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The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

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Aprox. 38 horas para completar

Sugerido: 2 hours of lectures per module...

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Legendas: Inglês, Chinês (simplificado)

Habilidades que você terá

EnergySustainable EnergyUrban PlanningEnvironmental Protection

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Aprox. 38 horas para completar

Sugerido: 2 hours of lectures per module...

Inglês

Legendas: Inglês, Chinês (simplificado)

Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso

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Course Materials

Information about the general course structure and reading list can be found here.

3 leituras

3 leituras

Suggested Readings for The Age of Sustainable Development10min

Syllabus10min

Course Overview10min

1 hora para concluir

What is Sustainable Development?

Professor Sachs provides an overview of the challenges the world faces, and introduces the topic of sustainable development.

5 vídeos (Total 67 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

Intro to Sustainable Development11min

Economic Growth and Progress14min

Continuing Poverty14min

Environmental Threats10min

Paths16min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: What is Sustainable Development?20min

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2

2 horas para concluir

Inequality Around the World

Professor Sachs delves into the reasons for and the measurements of inequality between and within countries.

5 vídeos (Total 73 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

Incomes Around the World16min

Urban/Rural Inequality12min

Income Inequality Within Countries13min

Measuring Wellbeing14min

Convergence or Divergence?14min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Inequality Around the World20min

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3

2 horas para concluir

A Short History of Economic Development

Professor Sachs provides a history of economic development, starting with the Industrial Revolution and ending with the current state of modern economic growth.

5 vídeos (Total 78 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

Economic Development is New12min

The Industrial Revolution Starts in England12min

The Great Waves of Technological Change14min

The Diffusion of Economic Growth16min

Economic Development Since World War II21min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: A Short History of Economic Development 20min

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4

2 horas para concluir

The History of Inequality

Professor Sachs analyzes the intersecting roles of various factors that contribute to some countries advancing while others do not.

5 vídeos (Total 80 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The Idea of Clinical Economics14min

The Role of Physical Geography: Transport, Energy, Disease, and Crops17min

The Role of Culture: Demography, Education, Gender 17min

The Role of Politics 15min

Which Countries are Still Stuck in Poverty?15min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: The History of Inequality20min

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5

2 horas para concluir

The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty

Professor Sachs outlines the pathways for achieving the end of extreme poverty.

5 vídeos (Total 92 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The Reasons to Believe that Extreme Poverty Can Be Ended15min

A Strategy to End Extreme Poverty in Africa19min

South Asia: The Continuing Challenge of the Food Supply21min

A Closer Look at Official Development Assistance16min

Designing Practical Interventions: The Case of Millennium Villages18min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty 20min

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6

2 horas para concluir

Growth within Planetary Boundaries

Professor Sachs details the various planetary boundaries and their implications for growth dynamics.

5 vídeos (Total 103 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The Planetary Boundaries20min

Growth Dynamics18min

Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Energy (22:04)22min

Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Food (20:06)20min

Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Population (21:31)21min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Growth within Planetary Boundaries 20min

Semana

7

2 horas para concluir

Human Rights and Gender Equality

Professor Sachs delves into the ethics of wealth, poverty and inequality as well as the forces that widen inequalities.

5 vídeos (Total 117 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The Ethics of Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality21min

Major UN Covenants and Declarations20min

Divided societies22min

Forces of Widening Inequalities26min

Gender Inequality and Solutions26min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Human Rights and Gender Equality 20min

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8

2 horas para concluir

Education

Professor Sachs provides an overview of the state of modern education, and what needs to be achieved for sustainable development.

5 vídeos (Total 84 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

Life-cycle Approach to Human Development15min

Early Childhood Development16min

The Rising Returns to Education and the Supply Response14min

Social Mobility15min

The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development21min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Education20min

Semana

9

2 horas para concluir

Universal Health Coverage

Professor Sachs provides an overview of the challenges and pathways to achieving universal health coverage.

5 vídeos (Total 121 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The Human Right to Health 29min

Poverty and Disease21min

Designing and Financing a Primary Health System in Low-Income Settings23min

Ten Recommended Steps to Health for All in the Poorest Countries18min

The Challenges of Health Coverage in High-Income Countries28min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Universal Health Coverage20min

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10

2 horas para concluir

Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger

Professor Sachs provides an overview of food security, farm systems, and ecology and reviews what can be done to achieve a sustainable global food supply.

5 vídeos (Total 103 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

Malnutrition21min

Farm Systems, Ecology, and Food Security19min

How Environmental Change Threatens the Food System17min

How the Food System Threatens the Environment21min

Towards a sustainable global food supply23min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger20min

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11

2 horas para concluir

Sustainable Cities

Professor Sachs looks into what makes a city sustainable, the patterns of urbanization, and pathways for urban resilience around the world.

5 vídeos (Total 104 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The patterns of urbanization around the world23min

What makes a city sustainable? 15min

Smart Infrastructure23min

Urban Resilience22min

Planning for Sustainable Development19min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Sustainable Cities20min

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12

2 horas para concluir

Curbing Climate Change

Professor Sachs provides an introduction to the science behind climate change, and describes the negotiations and policies that are necessary to mitigate and prevent the consequences.

5 vídeos (Total 97 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

The Basic Science of Climate Change17min

Consequences17min

Mitigation19min

Mitigation Policies21min

Policies and Global Cooperation for Climate Change20min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: The Basic Science of Climate Change and Consequences 20min

Semana

13

2 horas para concluir

Saving Biodiversity

Professor Sachs reviews the various threats to the world's ecosystem and biodiversity.

5 vídeos (Total 107 mín.), 1 teste

5 videos

What is Biodiversity? 18min

Biodiversity Under Threat 24min

Oceans and Fisheries 21min

Deforestation 17min

International Dynamics 24min

1 exercício prático

QUIZ: Saving Biodiversity20min

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14

3 horas para concluir

The SDGs

Professor Sachs recounts the history of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and describes what is necessary to achieve them.

5 vídeos (Total 110 mín.), 2 testes

5 videos

The proposal for SDGs at Rio+2024min

Goal Based Development24min

Financing for Sustainable Development23min

Principles of Good Governance12min

Feasibility of Sustainable Development25min

2 exercícios práticos

QUIZ: The SDGs20min

Final Exam1h 10min

Instrutores

Jeffrey Sachs

Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management

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A Era do Desenvolvimento Sustentável

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Course Materials

What is Sustainable Development?

Inequality Around the World

A Short History of Economic Development

The History of Inequality

The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty

Growth within Planetary Boundaries

Human Rights and Gender Equality

Education

Universal Health Coverage

Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger

Sustainable Cities

Curbing Climate Change

Saving Biodiversity

The SDGs

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Instrutores

Jeffrey Sachs

Sobre Universidade Columbia

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