The Rio +20 Summit will address progress on sustainable development commitments from previous summits. Key issues include the green economy and poverty reduction. Agriculture can contribute to the green economy through sustainable practices that produce more with less and minimize environmental impacts. Farmers represent half the world's poor and managing natural resources sustainably helps alleviate poverty. The summit should develop approaches to reward farmers for ecosystem services and help them adapt to issues like drought and disasters.
The "Joint Messages of Local and Sub-national Governmentsuncsd2012
The 8 recommendations stress the importance of acknowledging the positive role that urbanization plays in development. They advocate for a new multi-level governance that promotes effective partnerships in building sustainable cities and call on members-states to take into account the specific perspective of local and sub-national governments for addressing global challenges.
The "Joint Messages of Local and Sub-national Governmentsuncsd2012
The 8 recommendations stress the importance of acknowledging the positive role that urbanization plays in development. They advocate for a new multi-level governance that promotes effective partnerships in building sustainable cities and call on members-states to take into account the specific perspective of local and sub-national governments for addressing global challenges.
KKKH4284 URBAN PLANNING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TASK 5 : LOCAL AGENDA
LECTURERS :
PROF. IR. DR. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH O.K. RAHMAT
DR NAZRI BORHAN
DR NORLIZA MOHD AKHIR
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment is also known as Stockholm Conference and marked as a turning point in the development of international environmental politics.
It was the UN’s first major conference on international environmental issues.
The meeting agreed upon a Declaration
Containing 26 Principles
An Action plan containing 109 Recommendations
A Resolution on institutional and financial arrangements
This was the first step toward “ Sustainability Revolution
Declaración para Rio+20: 63 laureados de medio ambiente de 37 paises piden a los gobiernos en Rio+20 ser pioneros del cambio y la inovación social.
Declaration on Rio+20: 63 Environmental Laureates from 37 countries ask governments in Rio+20 to be pioneers and and social innovators.
RC&D analytical report on human rights and climate chagerac_marion
Climate change is a threat to people's rights, especially those who are already among the most vulnerable in society. Moreover, various projects and investments, including some presented as solutions agaients climate change, generate social, health and food problems for the population. The analytical report presents the links between human rhights and climate change as well as the recommmendations of the French-speaking african civil society network Réseau Climat & Développement.
This framework designed by world conference disaster risk reduction in sedai JAPAN. fron 14th march to 18th march.this is very usefull for desaster mitigation policy.
The Green Economy Report (Title page Acknowledgements, Forward, Contents)Green Economy Initiative
TThe final version of the Green Economy Report.
Released on 16th of November 2011. The Green Economy Report is compiled by UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide. Convincing evidence for policymakers and business leaders to invest in clean technologies, renewable energy and natural infrastructure.
Returning farmers to the centre of policy decisions is fundamental to sustainable development. Governments, businesses, scientists and civil society groups must focus attention on the source of our food security. All these groups must work together to enable the many millions of farm families, especially smallholders, to grow more crops sustainably through effective markets, more collaborative research and committed knowledge sharing.
The Farming First framework proposes six interlinked imperatives for sustainable development:
1. Safeguard natural resources
2. Share knowledge
3. Build local access and capacity
4. Protect harvests
5. Enable access to markets
6. Prioritise research imperatives
Explore the principles one by one
As this animated diagram suggests, a broad-based, knowledge-centred approach to agricultural development is needed. The approach starts with focusing on farmers and the tools and information they need to steward land, grow crops, bring in their harvest and then get it to market. While modern agricultural technologies and management approaches have doubled the production of world food calories over the past half-century, many smallholder farmers struggle to achieve even the most basic level of subsistence.
New investments, incentives and innovations are needed to achieve greater social and environmental sustainability, while delivering increased agricultural production. These benefits must be made available to all farmers and agricultural workers, recognising their role as guardians of our shared environment, biodiversity, and ecosystems. There is a need for a radical shift in thinking which places the farmer at the centre of sound and sustainable agricultural practices.
This approach – delivering productivity and sustainability – must also lead to a more equitable and efficient production and distribution systems. Combined with better functioning markets and sustainable local and regional infrastructure, an enhanced farming system will contribute to improved economic development, providing food security, decent work, fair prices and improved land management.
To succeed, any new approach must be based on a stable policy environment within which farmers can work and invest. This, in turn, requires us to establish stable, long-term policy and regulatory frameworks for the development of agriculture; to enhance national financial allocations; to direct international development assistance towards the agricultural sector in developing countries;and to undertake comprehensive stakeholder consultation processes in the design and implementation of agricultural programs.
