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Intangible cultural heritage, natural disasters… duration 13 minutes 46 seconds Intangible cultural heritage, natural disasters… Intangible cultural heritage, natural disasters and climate change	Intangible cultural heritage, natural disasters and climate change This chapter discusses how the knowledge and practices related to living heritage can contribute to biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of natural resources and enhancing environmental… climate change +9 More From SDG Academy 19 plays
Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case… duration 4 minutes 23 seconds Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case… Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case study from Colombia	Nature’s solutions to landslides: a case study from Colombia This video is the second video of unit 1.2 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are… case study +8 More From SDG Academy 85 plays Date Uploaded 6 February, 2021
Nature’s solutions to landslides duration 7 minutes 32 seconds Nature’s solutions to landslides Nature’s solutions to landslides	Nature’s solutions to landslides This video is the first video of unit 1.2 of the course Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, and Xinyue Gu. What are… natural disasters +10 More From SDG Academy 13 plays Date Uploaded 6 February, 2021
Q&A \| Thomas Lassourd \| 2018 Mar. 13 duration 41 minutes 9 seconds Q&A \| Thomas Lassourd \| 2018 Mar. 13 Q&A \| Thomas Lassourd \| 2018 Mar. 13	Q&A \| Thomas Lassourd \| 2018 Mar. 13 Thomas Lassourd with the Natural Resources Governance Institute answers questions about the module on fiscal regimes. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. fiscal regimes +6 More From SDG Academy 3 plays
Q&A \| Michael Ross \| 2016 Sep. 22 duration 46 minutes 15 seconds Q&A \| Michael Ross \| 2016 Sep. 22 Q&A \| Michael Ross \| 2016 Sep. 22	Q&A \| Michael Ross \| 2016 Sep. 22 Michael Ross, a professor at UCLA, answer questions on the ethics of importing natural resources from countries without strong regulations, the political factors that influence resource extraction,… trade boycott +11 More From SDG Academy 1 plays
Disasters and Public Health duration 11 minutes 9 seconds Disasters and Public Health Disasters and Public Health	Disasters and Public Health Disasters of various kinds, including hurricanes, monsoons, earthquakes, and landslides, poses a public health emergency. In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses how these disasters… natural disasters +8 More From SDG Academy 1,014 plays
Nature-based Solutions: Resilience duration 11 minutes 11 seconds Nature-based Solutions: Resilience Nature-based Solutions: Resilience	Nature-based Solutions: Resilience This chapter summarizes the information on different water related natural disasters, focusing on the relationship between nature-based solutions and ecosystems, risk and disaster management, and… water management +5 More From SDG Academy 35 plays
Urban Risks and Vulnerabilities duration 9 minutes 55 seconds Urban Risks and Vulnerabilities Urban Risks and Vulnerabilities	Urban Risks and Vulnerabilities This video is part of Module 3: How can we reduce urban poverty and make cities inclusive and safe? Urban poverty is also one of the most challenging issues in development exacerbated by issues… urbanization +8 More From SDG Academy 86 plays
Entering the Anthropocene duration 8 minutes 45 seconds Entering the Anthropocene Entering the Anthropocene	Entering the Anthropocene Science indicates that although the Holocene is our desired state, we have moved into the Anthropocene. Human influence has constituted a force of change that is, in pace and magnitude, larger than… anthropocene +7 More From SDG Academy 4 plays
Mediating Natural Resource Conflicts duration 11 minutes 31 seconds Mediating Natural Resource Conflicts Mediating Natural Resource Conflicts	Mediating Natural Resource Conflicts How can mediation be used to resolve natural resource-related conflicts? This chapter addresses when mediation is appropriate, how it can be most effectively undertaken, and the potential for… mediation +6 More From SDG Academy 18 plays
Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters duration 4 minutes 59 seconds Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters	Vulnerability and 'Natural' Disasters Sarah Bradshaw discusses the concept of disaster and its imapct on vulnerable populations. First, she stipulates that there is no such thing as a natural disaster; there are natural hazards, like… natural disasters +4 More From SDG Academy 112 plays
Gendered Experiences of Disaster duration 6 minutes 14 seconds Gendered Experiences of Disaster Gendered Experiences of Disaster	Gendered Experiences of Disaster There is very little information about who makes up the casualties of disasters, but some have suggested that women are 14 times more likely to die during an event in unequal societies. This is most… gender inequality +3 More From SDG Academy 83 plays
Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace -… duration 2 minutes 25 seconds Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace -… Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace - Trailer	Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace - Trailer Environmental peacebuilding has emerged as a new frontier in interdisciplinary studies. It offers a conceptual and operational framework to understand the positive peacebuilding potential of natural… course trailers +6 More From SDG Academy 30 plays
Extreme Weather Projections duration 6 minutes 36 seconds Extreme Weather Projections Extreme Weather Projections	Extreme Weather Projections Looks at the projections for extreme weather events not yet discussed in the module as climate change continues. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. climate change +3 More From SDG Academy 58 plays
Tropical Cyclone and Hurricane Projections duration 4 minutes 38 seconds Tropical Cyclone and Hurricane Projections Tropical Cyclone and Hurricane Projections	Tropical Cyclone and Hurricane Projections Looks at the projections for future tropical cyclones and hurricanes, using the embedded model approach to look at how climate change will affect these events. This video is licensed under the CC… climate change +4 More From SDG Academy 11 plays
Threats from the Sea Bed duration 7 minutes 17 seconds Threats from the Sea Bed Threats from the Sea Bed	Threats from the Sea Bed 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 are experiments being done now… tsunamis +7 More From SDG Academy 139 plays