Matching Skills. Unlocking Futures

Discover meaningful work that matters to the planet.

This self-paced course lets you enroll and complete materials anytime. As extractive industries like mining and oil & gas face rapid technological change, many still struggle to manage innovation effectively. This MOOC equips participants with practical tools and cross-industry insights to drive R&D and support progress toward SDGs 7, 9, and 13.

This self-paced course, developed by the NAP Global Network and offered through the SDG Academy, equips adaptation professionals with practical tools to design and implement MEL systems for national adaptation plan (NAP) processes. As countries respond to climate change, MEL is essential to track progress, improve actions, and ensure effective, inclusive adaptation.

This self-paced course explores innovative climate adaptation strategies in Europe, including the EU Adaptation Strategy and IMPETUS project. Learners will gain practical insights into science-based solutions, socio-economic pathways, and local actions supporting the Paris Agreement.

This self-paced course explores the UN’s evolving role in global governance through Our Common Agenda and the Summit of the Future. Learners will examine key policy areas—like peace, digital cooperation, and global governance—and hear from leading experts to understand how multilateralism can be revitalized for a sustainable future.

This self-paced course builds awareness and practical skills around ten core aspects of equitable and inclusive education. Aimed at educators, policymakers, and practitioners, it offers tools and strategies to drive change across all levels—from classrooms to national policy—helping narrow education disparities in any context.

This self-paced course explores how structural transformation shapes economies, jobs, and inequality—key to achieving SDG 8. Drawing on UNU-WIDER research, it examines the developer’s dilemma and offers policy pathways for more inclusive and sustainable economic development.

This self-paced course explores the link between biodiversity loss and the rising risk of pandemics, with over 70% of emerging diseases originating from animals. Using insights from UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and the One Health approach, learners will examine how conserving biodiversity can reduce disease risk and protect human health.

This self-paced course explores rapid urbanization in the global South through the PEAK Urban framework—Prediction, Emergence, Adoption, and Knowledge. Drawing on research from cities in China, India, Colombia, South Africa, and the UK, it examines key urban challenges like health, migration, informality, and climate change to help shape more sustainable urban futures.

This self-paced course introduces the fundamentals of social protection, its role across the life cycle, and its importance in addressing global challenges. Learners will explore key concepts, policy options, and strategies in the context of decent work and development. Available in English (via SDG Academy on edX) and French (via EN3S).