Ressources minérales et transition (Coursera)

Ressources minérales et transition (Coursera)

Ce MOOC sur les ressources minérales et les transitions invite à se questionner sur la soutenabilité de nos choix technologiques. Les transitions énergétiques et numériques sont en effet confrontées aux enjeux d'approvisionnement des ressources minérales et aux impacts que leur cycle de vie génère sur l’environnement et la société.

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Ce cours s’adresse à vous en tant que citoyen : découvrez les enjeux économiques, environnementaux, géopolitiques et sociétaux de l’extraction, de la transformation et de la fin de vie des ressources minérales. Appréhendez les choix politiques à l’échelle nationale, européenne et internationale afin d’identifier vos leviers d’actions personnels.
Ce cours s’adresse aux étudiants et aux professionnels : initiez une réflexion sur votre capacité à imaginer, concevoir et mettre en œuvre les changements et les transitions en mobilisant une compréhension éclairée des impacts de vos actions, à l’échelle locale et globale.
Que ce soit dans le monde de l’entreprise, des collectivités locales ou de votre école, ce cours vous aidera à prendre des mesures pour éviter, réduire, ou compenser vos impacts environnementaux liés à l’usage, l'extraction, la transformation, la consommation et la fin de vie des ressources minérales.

What You Will Learn

  • Impacts des transitions énergétiques et numériques
  • Enjeux d'approvisionnement et cycle de vie des métaux
  • Leviers de transition du modèle minier

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction du MOOC « Ressources minérales et transition »
Pourquoi un MOOC sur les ressources minérales et les transitions ? Quels rôles les ressources minérales ont-elles joué dans les grandes transitions sociotechniques de l’histoire humaine ? Pourquoi n’est-il pas tout à fait correct de parler d’épuisement des ressources minérales ?

WEEK 2
Les enjeux liés à l’approvisionnement en métaux pour les transitions
Age du cuivre, du bronze, du fer… comment pourrions-nous qualifier notre ère par rapport aux métaux ? Quand on dit que les « terres rares » sont des matériaux critiques, qu’est-ce que cela veut dire ? Quelles sont les implications géostratégiques de cette criticité dans la dynamique de transition énergétique et numérique ? Si la dépendance à certains métaux fragilise la transition énergétique et numérique en France, pourquoi ne pas relocaliser nos approvisionnements en métaux critiques ? Au-delà de ces enjeux globaux et nationaux, quels sont les enjeux de l’extraction des minéraux nécessaires aux transitions à l’échelle locale des territoires ?

WEEK 3
Économie circulaire et cycle de vie des ressources minérales
Dans ce contexte mondial de pression sur les métaux critiques, peut-on et doit-on maintenir le rythme des transitions énergétique et numérique ? L’économie circulaire est-elle une solution pour découpler transition énergétique et numérique et extraction des ressources minérales ? Dans cette séquence, nous vous invitons à « penser cycle de vie ». Mais qu’est-ce que cela signifie ? Et qu’est-ce que cela nous apporte ?

WEEK 4
Mines et territoires en transition
Cette dernière semaine adresse la question de la transition du modèle minier en tant que tel: Quand on parle de transition, de quoi parle-t-on finalement ? Quelles innovations technologiques du modèle minier pour une plus grande soutenabilité des transitions énergétique et numérique ? Quels leviers pour un renouvellement de la gouvernance et du dialogue territorial autour des projets miniers ? Cette dernière semaine sera enfin celle du bilan : les différents intervenants tenteront d’apporter leurs propres éléments de réponses à nos deux questions structurantes : Le cycle de vie des ressources minérales peut-il soutenir les transitions énergétiques et numériques du XXIème siècle ? Quelles innovations pour accompagner la transition vers un modèle minier plus durable ?

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