CFR Education offers a three-course specialization on climate change and global affairs. While learners may complete these courses in any order, we recommend completing them in the following order:

1. Climate Change and Global Affairs: The Basics

2. Climate Change and Global Affairs: Mitigation and Adaptation

3. Climate Change and Global Affairs: Policy Opportunities and Obstacles

This course is offered over a five-week period. It covers the following topics:

Week 1: Introduction to Course

Week 2: The Science of Climate Change

Week 3: How Human Activity has Changed the Climate

Week 4: Establishing Responsibility for Solving Climate Change

Week 5: Course Conclusion

Purchasing a Certificate to this course provides you with access to all course materials, including graded assignments.

Upon completing the course and passing all required assessments, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page, where you can download or share it at any time.

A Course Certificate includes the course name, the instructor’s signature, the logo of the partner institution offering the course, a verification URL that allows others to check the certificate’s authenticity, and a statement that Coursera has confirmed the identity of the learner who completed the course.

Course Certificates do not include academic credit from the partner institution offering the course, the final grade you received in the course, your ID photo, the hours you spent working on coursework, or a printed or mailed copy of the Course Certificate.

If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. You are able to upgrade to a paid Certificate at any time during or after your audit.