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What is Climate Change?

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.
08:32

Fiscal Instruments II: Contract-based Systems

Fiscal Instruments II: Contract-based Systems

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Matthew Genasci discusses contract-based systems, including both production sharing arrangements and service contracts, in comparison to royalty tax…
12:27

Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

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.
01:03:53

Q&A | Martin Visbeck & Jacqueline Uku |…

Q&A | Martin Visbeck & Jacqueline Uku | 2020 May 14

From SDG Academy on 14 May, 2020

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This live Q&A session took place on May 14, 2020, and answered questions related to the UN Decade of Ocean Science, ocean governance, ocean literacy, and the impact…
04:28

Emissions Reduction: The Only Viable Way Forward

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.
14:35

Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous Perspective

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 discuss ethics and the connections between people and the Earth in…
06:25

Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

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.
08:19

Fisheries Economics and Management

Fisheries Economics and Management

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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In the period from 1950 to the late 1980s, global catches in fishers have increased from less than 20 million tons per year to about 80 million tons per year. They have…
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How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

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…
22:30

Theology, Philosophy and the Encyclical

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…
09:26

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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Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I

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…
05:50

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.
11:26

Human Influence on the Ocean

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…
04:22

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts

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.
08:07

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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