Local Water Solutions for Global Challenges

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Gaia Education

University of Strathclyde

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Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 3 hours/week
Level: Introductory
Language: English
Venue: Online

Certificate: Yes
Price: Optional fee of USD100 for certificate
Start date: 22 March 2022
End date: 26 April 2022
Registration deadline: 22 March 2022

You will learn about some of the global water challenges, which water and wastewater treatment technologies are the most suitable for your area and how to convince your local policy makers and organisations to make improvements into the water governance in your area.

Sustainable Development Goals: Clean water and sanitation; Reducing inequalities; Peace, justice and strong institutions

Subject: Water Security

Keywords: water; security; sanitation; health; peace

About this course

Water is essential for life and for sustainable development. Increasing human population, the impacts of climate change and unsustainable growth all place pressures on the world’s precious freshwater resources. Managing water well is essential for the international community to deliver the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Without this, most of the Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved. Every drop matters.

The course presented by the University of Strathclyde, Gaia Education and UNITAR contributes to the International Decade (2018–2028) for Action – Water for Sustainable Development, and is supported by the Scottish Government.

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Target audience

Integrated Water Resource Managers
Community Health and Sanitation Workers
International Development Consultants
Water Quality and Treatment Managers
Poverty Alleviation Activists
Developing Countries Agricultural Engineers
SDG Training Multipliers
Hydrology Students and Workers
Community Leaders
Urban Water Developers
Climate Justice Policy Makers
Waste Water Treatment Workers
And everyone interested in Local Water Solutions for Global Challenges

Learning objectives

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Conceptualise Integrated Water Resource Management Challenges;
Understand the linkage between SDG6 (Water and sanitation) and other SDGs;
Conceptualise Water treatment technologies within Integrated Water Resource Management Challenges;
Identify how water treatment plays a role in increased water resilience;
Differentiate transboundary from national Integrated Water Resource Management Challenges;
Grasp the importance of the science-policy interface;
Conceptualise Integrated Water Resource Management Challenges within a Food-Water-Energy Nexus.