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James Watt Changes the World

In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the fifth wave of globalization, which is the Industrial Age. He chooses 1776 as its starting point, as this was the year that Boulton and Watts brought the steam engine to the marketplace. The steam engine built upon Newcomen’s coal mine water pump in order to mobilize coal for motion and industrial production. The ability to mobilize vast amounts of energy to be used in industrial processes and for transportation leads to a sharp increase in…

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Covid-19 Impacts on and Implications for the Global Food System

This is a guest lecture by Prof. Glenn Denning, Columbia University, in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. The course offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the global Covid-19 epidemic. We will consider the epidemic from multiple perspectives, including: the historical role of epidemics in human history; the basic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2; the basic virology of SARS-Cov-2; the…

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EbA in Gender

This video is the third of five videos which highlight cross-cutting topics that should be included in all EbA projects. In this video, participants learn about the topic of gender.

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Ethics for Troubled Times

During times of unrest and uncertainty, how can faith and ethics help our communities take action towards a brighter future? This webinar, held on June 30, 2020, featured faculty from the SDG Academy course Ethics in Action for a panel discussion on the role of religion and spirituality in moving our society forward. - Dr. Anna Sun, Associate Professor at Duke University - Dr. Anantanand Rambachan, Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College - John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop…

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Economics to Equity in Health

Economics relates to health in that it relates to development. In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses the economics of global public health and economic equity. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Water Sector (STWI)

In this case study, Emilio Guzman shares some insights and thoughts about corporate social responsibility and sustainability being integrated in a business partnerships and collaborating together with the private sector to move the sustainability agenda together. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Ideas of Poverty and Wellbeing

Poverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is still not a mainstream measure, although measures such as the Gini coefficient are gaining prominence. Poverty is measured in terms of the poverty line, which is considered to be extreme poverty at under US $1.00 a day and poverty at US $2.00 a day. Who decides what is a basic good and what belongs in the basket of basic goods?…

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The Ethics of Sustainable Development

This chapter is the final chapter in the Sustainable Development: the Post Capital Order course, and looks at the ethics of sustainable development, looking at key ethical thinkers in sustainable development from Aristotle to Pope Francis. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Environmental Threats

This lecture introduces the idea of the Anthropocene, the age of human interaction with the climate, in the context of the SDGs. It examines climate change as a result of human economic development and activity. This video is not available under a Creative Commons license and should not be considered open content. However, the video is freely available for viewing or sharing with individuals or groups for educational purposes, such as in a classroom, workshop, or training. Please give…