Sustainable Development in Humanitarian Action
This course explored how sustainable development principles can be incorporated into humanitarian organisations.
4 weeks, 2 hours per week.
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4 weeks, 2 hours per week.
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Learning outcomes
- Explain what sustainable development is and its relevance to humanitarian action
- Reflect on the importance of incorporating sustainability in a humanitarian organization
- Describe the stages of the life-cycle assessment and the role each stage has in reducing the environmental footprint of humanitarian activities
- Identify potential environmental and social risks associated with the procurement and logistics activities of a humanitarian organization
- Identify challenges associated with implementing sustainability initiatives in a humanitarian context
- Identify good practices of sustainability initiatives carried out to improve water, waste and energy management in the field
- Explain how to develop a sustainability strategy and list its key elements
- Identify what factors lead to the successful incorporation of a sustainability strategy in a humanitarian organization
- Develop a sustainability development strategy to mitigate main environmental risks linked to the core activities of a company or organization
- Describe the impacts of climate change on humanitarian work and affected population.
Syllabus
- Week 1: What is sustainable development in a humanitarian context?
- Week 2. Sustainability in the supply chain: a life-cycle perspective
- Week 3. Sustainability in field operations
- Week 4: Setting up a sustainability programme
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