In this programme, leading academics encourage students to think across different disciplines to blend scientific, socioeconomic and policy perspectives for a stronger understanding of sustainability and how it can be achieved. This wider perspective is attractive to organisations which promote sustainable development or seek to reduce humanity's effect on the environment. Ensuring the environmental sustainability of society is one of the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. How can the needs of the world's growing population be met without threatening the ecological processes that support human wellbeing? How can the economy and energy systems be restructured to combat climate change? What policies foster sustainability? How can the necessary changes in the behaviour of organisations and individuals be promoted? This MSc programme explores these and related, topical questions. This programme is affiliated with the University's Global Environment and Society Academy. Students will be equipped to assess the sustainability of policies, programmes and projects at scales ranging from the local to the global; analyse environmental problems using knowledge from different disciplines, leading to well-founded and effective solutions; advocate sustainable development and engage in informed debate on current environmental controversies.