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Un prototype d’habitat multifonctionnel comprenant un mixte de serre et de production animale sur une ferme familiale à l’Ange-Gardien – Christian Grenier – Ferme du Grenier Gardangeois inc. | A prototype for a mixed greenhouse / animal production site on a family farm in Ange-Gardien – Christian Grenier – Ferme du Grenier Gardangeois inc.
Berlin Natural History Museum, 27 March 2017
Copyright: Florian Gaertner/ photothek.net/ Bundesministerium fuer Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit
Belarus: Construction of the water-regulating devices for provision of the ground-water table regulation at Zvaniec natural reserve.
© Clima East
Projet de territoire
Unité de méthanisation de 750 kWél
Valorisation de 18 000 tonnes de gisements par an
Procédé utilisé : infiniment mélangé
Valorisation thermique : séchage des digestats
En exploitation depuis 2011
bit.ly/myhaven Toronto green home construction on Bishop, detail view of kitchen with walkout in background.
FAO Indigenous Peoples’s team shared its joint work with indigenous peoples in the celebration of their cultures and traditional food systems in Meghalaya, North East India.
©FAO
On Monday, after dropping my son off at the Airport in his shiny black Chevy Volt I hung out in Winthrop to avoid the morning rush traffic into Boston. I headed in around 10am to US Fed District Court to pick up a Pass for Media coverage of the same. I turned left on Farnsworth thinking it was a through street. Instead it was a dead end with RCN on the right and what? on the left. I tried both ends for another outlet out. Then turned around heading a right turn out onto Farnsworth. Whatever happened that I did not see this short pile of cones was beyond me., In a split second it seemed I was hearing sounds no one wants to hear. I backed up and knew there had been some serious damage., OMG what a shame. I think it was the sun coming over the buildings as the only shot I have here is from an hour or so later and it was still piercing down pretty bright. I saw nothing. I was so shocked and saddened. My journey into the City was so pleasant driving slowly from 99 to South Station. I thought that was a cool way to come in again . I had never tried that and I loved that route. Then this happened. I had fire police ambulance tow trucks and me delivered to a Body Shop in Revere I had experience with before by 3pm I was ready to bus it home. Got home at 800pm. What a day you don't want to happen. The Fire Department said this never should have been there and removed the 36inch pipe putting it against the wall. They stuffed the cones into the hole and then the police showed up. The police paid a visit to the building 46 Farnsworth and that manager came out and stated the property was owned by Boston Globe or Sustainable Development. Whoever stuffed that pipe into the hole was what I call meathead anonymous. I will forever be ungrateful for that move. Can you hear plastic crunching and metal scraping and grimy fluid draining like blood on the gound? Sad Sad Sad
The Jurong Lake District will be developed into a sustainable high-density district, with integrated greenery and waterways.
To find out more about the other strategies that make up Singapore's Sustainable Development Blueprint, please visit www.sustainablesingapore.gov.sg
Photo credit: ©FAO/Richard Slaby
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The cost of disasters were summed up last night in dollars lost, people displaced, lives lost as one would expect at a meeting hosted by Columbia University with the theme "From Sendai to Rio -- Cultivating a Disaster-Resilient Society for Sustainable Development."
However, what also shone through in this major debate on the theme of disaster risk reduction in advance of the Rio+20 conference, were the unexpected ways in which disasters can affect our lives driven by new forces which Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, said "we are not ready for."
Read more: www.unisdr.org/archive/26190
Photo courtesy of UCCRN
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IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has highlighted the Organization’s strong commitment to helping achieve the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals and explained how shipping and ports can play a significant role in helping to create conditions for increased employment, prosperity and stability through the promotion of maritime trade. Mr. Lim was speaking at a seminar as part of celebrations in Veracruz, Mexico (21-22 August) focused on IMO’s World Maritime Day theme for 2017 –"Connecting Ships, Ports and People".
The Secretary-General also discussed IMO measures to reduce harmful emissions from ships, the management of ballast water and goal-based standards. He was hosted by the Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR), Admiral Commander in Chief Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, who introduced the strategy and capabilities of the Mexican Maritime Authority.
