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课程概况

Sustainable development is the most urgent challenge facing humanity. Its fundamental question is: How can the world economy continue to develop in a way that is socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable? This course provides a broad overview of the interactions between the economy and our environment and humanity, from the constraints of finite resources, to the activities that drive climate change, to equality for all.
This course is an updated version of Professor Sachs’ popular 2015 course of the same name. It includes new perspectives and a reorientation towards Agenda 2030 and the SDGs.
Join us for this introduction to the tenets of sustainable development, developed by experts on the latest in the social, policy and physical sciences.
This course is for:

Anyone new to the concept of sustainable development who wants to understand its foundations and its relevance to their life and work
Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students interested in the key concepts and practices of sustainability and global values
Sustainable development practitioners – as well as private-sector actors, such as those who work in corporate sustainability and responsibility – who want a concise overview of the latest developments in the field

课程大纲

Module 1: What is Sustainable Development?

Intro to Sustainable Development (SD)
Economic Growth & Progress
Continuing Poverty
Environmental Threats
Business-as-usual vs. SD
From the MDGs to the SDGs: Agenda 2030

Module 2: Economic Development

Incomes Around the World
Urban/Rural Inequality
Income Inequality Woithin Countries
Measuring Wellbeing
Convergence or Divergence

Module 3: History of Economic Development

Economic Development from 1750
Industrial Revolution
Waves of Tech Change
Diffusion of Economic Growth
Economic Development Since WWII

Module 4: Inequality Between Countries

Clinical Economics
The Role of Physical Geography: Transport, Energy, Disease, Crops
The Role of Culture: Demography, Education, Gender
The Role of Politics
Countries Stuck in Poverty

Module 5: MDGs: End of Extreme Poverty

Extreme Poverty Can End
Ending Extreme Poverty in Africa
Food Supply in South Asia
Official Development Assistance
Designing Practical Interventions: Millennium Villages Projects

Module 6: Growth Within Planetary Boundaries

The Origins of the Boundary Concept: Thomas Malthus
Neo-Malthusian Frameworks: Growth Dynamics
The 9 Planetary Boundaries
Living Within Limits: Energy, Agriculture and Industry

Module 7: Human Rights, Gender Equality

Ethics: Wealth, Poverty, Inequality
UN Declarations
Divided Societies
Forces of Widening Inequalities
Gender Inequality & Solutions

Module 8: Education

Human Development: Life-Cycle Approach
Early Childhood Development
Education & the Supply Response
Social Mobility
The Role of Higher Ed

Module 9: Universal Health Coverage

Human Right to Health
Poverty & Disease
Designing a Health System in Low-Income Countries
Healthcare for All
Health Coverage in High-Income Countries

Module 10: Sustainable Food Supply: the End of Hunger

Malnutrition
Farm Systems, Ecology, Food Security
How Environmental Change Threatens the Food System
How the Food System Threatens the Environment
A Sustainable Global Food Supply

Module 11: Sustainable Cities

Patterns of Urbanization
What Makes a City Sustainable?
Smart Infrastructure
Urban Resilience
Planning for SD

Module 12: Curbing Climate Change

Science of Climate Change
Consequences
Mitigation
Adaptation
Global Cooperation

Module 13: Saving Biodiversity

What is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity Under Threat
Oceans & Fisheries
Deforestation
International Dynamics

Module 14: The Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals
Goal-based Development
Financing for Sustainable Development
Principles of Good Governance
Is Sustainable Development Feasible?

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