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Jeffrey Sachs speaks with journalist Casey Michel, author of American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History.…
Conversation with Casey Michel, American…
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Societal progress is about improvements in the well-being of people and households. Assessing such progress requires looking not only at the functioning of the economic…
Measures of well-being
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This video is part of Module 5: How can we improve human development in cities? How can we heed the call of Sustainable Development Goal 11 – “making cities…
Education and Skills
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From Carol Graham, one of the first economists to start thinking about happiness and wellbeing as part of science, learn about happiness and its complex connection to…
Introducing well-being
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Professor Carl Folke discusses a social-ecological system approach, in which people are looked at as being part of, and changing, the planet, in addition to being…
Social-Ecological Systems
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This chapter contains a brief introduction to the concept of development. Development is not just a function of nature or nurture, but the interaction between biology…
Early Child Development in Culture and Context
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On September 23, 2020, the SDG Academy was proud to host a dynamic and interactive virtual event on the sidelines of the 8th Annual International Conference on…
Interconnected and Indivisible: Strengthening…
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This video is part of Module 5: How can we improve human development in cities? Education is at the heart of sustainable development and the SDGs. Certain key skills,…
Education in Cities
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This chapter provides the conceptual framework of the various ways that natural resources, environment, conflict, and peace are connected across the conflict lifecycle.…
Conceptual Framework for Environmental…
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Watch the conversation between Jeffrey Sachs and Christopher J. Coyne, author of In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace. …
Conversation with Christopher J. Coyne, In Search…
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There are three main language skills that researchers follow in young children: phonological development, or the ability to perceive and produce the sounds of…
Language Development
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What is a tsunami and how does it occur? 80 percent of tsunamis are produced when earthquakes displace the sea floor, and the rest are from landslides underwater. There…
Threats from the Sea Bed
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This chapter explores different methodologies of ocean exploration and data gathering, including satellite data and sonar technologies. This video is licensed under the…
Ocean Exploration and Sustainable Use of Marine…
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This is a case study of Canada's efforts towards deep decarbonization. Chris Bataille focuses on the Canadian target of approximately 90 percent emissions reduction…
Case Study: Canada Deep Decarbonization
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In this chapter, Cristina Villegas gives an introduction to artisanal and small-scale mining. She defines artisanal, or small-scale miners, and the issue of defining…
Introduction to Artisanal and Small-scale Mining…
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This video is a collection of perspectives regarding tipping points and planetary boundaries. This course on planetary boundaries and human opportunities is the first…
Reflection on Taking Action in the Anthropocene
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