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Category Archives: Sustainable Development
Growing a Climate Resilient Food System
By 2050, an estimated 9 billion people will populate the planet—2 billion more people than today. Feeding this ever-growing population will be increasingly difficult as governments delay action to address food insecurity. Food security will be further destabilized by the effects of climate change, which will damage crops and arable land through highly variable and extreme weather events, such as flooding and drought.
Making K* work for your research findings
UNU Media Centre head Brendan Barrett shares insights derived from a UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health conference that focused on K* (K-Star) — a spectrum of ideas that covers research communication, science push, knowledge translation, adaptation, transfer and exchange, knowledge brokering and mobilization, and policy pull.
Tagged Environment, Policy, Research, Science
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Spring of Sustainability (Video)
Spring of Sustainability is a three-month event series that allows callers to interact directly with world-class visionaries by phone or webcast, at no charge. The 100 speakers include a who’s who of world leaders in the field of sustainability, amongst them are former member of the Obama Administration Van Jones and 350.org founder Bill McKibben.
Tagged Leadership, Society, Sustainability
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Waste-to-Energy: One Solution for Health and Electrification in Haiti?
Following the devastating 2010 earthquake, much of Haiti’s infrastructure, including its already limited ability to manage its municipal solid waste (MSW), was damaged or destroyed. Due largely to lack of public waste management services and sewage treatment centers, thousands of people have died and hundreds of thousands more have suffered through outbreaks of cholera.
Tagged Energy, Haiti, Health, Society
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Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific
The Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific is offered to member States to help policymakers. The report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) balances ecology and economic growth.
Tagged Carbon, Society, Sustainability
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US Wants Government Action on the Environment but Less Fond of the Environmental Movement
Polls suggest that Americans want to see their government act on environmental issues, but they do not have much love for the environmental movement. According to a number of different surveys, people in the US have seemingly contradictory views on the environment. American public opinion may be divided but there are some issues that enjoy the support of the majority.
Investors and Global Sustainability
Carlota Garcia-Manas, Head of Research at EIRIS which recently published its annual report ranking global leaders in sustainability. While Garcia-Manas noted that progress is being made on sustainability she indicated that much more needs to be done.
Tagged Csr, Investment, Sustainability
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Movie Review: Fresh
“Fresh” opens with Joel Salatin walking the grounds of Polyface Farms in Virginia. One of the most intriguing quotes was early on, when an interviewee said something to the effect of “American’s fear inconvenience.” This single sentence summarizes the industrial food system, one in which food is engineered and packaged for easy and mass consumption.
Tagged Agriculture, Review, Sustainable Food
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