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results of the Davos Economic Forum in January 2018, at which economic development issues were considered in direct connection with the state of the environment
and climate change. The WEF (2018) considered top 5 global risks in 2018 in terms
of impact: (1) Weapons of mass destruction, (2) Extreme weather events, (3) Natural
disasters, (4) Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and (5) Water
crises. Four of these risks are linked with environmental issues and this confirms the
need in studying environmental management and sustainable development.
This course provides students with the knowledge, skills and motivation in
different areas of sustainable development and is addressing on implementation
SDGS solutions in economics, society and environment.
The advantage of the proposed approach is the systematic consideration and use
of a causal analysis. The course “Environmental Management in EU” was developed
in Russian and is presented on http://www.reu.by/index.php/2014-05-13-19-05-45/
moos. This paper represents then an opportunity to share to a wider audience the
approach used by the course and how the ten chosen themes are worked. It may
useful to other universities which are in the process of developing courses in the
context of environmental management or considering ways to add the SDGs to the
curricula.
Some limitations of this study include the fact that the course was developed taking
into account only a Russian university and was based only on documents from Russia
and the European Union, with the exception of ISO. For future research in the topic,
it is suggested the application of this course in other countries, so different data
bases and documents about environmental sustainability can be used. With this, the
course might be adjusted to integrate other views, and it could be possible to reach
a module-based course to teach Environmental Management to students.
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Jean Monnet Fund for its financial support
to the project in accordance with Agreement n/2014-2385/001-001 PROJECT NUMBER–553553EPP-1-2014-1-BY-EPPJMO-MODULE.
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nts/Agenda21.pdf. Accessed 20 Jan 2019
BachelorsPortal (2019) Bachelors in environmental studies and earth sciences. Environmental
Management, available at: https://www.bachelorsportal.com/disciplines/287/environmental-man
agement.html. Accessed 20 Jan 2019
Biodiversity Information System for Europe (n.d). Ecosystems and habitats, available at: https://
biodiversity.europa.eu/topics/ecosystems-and-habitats. Accessed 20 July 2019
Boud D, Feletti G (2013) The challenge of problem-based learning. Routledge, London
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available at: www.bolc.co.uk. Accessed 12 June 2019
Cambridge University (2019) Environmental Management, available at: https://www.cambridgeint
ernational.org/Images/329760-2019-2021-syllabus.pdf. Accessed 20 Jan 2019
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results of the Davos Economic Forum in January 2018, at which economic development issues were considered in direct connection with the state of the environment
and climate change. The WEF (2018) considered top 5 global risks in 2018 in terms
of impact: (1) Weapons of mass destruction, (2) Extreme weather events, (3) Natural
disasters, (4) Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation, and (5) Water
crises. Four of these risks are linked with environmental issues and this confirms the
need in studying environmental management and sustainable development.
This course provides students with the knowledge, skills and motivation in
different areas of sustainable development and is addressing on implementation
SDGS solutions in economics, society and environment.
The advantage of the proposed approach is the systematic consideration and use
of a causal analysis. The course “Environmental Management in EU” was developed
in Russian and is presented on http://www.reu.by/index.php/2014-05-13-19-05-45/
moos. This paper represents then an opportunity to share to a wider audience the
approach used by the course and how the ten chosen themes are worked. It may
useful to other universities which are in the process of developing courses in the
context of environmental management or considering ways to add the SDGs to the
curricula.
Some limitations of this study include the fact that the course was developed taking
into account only a Russian university and was based only on documents from Russia
and the European Union, with the exception of ISO. For future research in the topic,
it is suggested the application of this course in other countries, so different data
bases and documents about environmental sustainability can be used. With this, the
course might be adjusted to integrate other views, and it could be possible to reach
a module-based course to teach Environmental Management to students.
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Jean Monnet Fund for its financial support
to the project in accordance with Agreement n/2014-2385/001-001 PROJECT NUMBER–553553EPP-1-2014-1-BY-EPPJMO-MODULE.
References
Agenda 21 (1992) United Nations conference on environment and development, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992, available at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/docume
nts/Agenda21.pdf. Accessed 20 Jan 2019
BachelorsPortal (2019) Bachelors in environmental studies and earth sciences. Environmental
Management, available at: https://www.bachelorsportal.com/disciplines/287/environmental-man
agement.html. Accessed 20 Jan 2019
Biodiversity Information System for Europe (n.d). Ecosystems and habitats, available at: https://
biodiversity.europa.eu/topics/ecosystems-and-habitats. Accessed 20 July 2019
Boud D, Feletti G (2013) The challenge of problem-based learning. Routledge, London
Brentwood (2016) BrentwoodOpen learning colledge. Diploma in environmental management,
available at: www.bolc.co.uk. Accessed 12 June 2019
Cambridge University (2019) Environmental Management, available at: https://www.cambridgeint
ernational.org/Images/329760-2019-2021-syllabus.pdf. Accessed 20 Jan 2019