“Modern environmental problems and sustainable development” - course 2800 rubles. from MSU, training 15 weeks. (4 months), Date: December 7, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 09, 2023
The course is designed to help understand the modern concept of “sustainable development”, aimed at systematically changing traditional forms management and lifestyle of people in order to contribute to the preservation of the stability of the biosphere and the development of society without catastrophic crises. The course will cover the main problems of society and environmental problems, ways to solve problems and prevent disasters. The course is aimed at developing in students the skills and abilities to independently analyze what is happening in world of global changes associated with complex solutions to social, economic and environmental problems.
Form of study
Correspondence courses using distance learning technologies
Lecture 1. Introductory
Lecture 2. Basics of general ecology
part 1. Basic environmental laws
part 2. Biocenoses and ecosystems
Lecture 3. The problem of world population growth
part 1. Projections and reality of world population change
part 2. Factors determining fertility and mortality
Lecture 4. Providing the world's population with food
part 1. Land Fund and the Opportunities of the World Ocean
part 2. "Green Revolution" and its consequences
Lecture 5. Mineral and water resources
part 1. Mineral resources
part 2. Water resources
Lecture 6. Energy resources (40 min)
part 1. energy crisis
part 2. Lessons from the energy crisis
Lecture 7. Climate change
part 1. Causes of climate change
part 2. global warming
Lecture 8. Environmental features of generating electricity in various ways
part 1. Traditional methods of generating electricity (thermal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, nuclear power plants)
part 2. Alternative sources of electricity
Lecture 9. Lessons from Chernobyl
Lecture 10. Environmental pollution
part 1. Types and sources of environmental pollution
part 2. Consequences of air, water and soil pollution
Lecture 11. Environmental policy
part 1. Environmental Policy Instruments
part 2. Legal and economic mechanisms for environmental management
Lecture 12. International cooperation and sustainable development
Part 1.International conventions, organizations and conferences
part 2. Sustainability concept