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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2,325 playsThis 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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842 playsThis 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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693 playsThis 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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906 playsThis 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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727 playsThis 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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674 playsThis 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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264 playsThis 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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378 playsThis 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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295 playsThis 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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328 playsThis 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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393 playsThis 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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400 playsIn 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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124 playsThis lecture examines the chain reaction of threat that economic development past the planetary boundaries has had on biodiversity. This video is not available under… -
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93 playsBiodiversity 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… -
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230 playsThis 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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175 playsThis 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.…