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Brazil’s Ambassador to the UN, Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, joined the FIA Foundation’s SDG team, the post-2015 coordinators for WHO and UNICEF, and #SaveKidsLives campaigners to mark the end of the SDG negotiations.
Sustainability Event
09:00 - 10:35, Event Room 2, Level 2, EBRD Headquarters
Launch of EBRD’s Sustainability Report 2015
This annual publication provides a dynamic overview of the Bank's impact. The audience were walked through the key features of the report focusing on the main stories of interest and highlighting the achievements of the EBRD and its clients during the previous year.
Discussion, “Tomorrow’s Sustainable World … a Future Vision”
2015 saw the release of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We explored how the SDGs are of relevance to the Bank’s countries of operations and what will be the Bank’s contribution to promoting the SDGs including implementation of the Green Economy Transition approach over the next 25 years.
Environmental and Social Awards 2016
Awards will be presented to the winners in four categories: Sustainable Energy; Climate Change Adaptation; Environmental and Social Best Practice, and; Environmental and Social Innovation.
Moderator
Jonathan Charles
Managing Director, Communications, EBRD
Keynote
Dmitry Pankin
Chairman of the Management Board, Eurasian Development Bank
Speakers
Samuel Fankhauser
Co-Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, LSE
Jacqueline McGlade
Chief Scientist, United Nations Environment Programme
Happy one year anniversary to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development!
For information on the Sustainable Development Goals : www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment
Auburn University continues to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through teaching, research and outreach, according to a newly released campus report.
Buka, July 13, 2017- (R-L) Deputy Speaker and Member for Northern Bougainville Regional Women’s Hon. Francisca Semoso, Clerk of the Bougainville House of Representatives (BHOR) Robert Tapi, Speaker (BHOR) Simon Pentanu and Julie Bukikun, UNDPs Assistant Representative during the SDG workshop at the BHOR.
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UNDP staff at the Bougainville House of Representative for the workshop on the Sustainable Development Goals. (L-R) ICT Associate Birao Sam Kamara, Operations Analyst Nakitap Poposan, Peace Building Fund Project Officer Shaddie Tapo, Governance Programme Analyst Kia Henry Nema and Programme Coordinator for Autonomous Region of Bougainville Lawrence Bassie.
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GOAL 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
Ensuring universal access to affordable electricity by 2030 means investing in clean energy sources such as solar, wind, and thermal.
In Moldova, a UNDP-supported project promoted resilient water management practices with rural entrepreneurs to address increasing water shortages in agriculture. Agriculture is the key economic sector in Moldova, and is facing the risk of increasing water shortages.
In the Sîngerei district in Moldova’s north, a reconstructed reservoir uses snowmelt and rainfall to bolster surfacewater storage ponds, ensuring that crops can also be irrigated during heat waves and droughts. This secure water source benefits 3,500 residents in Tiplesti village and residents of neighbouring settlements – including Mr. Burcovschi and his peach and apricot groves.
Photo: UNDP Moldova
The UN has set 17 sustainable development goals to help end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030, on April 26, 2019, high school and college students and recent grads from around the world presented their ideas for addressing the world's biggest problems as part of the School of Diplomacy's SDG Challenge.