🍃UNDERSTAND

<aside> 🔥 The Science behind sustainability - 6 courses - Approx. 6h

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Preamble : the Great Acceleration

A sense of the scale of human impact ; working out how and why it’s happening…

1.The story of us
2.Exponential Growth
3.Balance and Imbalance

The Great Climate System

Walking through the science behind the Climate System on Earth - approx. 1 hour

1. Climate or Weather
2. The great climate system
3. Ice cores and Natural Forcing
4. The Greenhouse Effect
5. The keeling Curve
6. Energy Excess
7. Consequences today
8. Predicting the Future
9. Tipping points

The Overexploitation on Natural Resources

A comprehension of natural resources, how they enabled humankind to progress and how their overexploitation is dramatic. - Approx. 1h

1. Energy
2. Energy sources: coal
3. Energy sources: Oil and others
4. Smartphones: water supply
5. Smartphones: water demand
6. Smartphones: gold and copper
7. Smartphones: rare earth and recycling
8. Smartphones: sand

The Epic History of Earth

A 24-hours journey from the Big Bang to the birth of human societies ; understanding the forces at stake in the past to help us act now.

1. The big bang theory
2. Earth in 24 hours : Before Dawn
3. Earth in 24 hours: From Dawn till Dusk
4. Earth in 24 hours: Before Midnight

The Collapse of Biodiversity

This Course is all about the variety of life and the impact a fast-changing climate and environment is having on it.

1. The Marvel of Biodiversity
2. Biodiversity: Species and Ecosystems
3. Biodiversity: Food chains
4. Biodiversity: Genetic Diversity
5. Dynamics and evolution
6. Extinction
7. The collapse of the Coral Reef
8. The 6th Extinction: Land use and overexploitation
9. The 6th Extinction: Climate, pollution and invasive species
10. The 6th Extinction: a Tipping point ?

Impacts on human societies

Walking through the different impacts on our lives and economies today

Impacts on our economy
Focus on Norfolk (Virginia), United States
Impacts on humans - part 1
Impacts on humans - part 2
The emergence of new viruses
Impact on societies

🤜ACT

<aside> 🔥 Take actions in your day to day job - 10 courses

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Building a roadmap to action

Understanding on how human instinct of survival and adaptation is key to trigger the change

Adaptation
Exploration: a key to adaptation
Portrait of an explorer
How to trigger adaptation: fear and marvel
Build a vision
Bonus: resources

Acting on ecological footprint

This module will focus on your company product effects on biodiversity and natural resources known as negative externalities - Approx. 30 min

Product life cycle
You can't reduce what you can't measure
Circular economy
Dos and don'ts
Quick fire questions
Bonus: Resources

I work in the IT department

A course where you'll learn the importance of digital in climate change and what you can do to reduce it

It's happening…
You are accountable
You have the power
Digital services
Servers and data
Hardware and devices
Bonus: Resources

I work in legal department

Understanding how legal services must take climate changes very seriously with the apparition of climate liability

Climate liability is happening now
Upcoming legal risks - new frameworks
Anticipating future standards - be proactive
Do's and don'ts
Quick fire questions
Bonus: Resources

I work in HR

In this course, you will understand how climate change will transform the HR functions and your role into the transition of your company - Approx. 43.5min

Why HR jobs are impacted by climate change
A day in the life of an HRD in 2030
Getting ready for new environnemental skills
Helping your organization decarbonize
Engaging employees
Anticipating new working conditions
Case study
Examples of good initiatives
Glossary: key concepts to know as an HR professional