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From SDG Academy on 22 August, 2019
In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
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,… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
An introduction to the course Transforming Our World: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Jeffrey Sachs profiles the history of the sustainable development… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of profit-oriented business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He explores the considerations that… -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 19 June, 2020
Today’s most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planet-wide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
How are resources mobilized to achieve sustainable development? This question is addressed in this video about financing the SDGs. -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
In this chapter, Professor Sachs talks about the importance of civil awareness of sustainable development and the desire of society to improve economic conditions,… -
From SDG Academy on 19 March, 2020
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… -
From SDG Academy on 21 October, 2020
This is the first lecture in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. … -
From SDG Academy on 7 August, 2019
Non-discrimination is an interesting concept in law; Joshua Castellino argues that in society, some discrimination is perfectly justifiable. Unjustifiable discrimination… -
From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Macroeconomics for a Sustainable Planet. In this final video, Professor Sachs talks about the environmental challenges… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture looks at the 40 year history of sustainable development on the international stage and the development of the SDGs from past failures of attempts to… -
From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019
This chapter focuses on the three main environmental challenges facing the world today: human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and the pollution caused by…