Acerca de este curso: 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.
Creada por: Columbia University
Enseñado por: Jeffrey Sachs
Director, Earth Institute; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management
| Compromiso | 2 hours of lectures per module |
| Idioma | English, Subtítulos: Chinese (Simplified) |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Course Materials
Information about the general course structure and reading list can be found here.
3 lecturas
- Leitura: Suggested Readings for The Age of Sustainable Development
- Leitura: Syllabus
- Leitura: Course Overview
What is Sustainable Development?
Professor Sachs provides an overview of the challenges the world faces, and introduces the topic of sustainable development.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Economic Growth and Progress
- Vídeo: Continuing Poverty
- Vídeo: Environmental Threats
- Vídeo: Paths
Calificado: QUIZ: What is Sustainable Development?
SEMANA 2
Inequality Around the World
Professor Sachs delves into the reasons for and the measurements of inequality between and within countries.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Urban/Rural Inequality
- Vídeo: Income Inequality Within Countries
- Vídeo: Measuring Wellbeing
- Vídeo: Convergence or Divergence?
Calificado: QUIZ: Inequality Around the World
SEMANA 3
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
- Vídeo: The Industrial Revolution Starts in England
- Vídeo: The Great Waves of Technological Change
- Vídeo: The Diffusion of Economic Growth
- Vídeo: Economic Development Since World War II
Calificado: QUIZ: A Short History of Economic Development
SEMANA 4
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
- Vídeo: The Role of Physical Geography: Transport, Energy, Disease, and Crops
- Vídeo: The Role of Culture: Demography, Education, Gender
- Vídeo: The Role of Politics
- Vídeo: Which Countries are Still Stuck in Poverty?
Calificado: QUIZ: The History of Inequality
SEMANA 5
The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty
Professor Sachs outlines the pathways for achieving the end of extreme poverty.
5 videos
- Vídeo: A Strategy to End Extreme Poverty in Africa
- Vídeo: South Asia: The Continuing Challenge of the Food Supply
- Vídeo: A Closer Look at Official Development Assistance
- Vídeo: Designing Practical Interventions: The Case of Millennium Villages
Calificado: QUIZ: The MDGs and the End of Extreme Poverty
SEMANA 6
Growth within Planetary Boundaries
Professor Sachs details the various planetary boundaries and their implications for growth dynamics.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Growth Dynamics
- Vídeo: Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Energy (22:04)
- Vídeo: Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Food (20:06)
- Vídeo: Growth and Planetary Boundaries: The Case of Population (21:31)
Calificado: QUIZ: Growth within Planetary Boundaries
SEMANA 7
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
- Vídeo: Major UN Covenants and Declarations
- Vídeo: Divided societies
- Vídeo: Forces of Widening Inequalities
- Vídeo: Gender Inequality and Solutions
Calificado: QUIZ: Human Rights and Gender Equality
SEMANA 8
Education
Professor Sachs provides an overview of the state of modern education, and what needs to be achieved for sustainable development.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Early Childhood Development
- Vídeo: The Rising Returns to Education and the Supply Response
- Vídeo: Social Mobility
- Vídeo: The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Development
Calificado: QUIZ: Education
SEMANA 9
Universal Health Coverage
Professor Sachs provides an overview of the challenges and pathways to achieving universal health coverage.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Poverty and Disease
- Vídeo: Designing and Financing a Primary Health System in Low-Income Settings
- Vídeo: Ten Recommended Steps to Health for All in the Poorest Countries
- Vídeo: The Challenges of Health Coverage in High-Income Countries
Calificado: QUIZ: Universal Health Coverage
SEMANA 10
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
- Vídeo: Farm Systems, Ecology, and Food Security
- Vídeo: How Environmental Change Threatens the Food System
- Vídeo: How the Food System Threatens the Environment
- Vídeo: Towards a sustainable global food supply
Calificado: QUIZ: Sustainable Food Supply and the End of Hunger
SEMANA 11
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
- Vídeo: What makes a city sustainable?
- Vídeo: Smart Infrastructure
- Vídeo: Urban Resilience
- Vídeo: Planning for Sustainable Development
Calificado: QUIZ: Sustainable Cities
SEMANA 12
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
- Vídeo: Consequences
- Vídeo: Mitigation
- Vídeo: Mitigation Policies
- Vídeo: Policies and Global Cooperation for Climate Change
Calificado: QUIZ: The Basic Science of Climate Change and Consequences
SEMANA 13
Saving Biodiversity
Professor Sachs reviews the various threats to the world's ecosystem and biodiversity.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Biodiversity Under Threat
- Vídeo: Oceans and Fisheries
- Vídeo: Deforestation
- Vídeo: International Dynamics
Calificado: QUIZ: Saving Biodiversity
SEMANA 14
The SDGs
Professor Sachs recounts the history of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and describes what is necessary to achieve them.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Goal Based Development
- Vídeo: Financing for Sustainable Development
- Vídeo: Principles of Good Governance
- Vídeo: Feasibility of Sustainable Development
Calificado: QUIZ: The SDGs
Calificado: Final Exam
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Calificaciones y revisiones
This course was a wealth of information and it has made me rethink my own life style. The only reason why I did not give this 5/5 is that there were more than a few links that were no longer valid or the information was no longer accessible which required further research or guessing in the tests and exams. I would be more than happy to take further courses from Prof Sachs.
xcellent, engaging, and motivating course that also offers good flexibility for study. Thank you!
Very engaging content and interesting at the same time. The trainer is astounding.
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Brilliant course