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Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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Looks at climate change in the historical context, explaining why the rate of climate change today is unprecedented.

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Emissions Reduction: The Only Viable Way Forward

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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Explains what we can do in order to stop climate change.

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Theology, Philosophy and the Encyclical

From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019

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Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo delves into the second chapter of the Pope’s encyclical. The Gospel of Creation, as the second encyclical chapter is…

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What is Climate Change?

From SDG Academy on 1 August, 2019

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Introduces the idea of climate change, highlighting the difference between weather and climate, and the history of natural climate change versus man-made climate change.

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Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

From SDG Academy on 1 August, 2019

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Explains the difference between natural climate change of the past and man-made climate change today, introducing the hockey stick graph.

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Geoengineering: A Scientist's Perspective,…

Geoengineering: A Scientist's Perspective, Part 1

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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Looks at specific geoengineering measures as ways of mitigating climate change. Two measures focused on are carbon capture and sequestration and direct air capture.

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Geoengineering: A Scientist's Perspective,…

Geoengineering: A Scientist's Perspective, Part 2

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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Continues the discussion on specific geoengineering measures, focusing on solar radiation management and iron fertilization of the oceans.

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Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous Perspective

From SDG Academy on 29 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Grand-father T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin and Grand-mother Marie-Josée Tardif have a discussion about ethics within indigenous religions, focusing…

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Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable…

Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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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…

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How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter overviews investments in oil, gas and mining projects. It includes a comparison of private and state ventures. Sources of income include: cash from existing…

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Case Study: Livestock

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses three areas of the livestock sector: the importance of the sector, the rich diversity within livestock, and some of the challenges facing the…

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Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I

From SDG Academy on 19 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Michael Obersteiner discusses mitigation on land in the wider framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. He proposes some ways to convert…

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Human Influence on the Ocean

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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This era of human impact on the environment and the ocean is called the Anthropocene, and the main problem is that we produce energy by burning fossil fuels and emit…

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Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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Explains the impact on people that different levels of sea level rise would have.

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From Mine to Mobile Phone: Market, Players, and…

From Mine to Mobile Phone: Market, Players, and Extraction Process in Mining

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This video explains the differences between mining and oil and gas extraction notably that extraction of oil (hydrocarbon exploitation) produces water as waste, while…

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Estimating Climate Change

From SDG Academy on 19 August, 2019

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This chapter looks at a demonstration of a zero dimensional energy balance model, showing the different variables and their effects on the model.

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