Title: Introduction (2 videos)
Course: Sustainable Development Goals (Beginner)

This introduction provides an overview of the current situation in the world with regard to the 17 SDGs. The data is based on the Global Sustainable Development Report published in September 2019 (GSDR 2019), a reference document that shows how far we have to go by 2030. A focus is proposed on the issue of planetary boundaries.

The 2019 Global Sustainability Report (GSDR): Overview

Jean-Paul Moatti, Chairman and CEO of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), presents the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). He explains the particularities of this work, carried out by 15 independent scientists, and unveils its 4 main messages.

- Read the GSDR 2019
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The exhaustion of natural resources and disturbances in the Earthʼs great cycles

Nicolas Viovy, an engineer at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission (CEA), presents the major issues related to the finiteness of natural resources, be they mineral or biological, and the disruption of the Earth's major biogeochemical cycles, in particular the carbon cycle.