Workload (30hrs) • Credits (2)
Concept and indicators of sustainable development; Sustainability concept and indicators; Concept and indicators of poverty, hunger, well-being, economic growth, nature conservation, clean energy, sanitation; Studies of trade-offs and synergies between environmental, social and economic actions.

Workload (45hrs) • Credits (3)
Agroecology and Agroforests; Organic agriculture; Low Carbon Agriculture; Agriculture and Nature Conservation; Ecosystem Services and Agriculture; Function of soil and agricultural land for landscape functionality and sustainability; Practical subsidies for better land use; The rural producer and sustainability (social aspects of large and small scale production).

Workload (45hrs) • Credits (3)
The course offers an introduction to the most relevant concepts of Industrial Ecology with an emphasis on understanding technical, economic, social and ecological interactions. Course content will cover industrial ecology, life cycle analysis and cleaner production. Based on this theoretical concept, the main challenges to the sustainability of innovative technologies aimed at energy production and basic sanitation are presented, as well as the use of intelligent monitoring systems in the search for better efficiency in food and consumer goods production processes.
Specific contents covered by the discipline:
-Industrial Ecology: history and models; Industrial ecology in developing countries;
-Technology and Ecosystems: main global environmental threats (substances, sources and impacts). Global climate change, acidification, eutrophication, priority pollutants, biodiversity, water supply and deforestation;
-Cleaner production: history, models and applications;
-Energy production: biofuels, solar, wind and tidal;
-Basic sanitation: innovative systems for treating water, domestic and industrial effluents; nutrient recycling and energy production;
-Intelligent Monitoring Systems: history and applications in reducing energy consumption, detecting leaks and maximizing resources.

Workload (30hrs) • Credits (2)
Introduction to political science; History of the environmentalist, developmentalist movements, and the meeting of these movements in sustainability; Global agreements focused on sustainability; The Policy Cycle; Sectoral policies, integrated policies, policy mix; Case studies of global, national, sub-national, community and domestic policies.

Workload (45hrs) • Credits (3)
Emergence and transformations of Environmental Law: environmental crisis and legal reaction; anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric paradigms; transindividuality of the right to an ecologically balanced environment; concept and aspects of the environment; historicalnormative context of the dimensions (generations) of fundamental (human) rights; Environment in the Constitution of the Republic of 1988: constitutional protection of the environment; greening of the Constitution; fundamental right-duty to the environment; state duty to protect the environment
environment; The socio-environmental rule of law: characteristics, fundamentals and criticisms; Principles and foundations of Environmental Law: importance and role of the guiding principles of Environmental Law; terminological differences and in the identification of principles; Jurisprudence on environmental matters: study of reference cases.

Workload (45hrs) • Credits (3)
Sustainable development and implications for the business environment; Shareholder Theory; Stakeholder Theory; Triple Bottom Line; Corporate responsibility, sustainability and competitiveness; Creating Shared Value; Sustainability and implications for the value of companies; ESG aspects; Sustainability in business strategies and practices; Dialogue and engagement with stakeholders; Sustainability in value chains; Governance for Sustainability; Entrepreneurship and innovation for sustainability; Diagnosis and strategic recommendations for sustainability (practical case).

Workload (45hrs) • Credits (3)
Conceptualization of the Rights-Based Approach and its historical evolution; Convergences and divergences between (sustainable) development and rights; Empowerment mechanisms vs. command-and-control mechanisms; The principle of inclusion and standards of equality and non-discrimination; Tools for inserting the principle of inclusion in actions aimed at sustainability; The principle of participation and its relation to political and civil rights; Tools for inserting the principle of participation in actions aimed at sustainability; The principle of accountability and mechanisms for guaranteeing rights; Tools for inserting the principle of accountability in actions aimed at sustainability; The adoption of RBA in multilaterals, bilaterals and NGOs.