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Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission…

Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy

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This conversation with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, took place on April 26, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Prof. Mazzucato's new…
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Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

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The ocean has always sparked human curiosity. In the mid-20th century, people began to realize that there are limits to what humanity should do to our planet before it…
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The Economics of Climate Change: A Holistic…

The Economics of Climate Change: A Holistic Approach

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Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022
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Valuing Ecosystem Services

Valuing Ecosystem Services

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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…
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Fisheries Economics and Management

Fisheries Economics and Management

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In the period from 1950 to the late 1980s, global catches in fishers have increased from less than 20 million tons per year to about 80 million tons per year. They have…
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Economic Models for Sustainability and the Ocean

Economic Models for Sustainability and the Ocean

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This chapter introduces various perspectives on the ocean's ecosystem services and how they should be accounted for in economic modeling. In September 2015, the…
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Political Tripod and Authorizing Environment

Political Tripod and Authorizing Environment

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in this chapter, Paul Collier looks at the politics of how the economic decision chain, from the discovery process of natural resources to domestic investments. He…
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Marine Ecosystem Change and Services

Marine Ecosystem Change and Services

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This chapter discusses the economic value and ecosystem services of the ocean. The world fisheries and mariculture sector make up multibillion dollar industries, and the…
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The Cost of Inaction

The Cost of Inaction

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Peter May profiles different frameworks for evaluating the sustainability of terrestrial ecosystems. One such framework is the Pressure-State-Response Framework (PSR),…
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Valuing Ocean Assets

Valuing Ocean Assets

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International large research projects have focused on the valuation of natural assets and services. Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the idea of ecosystem…
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Sustainable Management of Fisheries

Sustainable Management of Fisheries

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In this chapter Martin Quaas gives some arguments for an economic solution to the global overfishing problem. The fundamental problem is that there is a price for fish…
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Why climate matters for poverty and inequality

Why climate matters for poverty and inequality

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Why are we so focused on climate now? First, the world is eating up very rapidly the carbon budget that we have in order to limit global warming to levels that we can…
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Payment for Environmental Services

Payment for Environmental Services

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Payment for Environmental Services (PES), created by Ronald Coase, is a valuation concept scheme that grew out of concern about deforestation and led to wide-scale…
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Assessing climate risk: Identifying and adding…

Assessing climate risk: Identifying and adding indicators

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This video is the second in a three-part series that guides participants through the process of preparing a climate risk assessment. In this video, participants learn…
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Stakeholder analysis in EbA

Stakeholder analysis in EbA

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This video takes participants through the stakeholder analysis process, including identifying key actors and learning how to categorise them based on influence and…
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EbA and Biodiversity

EbA and Biodiversity

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This video is the fourth of four mandatory insight unit videos which provide a deep dive into cross-cutting topics of EbA. In this video, participants learn about the…

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