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| 3,452 3,452 playsThis chapter overviews investments in oil, gas and mining projects. It includes a comparison of private and state ventures. Sources of income include: cash from existing… -
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| 951 951 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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| 168 168 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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| 271 271 playsThis lecture continues the investigation into the limits of growth, crucially noting that some limits have already been hit and that the goals of sustainable development… -
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| 294 294 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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| 118 118 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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| 139 139 playsIntroduces the one-dimensional energy balance model, building upon previous model's equations. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. -
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| 146 146 playsExplains the zero dimensional energy balance model, including how to calculate it using a linear approximation. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. -
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| 158 158 playsThis chapter addresses clean energy and industry as a key transformation for the SDGs. Professor Sachs opens with a brief discussion of rising CO2 emissions, followed by… -
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| 93 93 playsHydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a thermal process that converts waste biomass into energy and materials. It is termed a carbon negative process because it is green… -
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| 82 82 playsThis lecture discusses the basics of climate science in order to support the discussion of deep decarbonization and other actions related to greenhouse gas emissions. As… -
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| 164 164 playsSaleem Ali provides an overview of the environmental assessment process, by which regulators can manage the ecological and economic costs and benefits of natural… -
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| 98 98 playsDiscovery of natural resources is difficult; this is evidenced by the fact that in the typical poor country, if we look at how many resources it had discovered per… -
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| 39 39 playsWhile to avoid the potential consequences of uncontrolled climate change requires profound transformations of the way we grow our economies, and in particular, a… -
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| 39 39 playsin 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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| 144 144 playsJeffrey Sachs notes that it is, on the whole, good to have mineral resources or coal, oil, or gas resources as major inputs to the economy; major inputs to economic…