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Climate change could force hundreds of millions to flee their homes in the coming years. What can countries do to prepare for this mass migration? Film supported by @mishcondereya 00:00 – Climate migration is on the rise 01:06 – How Louisiana is relocating its flood-victims 03:55 – How ‘managed retreat’ …

Watch this trailer for the Climate Change and Business: Sustainability, Risk and the Push for Net Zero online short course from Economist Education. As the world picks up speed in its race against climate change, companies are under pressure to take rapid, far-reaching action to deliver on climate goals. On …

Campaigners who believe world leaders are not doing enough to combat climate change are taking matters into their own hands—and suing governments and fossil-fuel companies. But can the climate catastrophe really be resolved in court? 00:00 – A rapidly warming world 01:25 – Climate effects in Peru 03:54 – Climate …

Rampant deforestation has driven economic growth, but accelerates climate change. How do you put a price on trees, to make them worth more alive than dead? Film supported by Bain and Company 00:00 – Can money grow on trees? 00:55 – What Costa Rica can teach us 01:52 – Down …

Ying Chen discusses her work to better understand development, labor and environmental impact in the Global South, focusing in particular on the realities of Chinese economic policy as it has evolved. Download her most recent paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajes.12475 Learn more: https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/ying-chen/ source

If the world is getting too hot, why not give it some shade? Solar geoengineering could halt global warming, but there are risks to this controversial technology. 00:00 – Is solar geoengineering worth the risks? 00:41 – On the frontline of climate change 01:40 – What is solar geoengineering? 02:05 …

If global temperatures rise three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the results would be catastrophic. It’s an entirely plausible scenario, and this film shows you what it would look like. 00:00 – What will a 3°C world look like? 00:57 – Climate change is already having devastating effects 02:58 – …