This document discusses various aspects of sustainable development and environmental management. It addresses the importance of lifting people out of poverty while also dealing with environmental problems. Different approaches to sustainability are mentioned, including physical interdependence, energy flow, and population dynamics. An effective environmental management system includes life cycle assessment, identifying and prioritizing actions, and selecting environmentally compatible materials. Renewable energy, specifically wind farms, are discussed as a sustainable solution to energy problems, but their impact on birds is noted as a challenge.

1. Dilemma of sustainable development
Environmental
management
system

2. Robert Swan, Author
“The greatest threat to our
planet is the belief that someone
else will save it”

3. Sustainable development:
‘’Improve environmental quality
of the developing world, securing
growth so as to lift these people out of
hunger and poverty is of utmost
importance since.. Only when we are
sufficiently rich we can start to.. Deal
with environmental problems’’

4. Different
approaches to
sustainability:
Physical
interdependence.
Energy
flow.
Population
dynamics.

5. Cont.
Permanence.
Persons.
Places.
Psychological
Physical
Geographical
Cultural.

6. Cont.
Citizenship
ConsumptionProduction

7. Cont.
Large
corporations.
Government.
Popular
actions sector
Radical
political
parties.
Community
groups.
Environmental
campaigns.
Trade unions.

8. Cont.
Social
capital
Intellectual
capital
Natural
capital
Inclusion
Resource
efficiency
Jobs,
prosperity,
wealth
creation

9. Renewable
energy
Since the world is facing an energy problem and
deficiency and the most sustainable solution will
be building renewable clean energy and wind farms
is the most effective way to be used in Egypt.

10. Overview to a
typical EMS
(ISO 14001):
Establish top-level environmental policy.Establish
Develop plan for implementing the policy.Develop
Implement the policy plan and action.Implement
Monitor and develop a plan for correcting deficiencies in
policies.
Monitor
and
develop
Review compliance/performance in terms of meeting
the plan/policy.Review

11. Effective environmental management system
(monitoring and evaluation):
LCA (life cycle
assessment).
Identifying and
prioritizing
actions.
Selection of
environmental
compatible
materials.
Design for
operational units
to minimize
wastes.
Economics of
pollution
prevention.
Process of flow
sheeting for
wastes
minimization.

12. Life cycle assessment:
To evaluate
product/service impact
at each stage of its life
including pollution,
waste production and
energy resources.

13. Steps for LCA:
Recovery
Processing
Transporting
resources
Manufacturing
UseMaintenance
Recycling
Reusing
Disposing

14. Identifying and prioritizing actions:
Comparative
risk
assessment:
Evaluations of
community values,
quality of life and
economic issues.
High risk to
human.
Drinking water, air
pollution,
untreated wastes.
High risk to
environmental
threats.
Land degradation,
habitat loss, etc..
High risk
pollution
issues.
Fresh water
pollution, acid
disposition, etc..

15. Renewable energy
(case study)
• Vicious cycle.
• Wind farms on Egyptian Red Sea coast.
• Birds collision with wind power
equipment.
• High mortality to Raptors.

16. Monitoring sheet:
Introduction.
•Objective.
•Overview.
•Aim And Scope Of
Work.
•Purpose.
•Data Collection.
•Survey.
Regulations
(policy
statement).
Project
Description.
project type.
•Project
justification.
•Location.
•Size and
Magnitude.
Baseline data.
•Physical
environment.
•Ecology.
•Critical habitat
assessment.
Monitoring
plan.
•timeline.
•Avian data vantage
points at different
locations, flight
paths study and
sector counts along
•the wind farm
blocks (Ecology and
environmental data
mapping).Avian
critical habitat
assessment.

17. Evaluation sheet:
Formative. Mid-term. Summative. Meta.

18. Current programs:
• Biodiversity.
• Land degradation.
• Climate change.
• Sustainable forest management.
• International waters.
• Chemicals.

19. Things we need to
consider:
• Environmental science is
multidisciplinary.
• If we can measure it, we can manage it.
• Adopt philosophy.
• Small actions count, ALWAYS!

20. Any questions