Sentences with phrase «global action plan»

UN Agenda 21 — global action plan for sustainable development into the 21st century: 238 Australian councils currently operate UN's Agenda 21 Sustainable Development program through ICLEI Oceania:

Governments also have addressed harmful drinking as one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through instruments such as the WHO Global Action Plan on NCDs and the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.

In many of Global Action Plan's programmes students deliver «pitch to switch» presentations to their head teacher and other senior staff to encourage them to support their cause; students can be powerful and convincing advocates.

This study underlines how important it is for all countries to embrace the WHO global action plan and put it into practice,» said Dr Oleg Chestnov, Assistant Director - General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health.

Luke Wynne, head of schools at leading environmental behaviour change charity Global Action Plan, reflects on his experience working with UK schools to help them improve their environmental performance and embed sustainability into the curriculum, Here, Luke shares his key tips on what makes a truly successful sustainability programme

Lastly, we encourage UNESCO, as the lead agency for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, up to 2014, to scale up its ESD work under the new Global Action Plan by focusing on policy integration, educators, youth and local communities, in particular.

Future energy professionals The energy companies that Global Action Plan talks to on a regular basis are already highly concerned about the forthcoming skills gap and question whether our education system is alert to the need to provide young people with the skills that will be required in a de-carbonised economy.

Based on more than 15 years experience developing and delivering sustainability education programmes we recently put to paper Global Action Plan's vision for sustainability in schools.

Referring to the 2015 Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, a tripartite effort between the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the authors suggest, «it does not go far enough in recognizing the life support we receive from the global microbiome.»

Teachers should allow students the chance to take ownership of their school's energy and environmental issues, so that they can not just lead the change within their school community, but also further afield, says Luke Wynne of Global Action Plan.

An award winning campaign in Barts NHS run by the charity Global Action Plan has effectively persuaded staff to turn off lights, shut doors and switch off unused equipment.

Led by a student «chairman'the team at St Andrews C.E High School for Boys in Worthing have been a shining light in Global Action Plan's sustainability programmes in recent times; as finalists and repeat participants in the Sky Rainforest Rescue Schools Challenge and equally impressive water savers in the Aqua Innovation schools programme.

During a delicious Meat Free Brunch, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, WWF, Global Action Plan, Sustainability Hub and the Eating Better alliance came together to back the campaign and committed to encouraging their members and supporters to get involved too.

Actions to end malnutrition are also vital for achieving the diet - related targets of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013 — 2020, the Global strategy for women's, children's, and adolescent's health 2016 — 2030, and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.

WHO's 194 Member States agreed on a global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) at the World Health Assembly in May.

Antibiotic resistance is a public health emerging priority identified by the World Health Organization, which in 2015 released a global action plan to address the problem.

IVAC then uses a scoring method based on the Global Action Plan for the Prevention of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

Under each avenue, some actions are proposed and discussed, which can contribute toward a global action plan for transboundary learning and innovation.

Working at Global Action Plan (GAP), an environmental behaviour - change charity, has taught me many things and, as Principal Programme Manager on Schools, I've witnessed some effective ways of enacting change via school children and the value that it brings.

Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance.

The current negotiating text for Rio +20 does not fully and explicitly recognise the urgent need to act on climate change as part of a global action plan for delivering sustainable development.

At the G - 7 summit over the weekend, President Trump refused on Saturday to recommit to the Paris agreement, while the six other leading industrialized nations reiterated their support for the accord, which sets out a global action plan to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius.