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Social-Ecological Systems

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Professor Carl Folke discusses a social-ecological system approach, in which people are looked at as being part of, and changing, the planet, in addition to being…

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Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter is about the challenges and opportunities that urban centers face. Urban centers are expanding beyond traditional urban boundaries in a process called urban…

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Welcome to the Anthropocene

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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There is rising scientific evidence that humanity has now entered a new era that is defined as the Anthropocene, in which humanity is shaping the entire biosphere in a…

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Development of the Sustainable Development Goals

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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How can the world of policy and science respond to the latest advancements in science? In the Anthropocene, we can no longer avoid catastrophic tipping points; we need a…

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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…

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The Role and Risks of Technology in the…

The Role and Risks of Technology in the Anthropocene

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter is about technology in the Anthropocene. Professor Galaz begins with an example of the Titi money from the Amazon, which is used to promote conservation…

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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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Energy: A Promising Pathway

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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To develop within a safe operating space, there must be a global transition to a renewable energy system, as growing economies are projected to have growing energy use…

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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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Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a…

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Governing Global Commons

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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The regulation and enforcement of the oceans is very difficult. The Law of the Sea Convention and other landmark legal instruments have brought important progress over…

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Introducing the Planetary Boundaries Framework

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapter explores the origins of the planetary boundaries, which comes from the recognition that we’ve entered the Anthropocene and that the exponential…

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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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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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Sustainable Food and Land Use

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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This chapters opens with a discussion of the CO2 emissions due to agriculture. Professor Sachs goes on to discuss how agriculture and food production impact SDGs, such…

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New and Emerging Perspectives on Global Governance

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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There are many different schools and approaches on how to reform global environmental governance. Deep institutional reform builds on the idea that, if you manage to…

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