Length: 1 week
Effort: 7 hours total
Level: Introductory
Language: English
Region: Asia and the Pacific

Certificate: Yes
Price: Free

A regional e-learning course on Integrated Action on Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Health and Climate for ESCAP member states and stakeholders. The e-learning course is developed in partnership between ESCAP and the French Embassy in Thailand.

Sustainable Development Goals: Good health and well-being for people; Climate action; Life on land

Subject: Biodiversity

Keywords: COVID-19; climate action; health

About this course

The purpose of the e-learning course is to share the latest knowledge approaches and techniques to raise ambition in tackling urgent environmental issues, specifically Biodiversity, Climate Change and Health in the context of COVID-19. The course has the aim of exploring the interconnectedness of these issues and the need to engage on this topic in order to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and prevent future zoonoses.

Target audience

Inhabitants of ESCAP member states and other stakeholders.

Learning objectives

The objectives of this eLearning course are to:

Explore the interconnectedness of Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Climate Change and Health, with specific reference to COVID-19.
Generate a greater awareness around stewardship of ecosystems, biodiversity and climate, and raise ambition to make progress, in an integrated manner, on these issues in Asia and the Pacific
Share best practices for applying a nexus approach to these issues
Highlight the need for regional collaboration in meeting these challenges