The Age of Sustainable Development

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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