Sentences with phrase «sustainable development efforts»

More recently, the organization has implemented comprehensive recycling, recovery and sustainable development efforts.

Capacity building and knowledge transfer are at the center of competitive destinations and sustainable development efforts.

Not exact matches

We haven't joined any organization specifically, but we've been involved in many conversations with Airbnb and other companies about joint efforts to support the peer economy, which we believe can be a powerful engine for sustainable economic development.

The 2018 report focuses on the renewed efforts required to ensure four of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals do not miss their 2030 targets.

To support the development of sustainable and just Puerto Rico, the Maria Fund supports critical community organizing efforts.

The Trans - Tasman decision is an illustration of what precaution looks like in practice and is a sincere effort to ensure sustainable development of resources.

TORONTO, May 7, 2015 — Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and MaRS Discovery District today announced a new partnership to strengthen efforts to grow Canada's clean technology and energy innovation sector.

Executive Director meets with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Discussions focus on developments in global energy markets and efforts to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services 6 April 2018

Still, the fact that a global agreement has proven so elusive does not absolve Canadians of the responsibility to strengthen our own efforts to limit the growth of GHG emissions and contribute to the search for more environmentally sustainable forms of development.

Churches and nonprofit organizations can also be important in this effort because they can offer small grants and loans to support not only direct food services (food pantries and soup kitchens, traditionally), but also the development of sustainable agriculture.

A prominent feature of the sustainable winegrowing program is the collaborative effort in its development and implementation by vintners, growers, regional trade associations, regulators, academics, environmental and social equity groups and other stakeholders.

This week's collaborative effort advances, in the country's rice sector, the June 2013 Vietnam government decision QD - 889, or Approving the Project on Agricultural Restructuring Toward Raising Added Values and Sustainable Development.

The Champions effort supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted in September 2015.

«I'm proud to be part of the Champions initiatives effort to raise awareness on sustainable development goal 12.3 and the reduction of global food loss and food waste in 2030.»

Actions to advance breastfeeding as part of nutrition, food security and poverty reduction strategies galvanize efforts to achieve sustainable development goals.

Southern African leaders underline importance of regional efforts for sustainable development

Let us move beyond this budget cycle and make the SDGs flow through the DNA of Ghanaians in our efforts to meet the 2030 targets for the Sustainable Development Goals and the embedded Paris Agreement for climate action.

Ghana's annual space exploration expenditure has been 1 % of its gross domestic product (GDP) for support research in science and technology and in 2012 Ghana was elected to chairman the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (SANSA).

«Corruption freezes development, thereby undermining the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,» he said, citing his own Government's efforts to combat the scourge, including the significant recovery of stolen assets which are then channelled towards the development of critical infrastructure and the implementation of social inclusion development, thereby undermining the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,» he said, citing his own Government's efforts to combat the scourge, including the significant recovery of stolen assets which are then channelled towards the development of critical infrastructure and the implementation of social inclusion Development Goals,» he said, citing his own Government's efforts to combat the scourge, including the significant recovery of stolen assets which are then channelled towards the development of critical infrastructure and the implementation of social inclusion development of critical infrastructure and the implementation of social inclusion programmes.

«The Nigerian delegation will also canvass the support of UN member states for the Buhari Administration's efforts towards combatting illicit financial flows in order to foster sustainable development.

Former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has pledged to support Ghana's efforts to implement policies and build infrastructure that guarantees sustainable development.

At the collaborative governance conference, speakers and panel discussions examined case studies, shared best practices and discussed examples of how New York State will continue to serve as a partner in creating sustainable, integrated communities and boosting bottom - up economic development efforts.

«These efforts will enable countries to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,» the report said.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo has called for urgent and concerted efforts towards the implementation of the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in order for Africa to effectively tackle poverty.

The North Country Regional Economic Development Council has identified tourism and sustainable lodging development as a top priority to complement state and regional efforts to attract international tourism and sportDevelopment Council has identified tourism and sustainable lodging development as a top priority to complement state and regional efforts to attract international tourism and sportdevelopment as a top priority to complement state and regional efforts to attract international tourism and sporting events.

According to the governor, infrastructure is a key component of sustainable development and «government will spare no effort in bridging identified gaps for economic growth of the state ``.

His words, «While we are favourably disposed to all genuine efforts at attaining peace, security, stability and sustainable development in the Niger Delta and most especially Ijaw territories, we frown on the attempt to drag our name into the Niger Delta Avengers» ceasefire announcement, when we are yet to issue any such statement.

He intimated the Council that in its effort to align and deliver on Agenda 2063 and its first 10 - year implementation, Nigeria had mainstreamed the Agenda along with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) into its national planning process.

