Sustainable development courses can help you learn frameworks for social, economic, and environmental progress. You can build skills in policy evaluation, community planning, climate resilience, and measuring development outcomes. Many courses introduce tools for sustainability indicators, data analysis, and impact assessment to support informed decision-making across global contexts.

University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Program Development, Debugging, Development Testing, Software Testing, Computational Thinking, Test Case, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science, Design Strategies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Agile Methodology, User Feedback, No-Code Development, Collaborative Software, Application Development, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Customer experience improvement, Software Development, Prototyping, Empowerment, Constructive Feedback, Development Testing, Continuous Improvement Process, Stakeholder Engagement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Prioritization, User Interface (UI), Business Logic
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Water Quality, Water Sustainability, Water Resource Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Environmental Monitoring, Civil Engineering, Sustainable Design, Human Centered Design, Risk Analysis, Continuous Monitoring, Internet Of Things, Machine Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: AI Enablement, Regulatory Requirements, Responsible AI, Compliance Management, Business Transformation, Risk Analysis, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Business Solutions, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Digital Transformation, Business Risk Management, Scalability, Risk Management, Culture Transformation, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Employee Training
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Flask (Web Framework), Web Development, Web Applications, Application Development, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Application, Back-End Web Development, Software Development, SQL, Python Programming, Computer Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Python Programming, Development Environment, Computer Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Program Development, Software Documentation, Pseudocode, C++ (Programming Language), Computational Thinking, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Development Environment, Algorithms, Data Validation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Serverless Computing, Amazon DynamoDB, Cloud Computing, Amazon S3, Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure, Event-Driven Programming, Cloud Storage, Solution Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Data Migration, API Gateway, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Public Cloud, Database Systems, Software Architecture, Cloud Security
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: SAP S/4HANA, System Design and Implementation, Relationship Building, ABAP RESTful Programming Model (RAP), Project Management, Test Script Development, Rapport Building, Project Implementation, Software As A Service, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Resource Planning, Consultative Approaches, Solution Architecture, Project Closure, Stakeholder Communications, Product Roadmaps, Test Planning, Workforce Development, Requirements Analysis, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sustainable Business, Corporate Sustainability, Business Ethics, Governance, Social Impact, Advocacy, Sustainability Reporting, Environmental Resource Management, Corporate Strategy, Diversity and Inclusion, Climate Change Adaptation, Performance Measurement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Skills you'll gain: Continuous Monitoring, Risk Management, FinTech, Change Management, Emerging Technologies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Red Hat
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), JSON, Python Programming, Debugging, Data Structures, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Computer Programming, Statistical Programming, Web Development, Scripting, Scripting Languages, Development Environment, Text Mining, Software Installation
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months