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| 2,723 2,723 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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| 2,989 2,989 playsIntroduces 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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| 478 478 playsThere is rising scientific evidence that humanity has now entered a new era that is defined as the Anthropocene, in which humanity is shaping the entire biosphere in a… -
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| 660 660 playsExplains 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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| 210 210 playsThe planetary squeeze, or the driving forces that explain why we’ve ended up with rising environmental risks, originate from four different areas: population… -
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| 512 512 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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| 132 132 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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| 264 264 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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| 44 44 playsTerrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –… -
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| 207 207 playsSustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the… -
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| 389 389 playsPlastic in the ocean is polluting the ocean, but in order to address this problem, we need to know where the plastic is within the ocean. In this chapter, Dr. Erik Van… -
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| 342 342 playsProfessor Carl Folke discusses a social-ecological system approach, in which people are looked at as being part of, and changing, the planet, in addition to being… -
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| 261 261 playsLooks 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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| 264 264 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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| 293 293 playsThe Amazon has seen a fair amount of environmental degradation and humans have been degrading the environment since the use of fire. Thomas Lovejoy argues that we need… -
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| 289 289 playsThe global ocean connects us all and provides our livelihoods, the oxygen we breathe, and transportation, among other things. The ocean is included in SDG 14. This…