Water&Sustainability:Fundamentals Of Sustainable Development

Learn how to develop sustainability strategies for different sectors

What you'll learn
Understand driving forces of global water demand, climate change and sustainable development
Identify risks and opportunities for different sectors in terms of water availability and climate change
Develop sustainability strategies for different sectors
Learn about agriculture, industry&energy's role in water demand, climate change and sustainability
Learn about UN Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement, Sendai Framework
Current EU regulations for sustainability
Requirements
Eagerness to learn about sustainability and sustainable development!
Description
Currently, sustainability is a very popular term. From public services to business world, from environment to industry we are trying to render our world more sustainable. However, many are lost within the definitions and promises of new realm that is being created. Do we really know what we mean when we say ‘sustainable’? Sustainability encompasses more than few keywords we are used to hear nowadays. Due to lack of fundamentals and critical thinking of cause and effect relation between human and earth, we are bound to be very slow and inefficient in our actions to tackle unsustainable patterns we have developed.Water&Sustainability is designed to teach you the essential knowledge and the working mechanism of natural and human-made processes to understand the consequences of our actions. Once you comprehend driving forces and human-made pressures on our earth you’ll connect dots and critically think to find resolutions to challenging situations.Why water? Water is in the core of most fundamental sustainability issues we face today. We are worried about climate change. While ‘water’ is not directly mentioned in most climate policies, in fact, the unwanted consequences of climate change directly relate with water.Current international policy frameworks for sustainable development, such as UN SDGs, reveal that water is, directly or indirectly, connected to other goals to achieve sustainable development.Upon completion of the course you’ll gain a broader vision to reason issues, judge current practices and develop strategies to tackle unsustainable patterns in different business sectors, society or simply in your daily lives.

Overview

Section 1: Water Resources

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Distribution of Water Resources

Lecture 3 Water Cycle

Lecture 4 Population and Water

Section 2: Earth's Climate

Lecture 5 Earth's Climate and Greenhouse gases

Lecture 6 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Global Temperatures

Lecture 7 Cooling of Climate

Section 3: Global Water Demand

Lecture 8 Drivers of Global Water Demand

Section 4: Agriculture

Lecture 9 Water and Agriculture

Lecture 10 Land Cover and Agriculture

Lecture 11 GHGs and Agriculture

Lecture 12 Pollution and Agriculture

Lecture 13 Energy and Agriculture

Lecture 14 Sustainable Agriculture

Lecture 15 Sustainable Food Systems

Section 5: Human Settlements

Lecture 16 Urbanisation and Municipal Water

Lecture 17 Clean Water is a Human Right!

Lecture 18 Water Consumption Patterns

Section 6: Industry & Energy

Lecture 19 Introduction

Lecture 20 Industry & Water

Lecture 21 Energy & Water

Lecture 22 Business & Water

Lecture 23 Opportunities for Business

Section 7: Pollution

Lecture 24 Introduction

Lecture 25 Pollution from Different Sectors

Lecture 26 Eutrophication

Lecture 27 Effect of Water Quantity on Water Quality

Lecture 28 Responses to Manage Water Quality

Section 8: International Policy Frameworks

Lecture 29 Introduction

Lecture 30 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Lecture 31 The Paris Agreement

Lecture 32 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Lecture 33 Other Regulations

Students,Business professionals,Sustainability practitioners,Anyone eager to learn about sustainability and sustainable development