KKKH4284 URBAN PLANNING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TASK 5 : LOCAL AGENDA
LECTURERS :
PROF. IR. DR. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH O.K. RAHMAT
DR NAZRI BORHAN
DR NORLIZA MOHD AKHIR
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment is also known as Stockholm Conference and marked as a turning point in the development of international environmental politics.
It was the UN’s first major conference on international environmental issues.
The meeting agreed upon a Declaration
Containing 26 Principles
An Action plan containing 109 Recommendations
A Resolution on institutional and financial arrangements
This was the first step toward “ Sustainability Revolution
Declaración para Rio+20: 63 laureados de medio ambiente de 37 paises piden a los gobiernos en Rio+20 ser pioneros del cambio y la inovación social.
Declaration on Rio+20: 63 Environmental Laureates from 37 countries ask governments in Rio+20 to be pioneers and and social innovators.
RC&D analytical report on human rights and climate chagerac_marion
Climate change is a threat to people's rights, especially those who are already among the most vulnerable in society. Moreover, various projects and investments, including some presented as solutions agaients climate change, generate social, health and food problems for the population. The analytical report presents the links between human rhights and climate change as well as the recommmendations of the French-speaking african civil society network Réseau Climat & Développement.
This framework designed by world conference disaster risk reduction in sedai JAPAN. fron 14th march to 18th march.this is very usefull for desaster mitigation policy.
The Green Economy Report (Title page Acknowledgements, Forward, Contents)Green Economy Initiative
TThe final version of the Green Economy Report.
Released on 16th of November 2011. The Green Economy Report is compiled by UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide. Convincing evidence for policymakers and business leaders to invest in clean technologies, renewable energy and natural infrastructure.
Returning farmers to the centre of policy decisions is fundamental to sustainable development. Governments, businesses, scientists and civil society groups must focus attention on the source of our food security. All these groups must work together to enable the many millions of farm families, especially smallholders, to grow more crops sustainably through effective markets, more collaborative research and committed knowledge sharing.
The Farming First framework proposes six interlinked imperatives for sustainable development:
1. Safeguard natural resources
2. Share knowledge
3. Build local access and capacity
4. Protect harvests
5. Enable access to markets
6. Prioritise research imperatives
Explore the principles one by one
As this animated diagram suggests, a broad-based, knowledge-centred approach to agricultural development is needed. The approach starts with focusing on farmers and the tools and information they need to steward land, grow crops, bring in their harvest and then get it to market. While modern agricultural technologies and management approaches have doubled the production of world food calories over the past half-century, many smallholder farmers struggle to achieve even the most basic level of subsistence.
New investments, incentives and innovations are needed to achieve greater social and environmental sustainability, while delivering increased agricultural production. These benefits must be made available to all farmers and agricultural workers, recognising their role as guardians of our shared environment, biodiversity, and ecosystems. There is a need for a radical shift in thinking which places the farmer at the centre of sound and sustainable agricultural practices.
This approach – delivering productivity and sustainability – must also lead to a more equitable and efficient production and distribution systems. Combined with better functioning markets and sustainable local and regional infrastructure, an enhanced farming system will contribute to improved economic development, providing food security, decent work, fair prices and improved land management.
To succeed, any new approach must be based on a stable policy environment within which farmers can work and invest. This, in turn, requires us to establish stable, long-term policy and regulatory frameworks for the development of agriculture; to enhance national financial allocations; to direct international development assistance towards the agricultural sector in developing countries;and to undertake comprehensive stakeholder consultation processes in the design and implementation of agricultural programs.
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ICRISAT has identified the biggest hurdles and opportunities critical for the
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
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But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
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We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
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However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
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1. Agriculture’s
Contribution to the
Green Economy
Proposed Outcomes
from the
Rio +20 Summit
Rio +20 Summit
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in
1992, a high level session will be convened “to secure renewed political commitment for
sustainable development, assessing the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the
implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and
addressing new and emerging challenges.” – General Assembly resolution.
The focus of the Conference includes:
a green economy in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable
development
and the institutional framework for sustainable development.
The implementation gap on sustainable development commitments is the primary point
of discussion for the Earth Summit. The green economy should be part of the means to
implement overarching sustainable development commitments made at the original
Earth Summit and in Johannesburg.
We believe the Summit could further policy coherence on food security, drawing
on the CSD-17 findings and the work of the High Level Task Force on Food
Security.