«The Nigerian delegation will also canvass the support of UN member states for the Buhari administration's efforts towards combating illicit financial flows in order to foster sustainable development.»

«Japan's Evolving Efforts Toward Sustainable Development of the Arctic.»

September 18 - 24 is GlobalGoals Week — an international campaign to highlight the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and efforts to achieve them.

«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.

Dr. Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, Monitoring Coordinator at the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Institute and a groundbreaking jaguar researcher in the flooded forests of central Amazonian Brazil underlined the importance of collective conservation efforts.

The first is the more challenging of the two reactions, which is why research puts so much effort into the development of efficient and sustainable water oxidation catalysts.

Gentry added that the researchers hypothesize that corn yields can be further increased in a sustainable way, even beyond the results demonstrated in this study, with continued crop breeding efforts, advancements in fertilizer formulations and placement technology, and possibly, with the development of effective plant growth promoters, she said.

Ignorance of this risk might, e.g. through suboptimisations in technology developments, undermine the global efforts to move toward a more environmentally sustainable society.

Conservation efforts won't succeed if plans don't include investment in sustainable development.

In explaining the increasingly important role that the science community will play in determining the progress of international efforts toward sustainable development and climate stability, Lovász pointed out that the majestically ornate Hungarian Academy of Sciences neo-Renaissance palace in which the WSF was held was built entirely with public donations 150 years ago, «which illustrates the trust that Hungarian society from the nobility to poor farmworkers had in science at that time.»

The study, published today in Science, led by researchers from UCL, the Natural History Museum and UNEP - WCMC, found that levels of biodiversity loss are so high that if left unchecked, they could undermine efforts towards long - term sustainable development.

Last year the group won a Seed Award from the United Nations and the non-profit World Conservation Union for its efforts to translate «the ideals of sustainable development into action on the ground.»

This week's collaborative effort advances, in the country's rice sector, the June 2013 Vietnam government decision QD - 889, or Approving the Project on Agricultural Restructuring Toward Raising Added Values and Sustainable Development.

President Macron also announced actions in agricultural and solar technologies that would enhance the UNCCD's global efforts to ensure that by 2030 and going forward, the amount of degraded land is equivalent to or less that the land we had degraded by 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted.

The actions we are taking include (1) the development of new sustainable chemical technologies to reduce the magnitude and the impact of society's chemical and energy activities, (2) the development of a new multidisciplinary effort, The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (http://bcgc.berkeley.edu/) to organize and enhance sustainability activities on our campus and to reach out nationally and internationally for coordination and best practices transfer, and (3) the reconfiguration of the delivery and content of our educational curriculum and activities at all levels to emphasize sustainable green chemical practice, concepts and awareness so that all members of our profession advance the sustainability of our society through their work and decisions.

In parallel to the Rio +20 gestation process, the UN Secretary - General and his senior advisors, after more than two years of wholehearted efforts to bring about a major global agreement on climate change, had come to the conclusion that climate change was part of a broader package of global sustainable development challenges, and could probably be better addressed in conjunction with the rest.

efforts are being made to see to that as the New Development Agenda Post 2015, as the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs are being created, they must result from the negotiation of Sept 2014 to Sept 2015..

The on - going consultations and gathering of information about the post-2015 development gears towards a decision point in a few months, stakeholders including governments, civil societies, academicians and The United Nations are now realizing that to lift some of the 1.1 billion from extreme poverty there is need to link extreme poverty alleviation efforts with sustainable peace.

Also, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has to be defined and adapted regionally, nationally and locally, for nations, cities and communities to understand their particular sustainability challenges, their needs and available resources as well as to empower them to undertake concrete actions and efforts to enhance the mindset of decision makers and all citizens.

Although it is true that the constitution of the United Nations represented itself as an effort of intergovernmental cooperation and plural unity of human diversity, creating a planetary consciousness of belonging to a community with a common destiny, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forces us to create new symbiosis between ecological sustainability and human rights.

As Director - General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of expression.

Two such good points included the reaffirmation of a commitment to making every effort to accelerate the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and explicit inclusion of the need for a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential for these SDGs to provide a basis for a new, internationally agreed Development framework, to succeedevelopment goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and explicit inclusion of the need for a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential for these SDGs to provide a basis for a new, internationally agreed Development framework, to succeeDevelopment Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and explicit inclusion of the need for a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential for these SDGs to provide a basis for a new, internationally agreed Development framework, to succeeDevelopment Goals (SDGs) and the potential for these SDGs to provide a basis for a new, internationally agreed Development framework, to succeeDevelopment framework, to succeed the MDGs.