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Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman

Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman

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Speaking 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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What is Climate Change?

What is Climate Change?

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Introduces 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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How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the…

How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the Poor

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The 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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The history of epidemics and their impact on…

The history of epidemics and their impact on society

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This 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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Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

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Explains 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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A World Without Modern Energy

A World Without Modern Energy

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Our 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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The 10-point Agenda for 21st Century Cities

The 10-point Agenda for 21st Century Cities

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In 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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Why Cities: The Importance of SDG 11

Why Cities: The Importance of SDG 11

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This 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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Covid-19 Impacts on and Implications for the…

Covid-19 Impacts on and Implications for the Global Food System

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This 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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The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of…

The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of Energy Systems

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How 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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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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Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

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Looks 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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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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The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change

The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change

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This 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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The Consequences of the BAU Trajectory

The Consequences of the BAU Trajectory

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In this chapter, Emmanuel Guérin discusses the consequences of temperature increases that result from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming of 4 degrees…
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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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