Presentation by Claudia Ringler, Hartwig Kremer and Cheikh Mbow at the UNEA Science Policy Interface, May 19-20
Presentation focuses on the concept of the water, food and energy nexus and its importance within the development context. It also provides a number of cases highlighting nexus issues.
Presentation by Claudia Ringler, Hartwig Kremer and Cheikh Mbow at the UNEA Science Policy Interface, May 19-20
Presentation focuses on the concept of the water, food and energy nexus and its importance within the development context. It also provides a number of cases highlighting nexus issues.
With water resource variability rapidly growing and demands on water resources increasing, using digital tools and innovative, inclusive institutional approaches to address both challenges is becoming ever-more urgent.
A recent workshop under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (Research Area on Variability, Risks and Competing Uses), showcased research outputs in two activity clusters - Managing Resource Variability and Risks for Resilience and Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs - that can help increase water security for poor rural users while also improving food security and rural livelihoods.
Presentation by Andrew Noble at The International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, meeting in Bonn, Germany on May 19th and 20th 2014
Water Secure Africa (WASA) - Harnessing Big Data to improve Water Management. Presented by IWMI's Timothy Williams (Director, Africa) at the 7th Africa Water Week, on October 30, 2018.
Presented by Dr. Claudia Sadoff, IWMI Director General,at the 13th International Conference on Development of Drylands, February 12, 2019, in Jodhpur, India
Address to the Global Water Partnership (GWP)'s Consulting Partners Meeting 2009, on the subject of facing development challenges regarding climate change, natural hazards and sustainable tourism in the Caribbean.
This is a general presentation on WLE made by Andrew Noble for his trip to visit partners and donors in July 2014. Provides an overview of the WLE program and a number of examples of its work.
Delivered at the 2014 Gossinger Distinguished Lecture Series, at NYU's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, my presentation focused on the phases and evolution of Sustainable Tourism (ST) over the past quarter century (incidentally the same timeframe as the growth of the Internet..) The presentation began with a recognition that the tourism resource base is eroding at a rapid rate. However an overview of the basic principles of sustainable tourism suggests we have the knowledge and the tools to greatly accelerate the implementation of ST procedures and practices. The timeline begins (Phase 1: early 1990’s) with the preparation of broad based ST Policies (Canada, Bahamas, Palau), and Ecotourism Plans (late 1990"s). The presentation then traces the evolution towards greater levels of specificity (and possibly relevance) including ST and Ecotourism Certification Programs (Phase 2: 2000-2010). More recently (Phase 3: 2010-2015) there has been a shift to Employee ST training and Certification (Bahamas) and the integration of ST standards within the basic Quality Assurance accommodation grading programs (Morocco, Lesotho, Southern Africa).
Yet despite all these efforts and market concern for the environment relatively little has been accomplished in integrating sustainability into the majority tourism of operations worldwide. This is in part because of the lack of awareness (and perhaps interest) by most senior management teams. Perhaps no more than 2%-3% of the managers of accommodation facilities (worldwide) have ever received training in ST procedures, technologies and practices. The Challenge therefore falls to the current hospitality and tourism management students and recent graduates to develop a professional 'Culture of Sustainability’. Furthermore, in this current phase (2015-2020), sustainability must become an integral part of all graduate and undergraduate tourism and hospitality management educational programs. The resources upon which the industry is built are diminishing at a remarkable rate with the vast majority of those professionals working in the sector lacking both the technical skills and awareness to implement sustainable tourism practices. It is therefore the responsibility of the tourism management schools to immediately integrate sustainability into their core program.
Presented by Jonathan Gheyssens, UNEP, Luxembourg 29th November 2019
https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/agenda/luxembourg-2019/day-1-2/interactive-session-8/
Future Cities Africa
Future proofing to climate, environment and natural resource challenges
Supporting inclusive, resilient low carbon development
Peter Head CBE FREng FRSA
March 24th 2015
Fresh water is a diminishing resource worldwide. The accommodation sector is extremely vulnerable yet capable of reducing its consumption while saving money and assuring a more sustainable future. This workshop enables property owners and operators to develop their individual water conservation plan, resulting in an immediate reduction in water demand from guests, staff and ongoing operations.
This introductory presentation was given on May 29, 2019, by Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS). She sets the context for presentations by B. Ole Sander (IRRI), Tran Van The (Institute for Agricultural Environment), and Leo Sebastian (CCAFS) and an ensuing discussion with panelists Le Hoang Anh (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam), B. Ole Sander, Tran Van The, and Leo Sebastian.
A recording of the webinar can be found on CCAFS youtube channel: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
With water resource variability rapidly growing and demands on water resources increasing, using digital tools and innovative, inclusive institutional approaches to address both challenges is becoming ever-more urgent.
A recent workshop under the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (Research Area on Variability, Risks and Competing Uses), showcased research outputs in two activity clusters - Managing Resource Variability and Risks for Resilience and Managing Competing Uses and Trade-offs - that can help increase water security for poor rural users while also improving food security and rural livelihoods.
Presentation by Andrew Noble at The International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, meeting in Bonn, Germany on May 19th and 20th 2014
Water Secure Africa (WASA) - Harnessing Big Data to improve Water Management. Presented by IWMI's Timothy Williams (Director, Africa) at the 7th Africa Water Week, on October 30, 2018.
Presented by Dr. Claudia Sadoff, IWMI Director General,at the 13th International Conference on Development of Drylands, February 12, 2019, in Jodhpur, India
Address to the Global Water Partnership (GWP)'s Consulting Partners Meeting 2009, on the subject of facing development challenges regarding climate change, natural hazards and sustainable tourism in the Caribbean.
This is a general presentation on WLE made by Andrew Noble for his trip to visit partners and donors in July 2014. Provides an overview of the WLE program and a number of examples of its work.
Delivered at the 2014 Gossinger Distinguished Lecture Series, at NYU's Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, my presentation focused on the phases and evolution of Sustainable Tourism (ST) over the past quarter century (incidentally the same timeframe as the growth of the Internet..) The presentation began with a recognition that the tourism resource base is eroding at a rapid rate. However an overview of the basic principles of sustainable tourism suggests we have the knowledge and the tools to greatly accelerate the implementation of ST procedures and practices. The timeline begins (Phase 1: early 1990’s) with the preparation of broad based ST Policies (Canada, Bahamas, Palau), and Ecotourism Plans (late 1990"s). The presentation then traces the evolution towards greater levels of specificity (and possibly relevance) including ST and Ecotourism Certification Programs (Phase 2: 2000-2010). More recently (Phase 3: 2010-2015) there has been a shift to Employee ST training and Certification (Bahamas) and the integration of ST standards within the basic Quality Assurance accommodation grading programs (Morocco, Lesotho, Southern Africa).
Yet despite all these efforts and market concern for the environment relatively little has been accomplished in integrating sustainability into the majority tourism of operations worldwide. This is in part because of the lack of awareness (and perhaps interest) by most senior management teams. Perhaps no more than 2%-3% of the managers of accommodation facilities (worldwide) have ever received training in ST procedures, technologies and practices. The Challenge therefore falls to the current hospitality and tourism management students and recent graduates to develop a professional 'Culture of Sustainability’. Furthermore, in this current phase (2015-2020), sustainability must become an integral part of all graduate and undergraduate tourism and hospitality management educational programs. The resources upon which the industry is built are diminishing at a remarkable rate with the vast majority of those professionals working in the sector lacking both the technical skills and awareness to implement sustainable tourism practices. It is therefore the responsibility of the tourism management schools to immediately integrate sustainability into their core program.
Presented by Jonathan Gheyssens, UNEP, Luxembourg 29th November 2019
https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/agenda/luxembourg-2019/day-1-2/interactive-session-8/
Future Cities Africa
Future proofing to climate, environment and natural resource challenges
Supporting inclusive, resilient low carbon development
Peter Head CBE FREng FRSA
March 24th 2015
Fresh water is a diminishing resource worldwide. The accommodation sector is extremely vulnerable yet capable of reducing its consumption while saving money and assuring a more sustainable future. This workshop enables property owners and operators to develop their individual water conservation plan, resulting in an immediate reduction in water demand from guests, staff and ongoing operations.
This introductory presentation was given on May 29, 2019, by Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS). She sets the context for presentations by B. Ole Sander (IRRI), Tran Van The (Institute for Agricultural Environment), and Leo Sebastian (CCAFS) and an ensuing discussion with panelists Le Hoang Anh (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam), B. Ole Sander, Tran Van The, and Leo Sebastian.
A recording of the webinar can be found on CCAFS youtube channel: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
Presentation by Alex Mulisa from FONERWA at the Low Emissions Advantage event on the sidelines of COP23.
More information about the event series: https://bit.ly/AgAdvantage
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OECD Webinar - ESG to deliver well-being in resource-rich regions: the role o...OECDregions
This event aims to understand the increasingly pivotal role of the private sector’s ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives in shaping the long-term development of resource-rich regions. The workshop brings together a wide range of participants – from the mining and forestry sector to municipal representatives and Indigenous leaders - to hear how the alignment of ESG practices with regional development policies and community-led initiatives can support sustainable growth and resilience at the subnational level.
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Agenda of the Satellite event on EU Mining Regional Ecosystems, co-organized by the OECD and S3P Mining Industry, on 14 November. In the framework of the EU raw materials week
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Proceedings from the kick-off event for the OECD-DG Reform Enhancing EU mining regions to support the green transition and secure EU’s mineral supply project. 21-22 September 2023, Alentejo, Portugal.
The new OECD project “Shrinking Smartly and Sustainably”, financially supported by the European Commission, aims at producing a framework and associated guidelines to manage demographic change at regional and local levels.
Decarbonising homes in cities in the Netherlands: a neighbourhood approachOECDregions
OECD presentation on decarbonising homes in cities in the Netherlands: a neighbourhood approach.
