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Respon­si­ble Use of Natural Resources

Scope 5 ECTS (1 ECTS=27 hours)

Info

Enable your­self the ability to iden­tify respon­si­ble use of natural resources! 

Content

Values behind envi­ron­men­tal attitudes

  • Human­is­tic thinking
  • Roman­tic thinking
  • Free markets and welfare state
  • Role of technology

Basics of Envi­ron­men­tal Economics

  • Natural capital
  • Eter­nal­ity
  • Market failure
  • Common goods and public goods
  • Valu­a­tion
  • Subsi­dies

Sustain­abil­ity

  • Inter­na­tional and national definitions
  • Social and envi­ron­men­tal sustainability
  • Sustain­able development

Climate chance impacts to environment

  • Precip­i­ta­tion
  • Temper­a­ture
  • Natural disas­ters

Global natural resources

  • Food produc­tion (agri­cul­ture, fishing industry)
  • Fresh water
  • Mining
  • Forests

Global agree­ments on environment

  • EIA inter­na­tion­ally
  • Partic­i­pa­tory plan­ning (Århus)
  • Rio agree­ments
  • Climate summits
  • WTO and global trade

Course includes case studies on subjects closely related to local condi­tions and prob­lems in students’ country of origin.

Target audi­ence

– For Busi­ness: Experts working in rele­vant fields

– For Educa­tion: Leaders, experts at all levels, 3rd or 4th year students of the associated/applicable involved degree programs

Avail­abil­ity January-June and upon request yearly

Trainer

Senior Lecturer Markus Huhti­nen ([email protected])

Inter­ested? Contact for more info

Kha Trinh (Katri) Truong

Global Educa­tion Officer

+358 504730750 (What­sApps, Viber, Zalo, Skype)

[email protected]

www.karelia.fi