The Age of Sustainable Development

Speaker: Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs
Chair: Jonathan Leape
Recorded on 4 February 2015 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building.
In this public lecture Professor Sachs will talk about his upcoming book, The Age of Sustainable Development, which explains the central concept for our age, which is both a way of understanding the world and a method for solving global problems - sustainable development. Sustainable development tries to make sense of the interactions of three complex systems: the world economy, the global society, and the Earth's physical environment. It recommends a holistic framework, in which society aims for environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive development, underpinned by good governance. It is a way to understand the world, yet is also a normative or ethical view of the world: a way to define the objectives of a well-functioning society, one that delivers wellbeing for its citizens today and in future generations. This book describes key challenges and solutions pathways for every part of the world to be involved in problem solving, brainstorming, and determining new and creative ways to ensure inclusive and sustainable growth.
Jeffrey D. Sachs (@jeffdsachs) is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, best selling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He has twice been named among Time Magazine's 100 most influential world leaders. He was called by the New York Times, "probably the most important economist in the world," and by Time Magazine "the world's best known economist." A recent survey by The Economist Magazine ranked Professor Sachs as among the world's three most influential living economists of the past decade.
Professor Sachs serves as the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals, having held the same position under former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He is co-founder and Chief Strategist of Millennium Promise Alliance, and is director of the Millennium Villages Project. Sachs is also one of the Secretary-General's MDG Advocates, and a Commissioner of the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Development. He has authored three New York Times best sellers in the past seven years: The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008), and The Price of Civilization (2011). His most recent book is To Move the World: JFK's Quest for Peace (2013). His upcoming book The Age of Sustainable Development will be published by Columbia University Press on March 10, 2015.
Jonathan Leape is the Executive Director of the International Growth Centre (IGC) at LSE.
The International Growth Centre (@The_IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. Based at LSE and in partnership with Oxford University, the IGC is initiated and funded by DFID.

[@wayneasdf]

I've taken his class on coursera and can only recommend it. I was impressed by the facts of the problems we're facing and how everything is connected. I now see the big picture.

[@stephen_pfrimmer]

Thank you Dr Sachs.

[@belmekkinajib]

awsome but we don't see the presentation's slides

[@srinisesh]

I enjoyed his talk, it would have been better if the video includes the slide show he is refering in his talk.

[@sirierieott5882]

Bloody good lecture in breadth and depth. Clear calm and concise description from a man that not only knows his stuff but he’s experienced the world and understands the reality, not just the theory.

[@Somebody_else_u_know]

Thank you for the information! 🤝

[@mahamadawuda3094]

Inputs well noted. Thanks for sharing.

[@deepakbellur9676]

Please enable us to see the slides too during the lecture. This will tremendously enhance the wonderful things you are doing.

[@DominicThomasKunnumpurath]

it is good talk and more information for development.

[@globalcmf]

Sorry. What about the PowerPoint Presentation? Is it possible to get it? Because should be convenient to see it along with the presentation but, it is not possible, perhaps before. May you put a link to get it?

[@darladrury76]

What we could have done without all these people who only cost and cause crime.

[@sandiehelena2661]

it is possible to grow food and be sustainable at the same time if the mass production of food is broken down into local production for communities. Of course the diversity of food might then be reduced or it might not if it is possible to grow a large variety of foods by the means of vertical farming.

[@emmafuentesbaltazar8801]

Love you too all People and then world Godbless Jesus Christ Amen Diyos Ama Ina

[@motherlymoments]

i did feel much better during this little time frame, though.

[@Wikinetix]

Use

[@chinhau8702]

IN the national context :Good politics lead to good economics .

[@pwpsachannel9091]

Great speech

[@ctwolf]

Jeffrey D. Sachs... Time to find your email.

[@philamamba3121]

Awesome

[@paulski1080]

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