About 90% of homes in the Netherlands depend on natural gas for heating. The Netherlands has made a commitment to phase out natural gas by 2050. To achieve the goal, the Netherlands has rolled out a natural gas-free pilot programme in 66 neighbourhoods. These neighbourhood pilot projects enabled municipalities to learn what it takes to start energy transition. Based on a city survey carried out across 26 local governments, key findings from this report call on national and local governments joining up their efforts to take place-based measures.
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Donate to charity during this holiday seasonSERUDS INDIA
For people who have money and are philanthropic, there are infinite opportunities to gift a needy person or child a Merry Christmas. Even if you are living on a shoestring budget, you will be surprised at how much you can do.
Donate Us
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Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
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#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdf
Session i Transforming Tourism Value Chains
1. BETTINA HELLER
CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION UNIT
UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - ECONOMY DIVISION
International Workshop on Tourism as a Catalyst for Regional Development
12-13 December 2019, Vienna, Austria
2. 2
Mission
To transform tourism value chains in four countries, by reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and improve resource efficiency through a
science-based approach, clear policies, monitoring and reporting tools,
and the sharing of knowledge and experience.
Assessment & Reporting
Analysis of hotspots
Indicators
Monitoring
Case Studies
Networking & Outreach
Campaigns
Regional and Global events
Communication Platform
The Transforming Tourism Value
Chains Project
Mauritius
St. Lucia
PhilippinesDominican
Republic
www.oneplanetnetwork.org/transforming-tourism
Technical assistance
Capacity Building Sessions
Procurement and Industry
Guidelines
Stakeholder coordination
Sectoral Roadmap
3. The rest of the
value chain
Electricity
Generation
Water supplyRenewable energy
Mining and fossil
fuels
Farming Processing and
manufacturing
Hotels & Restaurants
Solid waste
Marine environment
Transport, textiles, metals
and other materials
3 6
1 5
3
6
2 4 6
40%
heating,
ventilation and
air-conditioning
26%
Water heating
6%
lighting
28%
other
Energy use in hotels
Hotspots for the
Dominican
Republic
4. Improve sustainability of tourism value chains in the Dominican RepublicAIM
OUTCOMES
To reduce pollution, waste and associated
emissions in the Dominican Republic
To reduce food GHG
emissions and resource use
To reduce the
consumption
of fossil fuels
To reduce
pollution of
seas and land
SUB-
OUTCOME
To reduce waste to
landfills & improve
landfill management
To reduce
food waste
from hotels
To increase
consumption of
healthy &
sustainable food
To increase
energy efficiency
in hotels
To increase the use
of renewable energy
in the
accommodation
sector
SYSTEMIC
SOLUTIONS
1. Eliminate the use of single
use plastic items in hotels
2. Promote sustainability
standards and certification
in the accommodation sector
3. Reduce pollution
of the seas
4. Improve solid waste management
5. Reduce the impact of hotels
on water availability
1. Introduce the concept of sustainable
gastronomy
2. Promote widespread adoption of food
waste monitoring and reduction
in kitchens
3. Introduce sustainable procurement
practices of food, focusing on meat
1. Replace low-efficient devices with
high efficient appliances
2. Increase energy conservation in
hotel design, construction and
operation
3. Increase the use of renewable
energy in hotels
4. Soft operational and behavioural
measures
ACTIONS
3 6 1 4 5 2
Beat pollution Sustainable gastronomy Sustainable energy
CERTIFICATION
TARGET
PLASTICS
TARGET
FOOD
WASTE
TARGET
ENERGY TARGET
GHG TARGET
HOTSPOTS HOTSPOTS HOTSPOTS
5. TOURISM
SECTOR IN
THE
CARIBBEA
N
As a consequence, the levels of marine litter,
mainly of single-use plastics, increase.
As the industry grows, more natural resources
are taken, especially from the oceans.
Receives more than 30 million visits every year.
Represents the 15% of the region’s GDP.
It had revenues of US$ 57,000 million in 2017.
The economy of the region depends heayvily on
tourism.
Source: World Bank Group, 2019. Marine Pollution in the Caribbean: Not a Minute to Waste.
6. CURRENT SITUATION OF PLASTICS
IN THE CARIBBEAN
Source: World Bank Group, 2019. Marine Pollution in the Caribbean: Not a Minute to Waste.
**In selected countries of the Caribbean.
Plastic bottles represent
21% of marine litter.
21%
There are 200.000
pieces of plastic waste
per km2.
200,000
322.745 tons of
plastic are not collected
every year**.
322,745
2% of solid waste
generated, are plastics.
12%
7. Measuring and reporting
impacts will enable tourism
stakeholders to better plan and
manage tourism and meet SDGs
goals and targets
Thank you!
Contact us:
Economy Division – Tourism
& Environment Programme
Address: 1 rue Miollis, 75015 Paris,
France
Tel: +33 1 44 37 14 50
Fax: +33 1 44 37 14 74
Email: : unenvironment-tourism@un.org
www.unenvironment.org