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How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

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How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

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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…

What is Climate Change?

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What is Climate Change?

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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.…

Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous Perspective

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Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous Perspective

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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…

Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission…

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Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission…

Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy

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This conversation with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, took place on April 26, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Prof. Mazzucato's new…

Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

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Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

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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. This video is licensed under…

From Waste to Wealth

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From Waste to Wealth

From SDG Academy

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Webinar 6 Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022

Inequality, poverty, and social identity

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Inequality, poverty, and social identity

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Globally, concerns about rising and common wealth and equality have intensified in recent years. This discourse has sort of transcended academic and political circles…

Conversation with Martin Sherwin, Gambling with…

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Conversation with Martin Sherwin, Gambling with…

Conversation with Martin Sherwin, Gambling with Armageddon

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This conversation with Martin Sherwin took place on January 28, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Sherwin's book Gambling with…

¿Que entendemos por desarrollo sostenible?

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¿Que entendemos por desarrollo sostenible?

From SDG Academy

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En este capítulo, María Cortés Puch introduce el desarollo sostenible y los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible. Puch afirma que tenemos una…

Non-renewable Ocean Resources: From Exploration…

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Non-renewable Ocean Resources: From Exploration…

Non-renewable Ocean Resources: From Exploration to Exploitation

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In the long run, resources will become scarcer and scarcer, but there is a possibility that resources will be recovered from the ocean. There is an abundance of seabed…

Fiscal Instruments II: Contract-based Systems

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Fiscal Instruments II: Contract-based Systems

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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…

Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable…

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Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable…

Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable Development

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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…

Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

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Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

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Looks at climate change in the historical context, explaining why the rate of climate change today is unprecedented. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA…

Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

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Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

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The ocean has always sparked human curiosity. In the mid-20th century, people began to realize that there are limits to what humanity should do to our planet before it…

Climate Stress, Conflict, and Peacebuilding

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Climate Stress, Conflict, and Peacebuilding

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This chapter explores challenges for peace and security efforts posed by both natural climate fluctuations and climate change in the long run. It considers ways that…

Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…

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Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…

Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model Demonstration

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Looks at a demonstration of a zero dimensional energy balance model, showing the different variables and their effects on the model. This video is licensed under the…

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