Chinese Traditional Culture
Chu Culture
Introduction to Behavioral Economics
Introduction to Statistics and Applications within Data Science
Healthy China Initiative and International Health Cooperation
Intelligent Robot and Advanced Manufacturing
Smart Earth
Environment and Social Development
Infections and Immune Response
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Critical Conservation and Revitalization of Architecture Heritage
Course Form for WHU Summer School International 2023
Course Title |
(英 文)Environment and Social Development |
(中 文)环境与社会发展 |
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Teacher |
Chaoji Chen Hairong Cheng Jie Chen Lei Xing Yohanes Kristianto Nugroho, Liandong Zhu |
First day of classes |
2023.7.5 |
Last day of classes |
2023.7.14 |
Course Credit |
1 |
Course Description |
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Course Introduction |
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1. Climate Change With the development of industry and population increase, the consumption of fossil fuels increases rapidly, making the emission of combustion products. On the other hand, the massive destruction of forests reduces the amount of CO₂ absorbed by forests. All these factors lead to the "greenhouse effect", which is a pivotal role in the global warming. If the average temperature of the earth exceeds 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, climate change will exceed the limits of human control, such as sea level rise, droughts, wildfires, and the extinction of large numbers of plants and animals. Facing this severe environmental situation, almost all countries around the world have developed energy conservation and emission reduction strategies to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and carbon peak as soon as possible. 2. Complex Air Pollution We are experiencing the most drastic change in air quality in China. Complex air pollution occurs when atmospheric pollutants couple under specific meteorological conditions, forming a complex air pollution system. The characteristics of the system include pollution from high concentrations of ozone and high concentrations of particulate matter, leading to substantial adverse impacts on the environment and human health. The course will introduce the sources, chemical processes and health effects of complex air pollution in China. 3. Water Pollution This seminar will introduce the following three aspects: ① Water resources and human society development; ② Water pollution; ③ Wastewater treatment. 4. CO2 cycle, capture and utilization The lecture session will introduce the causes and consequences of global climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, the carbon cycle, CO2 capture and utilization technologies, circular economy concept for sustainable development goals, and future challenges and opportunities to address this environmental problem. The lecture session will also introduce digitalization of the CO2 capture and utilization processes, as well as the economic and environmental impacts associated with the capture and conversion processes. 5. Digitization of Waste Supply Chain There is an emerging trend of digitizing waste management and treatment, which is mostly still in an infant stage. New digital technologies such as waste e-trading platforms, and waste-specific software and business analytics are emerging as new business models. The technologies can be found in all steps of the waste management process, with some already in widespread use. However, the scale of application of these technologies is unevenly distributed across the globe. There is a need of speeding up the digital transformation of the waste management sector. The digital transformation may improve recycling, facilitating the use of recyclates by producers, enabling better purchasing and sorting decisions by consumers, and improving waste sourcing options for recyclers. |
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Objective |
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1.The lecture session introduces the causes and consequences of global climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, lethal 2 degrees Celsius, Evolution of the sustainability concept and sustainable development goals, and future challenges and opportunities to address this environmental problem, which can therefore be seen as one of the guidelines for developing future sustainable strategies to meet the requirements of worldwide sustainable development. 2.The rapid development of cities generates economic development, but it is also accompanied by the aggravation of urban pollution. Complex air pollution has become increasingly severe since the twentieth century in China. The objective of the course is to understand the sources, chemical processes and health effects of complex air pollution, and how to control it. 3. It introduces the concept of water resources development, utilization and protection. 4.Understand the causes and consequences of global climate change, and how to develop CO2 capture and utilization technologies, which is circular for sustainable development goals. 5.The lecture session introduces some digitization of the waste industry including robotics, the internet of things, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and data analytics, that may impact future waste management logistics, and as a means to improve economic value of waste conversion into valuable products. |
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Assignments (essay or other forms) |
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Discussion during the lecture. |
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Text Books and Reading Materials |
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Not provided. |