- From www.futurelearn.com
Achieving Transitions to Zero Carbon Emissions and Sustainable Urban Mobility
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on December 31, 2022
- Ends on January 28, 2023
Course details
Syllabus
This MOOC will demonstrate (i) how cities can transition their mobility systems to become sustainable, innovative and inclusive and (ii) how they can accelerate to a zero carbon sustainable urban mobility system.
Specifically, the MOOC will highlight:
- Why do we need to change our systems? Accelerating Transitions to zero carbon sustainable urban mobility systems matters.
- Relevant conceptual & theoretical frameworks (building blocks)
- Tools & Methods to support the acceleration
- Practical implementation challenges and opportunities
- Relevant case studies across the Global North and Global South
Prerequisite
This course is designed for anyone, with no prior knowledge or prerequisites required. This course will be particularly useful if you are concerned about reducing transport carbon emissions and want to learn more about sustainable urban mobility and transitions. It will be especially relevant if you are a professional or practitioner in the field; or you are a student interested in the environment and transportation. It is designed to be of value to participants from around the world.
Instructors
Clemence Cavoli
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Environmental & Transport Policy at the Centre for Transport Studies, part of the Engineering department at UCL
Peter Jones
Peter is a Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development, in the Centre for Transport Studies at UCL. He is a Member of the Independent Transport Commission, and the UK DfT Science Advisory Council
Elma Meskovic
Officer in Sustainable Mobility at ICLEI Europe
Viviane Weinmann
Transport Planner and Advisor at the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) at GIZ.
Editor
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.