Preserving the environment

In our quest for improvement in the quality of life of our society we cannot ignore the fact that cities, as a basis for economic activity and income generation, use many resources and create pollution. Much attention has been drawn towards issues relating to preserving the environment; on the principle of adopting a truly holistic approach, this PIE Theme offers the opportunity to discuss such issues.

 

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Sustainability Needs Cities

The Rio+20  Summit takes place in June. Pre-conference forums and papers are being distributed widely within a variety of subject categories. The entry below is right within  PASCAL's bailiwick and especially that of Peter Kearns's new initiative on cities of sustainable opportunity  within PIE. Anyone interested in responding directly to the Rio Forum within the Stakeholders group should go to this link

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Rio 10+20: The Future We Want

A Zero-draft of the Outcome Document for the UN Rio 10+20 Conference on Sustainable Development (June 2012) has been circulated. The Rio 10+20 Conference is a follow up on the 1992 Rio Conference on Sustainable Development and will be significant in showing what has been learnt since the first Rio conference and how far countries are prepared to collaborate in addressing key sustainability issues.

Durban Declaration on Climate and Health

Relationships between climate change and health outcomes have been set out in the recent Durban Declaration on Climate and Health adopted at a conference  of health organisations and authorities.  The Declaration cites a WHO prediction that unmitigated climate change will lead to significant increases in illness and death brought on by environmental changes.

Our Brothers' Keepers

A recent article was sent to me regarding the work done by Lilia Abron, PhD, an environmental engineer and founder of PEER Consultants and PEER Africa.  While this in and of itself was not unusual, I receive articles all the time; it was the title Engineering Better Lives for Others that caught my notice.  Abron was raised with the ethic that individuals are their brothers’ keeper: a

Global Video Dialogue Series on Climate Change - Website Available

Heather Pierce has sent this note on the Global Video Dialogue Series on Climate Change which provides useful references for the Preserving the Environment theme in the PIE exchanges:

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