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The E4SD Online Course will be delivered entirely through distance online education.
The course will provide in-depth knowledge of energy options within the
context of sustainable development. The course is designed to be
intensive and requires an average of 80 hours of efforts, spread over 8 weeks.
The 8-week duration E4SD course is designed to serve as a
comprehensive introduction to a range of key energy for sustainable
development issues. These include the linkages between the provision of
energy services and poverty, economic development, health, security and
the environment. The topics selected for coverage will allow
development specialists to get a first-hand yet in-depth view of key
challenges associated with implementing energy for sustainable
development in a variety of development related contexts.
The E4SD course’s
scope and content is intended to promote deeper understanding of the
following issues:
- Linkages between energy, social and development issues
such as poverty, gender, urbanization, health, livelihoods and economic
development.
- Energy security
- Sustainable management and use of energy resources and energy
technologies including renewable energy technologies and advanced
energy technologies
- Energy concerns in developing countries including rural
energy, and
- Enabling frameworks and policies that promote energy for
sustainable development.
The training
materials compiled within this course are part of the outreach
activities of the World Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of
Sustainability (WEA). They are built directly upon the Training
Materials on Energy for Sustainable Development: World Energy
Assessment Outreach Modules that were developed to disseminate the
findings of the WEA. The course session is structured into three
sections with four modules each:
Section I - Energy for Sustainable Development
I-1 Energy and Social Issues
I-2 Energy, the Environment and Health
I-3 Energy and Economic Issues
I-4 Energy Security
Section II - Energy Resources and Technologies
II-1 Energy Resources
II-2 Energy End-Use Efficiency
II-3 Renewable Energy Technologies
II-4 Advanced
Energy Supply Technologies
Section III - Enabling Frameworks and Policies for
Sustainable Energy
III-1 Energy Scenarios
III-2 Rural Energy
III-3 Reshaping Markets and Building Capacity
III-4 Key Policy Areas for Sustainable Development
The E4SD Online Course will involve inter alia: a range of readings, quizzes
and self assessment, written assignments, and participation in online
discussion forums facilitated by international energy and development
experts. Feedback for assignments will be supplied on an individual
basis.
Successful
completion of the course will lead to a formal European
university level certification corresponding to 3 European Credit
Transfer System (ECTS) credits.
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