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The ecosystem concept. Structure and functions in ecosystems. Ecosystem climax. The importance of soil, its main characteristics. Land degradation. Ecosystem services.
Planetary boundaries: outcomes of the game that took place in-class, planetary boundaries: concept, identification of all of them, evolution, prosperity within planetary boundaries, relationship between planetary boundaries. The concept of the Anthhropocene.
Strategic environmental/sustainability assessment approaches and models, strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA) – concepts, differences, application to different case studies
Strong and weak sustainability, resource use and economic growth, green growth, degrowth, circular economy.
Large Language Models (definition and functionality), characteristics of generative AI models, generative AI models versus discriminative AI models, sustainability issues addressed by generative AI
See you on Thursday,
Francisco Ferreira