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S1514 Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development (Sustainable Development Sp. Track)

Musu Ignazio, Mannino Ilda

Globalization has important impacts on the environment that need to be taken into account in order to achieve sustainable development.
The course aims at introducing the students to the environmental implications of globalization. Environmental issues have gained center-stage in economic analysis and policy-making in recent years and their urgency has opened up new opportunities in terms of technological innovation and entrepreneurship.
Through an interdisciplinary perspective, the course will provide students with key competences and instruments for the analysis of natural and environmental resources in a sustainable perspective and for the development of policies oriented towards the promotion of sustainable development processes both at a national and international level.
Introduction and objectives
The course focuses on environmental issues in a globalized context within the framework of sustainable development. From this perspective the course will cover different themes, starting from the introduction of the concepts of economic globalization and of sustainable development, exploring then the new concept of Green growth and using the case study of China as representative of the relationship between economic development and environmental issues. The course will also explore the role of businesses in sustainable development, considering Corporate Social Responsibility and Industrial Ecology. Moreover international environmental agreements will be considered as tool for promoting sustainable development at the global level. Climate change will also be analyzed as a key global challenge to the achievement of sustainable development.
Course organisation and supervision
The overall structure of the course and its thematic organisation have been developed and coordinated by Prof. Ignazio Musu (Ca’ Foscari University, TEN Center - Venice International University) and Dr. Ilda Mannino (TEN Center - Venice International University).
The course is organised around different thematic areas, each developed through classes, and lectures by experts and researchers with a different background.