Sustainable Development

2022 ◽  
pp. 68-93
Author(s):  
Daniele Giordino ◽  
Edoardo Crocco
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Communities ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Creation

Climate change, pollutants, sustainable development, and public health have become increasingly more relevant issues that continuously get addressed and discussed by governments and entities all over the globe. Through the adoption of policies and recyclable methods, they hope to encourage and aid the responsible consumption of natural resources so as to reduce the creation of waste. Furthermore, the generation of sustainable communities is encouraged so as to safeguard and protect the population's health against the risks associated with different types of pollutants. To support SMEs in the adoption of sustainable practices, this chapter aims to introduce, guide, and provide some useful tools that can then be utilized by readers and professionals operating within SMEs to maximize the effectiveness of their sustainability approaches and tools while also providing knowledge on how the implementation of sustainable practices could be integrated within their businesses.

scholarly journals 31.D. Workshop: Sustainable public health: better individual and professional choices

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Good Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health States ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The World

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for urgent action and global partnership in order to solve the worlds' most complex problems, arguing that we cannot have good health and wellbeing or reduce inequalities without solving the consequences that come with climate change, the necessity of need for quality education and the importance of responsible consumption and production. The public health (PH) arena touches all of these problems. According to the 10 Essential Public Health Operations (EPHO) defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), PH services are meant to deliver health protection, health promotion and disease prevention to populations. In order to do that, these EPHO, and particularly EPHO3, include climate change, green health services and sustainable development as important issues to take into account when identifying current and future weaknesses in health services and PH interventions, and inform the development of new policies, programs or projects to address them. This workshop aims to provide useful insight on the current climate change situation and its impact on the populations' health across the globe; the importance of the contribution of PH in the creation of green health services; what we can do on an individual level to contribute to the achievement of the SDG; and how PH policies, programs and projects can contribute to EPHO3 and the achievement of better and sustainable population health states. This workshop provides up-to-date knowledge on what is happening in the world regarding sustainability, green health services and climate change's health impacts, which practical measures every PH professional can implement in their daily lives to improve their individual carbon footprint and contribute to the achievement of the SDG, as well as examples of actual PH policies, programs and projects that are evidence-based and which health professionals can apply to their work in order to be more sustainable and contribute to the achievement of EPHO3. The workshop has a 'regular workshop' format with 90 minutes total. It is separated into 3 parts, each with a different speaker (15 minutes each, with a regular presentation type format): What is happening? World overview (Teresa Garcia)What can everyone do about it? The science behind creating a habit and sustainable individual choices that contribute to the SDG (Raquel Vareda)What can Public Health do about it? Relevant PH policies, programs and projects that are evidence-based and contribute to better PH and sustainable health systems (Juan Rachadell) Between presentations there will be a 5-minute break for Q&A. In the last 30 minutes, the participants will work in small groups to discuss PH projects in which they're currently/have been involved, and they'll be asked to choose or imagine a project and present a more sustainable way of creating and applying it. All projects will be shared and commented on by every group and by the trainers of the workshop. Key messages As an individual, you will learn practical actions that you can take in order to contribute to EPHO3 and the SDGs. As a PH professional, you will learn which projects, programs and policies are currently aiming for a more sustainable world.