The seminar was attended by the maritime authorities of Argentina, Chile, Panama and the United States, as well as representatives from the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden, the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta, and various national government ministries.
The celebrations also included an opportunity for participants to observe a search and rescue exercise and to visit Mexico’s Naval Academy.
In the five-week exhibition, visitors to the Federal Foreign Office will be able to find out more about their commitment to sustainability, climate protection and refugee and migration issues. The exhibition is open from the 6th April to May 10th in the Lichthof.
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Copyright: Inga Kjer / photothek.net
2nd May 2016
Mr. Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary General, ITU
From Bits to Bytes – Scaling Sustainable Development.
Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
©ITU/R.Farrell
FAO Indigenous Peoples’s team shared its joint work with indigenous peoples in the celebration of their cultures and traditional food systems in Meghalaya, North East India.
©FAO
“Before, we had a really old well where we collected water in buckets, by hand. It used to take up so much of the nurses time, going back and forth with buckets, and there was never enough water to ensure proper hygiene and cleanliness.”
- Bryma Gamanga, the Community Health Officer at Tiyama Hospital
Photo/quote by UNICEF
severe water scarcity, massive eutrophication and water pollution, the collapse of freshwater habitats and biodiversity, and the spreading of harmful invasive aquatic plants.
With amphibious multipurpose technology, it is possible to do more with less and solve water challenges in the most efficient, ecological, and economical way.
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The purpose of this field trip was to assess the progress of Una community's CDRD sub-project.
Una community selected a community centre with two latrines and a water berkat for their sub-project proposal and this project was funded by MFA Finland.
The construction of the centre is complete. The toilets are almost complete.
The M&E Officer collected proposals, BOQS and First installment and collected the GPS coordinates and photographs of the sub projects.
The cost of disasters were summed up last night in dollars lost, people displaced, lives lost as one would expect at a meeting hosted by Columbia University with the theme "From Sendai to Rio -- Cultivating a Disaster-Resilient Society for Sustainable Development."
However, what also shone through in this major debate on the theme of disaster risk reduction in advance of the Rio+20 conference, were the unexpected ways in which disasters can affect our lives driven by new forces which Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, said "we are not ready for."
Read more: www.unisdr.org/archive/26190
Photo courtesy of UCCRN
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The main objective of the NEWater program is to provide a sustainable water source for Singapore’s population. NEWater is high-grade reclaimed water produced from treated used water that has undergone a stringent purification and treatment process using advanced dual-membrane (microfiltration and reverse osmosis) and ultraviolet technologies. While reclaiming used water is not a new concept, what is significant is the successful wide-scale implementation and public engagement plan of NEWater along with its participatory practices and public education programmes, which have allowed delivery of an exponentially successful service.
NEWater Program in Singapore
Photo by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency
Berlin Natural History Museum, 27 March 2017
Copyright: Florian Gaertner/ photothek.net/ Bundesministerium fuer Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit
March 15, 2019. Nairobi Kenya. Amina Jane Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Malaysia), Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), to also serve as Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Field visit to Nairobi National Park. The 4th United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA 4. © NATALIA MROZ/ UNEP
A game drive on the safari at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is an award-winning catalyst and model for community conservation, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and features on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Green List of successful protected areas.
Kenya, February 2017
The New Restoration Economy is working to make restoration profitable and capable of attracting private investment.
Learn more here.
Photo by Andrew Wu, World Resources Institute.
Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2019 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © STDF/José Carlos Alexandre
FAO Indigenous Peoples’s team shared its joint work with indigenous peoples in the celebration of their cultures and traditional food systems in Meghalaya, North East India.
©FAO
Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO/Jay Louvion
To send a strong message to world leaders, Heads of State and government negotiators WWF inflated a giant hot air balloon (28 metres high), covered in a large banner which reads "#GetSeRIOus+20" and "#LevemaSéRIO+20" at a key location on the way into the Rio Earth Summit. 19 June 2012, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has highlighted the Organization’s strong commitment to helping achieve the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals and explained how shipping and ports can play a significant role in helping to create conditions for increased employment, prosperity and stability through the promotion of maritime trade. Mr. Lim was speaking at a seminar as part of celebrations in Veracruz, Mexico (21-22 August) focused on IMO’s World Maritime Day theme for 2017 –"Connecting Ships, Ports and People".
The Secretary-General also discussed IMO measures to reduce harmful emissions from ships, the management of ballast water and goal-based standards. He was hosted by the Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR), Admiral Commander in Chief Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, who introduced the strategy and capabilities of the Mexican Maritime Authority.
The seminar was attended by the maritime authorities of Argentina, Chile, Panama and the United States, as well as representatives from the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden, the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta, and various national government ministries.
The celebrations also included an opportunity for participants to observe a search and rescue exercise and to visit Mexico’s Naval Academy.
FAO Indigenous Peoples’s team shared its joint work with indigenous peoples in the celebration of their cultures and traditional food systems in Meghalaya, North East India.
©FAO
The African mountains stand out as areas with favourable climatic and ecological conditions, in contrast to the surrounding lowlands that are generally much drier. As a consequence of this, the total average population density in all African mountains is more than double the density of the lowlands. The driving economic forces now have better knowledge about and access to the rich natural resources in the mountains, including hydropower, minerals, timber and agricultural soils.
In Uganda, participants have visited Mount Elgon and communities on its slopes to observe emerging micro-climate changes, their causes and effects so to discuss coping mechanisms and suitable adaptation strategies.
Read more on the initiative and the three Regional Meetings
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Photo credit: ©FAO/Matthias Mugisha
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FAO Indigenous Peoples’s team shared its joint work with indigenous peoples in the celebration of their cultures and traditional food systems in Meghalaya, North East India.
©FAO
UNDP and the Global Environment Facility are working with national partners to help preserve biodiversity through improving policies and laws related to the fishery sector in Kyrgyzstan.
Read more about efforts to preserve biodiversity in Kyrgyzstan
Photo courtesy of UNDP in Kyrgyzstan
Dewi Bramono, deputy director of sustainability for APP, speaks at Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Projet de territoire
Unité de méthanisation de 1 189 kWél
Valorisation de 38 000 tonnes de gisements par an
Procédé utilisé : infiniment mélangé
Valorisation thermique : valorisation thermique dans une fromagerie
Début du chantier prévu pour l'été 2014
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has highlighted the Organization’s strong commitment to helping achieve the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals and explained how shipping and ports can play a significant role in helping to create conditions for increased employment, prosperity and stability through the promotion of maritime trade. Mr. Lim was speaking at a seminar as part of celebrations in Veracruz, Mexico (21-22 August) focused on IMO’s World Maritime Day theme for 2017 –"Connecting Ships, Ports and People".
The Secretary-General also discussed IMO measures to reduce harmful emissions from ships, the management of ballast water and goal-based standards. He was hosted by the Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR), Admiral Commander in Chief Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, who introduced the strategy and capabilities of the Mexican Maritime Authority.
The seminar was attended by the maritime authorities of Argentina, Chile, Panama and the United States, as well as representatives from the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden, the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta, and various national government ministries.
The celebrations also included an opportunity for participants to observe a search and rescue exercise and to visit Mexico’s Naval Academy.
Each dam provides a clean water supply for up to 1,200 people, animals and nurseries for trees and vegetables. The effect of improving water availability in a 20km radius means that a sand dam may indirectly benefit up to 100,000 people.
Read more on water supplies.
Conférence "Valoriser le digestat - Intégrer l’apport des digestats dans les pratiques agricoles" par Sylvain Fréderic à Pollutec Horizons 2013, Paris Nord Villepinte, Village Biogaz.
Décembre 2013.
Projet de territoire
Unité de méthanisation de 725 kWél
Valorisation de 19 000 tonnes de gisements par an
Procédé utilisé : infiniment mélangé
Valorisation thermique : réseau de chaleur approvisionnant un centre aquatique, construit et exploité par la Communauté de Communes Eure Madrie Seine
Mise en service au printemps 2014
Newport Beach, CA – January 27, 2023 — Global Bank President Ron Nechemia issued the following statement on the 78th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Today, we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day by remembering the six million Jews and millions of other victims of Nazism who were persecuted and systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered over six million Jews. The Holocaust, also known as the “Shoah” in Hebrew, is the Hebrew word for “catastrophe,” which was Nazi Germany's "Germany’s “Final Solution” for annihilating all Jews within Nazi Germany’s grasp. Approximately two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population had been murdered by the end of this heinous act.
The Holocaust was a disaster not only for the Jewish people in Europe but also for all those persecuted during the Nazi era and, indeed, for all humanity. As such, it contains lessons for all of humanity.
“Many people believed that the horrors of WWII — the camps, the cruelty, the exterminations, the Holocaust — could never happen again. And yet they have in Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, and most recently in Bucha, Ukraine. This decade has shown that man’s capacity for evil knows no bounds. Genocide — the annihilation of an entire people based on ethnic, national origin, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part — has also become a word of our time, a stark and haunting reminder of why our vigilance must be unwavering,” says Ron Nechemia the President of the Global Bank Group on the accession of International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2023.
Over the past year, we have all witnessed themes ranging from violations of men’s and women’s rights to unspeakable atrocities, all of which amount to war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. We recognise, once again, that human rights are at the heart of every major challenge confronting humanity and that human rights are at the heart of every solution we devise.
My thoughts and prayers are with all families affected by this horrific Bucha Massacre, and other places in Ukraine and other conflict zones, especially those who have lost or are still missing loved ones, refugees and displaced people –– largely innocent victims caught up in political upheavals of historic proportions.
“While we can rebuild complex infrastructure spanning from nuclear energy to bullet trains, telecom towers and fiber optic cable to waste and water treatment facilities, schools and hospitals, and we can even land a man or woman on the moon, we cannot ever restore life, where life has been taken away,” says Ron Nechemia.
NEVER AGAIN
Whether in Bosnia, Rwanda, Xinjiang, Bucha, Kharkiv, or Mariupol, “Never Again” is a recurring theme.
On this annual commemorative day, the Global Bank Group urges all member states of the United Nations to remember the six million Jewish Holocaust victims and millions of other victims of Nazism and develop educational programmes to help prevent future genocides.
Global Bank Group will continue to raise these issues and call for change, to stand up for peace, security, and human dignity.
Our organisational purpose, and values, are in the Global Bank Charter. The central role of the Global Bank Group is embracing the Bank Group’s ideals and values enshrined in the Global Bank Charter; respect for fundamental human rights of men and women, social justice and human dignity, peace and security, the worth of the human person, self-determination of peoples, social progress and development, and leave no one behind.
About Global Bank
Global Bank is the Global Bank Group’s long-term sovereign lending institution. As a development bank with an agenda driven by G-7 and G-20 priorities, its leading priority is to promote global economic and social development.
Global Bank is one of five institutions that comprise the Global Bank Group. The Bank is the part of the Global Bank Group that works with developed and developing countries, particularly the least developed countries (LDCs), to promote sustainable, equitable and job-creating growth, reduce poverty and address issues of regional and global importance.
Location: Newport Beach, California
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NEWater is produced by purifying treated used water using cutting-edge membrane filtration technologies, to make water that is exceptionally clean and safe to drink. In fact, NEWater is greatly demanded by non-domestic customers, such as wafer fabrication plants, that require highly purified water.
By 2011, with the completion of our fifth plant at Changi, NEWater will be able to meet up to 30% of Singapore’s total water needs, up from the current 15%.
To find out more about the other strategies that make up Singapore's Sustainable Development Blueprint, please visit www.sustainablesingapore.gov.sg
Excellent Development only builds dams where communities want them - demonstrated by their willingness to collect all the water, sand and stones required for construction. Community ownership, coupled with good sand dam design, ensures sustainability.
Read more about how sand dams are built.