The strange paradox of the world energy question

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• Select section Week 1 - The secret driver of life

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  Week 1 - The secret driver of life

  In this module we will discover how energy transformations are essential in the Universe and for life evolution on Earth, the way complex societies flourished through the control and harvesting of progressively higher and denser energy flows.

  • Select activity Multi-dimensional and systemic thinking of energy

    Multi-dimensional and systemic thinking of energy

  • Select activity Unveiling complexity of energy

    

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  • Select activity What is “energy”?

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  • Select activity Energy in physics

    

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  • Select activity The driving force of universe evolution

    

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  • Select activity Energy in human societies

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  • Select activity The human footprint at energy crossroads

    

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• Select section Week 2 - Effect of energy uses in twentieth-first century

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  Week 2 - Effect of energy uses in twentieth-first century

  This week will address and analyze the main dimensions of the contemporary “energy question” including environmental issues and social challenges.

  • Select activity Stocks and flows in the global energy system today

    Stocks and flows in the global energy system today

  • Select activity Global energy stocks and flows – Part I

    

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  • Select activity The energy system in the Twenty-first century

    

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  • Select activity The tangible effects on the physical world

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  • Select activity The Water-Energy-Food Nexus

    

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  • Select activity Effect of energy beyond the physical world

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  • Select activity Energy as a main leverage to development

    

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  • Select activity Energy, economy and policy

    

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  • Select activity Access to electricity and modern fuels

    

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  • Select activity Energy geopolitics

    

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• Select section Week 3 - Global Energy trends

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  Week 3 - Global Energy trends

  This module will survey the latest data about world primary energy supply and final consumption and the required global and individual commitment to tackle the transition of our energy system.

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  • Select activity Outlook for fossil energy

    

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  • Select activity Africa Energy Outlook

    

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  • Select activity Energy Outlook on BRICS

    

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  • Select activity Commitment in achieving forecast

    Commitment in achieving forecast

  • Select activity Carbon policy

    

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  • Select activity The role of energy policy

    

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  • Select activity Behavioral patterns

    

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  • Select activity Rebound effects

    

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  • Select activity A game theoretical approach for energy policy

    

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• Select section Week 4 - The energy transition

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  Week 4 - The energy transition

  This is the module where the main challenges and objectives of the next energy transition toward a world with minor impact in ecosystems, a fair distribution of resources and a reduced carbon lock-in of our economy are addressed. The role of science, technology, education and responsibility is discussed as well.
  

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  • Select activity The energy transition challenge

    

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  • Select activity Tracking clean energy development

    

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  • Select activity Pace of energy transitions

    

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  • Select activity Energy as a pillar of sustainability

    Energy as a pillar of sustainability

  • Select activity Overshooting and collapse. The case for human hybris

    

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  • Select activity Energy crisis or civilization crisis?

    

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  • Select activity Humankind at the center of the energy transition

    

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  • Select activity Tuning crises into opportunities

    

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