Green Project Management
DECEMBER 21, 2015
This post is intended to provide the foundational concepts around organizational sustainable risk management factors. This post also recommends adopting sustainable risk management as a core discipline within sustainable change delivery. This is part of a series that provides the foundation for understanding sustainable change delivery. “It is far better to grasp the universe as […].
Daniel Burrus
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
When it comes to the future of your industry, how secure do you feel, not only in your position, but in your career, your abilities, as a whole? The era in which a professional could go to school for a specific skill or trade, develop his or her acumen and skills, and stick with that skill set to establish and grow a career until retirement has passed.
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Sustainable Development Network
DECEMBER 14, 2015
SDSN-Amazonia in partnership with SDSN Global organized Amazon Solutions Day during COP 21 in Paris on December 7th at the Columbia Global Center | Paris (Reid Hall). The event aimed to develop a common vision strategy for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Amazon region, as well as financing mechanisms. Several experts in sustainable development participated including WWF President Yolanda Kakabadse, SDSN Director and Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-Genera
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 14, 2015
Most people would agree that people don’t like change. I would disagree, let’s face it, babies cry until you change them. We take vacations because we want and need a change. However, we all know there is a dark side to change, the type we don’t like. In order to turn change into an advantage, it’s important to understand how to turn the negative side of change to a positive.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 19, 2015
A number of years ago, as part of an international project, I made a short list of the biggest problems the world would face over the next fifty years which included shortages of food and drinking water to name a few. Then I researched what would be needed to solve all of these problems, and I came to an interesting conclusion. The one common thread that connected all of the solutions was energy.
Daniel Burrus
JULY 17, 2015
There’s incredible value in foresight — in business, in government, but most of all, in your personal life. And nothing’s more intrinsically, existentially valuable than foresight about your own health. If you could know what will happen to your body based on the way you treat it now, along with your genetic profile, would you make lifestyle changes to prevent those problems from happening?
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Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 6, 2015
It doesn’t matter what you do for a living — whether you work in medicine or retail, law or construction, whether you’re a software engineer or a writer — there’s an art and science to just about every career imaginable. Every profession has its scientific aspects, those more mechanical facets and rules and methods you absolutely must know to excel within your industry.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 12, 2015
Much like every other prominent industry, the medical field is becoming inexorably digitized. Digital disruption and transformation within the healthcare profession is a Hard Trend — something that will happen, something we can count on seeing in the future. But these developments aren’t exactly futuristic, far-off advancements; we’re starting to see them in our everyday lives and they’re already improving the quality of healthcare we as patients can expect to receive.
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 21, 2015
Data analytics is the science of extracting patterns, trends, and actionable information from large sets of data. While often used interchangeably with the term “business intelligence,” it’s useful to distinguish the terms. Think of business intelligence as the ways in which companies use data to improve their management and operations. Data analytics involves improving your ways of making sense of that data before acting on it; further still, you can slice and dice the data to extract insights
Sustainable Development Network
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
On November 24, 2015, SDSN Spain (Red Española para el Desarrollo Sostenible – REDS) launched a Declaration with all p olitical parties in Spain to publicly commit to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda before the national elections on December 20. The Declaration was presented in a public event by the Chairs of SDSN Spain/REDS, Miguel Angel Moratinos and Teresa Ribera.
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Sustainable Development Network
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
On November 11-12, SDSN Turkey (hosted by Bogaziçi University) convened a two-day high level workshop on the role of SDGs in the G20. On November 11-12 — only two months after Heads of State and Government gathered in New York to approve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one week ahead of the G20 meeting in Atalya, Turkey, and two weeks before the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris — SDSN Turkey (hosted by Bogaziçi University) convened a two-day high level workshop on the role of SDGs
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 20, 2015
MEDIA ADVISORY What the Sustainable Development Goals Mean for G20 Countries A high-level workshop ahead of G20 – Turkey 2015 November 11 and 12, 2015 Bogaziçi University – Istanbul, Turkey On September 25, 2015, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York to adopt the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a 15 year agenda calling upon countries at all development states to join efforts in realizing economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection.
Sustainable Development Network
OCTOBER 21, 2015
The Thematic Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems had a busy October! On October 8th and 9th, 2015, the country teams for the solutions initiative National Transformation Pathways for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems met in New York City, USA, to share their past work and chart next steps. Participants discussed the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September, how to bring additional stakeholders (including youth) into the process, and methodology.
Sustainable Development Network
SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
On September 21-25, SDSN hosted its second capacity development workshop for National and Regional Network managers, with the support of GIZ. This workshop gave the opportunity to ten SDSN network managers to meet in person, discuss projects and potential collaborations, and share lessons learned. The managers also met the SDSN Secretariat to learn more about the work of SDSN at the global level.
Speaker: Hortense Grouvel
In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op
Sustainable Development Network
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
By Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs | September 22, 2015 Land rights, both for individuals and for communities, are critical for achieving sustainable development. Security of land tenure and other rights to the land (sometimes held communally rather than individually) can accelerate poverty reduction, strengthen food security, and empower women.
