Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains two key concepts within it: The concept of 'needs', in particular, the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and
The Great Reset Initiative is an economic recovery plan drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The project was launched in June 2020, and a video featuring the then-Prince of Wales Charles was released to mark its launch. [2]
Global Goals Week is an annual week-long event in September for action, awareness, and accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals. [88] It is a shared commitment for over 100 partners to ensure quick action on the SDGs by sharing ideas and transformative solutions to global problems. [ 89 ]
Sustainability is regarded as a "normative concept".[5] [22] [23] [2] This means it is based on what people value or find desirable: "The quest for sustainability involves connecting what is known through scientific study to applications in pursuit of what people want for the future."
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, leaving 14 people dead.; President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached (signing pictured) following his declaration of martial law.
2015 – Attainment of food security for all through sustainable food systems. [9] [10] – "No such thing as a free lunch. Invest in healthy soil" 2009 – Conserving land and energy = Securing our common future; 2008 – Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture; 2007 – Desertification and Climate Change - One Global Challenge
The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program created in 2006. It is managed by the non-profit International Living Future Institute. [1] It is described by the Institute as a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that promotes the measurement of sustainability in the built ...
University of Technology Sydney - Institute for Sustainable Futures USA 2019 1.5 C by 2050 2020-2050 63500 (total investments from 2015 to 2020) 47.8 million 450 114444 70277 32% 17% 14% 2% 0% Designing a Model for the Global Energy System—GENeSYS-MOD: An Application of the Open-Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS) [169] (Global)