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**Why sustainability?** Sustainable development is development that [meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs]. - Brundtland Report (1987) - 1. - 1. 2. 3. **Sustainability** - - - - - - - - -...

**Why sustainability?** Sustainable development is development that [meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs]. - Brundtland Report (1987) - 1. - 1. 2. 3. **Sustainability** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **The complexity of sustainability** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **Interdisciplinary Approach to a Complex Problem** - - - - - - **The Three perspectives** 1. - - - - - - - 2. - - - - - - 1. 2. 3. - - - - 3. - - - - - - - - - - Topic 2: No Poverty, Social Inclusion, and Equality Sustainable Development targets three broad goals for society: 1. 2. 3. In this context, SDG puts emphasis on: - - - In 2015, more than 734 million people were in extreme poverty (making \$1.90/day or below), struggling to fulfill most basic needs like food, access to water, sanitation, health and education. Poverty not only implies lack of income and productive resources to provide sustainable living, it also implies hunger and malnourishment, social discrimination, exclusion, and lack of participation in decision-making. **SDG1 - End Poverty in All its Forms Everywhere** - - - - - **Definition of poverty** - - - - - - - - **Profile of Global Poor** - **How do we end extreme poverty?** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Official Development Assistance (ODA)** - - - - - - - - - - **Social Inclusion** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Income Inequality** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. **Gender Inequality** - - - - - - - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Topic 3: Introduction to Food Security and the Global Food System The challenge: Feeding 10 billion people, eradicating hunger, and being healthy while also promoting economic growth, securing jobs, and saving the planet. Overview - - - Number of undernourished people in the world increased from 607 million in 2014, to 650 million in 2019, to 720-811 million in 2020. **Nobel Peace Prize 2020** - - **SDG2 - Zero Hunger** End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture **Climate Change and Food Security** - - - - - - - **Food Security** - - - - - - - - - - **What is the Global Food System?** - - - - **The Agri-Food Industry** - - - - - **As People get richer, they consume more food** - - - **Agricultural land use impacts the environment in multiple ways** - - - - - - - - - - **Strategies for producing more food sustainably** - - - - **Food Waste** - - - **Black soldier fly larvae turn food waste into nutrient in Singapore** - - - **Why veggies feed more people** - **Lab-grown meat** - - - - Topic 4: Water - Availability and Sustainable Management of Water Resources **What are the major concerns?** - - - - - - **SDG6 - Clean Water and Sanitation** Ensure access to water and sanitation for all **A Global Concern** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **A Global Effort** - -  **How to Manage Water Resource: Singapore's Story** - - - - - - 1. 2. 3. 4. - 5. 6. 7. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Final Thoughts** - - - Topic 5: Energy and Climate Change (I) Background, Technologies and Policy Instruments - The world wealth is highly unequal - Close interlinkage between the economy and the environment Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Atmospheric CO2 Concentration **The Greenhouse Effect** - - - - - **Effects of Global Warming** - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Global Greenhouse Gases Emissions** - - - - - **Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)** - - - - - - - - - - **What is Energy Poverty?** - - **Possible Actions to tackle Climate Change** 1. -  - - i. ii. iii. iv. - v. vi. vii. - viii. ix. x. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a. b. c. d. e. - - Topic 6: Energy and Climate Change (II) Policy Instruments and Economics of Climate Change 2. - - - i. - - - - ii. - - - - - - - - - iii. - - - - - iv. - - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. - i. ii. - iii. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Topic 7: Pollution - Air, Light, Noise and Plastic - **Air Pollution** - - - - - **Impact on children's health** - - - - - **White Pollution (Plastic Pollution)** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Noise Pollution** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For animals: - - - What can we do to help? - - - A Noisy Natural Landscape - - - **Light Pollution** - - - - - - - Topic 8: Waste Management - Responsible Consumptions and Production **A Brief History of Modern Consumerism** - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Consumption vs Consumerism** - - - **Consumption Explosion** - - - - - - - - **Driving Forces that influence consumption** - - - - - - - - - - **The curse of \"faster, cheaper, newer\"** - - - **Consumption and well-being** - **From over-consumption to sustainable consumption and production** - - - - - - - - - - NTU\'s Waste Management Efforts: **The 3 pillars of Responsible consumption and production** 1. - - - - 2. - - - 3. - - - Topic 9: Sustainable Cities - - - - - - **Sustainable Dimensions:** - - - - - - **Key Characteristics:** - - - - - - - - - **Doughnut Economics** - - - - - **Cities' Interaction with the Broader Natural Ecosystems** - - - - **Cities Contribute to Climate Change and are Vulnerable to Climate Hazards** - - - - **Examples of Environmental Hazards:** - - - - - - - - - - - **Blue and Green Infrastructure** - - - - - - **SGD 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable** - - - - **What Can Cities do:** - - - - - - - - - - Topic 10: Environmental Feedback Loop and Socio-Economic Challenges of Sustainable Development **Environmental feedback effects and tipping points** - 1. 2. 3. - 4. 5. 6. 7. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Socioeconomic challenges of sustainable development** - - - - - - - 1. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. 3.  4. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -