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Assessing climate risks duration 2 minutes 37 seconds Assessing climate risks Assessing climate risks	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… vulnerability +10 More From SDG Academy 8 plays Date Uploaded 18 October, 2022
Elements of EbA: EbA helps people adapt to… duration 1 minute 27 seconds Elements of EbA: EbA helps people adapt to… Elements of EbA: EbA helps people adapt to climate change	Elements of EbA: EbA helps people adapt to climate change This video is the first in a three-part series that covers the elements of EbA. In this video, participants learn about the first element of EbA and its two associated qualification criteria. This… community +7 More From SDG Academy 3 plays Date Uploaded 18 October, 2022
Social Security and Protection Against Risks duration 3 minutes 5 seconds Social Security and Protection Against Risks Social Security and Protection Against Risks	Social Security and Protection Against Risks Islamic social finance institutions can be developed to protect against the impact of negative shocks on poorer households. In the case of negative shocks, zakat can be used as debt relief for the… islam +8 More From SDG Academy 0 plays
Mitigating Risk and Vulnerabilities duration 2 minutes 44 seconds Mitigating Risk and Vulnerabilities Mitigating Risk and Vulnerabilities	Mitigating Risk and Vulnerabilities Low-income people are vulnerable to risks as poverty and vulnerability reinforce each other whereby risk events can move households into poverty traps. Since negative shocks contribute to the… islam +8 More From SDG Academy 3 plays
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals duration 6 minutes 6 seconds Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals	Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals In this video, Mahmoud Mohieldin talks about how the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals has been promising yet uneven across countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic… islam +8 More From SDG Academy 2 plays
Q&A\| Cristina Villegas \| 2017 Apr. 4 duration 25 minutes 12 seconds Q&A\| Cristina Villegas \| 2017 Apr. 4 Q&A\| Cristina Villegas \| 2017 Apr. 4	Q&A\| Cristina Villegas \| 2017 Apr. 4 Cristina Villegas answers questions on local artisanal miners in Ghana, small scale mining communities' vulnerability to child labor and disease, and other issues. This video is licensed under… natural resources +8 More From SDG Academy 7 plays
Laudato Si' and Climate Justice duration 9 minutes 20 seconds Laudato Si' and Climate Justice Laudato Si' and Climate Justice	Laudato Si' and Climate Justice Laudato Si' is a great document, the most important document produced by popes in this century—we can say, in this century—because it just gives a sort of description of the… morality +9 More From SDG Academy 13 plays
Ethical Conduct Towards the Vulnerable duration 9 minutes 19 seconds Ethical Conduct Towards the Vulnerable Ethical Conduct Towards the Vulnerable	Ethical Conduct Towards the Vulnerable Rabbi Rosen discusses compassion towards the marginalized as a Jewish virtue, and shares practical policies from the Hebrew Bible. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. morality +5 More From SDG Academy 15 plays
How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the… duration 15 minutes 38 seconds How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the… How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the Poor	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… poverty +8 More From SDG Academy 3,045 plays
The SDGs and Beyond: Where Do Human Rights Go… duration 6 minutes 3 seconds The SDGs and Beyond: Where Do Human Rights Go… The SDGs and Beyond: Where Do Human Rights Go Next?	The SDGs and Beyond: Where Do Human Rights Go Next? This chapter is part of Module 11: New Directions: Rights and the SDGs and concludes the course Human Rights, Human Wrongs: Challenging Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion. In this course,… poverty +3 More From SDG Academy 7 plays
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red… duration 4 minutes 38 seconds International Federation of the Red Cross and Red… International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)	International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) The Geneva Convention says that medical services are seen to be neutral on the battlefield, which is upheld by the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies today. The International Federation is made up… geneva convention +5 More From SDG Academy 9 plays
Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters duration 4 minutes 59 seconds Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters	Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters Sarah Bradshaw discusses the concept of disaster and its imapct on vulnerable populations. First, she stipulates that there is no such thing as a natural disaster; there are natural hazards, like… natural disasters +4 More From SDG Academy 113 plays
Human Rights, Human Wrongs – Trailer duration 1 minute 16 seconds Human Rights, Human Wrongs – Trailer Human Rights, Human Wrongs – Trailer	Human Rights, Human Wrongs – Trailer From women to children to indigenous peoples, the rights of marginalized groups the world over are violated daily. These injustices affect not just these groups, but also the stability of our world… course trailers +10 More From SDG Academy 47 plays