Sustainable human development program

e-Learning on Waste Management in Agribusiness

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Sustainability Model

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DAP Activities, SHDP Activities

QMS Audit 2017

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SHDP Activities

SHDP Norms

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CLGP Module 3

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PCIC Organization Review

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Emergency Preparedness Simulation Exercise

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UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action February 14, 2019
2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the international community to take effective action on climate change, General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said on Thursday, during a briefing to announce the UN’s roadmap to the Climate Summit in September.
Guterres underlines climate action urgency, as UN weather agency confirms record global warming February 6, 2019
In the wake of data released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), showing the past four years were officially the ‘four warmest on record,’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent climate action and increased ambition, ahead of his climate summit in September.
World in grip of ‘high impact weather’ as US freezes, Australia sizzles, parts of South America deluged February 1, 2019
“High impact weather” has gripped much of the world so far this year, the UN weather agency, WMO, reported on Friday, with “dangerous and extreme cold in North America, record high heat and wildfires in Australia, heavy rains in parts of South America, and heavy snow on the Alps and Himalayas.
Climate change recognized as ‘threat multiplier’, UN Security Council debates its impact on peace January 25, 2019
As climate change is increasingly recognized as a “threat multiplier” by scientists, political representatives, and civil society across the world, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on Friday to discuss its concrete impact on peace and security, and focus on tangible ways to diminish the effects of global warming.
Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’ January 24, 2019
Around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according to a new joint United Nations report – which exceeds the combined weight of all the commercial airliners ever made, or alternatively, enough Eiffel Towers to fill the whole of Manhattan.
Extreme weather hit 60 million people in 2018, no part of the world spared January 24, 2019
With some 60 million people affected by extreme weather in 2018, according to a new study, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) called for better management of the issue worldwide, in a statement published on Thursday.
Advancing multilateralism goes ‘hand-in-hand’ with work of the UN January 15, 2019
Revitalizing the United Nations to “strengthen a multilateral rule-based world order” tops a list of priorities the General Assembly President told UN Member States on Tuesday.
FROM THE FIELD: Liberia boosts efforts to guard against rising seas January 14, 2019
With rising sea levels due to climate change already affecting coastal communities in Liberia, there are fears that densely populated parts of the capital Monrovia could be submerged, unless action is taken.
In 2019, ‘reasons for hope’ in a world still on ‘red alert’: UN chief Guterres December 29, 2018
Last year, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued “a red alert” over a range of dangers confronting the world, which “still persist” as 2019 looms: “These are anxious times for many, and our world is undergoing a stress test,” the UN chief said on Saturday in his message for the New Year.
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Fighting drought with Somalia’s sand dams December 25, 2018
The construction of sand dams which retain water above and below sand bars, is improving access to water supplies for people in Somalia as the country continues to weather periods of damaging drought.