Key to driving forward the delivery of MDGs in BiH will be two funding windows, one supporting the implementation of Local Environmental Action Plan priority projects at local level, and a second providing assistance for innovative proposals that link environmental management and poverty reduction, and provide lessons to inform further policy development at national level.
Priority environmental issues were beach erosion and a lack of a garbage collection system and designated area for garbage disposal.
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And Lib Dem environment spokesman Tom Brake promised that the party would continue to give top priority to environmental concerns.
"The plan to re-float the hull in one piece gives top priority to minimising environmental impact, to protecting Giglio's economy and tourism industry, and to maximum safety of the work, " Costa Cruises said in a statement.
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Yet a survey of 329 corporate-travel managers and business travellers published in February by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives found that only 17% of them now ranked environmental sustainability as a high priority, compared with 29% a year ago.
So this is going to be a top priority generally -- improving our environmental quality.
This is not merely an environmental issue: it is an economic and social priority.
Through the Presidential Memorandum, the President directed agencies to expedite environmental reviews and permit decisions for a selection of high priority infrastructure projects that will create a significant number of jobs, have already identified necessary funding, and where the significant steps remaining before construction are within the control and jurisdiction of the federal government and can be completed within 18 months.
Are Canadian businesses that put a priority on diversity, equality, patience, cooperation, sharing, respect and environmental stewardship putting their fingers on the pulse of who we are as Canadians?
It is likely that in the foreseeable future, sustainability will continue to get some attention in corporations, but it will not be a major focus or a top priority, and as a result corporations will not have a more positive social and environmental impact.
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