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Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable Development

The global ocean connects us all and provides our livelihoods, the oxygen we breathe, and transportation, among other things. The ocean is included in SDG 14. This course will try to provide a deeper understanding of the complex understanding of the ocean, environment, and climate system. Humans receive resources from the ocean, as well as risks. There will be weekly lectures on different topics, including the basic physics of ocean circulation, the ocean ecosystem, how the deep ocean works,…

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Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

The ocean has always sparked human curiosity. In the mid-20th century, people began to realize that there are limits to what humanity should do to our planet before it cannot support life as we know it, limits known as the planetary boundaries. The human population of the planet has reached 7 billion people and will soon approach 11 billion people. We rely on the earth to support us with ecosystem services; the ocean provides these services by regulating the climate system. The oceans have a…

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Introducing Sustainable Development

In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. Please give attribution to the SDG Academy.

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Why Sustainable Development is Important: Happiness and Wellbeing

This chapter describes why the concept of sustainable development is so important, why it is so important that we orient towards the three objectives of prosperity, social fairness, and environmental sustainability. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Natural Resources and the Broader Governance Framework

Governance is defined as a set of traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised along the dimensions of political, economic, and institutional/institutional respect. The political: the process by which those who are in authority are selected, are monitored, and are replaced; measured through voice and democratic accountability, as well as political stability and absence of violence and terrorism. The economic: the capacity of government to formulate and implement…

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Ocean Sustainability

This video takes you through the course structure for One Planet - One Ocean, introducing the weekly modules around the themes of Coasts, Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marine Life and Minerals, and Ocean and Climate. On each of these topics, you will hear the views of experts from a variety of disciplines. We present nuggets and insights from science, while realizing that ocean sustainability is about human behavior and our interactions with the ocean. We invite you to…

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The Role of Universities and SDSN

In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of universities in contributing to global partnerships for achieving the SDGs. He explains the history and formation of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, as well as its work as a global framework of universities. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Public Awareness and Consumer Activism

In this chapter, Professor Sachs talks about the importance of civil awareness of sustainable development and the desire of society to improve economic conditions, improve social inclusion, and move towards environmental sustainability. He provides cases of how citizens can be active, including ethical consumerism and behavioral shifts. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

Education is crucial for global development and for the success of sustainable development, but this chapter discusses the content of learning to be good citizens in a new kind of world a world that is organized around the principles of sustainable development. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.