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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course "Sustainable Development: the Post-Capitalist Order" and defines sustainable development. This…
Introducing Sustainable Development
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This chapter describes why the concept of sustainable development is so important, why it is so important that we orient towards the three objectives of prosperity,…
Why Sustainable Development is Important:…
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International human rights law focuses on the rights of individuals, and emphasis is on the protection of the individuals inherent dignity and worth. Collective…
Collective vs. Individual Rights
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An introduction to the course Transforming Our World: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Jeffrey Sachs profiles the history of the sustainable development…
Getting to Know the SDGs
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In this chapter, Professor Sachs talks about the importance of civil awareness of sustainable development and the desire of society to improve economic conditions,…
Public Awareness and Consumer Activism
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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the role of profit-oriented business in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. He explores the considerations that…
The Role of Business in the SDGs
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Speaking from West Papua, Indonesia, where he was attending a high-level meeting on green investment, business leader Paul Polman shares his thoughts on the challenges…
Leadership in the Corporate Sector | Paul Polman
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Non-discrimination is an interesting concept in law; Joshua Castellino argues that in society, some discrimination is perfectly justifiable. Unjustifiable discrimination…
Equality of Opportunity
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This chapter presents the origins of the SDGs, how they arose and why? The chapter conveys the core idea that clear goal-setting is essential for progress and examines…
A Brief History of the SDGs
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Education is crucial for global development and for the success of sustainable development, but this chapter discusses the content of learning to be good citizens in a…
Education for Sustainable Development and Global…
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How are resources mobilized to achieve sustainable development? This question is addressed in this video about financing the SDGs. This video is licensed under the CC…
Financing Sustainable Development
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This chapter focuses on the three main environmental challenges facing the world today: human-induced climate change, biodiversity loss, and the pollution caused by…
The Three Big Challenges: Climate Change,…
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This chapter is an introduction to the course Globalization: Past and Future. Jeffrey Sachs provides an overview of the six major waves of globalization: the Great…
Six Major Globalizations
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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs gives an overview of health, education, and labor rights, tying each one to the overall goals of sustainable development. This…
The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work
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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…
How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the…
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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the second key transformation, health and wellbeing. The many dimensions of achieving this transformation are considered,…
Health and Wellbeing
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