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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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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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Stagnant and divided: Socially-inclusive economic…

Stagnant and divided: Socially-inclusive economic growth and progressive politics

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In this first session of The Turn, Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Roberto Mangabeira Unger set the stage for their discussion and seek to answer the question "What…
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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 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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Conversation with Rick Perlstein, Reaganland

Conversation with Rick Perlstein, Reaganland

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In this session of the Book Club, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Rick Perlstein discuss his book Reaganland, the "Southernization" of American politics,…
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The Rights of Indigenous Populations

The Rights of Indigenous Populations

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"Laudato Si' inspired all of us with its call for integral human development. And that means that we have to look at human development with a holistic…
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Thinking about Alternatives

Thinking about Alternatives

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In the first video of his series Freedom Now: The Economic and Political Alternative, philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger argues that traditional progressive politics…
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Poverty reduction in East Asia

Poverty reduction in East Asia

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Progress in the fight against poverty has been made in the poorest large countries in Asia in the last 40 years and the pace of progress in eliminating poverty has been…
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The Capable Agent: Education

The Capable Agent: Education

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In the ninth video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger lays out his four-part vision of a truly progressive approach to education. …
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From now to an alternative: The missing project

From now to an alternative: The missing project

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In the final session of The Turn, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Roberto Mangabeira Unger present their visions of a "progressive alternative" and discuss what…
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Data for Accountability and Decision-making

Data for Accountability and Decision-making

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Metrics and quantification are essential for measuring SDG progress, and in this chapter, Professor Sachs explores a number of ways that SDG metrics are becoming…
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Losing and finding the way: The United States and…

Losing and finding the way: The United States and Brazil

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In this second session of The Turn, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Roberto Mangabeira Unger will explore the rise of populism and the shift towards progressivism in the…
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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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Parlamento 2030

Parlamento 2030

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Parlamento 2030 is an innovative tool created to track, collect, and provide information from national parliaments related to Agenda 2030. The tool is designed to…

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