scholarly journals 13.D. Workshop: SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental And Health Issues ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This workshop is dedicated on SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues, as very important and actual topic. One of the characteristics of today's societies is the significant availability of modern technologies. Over 5 billion (about 67%) people have a cellphone today. More than 4.5 billion people worldwide use the Internet, close to 60% of the total population. At the same time, one third of the people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water and half of the population does not have access to safe sanitation. The WHO at UN warns of severe inequalities in access to water and hygiene. Air, essential to life, is a leading risk due to ubiquitous pollution and contributes to the global disease burden (7 million deaths per year). Air pollution is a consequence of traffic and industry, but also of demographic trends and other human activities. Food availability reflects global inequality, famine eradication being one of the SDGs. The WHO warns of the urgency. As technology progresses, social inequality grows, the gap widens, and the environment continues to suffer. Furthermore, the social environment in societies is “ruffled” and does not appear to be beneficial toward well-being. New inequalities are emerging in the availability of technology, climate change, education. The achievement reports on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also point out to the need of reviewing individual indicators. According to the Sustainable Development Agenda, one of the goals is to reduce inequalities, and environmental health is faced by several specific goals. The Global Burden of Disease is the most comprehensive effort to date to measure epidemiological levels and trends worldwide. It is the product of a global research collaborative and quantifies the impact of hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in countries around the world. This workshop will also discuss Urban Health as a Complex System in the light of SDGs. Climate Change, Public Health impacts and the role of the new digital technologies is also important topic which is contributing to SDG3, improving health, to SDG4, allowing to provide distance health education at relatively low cost and to SDG 13, by reducing the CO2 footprint. Community Engagement can both empower vulnerable populations (so reducing inequalities) and identify the prior environmental issues to be addressed. The aim was to search for public health programs using Community Engagement tools in healthy environment building towards achievement of SDGs. Key messages Health professionals are involved in the overall process of transformation necessary to achieve the SDGs. Health professionals should be proactive and contribute to the transformation leading to better health for the environment, and thus for the human population.

Sustainable diets

2011 ◽  
pp. 379-388
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public Health Nutrition ◽  
Individual Behaviour ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Sustainability and nutrition 380 Sustainable development 382 Food security 383 Climate change and obesity 384 Useful websites and further reading 388 The public health nutrition field has identified a need to encompass the inter-relationship of man with his environment (The Giessen Declaration, 2005). Ecological public health nutrition places nutrition within its wider structural settings including the political, physical, socio-cultural and economic environment that influence individual behaviour and health. As a consequence, it includes the impact of what is eaten on the natural environment as well as the impact of environmental and climate change on all components of food security, i.e. on what food is available, accessible, utilizable and stable (...

Trade and Investment Accords for Sustainable Development Goals 12–17

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-310
Author(s):  
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Investment Agreements ◽  
Trade And Investment

Chapter 21 focuses on how trade and investment agreements may contribute to international efforts to achieve SDGs 12 to 17, which address responsible consumption and production patterns (SDG 12), combatting climate change (SDG 13), conservation and sustainable use of marine resources (SDG 14), and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems (SDG 15). SDG 16, which calls for peace, justice and strong institutions for sustainable development, is also canvassed in its links to securing stability, effective governance and human rights. Finally, SDG 17, which calls on all countries to build partnerships towards achieving sustainable development, is discussed as the foundation of all the SDGs in the concluding note to this chapter, particularly given its explicit provisions on economic cooperation, trade, investment and finance.

A Cartography of Environmental Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 950-971
Author(s):  
Amy Cutter-McKenzie-Knowles ◽  
Marianne Logan ◽  
Ferdousi Khatun ◽  
Karen Malone
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Environmental Consciousness ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Education Initiatives

This chapter presents a historical and policy cartography of environmental education. It begins with a brief historical overview of significant environmental education initiatives, focusing on how they became part of a highly political and intergovernmental agenda and how the concept of sustainable development has infiltrated the field of environmental education. It then considers the neoliberal relationship between environmental education and sustainable development before providing a cartography of environmental education policies and an analysis of ‘currents’ (the complex and evolving perspectives and pedagogies) in the field. Two case studies of environmental education are discussed, namely, the Climate Change + Me project in Australia and the story of a teacher named Rose in Bangladesh who inspired environmental consciousness and sustainable practices amongst her students.

scholarly journals Integrating sustainability in professionals’ training in the field of health promotion and prevention

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Lutz ◽  
M Pasche ◽  
K Zürcher
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Public Health Training

