Age of Sustainable Development

Learn the basics of sustainable development—what it is, why it's important and how we can achieve it.

These videos are from the SDG Academy's flagship course Age of Sustainable Development, first launched in 2014 and taught entirely by Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs.

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An Introduction to Sustainable Development

An Introduction to Sustainable Development

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This lecture examines the different ideas behind sustainable development. It acts as an introduction to the complexities that make up the world in relation to…
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From the MDGs to the SDGs

From the MDGs to the SDGs

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This lecture tells the story of the Millennium Development Goals and their evolution into the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting key conferences and events that…
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Business as Usual Versus Sustainable Development

Business as Usual Versus Sustainable Development

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This lecture introduces two paths for the future: the Business as Usual path and the Sustainable Development path. It examines the major negative impacts of the Business…
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Consequences of Climate Change

Consequences of Climate Change

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This lecture focuses on the consequences of climate change, and the dangers of not significantly reducing human CO2 emissions. This video is not available under a…
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What Makes a City Sustainable?

What Makes a City Sustainable?

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This lecture explores sustainable cities as both green cities and resilient cities. This video is not available under a Creative Commons license and should not be…
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The Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals

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This lecture looks at the 40 year history of sustainable development on the international stage and the development of the SDGs from past failures of attempts to…
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Living Within Limits: Energy, Agriculture,…

Living Within Limits: Energy, Agriculture, Industry

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This lecture continues the investigation into the limits of growth, crucially noting that some limits have already been hit and that the goals of sustainable development…
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Economic Growth and Progress

Economic Growth and Progress

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This lecture examines sustainable development through an economic lens. Key ideas in this section are economic growth and progress sustained through economic growth.
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Continuing Poverty

Continuing Poverty

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This lecture serves as an introduction to the idea of poverty in the context of the SDGs. It further examines the geography of poverty and the concentration of low,…
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Environmental Threats

Environmental Threats

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This lecture introduces the idea of the Anthropocene, the age of human interaction with the climate, in the context of the SDGs. It examines climate change as a result…
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Incomes Around the World

Incomes Around the World

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This lecture introduces the concepts of gross domestic product, gross domestic product per capita, and purchasing power parity. It also defines high, middle, and low…
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The Strategy to End Poverty

The Strategy to End Poverty

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In this lecture, Professor Sachs uses differential diagnosis to look at extreme poverty and poverty traps in sub Saharan Africa. This video is not available under a…
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Measuring Well-Being

Measuring Well-Being

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This lecture examines the different ways to measure well-being in a country, introducing the Human Development Index as an alternative as well as subjective well being.…
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The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable…

The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development

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This lecture talks about higher education as an issue beyond human capital and its role in sustainable development. This video is not available under a Creative Commons…
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What is Biodiversity?

What is Biodiversity?

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This lecture examines the chain reaction of threat that economic development past the planetary boundaries has had on biodiversity. This video is not available under a…
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The Origins of the Boundary Concept

The Origins of the Boundary Concept

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This lecture introduces the concept of planetary boundaries, or a set of limits or safe parameters within which humans should maintain their economics activity.…

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