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In this case study, Emilio Guzman shares some insights and thoughts about corporate social responsibility and sustainability being integrated in a business partnerships…
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Water…
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This case study on the Indus River basin discusses water-security issues in this transboundary basin, and particularly the importance of collaboration to address the…
Case study: Indus River Basin: Transboundary…
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How can we achieve deep decarbonization while satisfying the conditions for continued economic growth and development and growing prosperity? CO2 energy related…
The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of…
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During this session, the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs discussed The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution by Pulitzer…
Conversation with Eric Foner, The Second Founding
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This video discusses the prospects of moving from a cash economy to a digital economy, highlighting the resistant cash economy and the emergence of civil society…
Replacing the Cash Economy
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In this chapter, Elizabeth Prügl discusses an initiative that has proliferated in Africa called the Women’s Situation Room. It responds to election violence…
Democratization and Political Participation: The…
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This video is part of Module 8: How can cities and urban areas be governed better to make them more sustainable? We can measure the SDGs using tools for capacity…
Measuring and Monitoring the SDGs
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The terms “sexual” and “sexual abuse” were avoided at the inter-governmental level until 1999 with the Convention of the Rights of the Child and…
The Gender Agenda in the UN Human Rights Framework
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In this chapter, Emmanuel Guérin discusses the consequences of temperature increases that result from rising greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming of 4 degrees…
The Consequences of the BAU Trajectory
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This chapter examines the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and other efforts promoting transparency and public access to information as means of preventing…
Transparency and Access to Information
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While to avoid the potential consequences of uncontrolled climate change requires profound transformations of the way we grow our economies, and in particular, a…
What is an Energy System?
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This chapter looks at examples of nature-based solutions and how they can be used for improving water quantity, how those solutions can be utilized for water quality for…
Nature-based Solutions: Real-life Examples
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This case study focuses on international cooperation between Israel and Jordan around shared water in the Jordan River. It demonstrates the importance of water resources…
Case Study: Cooperation Around Shared Water in…
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Urban politics comes down to making decisions with short, medium, and long-term impacts in a context of scarce resources between competing priorities, making planning…
The Challenge of Urban Politics, Planning and…
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Conflicts impact livelihoods in diverse ways, which can manifest in coping, survival, maladaptation, and the degradation of natural resources. Understanding the base for…
Restoring Livelihoods and Building Resilience
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This chapter takes a closer look at current energy trends, specifically the current dynamics of energy markets to see how we can decarbonize energy systems. In 2010,…
Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Trends
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