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The global ocean connects us all and provides our livelihoods, the oxygen we breathe, and transportation, among other things. The ocean is included in SDG 14. This…
Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable…
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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.…
What is 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…
Why Should We Care About 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…
Consequences of Climate Change
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This lecture introduces the idea of the Anthropocene, the age of human interaction with the climate, in the context of the SDGs. It examines climate change as a result…
Environmental Threats
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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. …
The Basic Science 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…
Paleoclimate Evidence of Climate Change
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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…
Zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model…
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This lecture introduces the concept of planetary boundaries, or a set of limits or safe parameters within which humans should maintain their economics activity.…
The Origins of the Boundary Concept
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Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022
The Economics of Climate Change: A Holistic…
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Introduces the one-dimensional energy balance model, building upon previous model's equations. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
One-Dimensional Energy Balance Models
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This lecture discusses the basics of climate science in order to support the discussion of deep decarbonization and other actions related to greenhouse gas emissions. As…
The Earth's Energy Balance
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Explains the zero dimensional energy balance model, including how to calculate it using a linear approximation. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
Expressing a Zero-Dimensional Energy Model as a…
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Discusses the four major components of the climate system, focusing on the structure and composition of the atmosphere. It then goes on to explain the different types of…
Overview of the Climate System: How is the…
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and bestselling science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson for a thought provoking conversation on Robinson’s recent novels The…
Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, The…
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Uses the one-dimensional earth balance model to explain how the Earth moves in and out of ice ages, existing as a multiple steady state system. This video is licensed…
Using a One-Dimensional EBM to Model the Ice Ages
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