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 31, 2015
The Laudato si’ Encyclical, a letter from Pope Francis which highlights the moral dimensions of climate change, was recently presented at two events in the Amazon region. These events brought together academia, civil society, government, religious leaders, and indigenous communities. The first event took place on August 16 in the Kambeba village, located in Três Unidos community, a Rio Negro Area of Ambiental Protection (APA).
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 24, 2015
SDSN and our partners are hosting a series of exciting events in New York, in and around the UN General Assembly (UNGA 70) and the Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. For more information on any of these events and to express your interest in participating please write to the SDSN Secretariat focal point, listed below. Please direct all media inquiries to Kathy Zhang.
Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 5, 2015
By Aadra Gunashekar I say sustained growth because episodic growth is not enough to cause development. Development is an intergenerational reality. It requires a sufficiency of growth for a prolonged period of time to bring real people-centered development. – Dr. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis, speaking at the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) meeting held on June 18-19, 2015.
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Sustainable Development Network
AUGUST 5, 2015
Just a few hours after consensus was reached in New York on the SDG outcome document, SDSN Philippines was launched in Manila on Monday, August 3. Just a few hours after consensus was reached in New York on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outcome document, SDSN Philippines was launched in Manila on Monday, August 3. Over 300 participants from the universities, civil society, the private sector, the Philippine Government, and the international community welcomed the new network which uni
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 24, 2015
On July 21-22, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the SDSN, convened a 2-day high-level event at the Vatican in Rome, bringing together more than 60 mayors from the world’s major urban centers to showcase the modern challenges facing cities and to demonstrate the bold leadership of cities and local governments in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 24, 2015
L TO R: MR. KOURAICHI SAID HASSANI, MS. FATOUMATA DEMBELE, DR. BOUNA NIANG, AND MS. MARILINE DIARA DURING THE PANEL ON "ADAPTING THE SDGS TO SENEGAL" From July 22-24, the Senegalese Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development hosted the First National Conference on Sustainable Development. The theme for this inaugural edition of the conference was “Sustainable Cities and Territories.
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 21, 2015
Sustainable Cities: Empowering People, Enabling Prosperity and Protecting the Planet A Special Symposium of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on Cities and the Sustainable Development Agenda VATICAN, July 22, 2015 – In September 2015 the world’s governments will agree upon a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Sustainable Development Network
JULY 17, 2015
On July 22, 2015, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences bring together mayors from some of the world's major urban centers - including New York, Vancouver, Istanbul, New Orleans, Rome, Seoul, Bogota, San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, Accra, Stockholm, Sao Paulo, Kingston, Johannesburg, Algiers - to discuss the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable Development Network
JULY 1, 2015
The Andean chapter of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was launched by Rafael Correa Delgado, President of the Republic of Ecuador and Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, on June 29, 2015 in Quito, Ecuador. The Andean Network is committed to supporting the Andean region to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to identify and promote Solution Initiatives aimed at addressing sustainable development challenges.
Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 10, 2015
On June 8-10, 2015, the SDSN co-hosted a meeting with Mistra Urban Futures in Gothenburg, Sweden, with numerous members of the UrbanSDG Campaign in attendance. The objective of the meeting was twofold: i) to gauge the feasibility and challenges of operationalizing the SDGs at the local scale, beginning with monitoring challenges of the proposed indicator framework for Goal 11, and ii) to take stock of how best to mobilize the urban community and the UrbanSDG campaign’s political capital behind t
Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 3, 2015
On June 1-3, 2015, the SDSN hosted a professional training program for the managers of seven National and Regional SDSNs and four members of SDSN Youth at the Columbia Global Center in Paris. This program is the result of SDSN’s collaboration with GIZ and delved into topics such as the assessment of needs, network management, and outreach strategies for the SDSN Networks.
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Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 4, 2015
June 4, 2015, PARIS – Today the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launched its global youth initiative, SDSN Youth. The role of youth in the development discourse is a crucial game changer. Laurence Tubiana, Co-Chair of the SDSN Leadership Council and Special Representative to the French Government on the 2015 Climate Conference, highlighted young people’s potential impact during the event.
Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 2, 2015
On June 1-2, 2015, the Spanish SDSN ( REDS: Red Española para el Desarrollo Sostenible) held an inception workshop to kick off the debate on the implication of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Spain. The first session focused on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the SDGs to be adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Day 1: Opening Presentations Read Miguel Ángel Moratinos’ reflections on the Spain SDSN Workshop.
Sustainable Development Network
JUNE 3, 2015
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) jointly hosted a consortium meeting of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) on May 28-29, 2015 in Paris, France. The workshop brought together participants from each of the 16 country teams that are currently represented in the DDPP, namely: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa
Sustainable Development Network
MAY 29, 2015
On May 6-7, 2015, the SDSN Australia/Pacific Network organized a major workshop in Melbourne, which called on the Australian Government to recognize the relevance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Australia and initiate a cross-sectoral dialogue to develop a national SDGs implementation plan. The workshop was one of two recent high-profile events undertaken by SDSN Australia/Pacific, which is hosted by Monash Sustainability Institute at Monash University, to consult with key stak
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