Dawid F. Prestini

Sustainable Tourism – Promoting environmental public health Professor Flemming Konradsen Director, School of Global Health  University of Copenhagen Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini January 1, 2021 3 weeks Grade Achieved: 89.19% Certifies their successful completion of Sustainable Tourism – promoting environmental public health The Course introduces learners to key environmental health and natural resources management challenges associated with the rapid growth in international tourist arrivals into low-income countries. Since infrastructural and regulatory capacities in such countries are often limited they are more exposed to the negative implications of such development. The Course will present experiences and potential avenues to develop a more sustainable for of tourism. The Course particularly focuses on the problems and potentials of tourism development in small island states in tropical and sub-tropical settings and highlights the challenges of such development on vulnerable eco

Transformation of the Global Food System Certificate Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini December 30, 2020 6 weeks of study Grade Achieved: 95.33% Certifies their successful completion of Transformation of the Global Food System The UN predicts we will be 9-10 billion people on Earth in 2050. Providing so many people with nutritious foods is a massive challenge and one that cannot be met by simply upscaling current practices regarding food production and consumption. Providing humanity with nutritional food is at the center of all decisions related to sustainable development. Agriculture is responsible for 80% of global deforestation. The food systems release 29% of global greenhouse gasses. We use an area equivalent to North and South America combined for the production of meat for consumption or to produce the food necessary to feed the animals we eat. 70% of fresh water use is related to agriculture. These figures are staggering, and they show us, that we need to rethink and transform t