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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. This video is licensed under…

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Consequences of Climate Change

From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019

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This lecture focuses on the consequences of climate change, and the dangers of not significantly reducing human CO2 emissions.

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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. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA…

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The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses the challenge of human-induced climate change. The general problem is of living in a crowded and productive world. There are 7.2 billion people on…

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Ocean Plastic: Where Is It?

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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Plastic in the ocean is polluting the ocean, but in order to address this problem, we need to know where the plastic is within the ocean. In this chapter, Dr. Erik Van…

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The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of…

The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of Energy Systems

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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How can we achieve deep decarbonization while satisfying the conditions for continued economic growth and development and growing prosperity? CO2 energy related…

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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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Coastal Hazards

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Coastal systems are exposed to natural hazards such as tropical storms, as well as slower process such as coastal erosion. Sea level rise exacerbates the effects of…

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Introduction to Coasts

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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Coasts provide resources such as fish and seafood. They are also the location of tourism and connect countries as the location of megacities and ports for global trade.…

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Emissions Reduction: The Only Viable Way Forward

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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This video explains what we can do in order to stop climate change. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Business Solutions for Climate Change

From SDG Academy on 19 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Peter Bakker talks about the role of business in fighting climate change. He declares the Paris Climate Agreement as a success and outlines the three…

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Future Coasts

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Currently, we have a rapidly changing coast due to climatic drivers such as sea level rise, as well as socioeconomic drivers such as population growth and migration…

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Introduction to Marine Ecosystems

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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The ocean is an intricate patchwork of co-existing ecosystems from which humans benefit in terms of food, energy, and keeping our planet habitable by regulating climate…

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Ocean Plastic: What to do about it

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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This video addresses the question of how to deal with the plastic problem in the ocean in a sustainable way. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.…

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Introduction to Marine Life & Minerals

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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Our planet started as an inanimate, iron-rich rock with a hot, radioactive core that cooled over billions of years. Life originated at hydrothermal vents billions of…

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