Climate change will have tremendous impacts on every human community across the globe. However, because of the context of both how climate is changing and how communities are organized and function, it can be disastrous to apply the same solutions across the board. This course will teach you the basic principles needed to identify the dynamics and needs of each community, build on its strengths, and adopt best practices and practical frameworks for adapting climate change solutions to local contexts.

Community-Based Climate Change Solutions

Community-Based Climate Change Solutions
This course is part of Climate Change Leadership for Community Resilience Specialization

Instructor: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
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2 weeks to complete
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What you'll learn
Describe the circumstances and issues under which it makes sense to act at the community level to promote environmental and societal change.
Explain how communities work and what motivates them to come together to confront and find collective solutions to environmental and social problems.
Identify approaches and tools you can use to facilitate the process by which communities come together to work for change.Â
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February 2026
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This course is part of the Climate Change Leadership for Community Resilience Specialization
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