Bennett Institute’s Wealth Economy framework can help better account for sustainable prosperity.
The University of Cambridge and international partners have launched the Democratising Education for Global Sustainability and Justice course on the law and policy dimensions of sustainability.
The new education programme provides short online courses for current and future law and policy leaders to better understand and advance the implementation of international agreements that address the global sustainability challenges of biodiversity and climate change.
The courses are delivered as a University of Cambridge collaboration between the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge Zero, and the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), and supported by funding from Dr. Gabrielle Bacon.
One of the ‘key essential’ courses teaches the Bennett Institute’s Wealth Economy Framework to understand and measure the wide range of assets required for sustainable prosperity.
“Humanity is at a crossroads – facing a convergence of global crises including climate change, biodiversity loss, rising levels of poverty and inequality, and risks to health and human rights.
“Recently crafted international agreements, frameworks and instruments serve to address these challenges but too few law and policy experts have the knowledge, training and skills to satisfactorily implement these treaties at all levels,” says Cambridge’s Visiting Chair in Sustainable Development Law and the Programme Director, Prof Marie-Claire Cordonier-Segger.
Learners from around the world will have the opportunity to explore the law and policy dimensions of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on poverty and economic progress, human rights and society, and the Earth’s biosphere. They will examine good practice legal innovations, Voluntary National Reports, and global partnerships. It is deeply inspiring to contribute to new education and engagement in this emerging field, in response to justice challenges of our century.”
The Democratising Education for Global Sustainability and Justice programme aims to ensure that learners worldwide, particularly under-served groups from law, policy, and practice communities working on implementing international accords on sustainable development and the SDGs, gain access to the University’s expertise. Through a global selection process, the courses are free of charge for successful applicants, especially those from highly climate-vulnerable and least-developed countries (LDCs).
For more information, visit the programme’s website.
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