Sentences with phrase «environmental development agenda»

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a non-governmental and non-partisan human rights and development organisation, has urged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), to immediately commence a probe into the finances of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from 1999 till date.

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The Earth Charter is the project of a loose group of NGOs who hoped to use their accreditation to the 1992 UN «Conference on Environment and Development» at Rio de Janeiro (the «Earth Summit») to get a document containing some more radical environmental views on the formal agenda and, if possible, adopted.

the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the overarching framework that guides our actions towards sustainable development from a social, environmental, economic and health pDevelopment as the overarching framework that guides our actions towards sustainable development from a social, environmental, economic and health pdevelopment from a social, environmental, economic and health perspective;

At the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 2) in May 2016, she sought to deliver on the ambitious environmental goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

«A new agenda is needed to address the interconnected elements of sustainable development comprising economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability,» it said.

Agenda 21 forged by 172 countries during the 1992 Rio Summit enshrined the sustainable development principle that economic growth should not be at the expense of social capital and environmental capital.

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At the moment we have so many different branches of education working for their own agendas: development education, human rights education, environmental education, citizenship education, gender education, interfaith education, etc..

The outcome statement of the Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development (2012) centred around ecological sustainability.2 If countries of the world are serious about the commitment made at Rio, then the MDGs need to evolve into a new framework; sustainability was not at their heart, and it is increasingly clear that without such an orientation, various «development» goals are impossible to meet for both the current and future generations.3 As the report of the UN System Task Team on the post-2015 development agenda says, «the proposed vision and framework for the post-2015 agenda must be fully aligned with that (Rio +20) outcome».4 Accordingly, the theme of sustainability should be running through all the post-2015 goals (as should the themes on equity and human rights), even as more specific environmental targets such as halting the erosion of biodiversity could be specified in one ofDevelopment (2012) centred around ecological sustainability.2 If countries of the world are serious about the commitment made at Rio, then the MDGs need to evolve into a new framework; sustainability was not at their heart, and it is increasingly clear that without such an orientation, various «development» goals are impossible to meet for both the current and future generations.3 As the report of the UN System Task Team on the post-2015 development agenda says, «the proposed vision and framework for the post-2015 agenda must be fully aligned with that (Rio +20) outcome».4 Accordingly, the theme of sustainability should be running through all the post-2015 goals (as should the themes on equity and human rights), even as more specific environmental targets such as halting the erosion of biodiversity could be specified in one ofdevelopment» goals are impossible to meet for both the current and future generations.3 As the report of the UN System Task Team on the post-2015 development agenda says, «the proposed vision and framework for the post-2015 agenda must be fully aligned with that (Rio +20) outcome».4 Accordingly, the theme of sustainability should be running through all the post-2015 goals (as should the themes on equity and human rights), even as more specific environmental targets such as halting the erosion of biodiversity could be specified in one ofdevelopment agenda says, «the proposed vision and framework for the post-2015 agenda must be fully aligned with that (Rio +20) outcome».4 Accordingly, the theme of sustainability should be running through all the post-2015 goals (as should the themes on equity and human rights), even as more specific environmental targets such as halting the erosion of biodiversity could be specified in one of the goals.

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What the Rio +20 agreement recognizes, for the first time on such an intergovernmental scale, is that sustainable development is not simply «code» for an environmental action agenda.

«The forum further concluded on the importance of transparency in ensuring environmental integrity and enhancing countries» abilities to plan effective and efficient climate action towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,» said Ms. Hinostroza.

Steve de Gruchy: An Olive Agenda: First thoughts on a metaphorical theology of development This paper proposes a theological engagement with a metaphor that could transcend the duality between the «green» environmental agenda and the «brown» poverty agenda that has disabled development discourse for the past twenty Agenda: First thoughts on a metaphorical theology of development This paper proposes a theological engagement with a metaphor that could transcend the duality between the «green» environmental agenda and the «brown» poverty agenda that has disabled development discourse for the past twenty agenda and the «brown» poverty agenda that has disabled development discourse for the past twenty agenda that has disabled development discourse for the past twenty years.

The chief value of Agenda 21 for the Clinton administration was that it provided guidance for developing countries on how to upgrade clearly inadequate laws and policies relating to environmental protection and economic development controversies.

This brief highlights that the ILO Decent Work Agenda is critical for mitigating the specific social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities of indigenous and tribal peoples, and ensuring that they can be partners in combating climate change and achieving sustainable development.

It notices that in the space of three years, capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD + from a little - known concept to one which is recognized, discussed and on the agenda of the Government of Viet Nam and that alongside awareness raising at a national level, substantial progress has been made in capacity building for policy development and environmental safeguards.

It notices that in the space of three years, capacity building and training efforts have transformed REDD + from a little - known concept to one which is recognized, discussed and on the agenda of the Royal Government of Cambodia and that alongside awareness raising at a national level, substantial progress has been made in capacity building for policy development and environmental safeguards.

«The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system and that serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.»

Currently his research interests focus on the field of: Teacher training in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, the Ecological Footprint and reduction of emissions of Greenhouse Gases, the implementation of Agenda 21 at the University and Municipalities (A21L) and in Experimental Science Teaching.

«Carbon Tracker has been one of the most important developments in the environmental space in a decade and the judges were united in their praise for this agenda - setting NGO and its hugely influential campaign to drive awareness of carbon bubble risks.

But the only reason that it is necessary that climate change will increase the number of deaths from Nth order effects is because the environmental movement have displaced from the political agenda any possibility of technological advance and economic development that doesn't meet their requirements of «sustainability».

Radley has also been a Co-leader in the development of a global research agenda in support of the United Nations Environmental Program's Programme on Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation (PROVIA) initiative.

Economic and environmental issues first became linked in international development agendas at the first UN Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972.

Of the 300 positions within the department to be eliminated they include chemists, biologists and meteorologists, many of which are involved in the research and development of the country's environmental agenda.

As part of the 2030 Agenda and in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, FAO is committing to 1) Continue monitoring the environmental impact of its functional operations, 2) Improve its ecological performance and reduce its GHG emissions by 5.4 %, 3) Embrace the circular economy principle when procuring goods and services and managing waste, and 4) Develop Environmental Management Systemsenvironmental impact of its functional operations, 2) Improve its ecological performance and reduce its GHG emissions by 5.4 %, 3) Embrace the circular economy principle when procuring goods and services and managing waste, and 4) Develop Environmental Management SystemsEnvironmental Management Systems for Offices.

Such an approach would be a sea change from the approach currently pursued by Stephen Harper's government, which has pressed ahead with oil sands development and gutted environmental protections of Canada's lakes and rivers, all the while gagging federal scientists to stop the release of data that may contradict the Conservatives» agenda.

This approach to Indigenous rights was also reflected in the 1987 Rio Declaration, which recognises the vital role of Indigenous communities knowledge and traditional practices in environmental management, and the 1992 Agenda 21, which promotes the development of national policy approaches to Indigenous participation in land and resource management and caring for country.

The guidelines reinforce the economic, social and environmental elements of the sustainable development agenda.