Introduction
Contents of the BUP
Sustainable Development Course
1. Historical background and concepts
1a. Stories of societies which succeeded or collapsed
1b. The UN process – from Stockholm to Johannesburg
1c. Understanding sustainable development
1d. What we believe in – our values and sustainable development
2. Energy use and climate impact
2a. Energy supply and use
2b. Energy use and climate change
2c. Climate policies
2d. Energy management strategies
3. Resources and limits to growth
3a. History of resource flows
3b. Limits to growth
3c. Measuring and managing resource flows
4. Urbanization
4a. Urbanization
4b. The sustainable city
4c. Urban management
5. Sustainable production and consumption
5a. Manufacturing – sustainable production
5b. Consumption – sustainable use of products
5c. Waste management – sustainable end-of-life of products
6. Life and land, food and fibres
6a. The living world
6b. Land and water
6c. Agriculture and food
6d. Forests and fibres
7. Mobility
7a. A culture of mobility
7b. Means of mobility – technology and systems
7c. Freight
7d. Policies and management of mobility
8. Human welfare and sustainable lifestyle
8a. Demography and population change
8b. Welfare
8c. Social sustainability, happiness and the one-planet-life
9. The political dimensions of sustainability
9a. Governance and democracy
9b. International cooperation and world order
9c. Making and implementing sustainable development politics
10. Economy and sustainable development
10a. Economy and ecology – a single system
10b. The dilemma of economic growth
10c. Tools for approaching a sustainable economy
11. Changes and management
11a. The processes of individual change
11b. Social change and transitions of societies
11c. Managing change