Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability ((3))

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This course deals with sustainability as defined by the 1987 Brundtland Report of the United Nations as "sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." This theme will be explored by discussing topics such as atmospheric chemistry and air pollution, energy production and climate change, toxic organic compounds, water chemistry and water pollution, as well as metal, soil, sediments and waste disposal.