Summary task

The overall contents and teaching procedure were fully new from the conventional other courses. At post graduate stage such procedure and contents of discussion were very new to me and I have gained a new dimension about how to share each others knowledge and how to coping with group discussion to reach a conclusion. The global burning issues what are not under unique consensus could be handled with such a practice what we did in the class. The open mind is a must phenomenon for achieving public consensus and what we have been trained in this course.

The contents of the course were chosen nicely as almost all the global burning issues what are related to technology, development, climate, environment were included. These contents are clearly assumed not to be solved by one hand only like researcher, government, academicians etc rather it needs all stake holders participation in reaching a common consensus. Stakeholders opinion are important to produce a acceptable result  which relates multidimensional and complex issues like climate, housing for the slum dwellers, water & sanitation, pollution, waste management, public transport, energy etc. In developing countries, governments are understandingly very hurry to reduce the poverty by facilitating infrastructure like roads, bridges, dams, power plants, industries etc. These infrastructures are considered very essential not for attaining the luxury but to eliminate  the unbearable hunger of their citizens by creating jobs. These are the priority issues  for the government and therefore  are paying less attention to the sustainability and environment. How to balance these  development trends to get rid of hungry for the billions and also to save the environment are a trillion dollar issue in the global debate.

The development issues should be given proper attention in the developing countries in one hand, the environmental vulnerability and sustainable perspective also need to be kept in mind for the sake of the earth planet existence on the other hand. Balancing of these issues are need to be discussed in a broad perspective taking stakeholders opinion. Developed and rich are usually asked just to cut some of their luxury to produce less GHG ( green house gas) but on the other hand poor are not dreamt to luxury rather are busy for a handful of food, basic housing, clothing etc for their children.

Responsibilities of the sides just  ask for some cut down of luxury and sides who are getting tired just to have a bunch of food are need not to be same degree?

In this course we were trying to look where the answers are lying at and how to find it.