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From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
3,607 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… -
From SDG Academy 1 August, 2019
4,659 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.… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
660 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… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
1,173 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… -
From SDG Academy 12 August, 2019
1,168 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… -
From SDG Academy 12 August, 2019
1,192 playsThis video addresses the question of how to deal with the plastic problem in the ocean in a sustainable way. Scientists all over the world are busy researching what… -
From SDG Academy 1 August, 2019
852 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… -
From SDG Academy 31 July, 2019
1,522 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… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
300 playsThe planetary squeeze, or the driving forces that explain why we’ve ended up with rising environmental risks, originate from four different areas: population… -
From SDG Academy 16 August, 2022
985 playsIn this video, Dr Kim Borg discusses a project she was involved with about the problem of the use of single use plastics, and the influence of media campaigns that aim… -
From SDG Academy 31 July, 2019
1,079 playsThe 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… -
From SDG Academy 5 August, 2019
567 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… -
From SDG Academy 6 August, 2019
297 playsSustainable Development means precisely the interconnection of economic, social, and environmental objectives. Therefore, it is important to try to achieve all of the… -
From SDG Academy 5 August, 2019
63 playsTerrestrial ecosystems are important for social and economic reasons through both their products – such as timber, fruits, etc. – and their services –… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
175 playsHow can we achieve deep decarbonization while satisfying the conditions for continued economic growth and development and growing prosperity? CO2 energy related… -
From SDG Academy 27 August, 2019
276 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…