These videos are from the SDG Academy mini-course Transforming Our World: Achieving the SDGs, first launched in 2015 and taught entirely by Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs.
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From SDG Academy 23 August, 2019
8,451 playsAn introduction to the course Transforming Our World: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Jeffrey Sachs profiles the history of the sustainable development… -
From SDG Academy 1 September, 2019
41 playsIn this course, learn all about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).In September 2015, the world’s leaders signed on to this new agenda, answering the call… -
From SDG Academy 23 August, 2019
65 playsThe Sustainable Development Goals are not an agenda for policy makers alone. Most of the world's economic activity, knowledge generation, and investment are driven… -
From SDG Academy 23 August, 2019
52 playsJeffrey Sachs discusses the importance of global cooperation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, he notes that cities have a critical role in… -
From SDG Academy 23 August, 2019
73 playsThe achievement of SDGs and the success of sustainable development plans depends heavily on the application of innovative and modern thinking and technologies. This is… -
From SDG Academy 23 August, 2019
19 playsThis chapter focuses on achieving the SDGs at a national level, and how national efforts can contribute to global efforts. He argues that national SDG strategies are… -
From SDG Academy 21 May, 2025
4 playsUniversities around the world, as the planet's greatest repositories of knowledge and human potential, are fundamental to the Sustainable Development Agenda and…