SDG Academy Library

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The Role of Business in the SDGs

In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of profit-oriented business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He explores the considerations that business managers should have in mind when considering the SDGs, including the role of the SDGs to define the kind of world and economy we want in the future, the issues of corporate responsibility and governance, and the creation of public-private partnerships. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

04:30

Transitioning from the Millennium Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were launched in 2000 to address global development concerns in a comprehensive structure. They made a significant contribution to global development in areas of poverty reduction, access to education, gender equality and health & well-being. In this video, Mahmoud Mohieldin discusses considerable gaps between countries’ progress and many countries lagged behind in achieving such goals. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

07:43

Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Due Diligence

Saleem Ali provides an overview of the environmental assessment process, by which regulators can manage the ecological and economic costs and benefits of natural resource development. The impacts of extraction can be highly complex and impact air, water, and soil at different time scales, so these assessment processes examine the possible consequences of the implementation of projects, programs, and policies. Examples are given of efforts to assess projects and how it is done. This video is…

10:17

The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

How does emission of greenhouse gases lead to global warming? This chapter depicts and analyzes significant factors and illuminates anomalies contributing to the drastic change in our climate. Lastly, this chapter addresses the perils of global warming and the urgency to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, as stated in the Paris Climate Agreement. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

12:24

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.

09:55

Measuring Health Status

How to we measure health status? This video addresses the different ways to address measuring health from the lenses of physical, mental, and social well-being. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

12:45

Why climate matters for poverty and inequality

Why are we so focused on climate now? First, the world is eating up very rapidly the carbon budget that we have in order to limit global warming to levels that we can afford. And second, climate change is already beginning to have very, very serious impacts across the world. This was highlighted in the 2018 IPCC report, the Special Report on Global Warming, and that played a key role in the shift of understanding and public opinion, highlighting the already evident impacts of climate change,…

05:37

Why is equitable education so important?

This video explore the following question: Why is equitable education so important for the safety, stability and growth of our societies? It also examines the implementation of equitable education by looking at all levels and dimensions of the education system, as well as specific case studies from the region. Enroll in Equity and Inclusion in Education.This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. Please give attribution to UNESCO and the SDG Academy

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Measuring Well-Being

This lecture examines the different ways to measure well-being in a country, introducing the Human Development Index as an alternative as well as subjective well being. It also examines the dangers of equating GDP per capita with the well being of a country. 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…