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Author : Bruce Ross-Larson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Harnessing Technologies for Sustainable Development written by Bruce Ross-Larson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Harnessing technologies for sustainable development in Africa. Fifth annual Peter Doherty Distinguished Lecture written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia Walker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119541840
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development Goals written by Julia Walker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Finance, Technology and Law Reform Achieving the SDGs requires a fundamental rethink from businesses and governments across the globe. To make the ambitious goals a reality, trillions of dollars need to be harnessed to mobilise finance and accelerate progress towards the SDGs. Bringing together leaders from the World Bank, the financial and business sectors, the startup community and academia, this important, topically relevant volume explains what the SDGs are, how they came about and how they can be accelerated. Real-world case studies and authoritative insights address how to direct investment of existing financial resources and re-align the global financial system to reflect the SDGs. In depth chapters discuss how financial institutions, such as UBS Wealth Management, Manulife Asset Management and Moody’s Rating Agency are supporting the SDGs. The opportunities arising from Blockchain, Big Data, Digital Identity and cutting-edge FinTech and RegTech applications are explored, whilst the relevance of sustainable and transparent global supply chains is underscored. Significant attention is paid to law reform which can accelerate progress of the SDGs through SME Financing, Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer Lending and tax restructuring. To achieve the ‘World We Want’, much needs to be done. The recommendations contained within this book are critical for supporting a fundamental shift in thinking from business and governments around the world, and for building a more just and prosperous future for all.
Author : Peter Doherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Harnessing Technologies for Sustainable Development in Africa written by Peter Doherty and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Homi Kharas
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815739664
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Breakthrough written by Homi Kharas and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harnessing technology for a better future At a time when many people worry about stalled progress on the economic, social, and environmental challenges of sustainable development, Breakthrough is a reminder that the promise of a better future is within our grasp, across a range of domains. It will interest anyone who wonders about the world’s economic, social, and environmental future.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (228 download)
Download or read book Harnessing Technology for Sustainable Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia Walker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119541816
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development Goals written by Julia Walker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Finance, Technology and Law Reform Achieving the SDGs requires a fundamental rethink from businesses and governments across the globe. To make the ambitious goals a reality, trillions of dollars need to be harnessed to mobilise finance and accelerate progress towards the SDGs. Bringing together leaders from the World Bank, the financial and business sectors, the startup community and academia, this important, topically relevant volume explains what the SDGs are, how they came about and how they can be accelerated. Real-world case studies and authoritative insights address how to direct investment of existing financial resources and re-align the global financial system to reflect the SDGs. In depth chapters discuss how financial institutions, such as UBS Wealth Management, Manulife Asset Management and Moody’s Rating Agency are supporting the SDGs. The opportunities arising from Blockchain, Big Data, Digital Identity and cutting-edge FinTech and RegTech applications are explored, whilst the relevance of sustainable and transparent global supply chains is underscored. Significant attention is paid to law reform which can accelerate progress of the SDGs through SME Financing, Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer Lending and tax restructuring. To achieve the ‘World We Want’, much needs to be done. The recommendations contained within this book are critical for supporting a fundamental shift in thinking from business and governments around the world, and for building a more just and prosperous future for all.
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ISBN 13 : 9780930357634
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (576 download)
Download or read book Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309180473
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-05-18 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes a workshop organized by the National Academies' Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. The workshop brought together a select group of program managers from the public and private sectors to discuss specific cases of linking knowledge to action in a diverse set of integrated observation, assessment, and decision support systems. Workshop discussions explored a wide variety of experiments in harnessing science and technology to goals of promoting development and conserving the environment. Participants reflected on the most significant challenges that they have faced when trying to implement their programs and the strategies that they have used to address them successfully. The report summarizes discussions at the workshop, including common themes about the process of linking knowledge with actions for sustainable development that emerged across a wide range of cases, sectors, and regions.
Author : Rune Westergård
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319609130
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book One Planet Is Enough written by Rune Westergård and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book offers a compelling sketch of how technological advances have shaped humankind’s evolution and how they can unlock ways to combat climate change and environmental threats. It also reveals new perspectives on climate change and sustainable development by harnessing technology. Given today’s conditions, only a homeless vegan could achieve a sustainable ecological footprint. In reality, it would be impossible, and even destructive, to attempt to save the planet by discontinuing consumption. It would disrupt evolution and threaten the driving forces of the technology that is our hope for combating climate change and environmental threats in the future. This is the opinion of Rune Westergård, engineer, entrepreneur, and environmental debater, with several decades of experience from the field of environmental and energy technology. He challenges many established truths on consumption and sustainability and demonstrates how and why they are flawed. From his point of view, both continued global growth and increased welfare are entirely possible within the ecological limitations of our planet. Once we learn to put technology to our best advantage, one planet will be enough.
