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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;…

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What is Climate Change?

Introduces the idea of climate change, highlighting the difference between weather and climate, and the history of natural climate change versus man-made climate change. Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge of our time. Human activity has already warmed the planet by one degree Celsius relative to pre-industrial times, and we are feeling the effects through record heat waves, droughts, wildfires and flooding. If we continue to burn fossil fuels at the current rate, the planet will…

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How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the Poor

The Millennium Development Goals were commitments made in the year 2000 by the UN to help Africa and other poor regions of the world end extreme poverty, and also to fight the battle against climate change because there is no way to end extreme poverty if climate change runs rampantly out of control. All of Africa and the drylands, which are some of the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change, are experiencing rapid population growth, and the combination fo these demographic…

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Introduction to Multi-sector Aspects of Early Childhood Development

This chapter discusses multi-sector platforms to promote ECD, including health, nutrition, education, social protection, and child protection. Children can experience multiple co-occuring risks in their lifetimes, whether these are biological, psychological, or due to social determinants, and there are therefore different multi-sector platforms that can take a lead in delivering interventions. It is important to have coordination between these sectors because there are many players involved.…

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Quality, Governance and Sustainability of ECD Policy

This chapter discusses the challenge of implementing quality in ECD policies, the kinds of institutions and governance that are needed and how policies can be sustained even as political administrations may change. At a national scale, positive results seen at a small-scale may disappear; national implementation requires building the capacity of the national workforce. This chapter looks at two examples from the ‘De Cero a Siempre’ ECD program from Colombia of home-based care…

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Exclusion and inequality in South Africa

South Africa has generally experienced economic growth since its transition to democracy in 1994, but has not seen the type of attendant gains in welfare one might have hoped for. These have been stifled, in large part, on account of the country’s high and increasing inequality. How policymakers address this issue impacts a wide range of development outcomes. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Deep Decarbonization: Reaching Net-Zero By the Second Half of the Century, Part II

This chapter describes the work of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project and the three pillars of deep decarbonization: energy efficiency, decarbonization of electricity, and fuel switching. It also introduces the concepts of Carbon Capture & Sequestration or CCS (capturing waste carbon dioxide and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere); stranding (leaving fossil fuels in the ground); and explores back-casting (the emissions state we want to be at in the future, and…

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Sustainable Food and Land Use

This chapters opens with a discussion of the CO2 emissions due to agriculture. Professor Sachs goes on to discuss how agriculture and food production impact SDGs, such as SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 6: Clean Water, SDG 14: Life Below Water, and SDG 15: Life on Land. He elaborates on the dimensions of this transformation, including sustainable food, boundaries, shifting diets, supply chain governance, and proper planning. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Welcome to the Anthropocene

There 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 globalized phase of environmental change. We have gotten used to defining sustainable development as the three pillars—economic, social, and ecological. This course suggests that we must rather think in terms of providing wealth, development, and livelihoods within the safe, resilient life support systems on Earth. Social…

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Implementing SDG 13: Climate action

Implementing SDG 13: Climate action

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SDG 13 urges us to take action to combat climate change. Mitigating and adapting to climate change requires large financial investments. In this video, you will learn…
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The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

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How 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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Climate Financing

Climate Financing

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Climate science is a complicated topic because it covers a range of issues, but it involves, broadly speaking, the question of how the world, as governments and…

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Project Tujenge: Solar-powered water purification

Project Tujenge: Solar-powered water purification

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In 2022, the University of Pretoria's "Team Tujenge" earned second place in the international student competition “Universities for Goal 13”…
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International Student Leader Meeting for SDGs

International Student Leader Meeting for SDGs

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The UI GreenMetric World University Rankings and the SDGs Center Universitas Diponegoro recently launched a new student program entitled the "1st International…
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Sumatra Peatland Restoration

Sumatra Peatland Restoration

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As part of the Sumatra Peatland Restoration program, Belantara Foundation helped to develop an integrated farming that includes cattle fattening, organic fertilizer,…

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Collective vs. Individual Rights

Collective vs. Individual Rights

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International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective…
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Virtue Ethics as a Multi-Religious Consensus

Virtue Ethics as a Multi-Religious Consensus

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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…
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How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

How a Company Decides to Invest in a Project

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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…