Course consists of two main parts: Part 1.Issues and Driving Forces Growth and nature of environmental awareness, values and perceptions. Critical issues in current and future environmental change in terrestrial, atmospheric, aquatic and marine systems. Climate change and its impact. The forces driving change including population growth and consumption, resource scarcity, climate, patterns of energy use, ecosystem changes, thresholds and sustainability. Part 2: Managing the Global Environmental Changes The nature of environmental changes at various levels, the business perspective, special interest groups, national and international action and co-operation. The formal legal framework. How the above are mediated by crosscutting dimensions of a legal, economic, cultural and ecological nature. Students have to be prepared for a stimulating and challenging journey filled with new concepts, theories, problems, and experiences.
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