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Conversation with Jean Dong, Chinese Statecraft… duration 48 minutes 53 seconds Conversation with Jean Dong, Chinese Statecraft… Conversation with Jean Dong, Chinese Statecraft in a Changing World: Demystifying Enduring Traditions and Dynamic Constraints	Conversation with Jean Dong, Chinese Statecraft in a Changing World: Demystifying Enduring Traditions and Dynamic Constraints Please join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and China expert, Jean Dong as they discuss Dong’s fascinating book, Chinese Statecraft in a Changing World: Demystifying Enduring Traditions and Dynamic… china +11 More From SDG Academy 16 plays Date Uploaded 6 August, 2024
Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's… duration 46 minutes 16 seconds Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's… Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's World View	Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's World View Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and economist David Daokui Li as they discuss Professor Li’s brilliant new book, China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict. Listen in… book club +10 More From SDG Academy 250 plays Date Uploaded 5 February, 2024
Conversation with Jessica Rawson, Life and… duration 51 minutes 38 seconds Conversation with Jessica Rawson, Life and… Conversation with Jessica Rawson, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China	Conversation with Jessica Rawson, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Jessica Rawson, one of the world’s most eminent scholars of China, as they discuss Rawson’s book, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China. Listen in to learn… china +5 More From SDG Academy 288 plays Date Uploaded 2 January, 2024
Case Study: Restoration by design in Inner… duration 6 minutes 8 seconds Case Study: Restoration by design in Inner… Case Study: Restoration by design in Inner Mongolia	Case Study: Restoration by design in Inner Mongolia This video presents a case study featuring a land restoration project executed by The Nature Conservancy. The project engaged with local communities in Inner Mongolia that suffer from severe land… land management +7 More From SDG Academy 4 plays
Poverty reduction in East Asia duration 12 minutes 7 seconds Poverty reduction in East Asia Poverty reduction in East Asia	Poverty reduction in East Asia Progress in the fight against poverty has been made in the poorest large countries in Asia in the last 40 years and the pace of progress in eliminating poverty has been particularly impressive in… license_ccbync +9 More From SDG Academy 435 plays
The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus duration 3 hours 35 minutes The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus	The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus The COVID-19 global health pandemic is rapidly changing the ways we live and work. In the age of sustainable development and at a time when the world is working towards achieving the UN Sustainable… health +13 More From SDG Academy 184 plays Date Uploaded 30 March, 2020
Q&A: Are there examples of best practice in… duration 2 minutes 11 seconds Q&A: Are there examples of best practice in… Q&A: Are there examples of best practice in Africa?	Q&A: Are there examples of best practice in Africa? Are there examples of best practice in Africa? This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. q&a +8 More From SDG Academy 3 plays
An agenda for aid duration 5 minutes 13 seconds An agenda for aid An agenda for aid	An agenda for aid This chapter explores what the donor community could do to support industrialization in Africa, ideas for fixing 'Aid for Trade', and the role China can play. This video is licensed under… africa +7 More From SDG Academy 3 plays
International Climate Action: A Case of Chinese… duration 14 minutes 46 seconds International Climate Action: A Case of Chinese… International Climate Action: A Case of Chinese Cities	International Climate Action: A Case of Chinese Cities This video is part of Module 9: Who can enable and implement this change? This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Sustainable Cities. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. urbanization +6 More From SDG Academy 24 plays
Fundamentals of Energy and Petroleum duration 10 minutes 33 seconds Fundamentals of Energy and Petroleum Fundamentals of Energy and Petroleum	Fundamentals of Energy and Petroleum Carol Nakhle, CEO of Crystol Energy, discusses the various sources of energy (particularly contrasting renewable and non-renewable energies), how the amount of energy coming from the various sources… natural resource management +8 More From SDG Academy 8 plays
The Eclipse of the North Atlantic duration 13 minutes 1 second The Eclipse of the North Atlantic The Eclipse of the North Atlantic	The Eclipse of the North Atlantic In this chapter, Professor Sachs talks about the shifting geoeconomics and geopolitics of today's age. While the West has been dominant for at least the last 200 years, east Asia, and especially… geography +9 More From SDG Academy 81 plays
The Classical World duration 13 minutes 59 seconds The Classical World The Classical World	The Classical World This chapter focuses on the third wave of globalization (land-based globalization), the Classical Age of the Roman Empire and the Han Empire in China, and the role of physical ecology in shaping… globalization +7 More From SDG Academy 122 plays
The Medieval Chinese Miracle duration 12 minutes 28 seconds The Medieval Chinese Miracle The Medieval Chinese Miracle	The Medieval Chinese Miracle In this chapter, Professor Sachs joins the ancient world of the Roman Empire with the world of globalization that commences with Columbus and Vasco da Game in the last decade of the 15th century. He… china +8 More From SDG Academy 744 plays
Lessons from Classical China duration 12 minutes 37 seconds Lessons from Classical China Lessons from Classical China	Lessons from Classical China This chapter compares and contrasts classical Greek philosophy with the Confucian tradition, emphasizing its unique virtues such as benevolence and the responsibilities of one generation to another. … morality +8 More From SDG Academy 176 plays
The Relentless Rise of CO2 duration 18 minutes 24 seconds The Relentless Rise of CO2 The Relentless Rise of CO2	The Relentless Rise of CO2 Carbon dioxide makes up about 2/3 of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect, mainly from burning of coal, oil, and gas. There has been a relentless rise in carbon emissions due to the use of fossil… anthropocene +10 More From SDG Academy 53 plays
Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion duration 6 minutes 57 seconds Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion	Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion This chapter uses two examples to give further insight into the processes that have been incurred in the context of social exclusion. First–The British assimilated or discarded the Aboriginal… case study +9 More From SDG Academy 176 plays