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14.03.2017 |
The evolution of the multidimensional concept of sustainability through time and space. The “Limits to Growth”: is its message still relevant? “Planetary Boundaries”, the “Anthropocene” and carbon footprint: the impact of human activities on the Planet. Bibliography for the lecture: - Meadows, D.H., Meadows, D.H., Randers, J. and Behrens III, W.W., 1972. The limits to growth: a report to the club of Rome (1972). Universe Books, New York (selected readings) - Randers, J., 2012. 2052: A global forecast for the next forty years. Chelsea Green Publishing (selected readings) - Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Å., Chapin III, F.S., Lambin, E., Lenton, T., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H.J. and Nykvist, B., 2009. Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity. Ecology and society, 14(2). - WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/lpr_2016/
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21.03.2017 |
Climate change and physical risk (hazards). Global and regional impacts of climate change. Scenarios’ uncertainty and why we disagree about climate change. Who contributes the most to climate change and why? Bibliography for the lecture: - Stocker, T.F., Qin, D., Plattner, G.K., Tignor, M., Allen, S.K., Boschung, J., Nauels, A., Xia, Y., Bex, B. and Midgley, B.M., 2013. IPCC, 2013: climate change 2013: the physical science basis. Contribution of working group I to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change (selected readings) - Mann, M.E., 2013. The hockey stick and the climate wars: Dispatches from the front lines. Columbia University Press (selected readings) - IPCC (2014) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). Contribution of working group II to the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (selected readings). - OECD/IEA (2015) Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2015. Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020.
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28.03.2017 |
Climate change mitigation policies: Carbon tax, Emission Trading System, Fiscal measures EU2030 Framework for climate and energy and the US Clean Power Plan Climate change adaptation policies: building resilience to climate change The COP21 Paris agreement and the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. Bibliography for the lecture: - UNFCCC (2009). Fact sheet: The need for mitigation, (available at: https://unfccc.int/files/press/backgrounders/application/pdf/press_factsh_mitigation.pdf ). - EU2030 Framework for climate and energy: https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-strategy/2030-energy-strategy - EPA’s US Clean Power Plan: https://www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan/clean-power-plan-existing-power-plants - Asian Development Bank (2013) Building Resilience to Climate Change: Adaptation Technical Resource. Manila, Philippines (selected readings) - COP21 Paris Agreement: http://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9485.php
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04.04.2017 |
Climate change interaction with global development policies; From the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals; The role of development banks for sustainable and inclusive development. Bibliography for the lecture: Sachs, J. et al. (2005) “Why the Goals are important”: http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/overviewEng1-23LowRes.pdf 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/ World Bank. 2015. 2015 Sustainability Review. Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22723 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO (selected readings) New Climate Economy (2016) THE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPERATIVE Financing for Better Growth and Development. THE 2016 NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY REPORT.
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02.05.2017 |
Climate change governance: positions of private, public actors and civil society (NGOs) on climate change and how to tackle it; Network map of climate-finance actors in the European Union: who stands to win or lose in the climate-finance casino’? Bibliography for the lecture: 2degrees investing initiative (2015) Financial risk and the transition to a low carbon economy. Working paper, July 2015 Battiston S, Mandel A, Monasterolo I, Schuetze F and Visentin G (2016) A Climate Stress-Test of the EU Financial System. Available at SSRN 2726076 Inter-American Development Bank (2015) Stranded Assets and Multilateral Development Banks, Washington, DC Leaton (2014) Unburnable Carbon. http://www.carbontracker.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/09/Unburnable-Carbon-Full-rev2-1.pdf Accessed 3 May 2016 Stern (2016) The criticality of the next 10 years - Delivering the Global Agenda and Building http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-criticality-of-the-next-ten-years.pdf Accessed on 5 January 2017
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09.05.2017 |
Circular economy: opportunities and challenge Disentangling the food-energy-water nexus Climate-smart agriculture: how to reconcile agriculture with the environment Bibliography for the lecture: CGIAR (2014) Why do we need climate-smart agriculture? https://ccafs.cgiar.org/climate-smart-agriculture-0#.WJeE2VMrLX4 European Environmental Agency (2016) Circular economy in Europe: Developing the knowledge base. EEA Report No 2/2016. Available at http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/circular-economy-in-europe FAO (2010) “Climate-Smart” Agriculture: Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation. http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1881e/i1881e00.pdf Howarth C., Monasterolo I. (2016). Understanding barriers to decision making in the energy-food-water nexus: The added value of interdisciplinary approaches. In Environmental Science & Policy Journal, Volume 61, July 2016, Pages 53–60.
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