Role of Farmers
Farmers represent one-third of the world‟s population and one-half of its poor. As the
planet‟s primary ecosystem managers, farmers‟ activity depends on a sound
environment. They are best placed to ensure sustainable development thereby
contributing to a green economy. Farmers provide multiple goods and services to
2. society, such as production of food, non-food products such as renewable energies,
delivery of ecosystem services and land stewardship to protect and enhance
biodiversity. They also play a key role for rural development and rural employment.
Thus, the farming sector contributes to economic growth and to reducing poverty and
hunger in developing countries, while still being an important part of the economy in
industrialised countries.
Farmers are at the core of the green economy as there are significant synergies
between poverty alleviation and sustainable farming. Farmers‟ organizations want to be
a key partner in all levels of discussion.
What is the Green Economy
Though it is notoriously difficult to reach an agreed definition of a green economy,
broadly it is aligned with the goals of sustainable development: social, economic, and
environmental sustainability. The green economy recognizes that protecting and
conserving environmental resources can be a significant driver for the economic growth.
What are the primary goals for Agriculture in the Context of the Green Economy?
1) Produce more with less by finding ways to meet global requirements for food
while minimizing the need to encroach forests, jungles, and other eco-systems
and maximising the efficiency of production.
2) To use a knowledge-based approach of best practices that sustains production
and minimizes the negative impacts of farming activities on the environment.
3) Develop new approaches to reward farmers for adopting practices decisions that
protect and/or enhance the provision of goods and services from functioning
ecosystems that also foster sustainability and address poverty by enabling
smallholder farmers to break the subsistence cycle.
4) Reduce poverty since farmers represent one half of the world‟s poor and despite
high profile promises, woefully few resources have truly begun to flow to help
farmers break the poverty cycle.
Key Policy Items for Elaboration
1) Produce more with less by finding ways to meet global requirements for food
while minimizing the need to encroach forests, jungles and other eco-systems
and maximising the efficiency of production.
foster investments in infrastructures at the national level in order to create food
value chains and to reduce yield losses during storage and transportation
access to microfinance services, especially to microcredit
focus on productivity gains and improve the efficiency of agriculture, with the
ultimate goal of reducing the conversion of natural areas to agricultural uses
3. secure, managed, efficient access to water and responsible use thereof
manage watersheds and water use more efficiently
promotion and knowledge-sharing of new farming practices such as for example
conservation agriculture, that can be used to prevent soil erosion and land
degradation
research into farming systems, to find new ways to improve the sustainable
productivity of agriculture
plan and manage protected areas together with local farmer, pastoralist and
forest communities
encourage integration of trees, shrubs, grasses and other landscape elements
into agricultural production systems
create on-farm refuge areas for pollinators and biodiversity conservation
2) To use a knowledge-based approach of best practices that sustain production
and minimize the negative impacts of farming activities on the environment
train farmers to adopt sustainable practices
increase public research on agricultural innovation and nutrition
promote private agricultural R&D through grants and tax credits, including R&D
supported by farm groups and co-operatives
build upon the indigenous knowledge on conservation and resource
management that farmers already possess
include animal welfare as an integral element of best practices
promote best practices such as manure management, integrated crop
management, integrated pest management, and nutrient management
provide access to scalable information technologies for farmers, including women
and young farmers, to receive weather, crop, and market information/alerts, as
well as other early warning systems to help them make the right decisions for
sustainability and productivity
establish open and transparent two-way exchanges that capture the „voice of the
farmer‟ in the process of policy formulation and implementation
access to technologies and techniques to improve farm productivity and reduce
the footprint of agriculture
3) Develop new approaches to reward farmers for adopting practices that protect
and/or enhance the provision of goods and services from functioning
ecosystems that also foster sustainability and address poverty by enabling
smallholder farmers to break the subsistence cycle
remunerate farmers for provision of environmental public goods, particularly
improvement on agreed national goals; this could be done at national or regional
level
4. increase development aid to green growth initiatives in food and agriculture
sectors
public-private partnerships on sustainable development projects
develop well functioning markets through transparent information, fair prices,
sound infrastructure, while avoiding excessive speculation
encourage co-operative and contractual approaches to support marketing for
smallholders, especially for eco-system services
reduce market distortions to improve opportunities for all strata of agriculture
worldwide
address the substantial gaps in returns for smallholder farmers and the gender
inequality exemplified by an estimated 80% of poor farmers being women
incentives for voluntary stewardship programs for livestock, land care, water
conservation, and other improved practices to realize growing market
opportunities for food produced with animal health and welfare, food safety and
quality, human health and the environment in mind
furthering solutions that increase the access to foods which are varied and
address the nutritional needs of the population, with particular attention to early
childhood nutrition
assess systems, such as intensive rotation grazing, which may also reduce
production costs for farmers
4) Reduce poverty since farmers represent one half of the world’s poor and
despite high profile promises, woefully few resources have truly and begun to
flow to help farmers break the poverty cycle
have the promises of funding from the G8 L‟Aquila process materialize
see assistance focused on agricultural development rise to 20% of ODA
have African countries live up to their CAADP commitments
ensure that risk management mechanisms are enabled for farmers at national
level
have land tenure rights for farmers, especially women farmers, at the national
level
address the social challenges facing smallholder farmers, especially women
develop domestic or regional policies supporting agriculture and trade
development particularly in developing countries
Achieving sustainable agriculture requires research as well as improved transfer of
knowledge, prioritising locally relevant crops, stewardship techniques, investments in
infrastructures and adaptation to climate change. This will ensure farmers benefit from
continuously updated and improved tools and knowledge to enable them to successfully
achieve all the other step of process. Every form of agriculture needs continuous
improvement and the different production systems have a role to play. The
ultimate goal should be to minimize the resources used to produce each crop or
kg of protein, and increase the productivity.
