They also play a key role in developing local and regional food systems that support the sustainability of family farms, revitalize communities and provide places for farmers and consumers to meet.
The 3-week training workshop is followed by a one-week mission to Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, to ensure sustainability and support to complete the process on site.
Irish MEP Sean Kelly said that the key issue was to strike a balance between sustainability and support for fishing communities, with many fishermen saying that the policy is affecting their livelihoods, putting fleets across the EU out of business.
Katerva, a four-year-old nonprofit set up to recognize and support stand-out sustainability efforts around the world, has just announced its second annual awards in a competition it bills as the Nobel Prize in the broad and somewhat amorphous field of sustainability.
Katerva, a new nonprofit set up to recognize and support stand-out sustainability efforts around the world, has just announced the winner of an award competition it hopes will be like a Nobel prize in the broad and somewhat amorphous field of sustainability: Sanergy, a company that builds low-cost toilets in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya and converts the waste into fuel and fertilizer.
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It is the responsibility of the individual or corporation leasing the property held under public trust by the governing body to not only pay the monetary dues unto the community it is operating in, but also support the heritage, culture, and economic sustainability of that community.
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What are ways and means through which UNESCO and UN partner institutions can strengthen and support national research agendas for the UNDESD, and propose innovative partnerships or mechanisms through public-private funding for sustainability?
One good example for the SAI Platform from Coca-Cola is how the company has been connecting the sustainability dots between biodiversity and water in its support for wetlands projects in Europe.
The initiative will embody an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to provide early warning signals of environmental risk and change, and stimulate new research to support the transition of societies towards sustainability.
The minister said the review will make recommendations to introduce more equity, fairness and sustainability into the personal tax regime, and how to support those who need it.
Many city mayors are implementing car sharing and electric vehicle schemes for these purposes, while we see more corporations asking for electric and petrol-electric hybrid models in their fleets to support their corporate sustainability targets.
All of these projects and initiatives are part of the strategy of energy sustainability and promotion of sustainable economies fostered by the Canary Islands Government with the support of institutions such as the ITC, a pioneer in renewable energy and integrated water management, and the UNESCO Centre of the Canary Islands.
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