Development professionals are increasingly asked to consider environmental issues in their work - even if it is not their specialty. The emergence of short training programs may render the pursuit of a Master of Science degree unnecessary.
Several organizations around the globe-and particularly in Europe-are offering training on how to integrate climate change issues in development or business practice.
The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, for instance, offers courses on sustainable urban energy and a host of other issues at its Rotterdam headquarters and around the world. The University of Twente, also in the Netherlands, has an office of technology and sustainable development that organizes one-month courses on how to draft clean development mechanism project proposals. Trinity Consultants, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, regularly offers courses on sustainable development.