Code: 2

Embracing complexity in sustainability

Competences

2.1Systems thinkingTo approach a sustainability problem from all sides; to consider time, space and context in order to understand how elements interact within and between systems.
2.2Critical thinkingTo assess information and arguments*, identify assumptions, challenge the status quo, and reflect on how personal, social and cultural backgrounds influence thinking and conclusions.
2.3Problem framingTo formulate current or potential challenges as a sustainability problem in terms of difficulty, people involved, time and geographical scope, in order to identify suitable approaches to anticipating and preventing problems, and to mitigating and adapting to already existing problems.