Assignment 2 EIA Instructions SEE WATE 2140 Jaana

Assignment 2: EIA Instructions SEE WAT-E 2140 Jaana Sorvari & Meeri Karvinen

Course timetable: subjects, tasks and related intended learning outcomes (ILOs)

Workload and Grading of the course: Weighing of the Assignments, Tasks & Sessions Workload in 7 weeks in total = ~135 hours (19 -20 hrs/week): Working hours per week: 5 -7 hrs contact sessions + 5 -6 hrs concept map work (=reflection) + 7 -10 hrs other independent or group work (weeks 1 -2 lighter, weeks 4 -6 heavier) The grading of the course: the total amount of points from all the learning assignments and tasks + contact session attendance. To pass the course, you need to submit all the given tasks and assignments. Submission overdue = -10 p. /submission Grading: 0 -149 points = 0; 150 -179 = 1; 180 -209 = 2; 210 -239 = 3; 240 -269 = 4; 270 -300 = 5. v v v v Assignment 1: Concept map (3. 11. -8. 12. ) = max 90 p. (30% /~40 hrs) Assignment 2: EIA, Group (15. 11. -8. 12. ) = max 75 p. (25% of the grade /~33 hrs) Task 1: ”Related concepts”, individual (3. - 8. 11. ) = max 15 p. (5% / ~7 hrs) Task 2: ”Eco-efficiency in industry”, group task (8. -15. 11. ) = max 30 p. (10% / ~13 hrs) Task 3: ”Applying of LCA”, group 22. -24. 11. = max 15 p. (5% / ~7 hrs) Task 4: ”Societal impact”, individual (29. 11. -8. 12. ) = max 30 p. (10% /~13 hrs) Contact sessions: 3 points from each attendance = max 45 p. (15% / ~20 hrs) 12. 3. 2021

The purpose of the assignment 1. Understanding what the EIA in EU includes and how the process is implemented 2. Learning how the EIA process is regulated and implemented in different parts of the world 3. Applying conceptual knowledge on sustainability in practice 4. Evaluating, how the EIA process promotes sustainable development at project level 5. Practicing team working and presentation skills

Instructions The task has two main outcomes: 1) A group report and 2) A presentation. The two outcomes have different contents. 1. A group report (around 3 pages): EIA process in the EU & report of your teamwork: a) Browse through the lecture slides from 15. 11. + EIA Scope and EIA Report Guides (in Materials-slide) and report how the EIA process proceeds in the EU: • b) Main purpose of the EIA process, key actors and their responsibilities, phases of the process, key legislative framework related to the EIA, good practices and measures given in the guides to review the EIA documents Report how you implemented the whole Assignment 2 (both outcomes) in your group • How you started the planning of the implementation, division of the tasks, roles in the group, working hours used for the assignment (individual + group) 12. 3. 2021 5

2. A 10 -minutes presentation (for the final seminar): The key contents and sustainability aspects of your EIA Report: 1. Brief introduction to the project, to which the EIA report relates • 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Country, year, basic information on the project and the actors who implemented it, stakeholder involment (who, when, how? ) Legislative / regulatory framework of your EIA Does the EIA cover the whole life span of the project? What methods were used to assess the environmental impacts? What risks and uncertanties the report brought up? Sustainability evaluation of your EIA: • • Sustainability aspects taken into account in the report (offer examples), and in the issues it recommends Aspects and views possibly lacking • Use your previous knowledge on sustainability as a concept: the evaluation must include adequate arguments referring to the SDGs, Planetary & Social boundaries 7. Conclusions • • General overview to the EIA report: was it clear and visual considering e. g. the decision-makers using it and the public possibly commenting on it? Recommendations on how to improve overall sustainability of the EIA, based on your sustainability expertize (you have to refer to the SDGs, planetary and social boundaries) 12. 3. 2021 6

Material Each group’s EIA Report can be found in My. Courses (WAT and CHEM), as well as the EIA lecture by Anne on Wed 15 th Nov. Links for studying the EIA process in the EU • Guide to Scoping: http: //ec. europa. eu/environment/eia/pdf/EIA_guidance_Scoping_final. pdf • Guide to EIA Report: http: //ec. europa. eu/environment/eia/pdf/EIA_guidance_EIA_report_final. pdf Other useful and interesting documents that can be used in the group report (as complementary, voluntary material) • Many EU guides and articles on EIA: http: //ec. europa. eu/environment/eia/ • UN checklists for EIA in different sectors: https: //www. unece. org/env/eia/resources/checklists. html 12. 3. 2021 7

Evaluation criteria and grading (WAT-E 2140) The task covers 25% of the total points, which make up the final course grade, equivalent to 75 points and around 33 hours of work. The grade is based on self and peer assessment, and points given by teachers 1. Peer and self assessment in Webropol during 8 -15 th December • Scale 1 -5 (6 p. -30 p. )+ verbal explanation, max 30 p. 2. Teacher evaluation: • • Comprehensiveness of the group report, max 15 p. EIA Presentation: Contents and arguments used in sustainability evaluation, max 20 p. Presentation in final seminar, max 5 p. Teamwork report, max 5 p. Total points = Average of your Peer- and self-evaluations + Teacher points 12. 3. 2021 8

Submission Use font size 12 and line spacing 1, 5 in your group report. Submit the group report as a word-document (. docx) to My. Courses. The presentation can be either Power. Point submitted to Mycourses, or some other form of presentation (Prezi etc. ). Submission Deadline: Thursday the 7 th Dec at 23. 55. 12. 3. 2021 9