The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, and independent think tank Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW) are jointly set to launch a first-of-its-kind course, ‘Reaching Net Zero’.
The online self-paced certificate course, which will be hosted by the global learning platform Apolitical, is designed especially for the Indian market, and will commence in early 2025. It is suitable for Indian policymakers, senior business leaders, senior executives in banks and financial institutions, and civil society members working towards India’s 2070 net zero target.
This course will feature the expertise and content of the Smith School’s Indian academics, including Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor at the Smith School and Director of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Dr Anupama Sen, Head of Policy Engagement for the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Ranjita Rajan, Business Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, leaders and subject matter experts from CEEW, including Dr Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Senior Fellow who specialises in low-carbon economies and carbon markets.
“Our shared ambition is for this course to support India’s progress towards net zero and sustainable development, as well being a key global actor on addressing climate change. As long as human activities continue to add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, global temperatures will keep rising with countries like India often being the most vulnerable to devastating climate impacts. We hope this course will make the latest science on achieving net zero and sustainable development accessible across policy and decision makers, to inform decisions that unlock progress,” said Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor at the Oxford Smith School.