How to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

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English

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28 h

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7 Sequences
Intermediate Level
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Syllabus

Module 1: The SDG framework and Agenda 2030

Chapter 1: Scale and Scope of the SDGs
Chapter 2: A Brief History of the SDGs
Chapter 3: Transformation Challenges
Chapter 4: Differential Diagnosis
Chapter 5: Structures of power and decision making

Module 2: Transformation Pathways to Success

Chapter 1: Education, Inclusion, Jobs, and Growth
Chapter 2: Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 3: Clean Energy and Industry
Chapter 4: Sustainable Food and Land Use
Chapter 5: Smart Cities and Transport
Chapter 6: Digital Technologies and E-Governance

Module 3: Government and the SDGs

Chapter 1: Planning and Back-casting
Chapter 2: Organizing Government for the SDGs
Chapter 3: SDG Policy Instruments
Chapter 4: SDG Pathways: The Case of Deep Decarbonization
Chapter 5: Industrial Policies and the SDGs

Module 4: SDG Financing

Chapter 1: Needs assessments: estimating resource needs for the SDGs
Chapter 2: Types of Financing
Chapter 3: Capital Markets and the SDGs
Chapter 4: New financing mechanisms and Global Funds
Chapter 5: Development financing for the SDGs.

Module 5. The Business Sector and the SDGs

Chapter 1. The Role of Business in the SDGs
Chapter 2. Shareholders and Stakeholders
Chapter 3. Global Value Chains
Chapter 4. Unsustainable Industries
Chapter 5. Public-Private-Civil Society Partnerships

Module 6. Civil Society and the SDGs

Chapter 1. Public awareness and Consumer Activism
Chapter 2. Data for Accountability and Decision-making
Chapter 3. Investor Activism
Chapter 4. Litigation and Human Rights
Chapter 5. Social business, CSOs, and operations where government is weak

Module 7: Global Partnerships for the SDGs

Chapter 1: Development Assistance
Chapter 2: Other dimensions of Global Partnership
Chapter 3: The Role of Universities and SDSN
Chapter 4: Moral Advocacy: Religious Leaders
Chapter 5: Cross-Border Cooperation
Chapter 6: The World in 2030: Mapping a path forward

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Jeffrey D. Sachs
Professor
Columbia University

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