SDG Academy Library

06:51

Collective vs. Individual Rights

International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective discrimination is the root of a lot of inequality, however, and tools in law are skewed towards understanding the rights of the individual. Initially, there were three separate categories, or generations, of rights that are now considered obsolete: civil and political as the first; economic, social, and cultural rights as the second;…

12:33

How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

This 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 projects and retained earnings, bank borrowings against the corporate balance sheet, or project finance specifically loaned against the capacity of that project. The chapter also details the various analyses and assessments done by companies technical, social, governmental, and financial. Sir Mark Moody Stuart stresses that…

12:19

Corruption and Global Business

Good governance is a tenet of development, and when governments are corrupt, economic development and individual sense of well-being within the government's reach are harmed. Professor Jeffrey Sachs addresses the corruption of government today and these two phenomena in this chapter.

06:04

Social Communication for Social Change

Sarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In Nicaragua, a feminist non-governmental organization called Puntos de Encuentro used media to highlight ideas about violence, including a popular television show that discussed issues like violence and homosexuality in a conservative society. The show jumpstarted discussion around how attitudes can change simply by promoting…

08:29

Cities as Centers of Cultural and Social Transformation Part I

Many people see cities as primary places of economic activity, but cities are also sites of social, cultural, and religious relevance. Examples of cities and their roles are given in their historical and cultural contexts. Cities are the center where intellectuals, artists, musicians, revolutionaries and others congregate, as well as where power and inequality is often seen. This is all explored in this chapter using historical examples.

11:38

New Financing Mechanisms and Global Funds

This chapter discusses the idea of specialized global funds that have pooled funds from government donors and philanthropic donors, focusing on the example of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. Professor Sachs talks about the importance of country coordination mechanisms and record-keeping to prevent corruption. He ends with a call for such global funds for the SDGs.

10:45

The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work

In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs gives an overview of health, education, and labor rights, tying each one to the overall goals of sustainable development.

54:22

Economic consequences of the epidemic: costs of disease, costs of mortality, economic disruptions, macroeconomic impacts, economic inequality

This is the seventh lecture in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. The course offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the global Covid-19 epidemic. We will consider the epidemic from multiple perspectives, including: the historical role of epidemics in human history; the basic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2; the basic virology of SARS-Cov-2; the nature and causes of zoonotic diseases;…

11:31

Sustainable Development and the Need for Ethics in Action

This chapter introduces the Ethics in Action Initiative as a forum through which religious leaders and scholars from traditions around the world came together to find common ground on which to address shared challenges.

‹ ›

12:54

Inequality and indigenous experience

Inequality and indigenous experience

From SDG Academy

0 likes 22 plays 0
14:35

Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous Perspective

Virtue Ethics: An Indigenous Perspective

From SDG Academy

0 likes 431 plays 0
In this chapter, Grand-father T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin and Grand-mother Marie-Josée Tardif discuss ethics and the connections between people and the Earth in…
07:49

Intangible cultural heritage and the 2030 Agenda…

Intangible cultural heritage and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy

0 likes 40 plays 0
This chapter discusses the interdependence between the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development. The Convention for the Safeguarding of…

05:44

Curriculum for SDGs at Abdullah Gül…

Curriculum for SDGs at Abdullah Gül University

From SDG Academy

0 likes 80 plays 0
The main purpose of Abdullah Gül University's Global Issues & Responsibilities (GLB) Curriculum is to increase students and faculty members' awareness…
04:15

Vectors of medical importance on the island of…

Vectors of medical importance on the island of Cyprus

From SDG Academy

0 likes 15 plays 0
Cyprus University of Technology have developed an effective common surveillance program for vectors on the island of Cyprus. This is particularly important regarding the…
04:56

How Kateb University's LMS Offered Access to…

How Kateb University's LMS Offered Access to Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

From SDG Academy

0 likes 121 plays 0
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic that stopped class-based education in Afghanistan, Kateb University developed its own Learning Management System (Kateb LMS) to…

12:03

Virtue Ethics as a Multi-Religious Consensus

Virtue Ethics as a Multi-Religious Consensus

From SDG Academy

0 likes 1,923 plays 0
In this chapter, William Vendley finds the points of consensus between religious traditions, and shows how religious communities are well-positioned in terms of both…
06:51

Collective vs. Individual Rights

Collective vs. Individual Rights

From SDG Academy

0 likes 1,706 plays 0
International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective…
06:04

Social Communication for Social Change

Social Communication for Social Change

From SDG Academy

0 likes 1,426 plays 0
Sarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In…