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Introducing Sustainable Development

Introducing Sustainable Development

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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. This…
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Why Sustainable Development is Important:…

Why Sustainable Development is Important: Happiness and Wellbeing

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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,…
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Getting to Know the SDGs

Getting to Know the SDGs

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An introduction to the course Transforming Our World: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Jeffrey Sachs profiles the history of the sustainable development…
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The Role of Business in the SDGs

The Role of Business in the SDGs

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of profit-oriented business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He explores the considerations that…
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Public Awareness and Consumer Activism

Public Awareness and Consumer Activism

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs talks about the importance of civil awareness of sustainable development and the desire of society to improve economic conditions,…
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Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman

Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman

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Speaking from West Papua, Indonesia, where he was attending a high-level meeting on green investment, business leader Paul Polman shares his thoughts on the challenges…
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A Brief History of the SDGs

A Brief History of the SDGs

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This chapter presents the origins of the SDGs, how they arose and why? The chapter conveys the core idea that clear goal-setting is essential for progress and examines…
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Financing Sustainable Development

Financing Sustainable Development

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How are resources mobilized to achieve sustainable development? This question is addressed in this video about financing the SDGs. This video is licensed under the CC…
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Six Major Globalizations

Six Major Globalizations

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This chapter is an introduction to the course Globalization: Past and Future. Jeffrey Sachs provides an overview of the six major waves of globalization: the Great…
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Education for Sustainable Development and Global…

Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship

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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…
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The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change,…

The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Pollution

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This chapter focuses on the three main environmental challenges facing the world today: human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and the pollution caused by…
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Conversation with Robert Lustig, Metabolical

Conversation with Robert Lustig, Metabolical

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In this conversation, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Robert Lustig discuss the relationship between nutrition and non-communicable disease, the dangers of processed…
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An Introduction to Sustainable Development

An Introduction to Sustainable Development

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This lecture examines the different ideas behind sustainable development. It acts as an introduction to the complexities that make up the world in relation to…
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The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work

The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work

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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs gives an overview of health, education, and labor rights, tying each one to the overall goals of sustainable development. This…
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How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the…

How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the Poor

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The Millennium Development Goals were commitments made in the year 2000 by the UN to help Africa and other poor regions of the world end extreme poverty, and also to…
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Corruption and Global Business

Corruption and Global Business

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Good governance is a tenet of development, and when governments are corrupt, economic development and individual sense of well-being within the government's reach…

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