2023 SDG Summit: Halftime for the SDGs
-
From SDG Academy
10,319 playsIn this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. This… -
From SDG Academy
11,556 playsThis chapter describes why the concept of sustainable development is so important, why it is so important that we orient towards the three objectives of prosperity,… -
From SDG Academy
731 playsThis lecture introduces two paths for the future: the Business as Usual path and the Sustainable Development path. It examines the major negative impacts of the Business… -
From SDG Academy
7,353 playsAn introduction to the course Transforming Our World: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Jeffrey Sachs profiles the history of the sustainable development… -
From SDG Academy
2,188 playsThis chapter provides an overview of the course. It briefly discusses the various topics that will be covered including development of the SDGs, transformative pathways… -
From SDG Academy
3,291 playsThis chapter presents the origins of the SDGs, how they arose and why? The chapter conveys the core idea that clear goal-setting is essential for progress and examines… -
From SDG Academy
843 playsThis lecture tells the story of the Millennium Development Goals and their evolution into the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting key conferences and events that… -
From SDG Academy
1,566 playsHow are resources mobilized to achieve sustainable development? This question is addressed in this video about financing the SDGs. This video is licensed under the CC… -
From SDG Academy
27 playsThe international context of achieving the sustainable development goals. Agenda 2030 puts a big emphasis on global partnerships and SDG 17 is about global partnerships.… -
From SDG Academy
3,612 playsIn this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of profit-oriented business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He explores the considerations that… -
From SDG Academy
2,046 playsSarah 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… -
From SDG Academy
663 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
14 playsToday we will discuss the effects of what economists call "exogenous shocks," or shocks external to our systems of economy and society on the lives of poor… -
From SDG Academy
102 playsThis video takes a look at the three main relationships between ICT and the SDGs, highlighting the need to measure and track the expansion of ICT. This video is…