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in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
5 credits
30.0 h + 6.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Roman Philippe;
Language
French
Main themes
The course is divided into three parts:
- historical and institutional underpinnings of sustainable development: origins, international treaties
; essential concepts (externalities, (non) renewable resources; ecological footprint, global change
); introduction to the environmental problems;
- links with socioeconomic questions like : externalities, growth, (resource) productivity, enterprises choices, consumer behavior
;
- some specific topics: economic instruments (ecotaxes, deposits, subsidies, pollution rights
); environment, resource productivity (factor 4) and employment; greenhouse effect and carbon tax
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The main objective of this course is to understand the concept of sustainable development and it's implications on the social and economic dimensions of the society. And the end of the course, the student is supposed to be able to: - establish links between a sustainable development approach and some basic concepts or approaches proposed by economics (growth, employment, international trade ), sociology (social cohesion, poverty, quality of life ) or political science (democracy, participation ); - understand the institutional and political questions related to sustainable development (Rio Conference, Kyoto protocol, national and local sustainable development plans ); - apprehend globally the economic, social, environmental, cultural and institutional dimensions of human development. |
Faculty or entity
OPES
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Economic and Social Policy (shift schedule)
