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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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Untertitel: Englisch, Chinesisch (vereinfacht)

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Englisch

Untertitel: Englisch, Chinesisch (vereinfacht)

Lehrplan - Was Sie in diesem Kurs lernen werden

Woche

1

1 Stunde zum Abschließen

Course Materials

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

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3 Lektüren

Suggested Readings for The Age of Sustainable Development10m

Syllabus10m

Course Overview10m

1 Stunde zum Abschließen

What is Sustainable Development?

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 67 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

Intro to Sustainable Development11m

Economic Growth and Progress14m

Continuing Poverty14m

Environmental Threats10m

Paths16m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: What is Sustainable Development?20m

Woche

2

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

Inequality Around the World

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 73 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

Incomes Around the World16m

Urban/Rural Inequality12m

Income Inequality Within Countries13m

Measuring Wellbeing14m

Convergence or Divergence?14m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Inequality Around the World20m

Woche

3

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

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 Videos (Gesamt 78 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

Economic Development is New12m

The Industrial Revolution Starts in England12m

The Great Waves of Technological Change14m

The Diffusion of Economic Growth16m

Economic Development Since World War II21m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: A Short History of Economic Development 20m

Woche

4

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

The History of Inequality

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 80 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The Idea of Clinical Economics14m

The Role of Physical Geography: Transport, Energy, Disease, and Crops17m

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

The Role of Politics 15m

Which Countries are Still Stuck in Poverty?15m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: The History of Inequality20m

Woche

5

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 92 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The Reasons to Believe that Extreme Poverty Can Be Ended15m

A Strategy to End Extreme Poverty in Africa19m

South Asia: The Continuing Challenge of the Food Supply21m

A Closer Look at Official Development Assistance16m

Designing Practical Interventions: The Case of Millennium Villages18m

1 praktische Übung

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

Woche

6

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

Growth within Planetary Boundaries

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 103 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The Planetary Boundaries20m

Growth Dynamics18m

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

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

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

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Growth within Planetary Boundaries 20m

Woche

7

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

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 Videos (Gesamt 117 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The Ethics of Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality21m

Major UN Covenants and Declarations20m

Divided societies22m

Forces of Widening Inequalities26m

Gender Inequality and Solutions26m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Human Rights and Gender Equality 20m

Woche

8

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

Education

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 84 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

Life-cycle Approach to Human Development15m

Early Childhood Development16m

The Rising Returns to Education and the Supply Response14m

Social Mobility15m

The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development21m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Education20m

Woche

9

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

Universal Health Coverage

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 121 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The Human Right to Health 29m

Poverty and Disease21m

Designing and Financing a Primary Health System in Low-Income Settings23m

Ten Recommended Steps to Health for All in the Poorest Countries18m

The Challenges of Health Coverage in High-Income Countries28m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Universal Health Coverage20m

Woche

10

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

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 Videos (Gesamt 103 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

Malnutrition21m

Farm Systems, Ecology, and Food Security19m

How Environmental Change Threatens the Food System17m

How the Food System Threatens the Environment21m

Towards a sustainable global food supply23m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger20m

Woche

11

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

Sustainable Cities

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 104 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The patterns of urbanization around the world23m

What makes a city sustainable? 15m

Smart Infrastructure23m

Urban Resilience22m

Planning for Sustainable Development19m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Sustainable Cities20m

Woche

12

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

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 Videos (Gesamt 97 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

The Basic Science of Climate Change17m

Consequences17m

Mitigation19m

Mitigation Policies21m

Policies and Global Cooperation for Climate Change20m

1 praktische Übung

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

Woche

13

2 Stunden zum Abschließen

Saving Biodiversity

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 107 min), 1 Quiz

5 Videos

What is Biodiversity? 18m

Biodiversity Under Threat 24m

Oceans and Fisheries 21m

Deforestation 17m

International Dynamics 24m

1 praktische Übung

QUIZ: Saving Biodiversity20m

Woche

14

3 Stunden zum Abschließen

The SDGs

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

5 Videos (Gesamt 110 min), 2 Quiz

5 Videos

The proposal for SDGs at Rio+2024m

Goal Based Development24m

Financing for Sustainable Development23m

Principles of Good Governance12m

Feasibility of Sustainable Development25m

2 praktische Übungen

QUIZ: The SDGs20m

Final Exam1h 10m

Dozent

Jeffrey Sachs

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

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The Age of Sustainable Development

100 % online

Flexible Fristen

Ca. 38 Stunden zum Abschließen

Englisch

Kompetenzen, die Sie erwerben

100 % online

Flexible Fristen

Ca. 38 Stunden zum Abschließen

Englisch

Lehrplan - Was Sie in diesem Kurs lernen werden

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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Dozent

Jeffrey Sachs

Über Columbia University

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