Feedbacks Interactions and Regime Shifts
Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman
Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy

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Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy

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 book Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, and the importance of boldly reimagining the capacities and role of government to solve today's "wicked problems" and recover a sense of public purpose. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy
Conversation with Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law
Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman

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Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman

Speaking from West Papua, Indonesia, where he was attending a high-level meeting on green investment, business leader Paul Polman shares his thoughts on the challenges business face when trying to become more sustainable, the need for corporate collaboration on sustainability policy, and the responsibility of business leaders to take action. Mr. Polman is the Co-founder & Chair of IMAGINE, Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, the B Team, Saïd Business School, and…

Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman
Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations
Conversation with Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law

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Conversation with Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law

This conversation with Richard Rothstein took place on February 24, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Rothstein's book The Color of Law and America's troubling history of de jure segregation that has led to housing discrimination and wealth inequality for generations of Black Americans. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Conversation with Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law
The decision chain of natural resource management: Part II
Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations

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Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations

Focuses on how the world can still maintain CO2 levels below the threshold of dangerous warming by 2100, highlighting the procrastination penalty. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Learn more at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations
Six Major Globalizations
The decision chain of natural resource management: Part II

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The decision chain of natural resource management: Part II

Using the revenues from resource extraction well is difficult. The first reason is that the revenues are volatile, and they are not sustainable. Volatility is evidenced by booms and busts in public spending during the supercycle, or the recent period of sigificant price growth for natural resources. Two examples are given: Ghana, which borrowed US$ 2 billion on the strength of oil discovery and Chile, which had a copper boom and then parked its prices, recognizing their temporary nature.…

The decision chain of natural resource management: Part II
Humanitarian Response to Crisis
Six Major Globalizations

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Six Major Globalizations

This chapter is an introduction to the course Globalization: Past and Future. Jeffrey Sachs provides an overview of the six major waves of globalization: the Great Dispersal, the Neolithic Revolution, Land-Based Globalization, Ocean-Based Globalization, the Anglo-American World, and the New Globalization. He discusses the factors that shape globalization and covers the concept of "diffusion," or the dispersal of concepts, inventions, etc. from one place to others. He briefly addresses…

Six Major Globalizations
Financing Sustainable Development
Humanitarian Response to Crisis

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Humanitarian Response to Crisis

Humanitarian actors are a specific type of actor. Humanitarianism has its roots in religious thinking; in free giving, the idea that all are born free and equal and deserves a response; and that all people should try and respond if they can. Humanitarian actors should be neutral, but this can be difficult in politically-charged situations. The Humanitarian Charter notes that it is the right of all people to receive protection and assistance. However, these rights are not actually enshrined in…

Humanitarian Response to Crisis
Feedbacks Interactions and Regime Shifts
Financing Sustainable Development

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Financing Sustainable Development

How are resources mobilized to achieve sustainable development? This question is addressed in this video about financing the SDGs. This video is not available under a Creative Commons license and should not be considered open content. However, the video is freely available for viewing or sharing with individuals or groups for educational purposes, such as in a classroom, workshop, or training. Please give attribution to the SDG Academy. Content may not be used for commercial purposes.

Financing Sustainable Development
Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy
Feedbacks Interactions and Regime Shifts

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Feedbacks Interactions and Regime Shifts

This chapter discusses feedbacks, interactions, and regime shifts in social-ecological systems, which can also be thought of as tipping points or critical transitions, and which have some sort of stickiness -- a distinct change over time that persists. This is useful because we often think that change is linear, but now we see change that is abrupt and persistent. These types of changes often have large impacts on people. Regime shifts are not easy to reverse and are difficult to predict;…

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