Author : South African Association for Food Science & Technology
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (839 download)
Download or read book Harnessing Food Science & Technology for Sustainable Development written by South African Association for Food Science & Technology and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United Nations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789211129250
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Technology and Innovation Report 2018 written by United Nations and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Technology and Innovation Report 2018: Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development notes that change is becoming exponential thanks to the power of digital platforms and innovative combinations of different technologies that become possible every day. This opens exciting possibilities for the democratization of frontier technologies to materialize in development solutions. The Report proposes strategies and actions, some of them based on existing experiences in STI policy for development, and some more innovative ones to make technology an effective means of implementation of our common development agenda – nationally and globally. The Report also suggests that countries develop policies to help people navigate the transition period that lies ahead. This may require that stakeholders adapt the social contract to the new world that frontier technologies are forming. ... Most crucially, there is an urgent need for a sustained effort by the international community to ensure that the multiple gaps in technological capabilities that separate developed and developing countries are closed. Investment in hard and soft infrastructure and human capital, complemented by a scaled up, coherent and accelerated effort to enhance innovation systems for sustainable development are necessary to spread the economic, social and environmental benefits of frontier technologies. By providing a platform for policy dialogue and experience-sharing, and through our capacity-building programmes, UNCTAD and the UN Commission for Science and Technology for Development, which we service, have an international policy role to fulfil in the development of the global response to those challenges. Our intention is that the Technology and Innovation Report 2018 will help launch a dialogue about how to harness technology for the achievement of the SDGs and in larger and more profound sense, the shared future of the people of the world." -- Publisher's website.
Author : Ademola A. Adenle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019094952X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals written by Ademola A. Adenle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all," researchers and policy makers highlighted the importance of targeted investment in science, technology, and innovation (STI) to make tangible progress. Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals showcases the roles that STI solutions can play in meeting on-the-ground socio-economic and environmental challenges among domestic and international organizations concerned with the SDGs in three overlapping areas: agriculture, health, and environment/energy. Authors and researchers from 31 countries tackle both big-picture questions, such as scaling up the adoption and diffusion of new sustainable technologies, and specific, localized case studies, focusing on developing and middle-income countries and specific STI solutions and policies. Issues addressed include renewable energy, automated vehicles, vaccines, digital health, agricultural biotechnology, and precision agriculture. In bringing together diverse voices from both policy and academic spheres, this volume provides practical and relevant insights and advice to support policy makers and managers seeking to enhance the roles of STI in sustainable development.
Author : United Nations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789211130201
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Harnessing Blockchain for Sustainable Development written by United Nations and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an increasingly digitalized economy and society, the security and accountability of data transactions are critical elements for creating trust and enabling breakthrough innovations in the digital world. In this regard, blockchain technology could be a game-changer, with the potential to revolutionize processes from finance to pharmaceutical industries, from public services to humanitarian work and development aid. The blockchain serves as the base technology for cryptocurrency, enabling open (peer-to-peer), secure and fast transactions. It can be used in many applications that could contribute to sustainable development. This publication explores how blockchain is potentially a key technology in a new technological paradigm of increasing automation and integrating physical and virtual worlds. Similar moments in the past technological revolutions offered windows of opportunity for some developing countries to catch up and others to forge ahead. Therefore, governments of developing countries should seek to strengthen their innovation systems to strategically position themselves to benefit from this new wave of technological change.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428920617
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on the role of science and technology in sustainable development written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shamshad Akhtar
Publisher : UN
ISBN 13 : 9789211207187
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific written by Shamshad Akhtar and published by UN. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study calls for governments to put in place action-orientated science, technology and innovation (STI) programmes aligned to development strategies to meet the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It proposes a conceptual framework for STI that is bound by the principles of openness, inclusivity and collaboration, and moves the focus beyond the economic to integrate the social and environmental pillars of sustainable development. The Study concludes by recommending areas for action by Member States to create an enabling environment for STI, fully integrating the three pillars in to STI policy, and to facilitate regional STI collaboration.
Author : Jean-Claude Bolay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319006398
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Technologies for Sustainable Development written by Jean-Claude Bolay and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst scientific research can be crucial in guiding innovation and development throughout the world, it can be too detached from real world applications, particularly in developing and emerging countries. Technologies for Sustainable Development brings together the best 20 papers from the 2012 Conference of the EPFL-UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development with the aim to explore and discuss ways to link scientific research with development practices to assist practitioners and reply directly to social needs. In order for technologies to be adopted it is not sufficient that they are low cost and affordable but also socially, culturally and environmentally accepted by the intended users. Technologies for Sustainable Development aims to explore and answer the following three questions: • What is an appropriate technology? • How can we ensure a sustainable, integrated development? • What are the conditions for co-creation and transfer of such technologies? Focusing on the importance of improving working relationships between stakeholders; researchers and decision-makers; between scientists and industrial sectors; between academics and the population; Technologies for Sustainable Development opens a dialogue necessary to create and implement the best solutions adapted to social demands.
