The video is part of the course Sustainable Development – Ideas and Imaginaries, which is freely available: https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development-ideas-and-imaginaries.

In the second part of module 1, we’ll continue to look into the conceptual history of sustainability and sustainable development within the UN system and in a broader global context. How did international politics and the global community play a role? What were the clashes of interests between the developing and the industrialized countries? And how can we use different kinds of ‘sustainability’ and concepts of ‘planetary boundaries’ when addressing sustainable development? This video includes: Rasmus Mølgaard Mariager, Professor in History at the University of Copenhagen: Where did the idea about common, international solutions on environmental problems originate from? And how has the idea of common, global solutions developed? Katherine Richardson, Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen: What is the concept of ‘planetary boundaries’ and how can we use it when talking about sustainability?