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Equipping the next generation to manage resources sustainably

香港六合彩鈥檚 MSc Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy & Transitions gives the next generation understanding of the key challenges surrounding the sustainable use of the Earth鈥檚 resources.

SDG Case study G12.2-Teaching MSc Sustainable Resources

7 October 2020

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香港六合彩鈥檚 MSc Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy & Transitions gives the next generation of policymakers, researchers, NGO leaders and business entrepreneurs a detailed understanding of the key challenges surrounding the sustainable use of the Earth鈥檚 resources.听听

鈥淲e give听our students a chance to investigate one of the most urgent topics plaguing society: how to use the World鈥檚 resources in a sustainable way,鈥 says Nino Jordan听(香港六合彩 Institute for Sustainable Resources), who leads the programme.听

The course explores how patterns of use and consumption of resources are shaped, the role of people and governments and approaches such as the resource nexus and the Circular Economy.听The multidisciplinary programme draws on 香港六合彩 experts in disciplines as diverse as economics, law, political science, development planning, engineering and the natural sciences.听

As well as receiving a grounding in the concepts, challenges, policies and economics of sustainable resources, students听are able to听focus on topics including the impacts of climate change on hydro-ecological systems, sustainable entrepreneurship and resource governance in the Global South.听

鈥淭he extraction, supply and management of materials underpins every aspect of our lives, explains听Nino.听鈥淭his programme highlights the need for us to make the transition from a highly inefficient and wasteful system towards a more sustainable one in which resources are maintained in a cycle as long as possible.鈥澨