Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet

How do we turn commitments to reducing the effects of climate change into action?

These videos are from the SDG Academy course Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet, filmed in 2016 at COP 22 in Marrakesh, Morocco, and first launched in 2017. The course is taught by experts leading the battle against climate change, hailing from institutions including Columbia University, the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development.

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The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

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How does emission of greenhouse gases lead to global warming? This chapter depicts and analyzes significant factors and illuminates anomalies contributing to the drastic…
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The Three Pillars of Decarbonization

The Three Pillars of Decarbonization

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The three pillars of Deep Decarbonization are: efficiency, decarbonisation of electricity, and the switching of end uses (such as cooking and driving) away from direct…
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Business Solutions for Climate Change

Business Solutions for Climate Change

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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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Principles of Public Policy

Principles of Public Policy

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What should governments do using taxation, regulation, public financing, or other public policy tools to achieve the low-emissions solutions that are necessary to…
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The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part II

The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part II

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An introduction to the course Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet. This chapter introduces the Sustainable Development Goals and explains the context of…
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Case Study: Canada Deep Decarbonization

Case Study: Canada Deep Decarbonization

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This is a case study of Canada's efforts towards deep decarbonization. Chris Bataille focuses on the Canadian target of approximately 90 percent emissions reduction…
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The Carbon Budget, Part I

The Carbon Budget, Part I

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This chapter explains the concept of the carbon budget, or the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that can be emitted without raising the global temperature above…
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Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part I

Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part I

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How can we maintain the carbon dioxide emission equilibrium through sources and sinks, and achieve the long-term temperature goal as laid out in the Paris Climate…
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Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I

Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I

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In this chapter, Michael Obersteiner discusses mitigation on land in the wider framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. He proposes some ways to convert…
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Case Study: Russia Deep Decarbonization

Case Study: Russia Deep Decarbonization

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This is a case study of Russia's efforts towards deep decarbonization. It is a country that has huge reserves of fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal, shale gas and oil)…
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Renewables: Wind

Renewables: Wind

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In this chapter, Professor Stephanie McClellan discusses wind power as a low-carbon solution for climate change. She discusses the wind power profiles and capacity of…
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Renewables: Solar

Renewables: Solar

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This chapter profiles the science and potential impact of solar power. Its history is briefly profiled; notably, that it's not a new technology and has gone through…
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Transmission, energy storage and grid integration

Transmission, energy storage and grid integration

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In this chapter, Ryan Jones discusses transmission, energy storage, and grid integration of renewables. We expect that our energy services are reliable, or that supply…
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Innovative Off-Grid Energy Solutions

Innovative Off-Grid Energy Solutions

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Vijay Modi details off-grid energy solutions in different contexts, such as shared infrastructure in Mali and Uganda. He stresses the value of grassroots off-grid energy…
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Deep Decarbonization: Reaching Net-Zero by the…

Deep Decarbonization: Reaching Net-Zero by the Second Half of the Century, Part I

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How can energy and land-use system transformation today help achieve deep decarbonization? Potential future CO2 emissions scenarios based on different approaches and…
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The Role of Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

The Role of Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

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In this chapter, William Sisson discusses the role of public-private partnerships in addressing the key challenges of the building sector for sustainable development and…

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