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PFG0072

Forestry and Sustainable Development

Sweden and other United Nations Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org) in 2015 to end poverty, safeguard the environment and to ensure global peace and prosperity. Nationally, Sweden has committed to a net zero emission economy by 2040 and this decision elevates the strategic importance of forests as sources of sustainable energy and materials. Forest resources, play a key role in achieving national and EU energy policy objectives.

The course uses both quantitative and qualitative methods and draws on national and international statistics, energy and material assessments, emission accounting and technological factors. The course aims at an interdisciplinary audience and encourages cross-discipline discussions on forest, energy and climate issues.



Course topics include:

• UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Forestry practice and material cascade

• IPPC assessments findings

• Ecological perspectives and forestry

• Energy policy and future emission pathways

• Bioenergy and biorefining from forests

• Forest carbon accounting

• Future adaptation in the forestry industry

Kursplan och övrig information

Kursfakta

Ämne: Teknologi
Kurskod: PFG0072 Plats: Umeå Distanskurs: Nej Undervisningsspråk: Engelska Ansvarig institution: Institutionen för skogens biomaterial och teknologi Studietakt: 55%