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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From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture focuses on the consequences of climate change, and the dangers of not significantly reducing human CO2 emissions. -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture talks about higher education as an issue beyond human capital and its role in sustainable development. -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
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.… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture explores the timeline of the Sustainable Development Goals and the challenges that the SDGs aim to tackle as they relate to the current issues of climate… -
From SDG Academy on 20 July, 2020
Enroll in Age of Sustainable Development. This video is not available under a Creative Commons license and should not be considered open content. However, the video is… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture tells the story of the Millennium Development Goals and their evolution into the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting key conferences and events that… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
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… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
Biodiversity is an integral part of ecosystems functioning, and this chapter explores why a threat to biodiversity is a threat to ecosystems as a whole, and why… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture serves to explain the basic science behind climate change, highlighting how human interactions with the climate are spurring on further climate change. -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture examines the idea of a differential diagnosis. It focuses on the inter-dimensional reasons as to why sub Saharan Africa may be stuck in poverty. This video… -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
This lecture discusses the role of good governance as one of the main tenets of sustainable development, looking at its principles and their relationship with the SDGs. -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
In this lecture, Professor Sachs uses differential diagnosis to look at extreme poverty and poverty traps in sub Saharan Africa. -
From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019
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…