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From limited growth to Peak Everything? Sustainable development on trial

Keywords:
Pilot domain:
Sustainability & Climate Change
ECTS credits:
3–4
Mode of delivery:
Physical
University:
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Contact:
Norbert Nicoll
Language:
German
Study cycle:
Bachelor
Additional info
Limited number of places available, please register early via zertifikat-bne@uni-due.de
Faculty:
Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Journalism and Information, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Information and Communication Technologies, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Veterinary
SDG:
SDG8. Decent work and economic growth, SDG9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG11. Sustainable cities and communities, SDG13. Climate action
Course credit:
Yes
Free course:
Yes
Start date:
2024-05-13
End date:
2024-08-07
Application start:
2024-03-13
Application deadline:
2024-05-08
More info
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Mobility opportunities

The course is interdisciplinary and touches on many scientific fields: Agronomy, demography, history, geology, economics, political science and climatology. Specifically, the following content is planned:
– The Neolithic Revolution as the first energy revolution in history
– The Industrial Revolution (preconditions, effects)
– The limits to growth and the discussions of the 1970s
– The Brundtland Report and the concept of sustainability
– The Rio process and the Kyoto Protocol
– Sustainability and climate protection in implementation. The rocky road to the Paris climate protection agreement
– Measuring the consumption of nature: ecological footprint and co.
– Marion King Hubbert and peak oil
– Depletable energy sources: peak coal, peak gas, peak uranium
– Agriculture under pressure: peak soil, peak water and peak phosphorus
– Opportunities and limits of renewable energies
– The transportation of tomorrow – which technology will prevail?
– Circular economy – more than just recycling
– Sufficiency and cultural change
– A way out of the post-growth economy?