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Overview
The modern economy is suddenly shaped by a Race to Artificial Intelligence. Yet, the real – increasingly existential – race is whether we can exercise Sustainable Intelligence before it is too late.
Systems thinking, newly on the rise in many fields, but still largely absent in professional settings, holds the key because it explains why so many widely accepted sustainability ‘solutions’ continue to disappoint and identifies alternative strategies that may yet work.
This course presents the key techniques and insights of systems thinking for those seeking better answers for today’s sustainability challenges.
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Courses include:
- Systems Thinking for Sustainability: The Jevons Paradox and the ‘Fix that Fails’
- From Silent Spring to ESG: The Rise of Win-Win Environmentalism
- Growth, Degrowth and the Failures of Economics
- Causal Loops and Causal Layers: Adopting a Systems Perspective
- The ‘Double Bind’ of Consequence-Denying Capitalism
- Systems-Informed Solutions for Sustainability
Audience
This course may suit those working in sustainability, across the private, public or non-profit sectors, who want a deeper understanding of the fundamental drivers of social and ecological problems. It is for anyone drawn to complexity and systems thinking, or feeling a growing dissonance with today's sustainability discourse and their own role in it, and eager to identify more authentic solutions.
Lecturers
Duncan Austin has had a nearly three-decade career in environmental economics and sustainable finance, across academic, non-profit and for-profit institutions. After an MSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (UCL), he spent eight years as an economist at the World Resources Institute, then fifteen as a partner at a sustainable investment firm. He now writes on systems thinking.
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Sustainable Development Environmental Economics & Policy Environmental Management View 59 other Short Courses in Sustainable Development in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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General requirements
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Applies to youNon-residents850 GBP / full≈ 850 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents850 GBP / full≈ 850 GBP / full
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