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| 1,559 1,559 playsSpeaking from West Papua, Indonesia, where he was attending a high-level meeting on green investment, business leader Paul Polman shares his thoughts on the challenges… -
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| 2,989 2,989 playsIntroduces the idea of climate change, highlighting the difference between weather and climate, and the history of natural climate change versus man-made climate change.… -
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| 1,973 1,973 playsThe Millennium Development Goals were commitments made in the year 2000 by the UN to help Africa and other poor regions of the world end extreme poverty, and also to… -
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| 384 384 playsThis is the first lecture in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. … -
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| 660 660 playsExplains the difference between natural climate change of the past and man-made climate change today, introducing the hockey stick graph. This video is licensed under… -
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| 512 512 playsOur most important mission and goal is to increase access to modern energy in poor places in the world so that simple daily tasks can be achieved much more easily and… -
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| 270 270 playsIn this chapter, Jeffrey Sachs proposes a 10-point agenda that cities should follow to catalyze sustainable development, and outlines some of the pros and cons of… -
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| 625 625 playsThis is a guest lecture by Prof. Glenn Denning, Columbia University, in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by… -
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| 132 132 playsHow can we achieve deep decarbonization while satisfying the conditions for continued economic growth and development and growing prosperity? CO2 energy related… -
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| 448 448 playsThis chapter provides an overview of the ideas and thought processes that are used to work towards achieving sustainable cities. Jeffrey Sachs elaborates on the… -
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| 261 261 playsLooks at climate change in the historical context, explaining why the rate of climate change today is unprecedented. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA… -
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| 264 264 playsHow 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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| 96 96 playsThe 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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| 97 97 playsLooks at a demonstration of a zero dimensional energy balance model, showing the different variables and their effects on the model. This video is licensed under the… -
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| 147 147 playsThis chapter discusses the challenge of human-induced climate change. The general problem is of living in a crowded and productive world. There are 7.2 billion people on… -
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| 89 89 playsIn this chapter, Emmanuel Guérin discusses the consequences of temperature increases that result from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming of 4 degrees…