5. Farmers are eager to do their part. Society and all relevant stakeholders have a shared
responsibility to help and encourage farmers to face these challenges, to improve
practices to become more sustainable and to ensure a fair income.
Emerging Issues for Discussion at Rio +20
Two new and emerging issues: drought and desertification and disaster risk reduction.
Combating Drought and Desertification
The discussions in The Convention to Combat Desertification and CSD-17 provide
strong examples of concrete actions which can help to address drought and
desertification, including:
Prepare national drought management plans and/or risk reduction strategies and
invite donors to assist developing countries in their efforts to integrate issues
related to drought and desertification into national, regional and global
sustainable development strategies and plans
Highlight the importance of integrated water resources management
Promote and implement effective national, regional and global drought
information, forecasting and early warning systems that disseminate reliable
information for communities living in drought-prone regions to enable them to
take appropriate and proactive measures, with adequate support from their
respective Governments
Promote sustainable management of soil as one means for mitigating drought
effects
Invest in research and development, robust data collection, including through
remote sensing, and information to assess and identify risk and to predict, plan
for and manage droughts across time scales from seasonal to multi-year events,
including short-, medium- and long-term events, taking into account traditional
knowledge
Enhance social and economic resilience in drought-prone communities by
encouraging mixed livestock production and cropping, the implementation of
water management schemes and the expansion of weather insurance schemes
Continue to mobilize funding for research on and development of drought-
tolerant seed varieties targeted towards national specificities
Promote sustainable land use and livelihoods, enhanced soil productivity, water
use efficiency and greater tenure security for people living in the affected areas,
including pastoralists, women, indigenous people and other vulnerable groups
Promote the rehabilitation and improved management of degraded lands,
including increased integration of pastoral and agricultural land uses and the use
of best farming and rangeland management practices
Promote sustainable water management and efficient irrigation, water
conservation and utilization of alternative water sources, including flood water
and subsurface flows
6. Expand access to appropriate technologies to assess, analyse and quantify the
nature, severity and impacts of land degradation and desertification and remedial
actions, using remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems;
Enhance regional cooperation in particular within the framework of the United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, including through its five regional
implementation annexes, and support regional initiatives and related national
programmes for combating desertification, including the environment programme
of the New Partnership for Africa‟s Development and the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme, the TerrAfrica Programme and other
regional initiatives
Disaster Risk Reduction
There is an interrelationship between climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification,
and drought. Mechanisms to create early warning systems, adapt rapidly, and
proactively manage risk are needed. They include:
Integrate policies and strategies for climate change adaptation and disaster risk
reduction, taking into account the Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005-2015:
Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters and the
Millennium Development Goals
Promote innovative technical solutions and practices, combining them with
traditional knowledge, for impact assessment, and early warning systems
Promote sustainable land-use practices, including sustainable agricultural
practices aimed at mitigating the effects of and adapting to climate change
Support the establishment of and strengthen existing disaster management
capacities at all levels, including information and early warning systems that
allow effective management of the risks associated with drought, desertification,
land degradation and the adverse impacts of climate change
Support developing countries in the development, deployment and diffusion of
technologies on mutually agreed terms, including the sharing and scaling up of
best practices and lessons learned in approaches such as sustainable
agricultural practices, and conservation and rehabilitation of vegetation cover