Environment and Sustainable Development

About this course

Environment and sustainable development addresses one of the most complex and consequential sets of questions facing contemporary societies: how can economic development and environmental protection be reconciled, how do global institutions and market forces interact with ecological systems, and why is it so difficult to act collectively on challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and resource depletion? The programme draws on economics, political science, sociology, geography and environmental science, treating environmental problems as fundamentally social and political as well as physical. At the London School of Economics, this three-year full-time programme includes a year abroad, situating your study in a global intellectual context that reflects the global nature of the challenges you are examining. You will engage with questions about globalisation and the environmen

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 89% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 65 / 100Web and Multimedia Design Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 26% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 43% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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