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Topic 1: Foundation
1.1 Perspectives
1.2 Systems
1.3 Sustainability
Topic 2: Ecology
2.1 Individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems
2.2 Energy and biomass in ecosystems
2.3 Biogeochemical cycles
2.4 Climate and biomes
2.5 Zonation, succession and change in ecosystems
Topic 3: Conservation and biodiversity
3.1 Biodiversity and evolution
3.2 Human impact on biodiversity
3.3 Conservation and regeneration
Topic 4: Water
4.1 Water systems
4.2 Water access, use and security
4.3 Aquatic food production systems
4.4 Water pollution
Topic 5: Land
5.1 Soil
5.2 Agriculture and food
Topic 6: Atmosphere and climate change
6.1 Introduction to the atmosphere
6.2 Climate change - causes and impact
6.3 Climate change - mitigation and adaptation
6.4 Stratospheric ozone
Topic 7: Natural resources
7.1 Natural resources - uses and management
7.2 Energy sources - uses and management
7.3 Solid waste
Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems
8.1 Human populations
8.2 Urban systems and urban planning
8.3 Urban air pollution
HL lenses
HL.a Environmental law
HL.b Environmental economics
HL.c Environmental ethics
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HL.aA Environmental law
HL.aB Environmental constitutionalism
HL.aC Drafting environmental law
HL.aD International law
HL.aE Legal personhood
HL.aF Legal and economic strategies to maintain sustainable use of the environment
HL.bA Environmental economics and its key concepts
HL.bB Environmental accounting
HL.bC Ecological economics
HL.bD Economic growth
HL.bE Eco-economic decoupling
HL.bF Concepts of ecological economics
HL.cA Environmental ethics
HL.cB Instrumental and intrinsic values
HL.cC Moral standing
HL.cD Approaches of traditional ethics
HL.cE Rights-based ethical systems
HL.cF Appeal to nature fallacy
HL.cG Environmental and social justice movements