Abstract Background Climate change poses a number of threats and challenges to our societies and has direct impacts on human health. Raising awareness and training health professionals to sustainable development represents a major strategy in order to respond to climate challenges. This article describes a teaching experience conducted in the context of a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in public health at the University of Lausanne, where students have been trained to sustainable development, through theoretical lessons and practical exercises. Objectives The integration of the topic of sustainable development in the teaching of health promotion and prevention to the students of the CAS in public health aimed to foster students' knowledge and competences in relation to this emerging topic. The main objective was to transmit concepts, methods and practical resources allowing them to incorporate sustainability into everyday health promotion and prevention practices. Results Health promotion and sustainable development share common goals and methodologies. The experience of teaching sustainability to public health students shows that these two topics can be easily integrated within a public health training, if teachers provide students with a clear theoretical and methodological framework, allowing them to make the appropriate connections between the two fields. Social determinants of health, intersectorial action and multilevel governance represent key topics that teachers can address with students in order to show the connections between public health and sustainability. Conclusions As stated in the 2019 Lancet Countdown on health and climate change, climate change is both a threat and an opportunity for our societies. While it puts health systems and professionals under considerable pressure, it also represents an opportunity to innovate and transform professional training and practices, and generate new knowledge and know-how. Key messages Training health professionals to sustainable development represents a major strategy to respond to climate change and its health impacts. In order to integrate sustainable development in public health training, teachers should provide students with a clear theoretical and methodological framework.

scholarly journals Challenges and opportunities for green economy transformation of Gabrovo District

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Nikolay Tsonkov
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
State Of The Economy ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
European Economies

The process of restructuring European economies has begun over the last decade. This process is related to the implementation of strategies and policies at all levels in the countries for sustainable development in context of climate change and reduction of natural resources usage. Logically, European course to decarbonizing economies was adopted two years ago. In this regard, it is important to monitor the transition of the economies of individual countries and regions to neutrality and what problems arise. In this sense, Bulgaria is part of this process, and it is important to develop policies, aiming to reformulate regional policy and achieving sustainable development of the Bulgarian regions. The aim of the present research is to analyze the state of the economy in Gabrovo district in the context of the concept of sustainable development and outlining the difficulties and opportunities of the local economy in the transition to neutrality. The author achieves the goal, using various approaches and research methods - systematic, territorial approaches and descriptive, comparative, statistical and other methods.

scholarly journals Environment and security: The concept of ecological and environmental security

2013 ◽  
pp. 103-118
Author(s):  
Dejana Jovanovic-Popovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Environmental Security ◽  
Ecological Security ◽  
Scientific Explanations ◽  
The Creation

The terms environmental and ecological security are often used interchangeably by both scientists and politicians, especially in Serbia. Whereas environmental security refers fundamentally to the threat of environmental degradation to political stability, ecological security refers to the creation of a condition where physical surroundings of a community provides for all its needs without diminishing natural resources. Accordingly, ecological security is embedded in the concept of sustainable development. Various trends in the development of security concept and environmental changes are presented in this paper. Finally, scientific explanations of the terms environmental and ecological security are given.

Hypothesizing a New Standard for Environmental Injunctions

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-128
Author(s):  
Kalpana S. Murari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Environmental Harm ◽  
Judicial Discretion ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Injunctive Relief ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

Environmental litigation expands into economic activities that contribute to global warming and promotes inequitable distribution of natural resources. In the context of climate change litigation, international courts have consistently held that governments need to act on climate change and strive towards sustainable development. Courts are expected to act proactively and provide long-term solutions to environmental problems and address climate change impacts by ensuring compliance of legislative norms. Courts exercise discretionary powers when granting injunctive relief that provide a threshold for courts to intervene and guide economic activities of a nation towards sustainable development. Courts need to protect the legislative intent of the executive, preserve fundamental rights of parties not present before the court while preventing any injury to the defending party by protecting their rights under law or in equity. In the absence of statutory prescriptions for testing environmental harm, courts have established standards for granting interim relief, to ensure there is no abuse of powers to grant injunctions and that such orders are not set aside on grounds of abuse of judicial discretion. This paper prescribes a single, uniform and sufficient standard that calls for ‘Natural Capital’ accounting by federal agencies and private businesses that exploit natural resources for commercial purposes. Keywords: Environmental injunctions; Natural capital; Natural Capital accounting; Injunctive relief; Precautionary principle

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