SDG13 Climate Action - SDG Academy Library

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What is Climate Change?

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Introduces the idea of climate change, highlighting the difference between weather and climate, and the history of natural climate change versus man-made climate change.…

How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the…

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How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the…

How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the Poor

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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…

A World Without Modern Energy

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A World Without Modern Energy

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Our most important mission and goal is to increase access to modern energy in poor places in the world so that simple daily tasks can be achieved much more easily and…

Ocean Plastic: Where Is It?

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Ocean Plastic: Where Is It?

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Plastic in the ocean is polluting the ocean, but in order to address this problem, we need to know where the plastic is within the ocean. In this chapter, Dr. Erik Van…

Ocean Plastic: What to do about it

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Ocean Plastic: What to do about it

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This video addresses the question of how to deal with the plastic problem in the ocean in a sustainable way. Scientists all over the world are busy researching what…

Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission…

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Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission…

Conversation with Mariana Mazzucato, Mission Economy

From SDG Academy

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This conversation with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, took place on April 26, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Prof. Mazzucato's new…

Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

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Why Should We Care About Climate Change?

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Explains the difference between natural climate change of the past and man-made climate change today, introducing the hockey stick graph. This video is licensed under…

Consequences of Climate Change

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Consequences of Climate Change

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This lecture focuses on the consequences of climate change, and the dangers of not significantly reducing human CO2 emissions. This video is not available under a…

The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of…

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The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of…

The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of Energy Systems

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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 Rights of Indigenous Populations

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The Rights of Indigenous Populations

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"Laudato Si' inspired all of us with its call for integral human development. And that means that we have to look at human development with a holistic…

The Three Pillars of Decarbonization

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The Three Pillars of Decarbonization

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The three pillars of Deep Decarbonization are: efficiency, decarbonisation of electricity, and the switching of end uses (such as cooking and driving) away from direct…

Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

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Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change

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Looks at climate change in the historical context, explaining why the rate of climate change today is unprecedented. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA…

The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

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The Goal of Less Than 2ºC, Part I

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How does emission of greenhouse gases lead to global warming? This chapter depicts and analyzes significant factors and illuminates anomalies contributing to the drastic…

The Basic Science of Climate Change

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The Basic Science of Climate Change

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This lecture serves to explain the basic science behind climate change, highlighting how human interactions with the climate are spurring on further climate change. …

Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…

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Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…

Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model Demonstration

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Looks at a demonstration of a zero dimensional energy balance model, showing the different variables and their effects on the model. This video is licensed under the…

The Economics of Climate Change: A Holistic…

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The Economics of Climate Change: A Holistic…

The Economics of Climate Change: A Holistic Approach

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