GEOG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Catastrophe Theory, Singularity Theory, Bifurcation Theory
Tuesday, September 12th 2017
The learning objective
- Be familiar with the array of ecological problems that we face, and understand the scale
of their importance to us
- Be aware of what the range of possible responses to the problems are, noting limits of
knowledge, will, and capacity (e.g. what we understand about possible solutions, what we
are prepared to attempts, what we have the skills or resources to do)
- Understand how the problems are interconnected with one another and with other
important dimension of human ecology and global ecology
- Recognize what can be done in your discipline, or in others, to address
Activities and Grades
Lectures
Readings – provide a preliminary state of knowledge” – review of the science used to explore
ecological challenges. The online PDFs will familiarize you with the SDGs – one framework for
addressing the challenges
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development
- A plan of action for people, planet, prosperity
- The agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity
- The 17 SDs and 169 targets … are integrated and indivisible and balance the three
dimensions of sustainable development: the econ, social and environment
- The goals and targets will stimulate action over the next 15 years in areas of critical
importance for humanity and the planet
- People:
- Planet
- Prosperity
- Peace
- Partnership
- Food poverty
- Healthy lives
- Education
- Gender equality
- Water and sanitation
- Energy for all
- Productive employment and decent work
- Sustainable industrialization
- Sustainable consumption
- Climate change
- Marine resources
- Terrestrial ecosystems
- Inclusive societies
- Inclusive institutions
- Partnership for sustainable development
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Document Summary
Be familiar with the array of ecological problems that we face, and understand the scale of their importance to us. Understand how the problems are interconnected with one another and with other important dimension of human ecology and global ecology. Recognize what can be done in your discipline, or in others, to address. Readings provide a preliminary state of knowledge review of the science used to explore ecological challenges. The online pdfs will familiarize you with the sdgs one framework for addressing the challenges. Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. A plan of action for people, planet, prosperity. The agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. The 17 sds and 169 targets are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the econ, social and environment. The goals and targets will stimulate action over the next 15 years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet.
