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Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and Indigenous… duration 12 minutes 25 seconds Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and Indigenous… Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and Indigenous Territories	Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and Indigenous Territories This lecture examines how protected areas and Indigenous Territories are, or should be, connected at the landscape scale, across national borders, rivers, and other modern-day boundaries, to create… indigenous peoples +3 More From SDG Academy 2 plays
Clandestine Economies in the Amazon duration 9 minutes 12 seconds Clandestine Economies in the Amazon Clandestine Economies in the Amazon	Clandestine Economies in the Amazon This lecture examines how Protected Areas (PAs) and Indigenous Territories (ITs) work as cornerstones for conservation in the Amazon. A network of more than 6,000 ITs and PAs across eight countries… indigenous peoples +5 More From SDG Academy 0 plays
Changing Ecosystems duration 12 minutes 22 seconds Changing Ecosystems Changing Ecosystems	Changing Ecosystems We don't have one planet for humans and another for other species. If we wish to avoid pandemics from zoonoses, such as COVID-19 and other types of influenza, we must address direct and indirect… epidemiology +7 More From SDG Academy 11 plays
Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case… duration 4 minutes 23 seconds Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case… Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case study from Colombia	Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case study from Colombia This video is the second video of unit 1.2 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are… case study +8 More From SDG Academy 86 plays Date Uploaded 6 February, 2021
Q&A \| Raf Tuts \| 2017 Jan. 28 duration 51 minutes 45 seconds Q&A \| Raf Tuts \| 2017 Jan. 28 Q&A \| Raf Tuts \| 2017 Jan. 28	Q&A \| Raf Tuts \| 2017 Jan. 28 Raf Tuts, Director of the Programme Division of UN Habitat, answers questions related to land management and planning and environmental planning more broadly. This video is licensed under the CC… sustainable cities +6 More From SDG Academy 2 plays
Land and water degradation: Successful case… duration 6 minutes 22 seconds Land and water degradation: Successful case… Land and water degradation: Successful case studies in the Mediterranean	Land and water degradation: Successful case studies in the Mediterranean Land and water degradation in North Africa are adding stress to regions that are under pressure from global environmental change. Land degradation has resulted from population growth as well as soil… land use +9 More From SDG Academy 22 plays
Land Management and Planning duration 11 minutes 21 seconds Land Management and Planning Land Management and Planning	Land Management and Planning This video is part of Module 2: What makes a city function? land management and planning, challenge of slums, public space and mixed use, international guidelines on territorial planning. This video… urbanization +5 More From SDG Academy 6 plays
Land and Water Use Change duration 14 minutes 18 seconds Land and Water Use Change Land and Water Use Change	Land and Water Use Change This chapter goes through two of the slow variables constituting the planetary boundaries; land and water use. Over the last 150 years, we have transformed almost 40% of the world’s land area… land use change +8 More From SDG Academy 16 plays
Sustainable Food and Land Use duration 15 minutes 4 seconds Sustainable Food and Land Use Sustainable Food and Land Use	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:… agriculture +9 More From SDG Academy 937 plays
Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part II duration 12 minutes 59 seconds Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part II Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part II	Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part II In this chapter, Michael Obersteiner discusses land conversion and looks at the impact of the biodiversity and climate scenario on policies of land conversion. He discusses mechanisms including… climate change +6 More From SDG Academy 18 plays
Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I duration 12 minutes 24 seconds Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I	Mitigation on Land and the SDGs, Part I In this chapter, Michael Obersteiner discusses mitigation on land in the wider framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. He proposes some ways to convert landscapes so that they contribute to… climate change +6 More From SDG Academy 41 plays
The Need to Reduce Uncertainties in Global Land… duration 9 minutes 26 seconds The Need to Reduce Uncertainties in Global Land… The Need to Reduce Uncertainties in Global Land Use Information	The Need to Reduce Uncertainties in Global Land Use Information In this chapter, Steffen Fritz talks about the need to reduce uncertainties in global land-use information. Information about global pressure points can be retrieved using remote sensing information,… climate change +5 More From SDG Academy 13 plays
Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part II duration 13 minutes 32 seconds Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part II Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part II	Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part II This chapter gives an overview of all the anthropogenic gases and their effects on the environment particularly, how gases possess the ability to destroy our biodiversity and affect our natural… climate change +5 More From SDG Academy 27 plays
Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part I duration 8 minutes 28 seconds Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part I Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part I	Sources and Sinks: Energy, Land Use, CCS, Part I How can we maintain the carbon dioxide emission equilibrium through sources and sinks, and achieve the long-term temperature goal as laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement? This chapter overviews… climate change +5 More From SDG Academy 51 plays
Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part I duration 9 minutes 5 seconds Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part I Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part I	Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part I What are the risks and uncertainties involved in bringing change to the energy system? Jeffrey Sachs dismisses some uncertainties that are not based in reality notably, the basic science of climate… climate change +6 More From SDG Academy 29 plays
Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part II duration 8 minutes 20 seconds Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part II Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part II	Uncertainties, Precaution, and Insurance, Part II What are the precise damages of climate change? Some examples of major issues affecting humanity are given, such as malaria transmission. We know that global warming has spread malaria transmission,… climate change +7 More From SDG Academy 25 plays