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Resilience & Assessing the Risk of Tipping Points

This lecture presents evidence of ongoing transformations in the Amazon forest system that may lead to diminished resilience and the potential of surpassing critical tipping points. Once crossed,…

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The basic elements of EbA value

This video discusses the three elements of value regarding EbA: benefits, costs and impacts. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Key takeaways: Assessing climate risks

This video highlights the main takeaways about Assessing Climate Risks. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Assessing climate risk: Identifying and adding indicators

This video is the second in a three-part series that guides participants through the process of preparing a climate risk assessment. In this video, participants learn how to identify and add…

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Assessing climate risk: Preparing a climate risk assessment

This video is the first in a three-part series that guides participants through the process of preparing a climate risk assessment. In this video, participants learn how to develop a climate change…

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Assessing climate risks

This video introduces the concept of risk and its three components: vulnerability, hazards and exposure. It also includes examples of climate risks. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA…

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Pillar III - Risk-Sharing and Entrepreneurship (Distribution)

The third pillar, risk-sharing and entrepreneurship, is about the distribution channel, affecting both individuals and organizations. Islamic economics promotes an exchange-based financial system on…

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Challenges of the Islamic Finance Industry

One of the main challenges faced by the Islamic finance industry is the harmonization of legal and regulatory frameworks and monetary policies. Islamic financing is also flourishing under different…

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Principles of Islamic Moral Economy

The prohibition of interest (riba) although not the entire purpose of Islamic finance, is the fundamental basis for any financial and economic transaction. Islamic ethical principles are akin to the…

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Getting a Good Deal: Negotiating Extractive Industry Contracts - Trailer

Many resource-rich countries negotiate complex contracts to govern mining, oil, or gas projects. Despite the critical importance of these contracts in determining the risks and benefits of these…

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What do we mean by Nature-based Solutions to Disaster and Climate Resilience?

This video is the first video of unit 2.1 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are…

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Introduction to Non-Communicable Diseases

This video looks at the history non-communicable diseases, their rise in prevalence, the major risk factors, and their economic costs. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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How Do Cities Accumulate Risk Exposure?

This video is part of Module 7: How can the urban environment be protected and cities be made resilient? Resilient cities are cities that have the ability to absorb, recover and prepare for future…

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Urban Risks and Vulnerabilities

This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? Urban poverty is also one of the most challenging issues in development exacerbated by issues…

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The Role and Risks of Technology in the Anthropocene

This chapter is about technology in the Anthropocene. Professor Galaz begins with an example of the Titi money from the Amazon, which is used to promote conservation effort. This introduces three…

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Smart Cities and Transport

This chapter discusses the transformation to smart cities and transport. Professor Sachs addresses the various dimensions of transformation, including smart infrastructure, zoning patterns,…

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