Sentences with phrase «sustainable cities and regions»
Post-doctoral in Transport and Roads, focussing on public transport in sustainable cities and regions (PA2018 / 1073)
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This Fund will enable projects that support water sustainability in the Twin Cities East Metro region, such as continued delivery of water to residents and enhancing groundwater recharge to support sustainable growth.
The metro mayor should use their direct mandate to enact the most effective, long - term sustainable and economically and socially beneficial policy — a Clean Air Charge (similar to London's Toxicity Charge) on more polluting vehicles entering the most congested and polluted parts of the city region.
The study recommends government agencies focus efforts on enacting policies and programs to better protect rural households during a drought, such as supporting sustainable agriculture projects in the region, increasing transportation options to access city centers and providing access to insurance and credit schemes.
What we really need to do is recover, rebuild and create a vibrant and sustainable coastal city region.
Lively debate is anticipated throughout as experts discuss conference themes such as the business case for sustainable tourism, the challenges of upgrading tourism facilities, and preparing green tourism champions by attracting local young talent, a key ingredient in establishing any city or region as a sustainable destination.
Community members from across the city and the region fighting for permanently affordable housing, work with dignity and healthy sustainable communities gathered in Curtis Bay for the Concert for Fair Development.
In September 2007, the city's design was voted «Sustainable Region / City of the Year» at Euromoney and Ernst & Young's Global Renewable Energy Awacity's design was voted «Sustainable Region / City of the Year» at Euromoney and Ernst & Young's Global Renewable Energy AwaCity of the Year» at Euromoney and Ernst & Young's Global Renewable Energy Awards.
Karim Elgendy, Carboun: Middle East Sustainable Cities, CAN Arab world board member, said: COP 23 has witnessed the emergence of the cities and regions as major players in the climate dCities, CAN Arab world board member, said: COP 23 has witnessed the emergence of the cities and regions as major players in the climate dcities and regions as major players in the climate debate.
and 2) What business and policy environment is needed to better engage the private sector in building sustainable city region food systems?
The report furthermore provides lessons learned from the case studies for sustainable development of CRFS and offers a large number of strategies and tools that can be applied by city regions around the world, including the promotion of (peri) urban agriculture, preservation of agricultural land areas and watersheds through land use planning and zoning, development of food distribution and social protection programmes for vulnerable groups, support for short supply chains and local procurement of food, and promotion of food waste prevention, reduction and management, as well as the recovery and redistribution of safe and nutritious food for human consumption.
With our support, 13 new countries, five regions and ten counties or cities adopted or started implementing green economy policies and sustainable consumption and production actions plans by 2017.
This policy brief (2018) reports on a recent study, implemented by RUAF Foundation and supported by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform (F&BKP) and the CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems Research Program (WLE / IWMI), on the role of the private sector in building more sustainable and resilient city region food systems.
about City region food systems and food waste management - Linking urban and rural areas for sustainable and resilient development.
It provides lessons learned on the institutionalisation of city region food policies and programmes; provisioning of national and legal frameworks embedding city region food systems in broader legislation, on strengthening of coordination and collaboration across horizontal and vertical government levels, and on design of specific programmes and policies for sustainable city region food systems.
The role of city region food systems in resilience and sustainable development (2015)
This analytical report is a guide to help local governments in East Asia better understand the concepts of climate change; how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities; and what is being done by cities in the region and worldwide to learn, build capacity, and invest capital to promote sustainable, resilient communities.
All in all, 2017 reaffirmed that nations, cities and towns, regions, civil society and the private sector are behind the global sustainable development agenda, with climate action firmly embedded.
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According to Ken Hydes, chair of the World Green Building Council, «The LEED Gold certification of the HSBC Tower in Mexico City represents a major milestone in the development of sustainable office buildings in Mexico and throughout the Latin America region.»