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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 

1st February

Sustainable Materials – with both eyes open

Dr Julian Allwood

(Reader in Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department; Lead Author of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

 

8th February

The power of markets to protect nature

Ian Cheshire

(Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Group; Member of the UK and EU Corporate Leaders Groups on Climate Change)

 

15th February

Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context of Global Climate Change

Professor Don Huisingh

(Sustainable Development Centre for Clean Products and Clean Technologies;Energy, Environment and Resources Centre, University of Tennessee)

 

29th February

Sustainable capitalism: if not now, when?

Jonathon Porritt CBE

(Forum for the Future;Co-Director of the Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme)

 

7th March

Making peace with the Earth

Dr Vandana Shiva

(Navdanya International, India; International Forum on Globalisation)

 

14th March

The next 40 years

Professor Jorgen Randers

(Professor of Climate Strategy at the Norwegian Business School; Co-author of Limits to Growth)

 

Wednesday Evenings, 5:30 for 6:00pm

Lecture Room 0, Cambridge University Engineering Department

Free public lectures, open to all.

For further details please contact: Dr R.A.Fenner Tel: 01223765626; E-mail raf37@eng.cam.ac.uk Also: http://www.cpsl.cam.ac.uk/About-Us/What-we-do/Programmes-and-Events.aspx

DL2012

DL2012

 

Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.