Sustainability Foundations: Core Concepts

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Course Description

Overview

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Become more fluent with sustainability by learning the most important terms and concepts.

Syllabus

Introduction

Sustainability and transformation

1. What Is Sustainability?

Definition of sustainability
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Sustainability is a global and local issue

2. Three Paradigms at the Root of the World’s Unsustainable Path

Circular model of production and consumption
Move to dynamic thinking
Systems approach
Unpacking the systems approach

3. Environmental Sustainability

Net zero
Nature positive
Environmental resilience

4. Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

Carbon and environmental accounting
Climate risk

5. Need for Transformation

Three transformations for a sustainable world

Taught by

Amy Luers

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