CIVE 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sustainable Development Goals, Water Security, Food Security
19 Apr 2019
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Sustainable development goals: thriving lives and livelihoods, sustainable food security, sustainable water security, universal clean energy, healthy and productive ecosystem, governance for sustainable societies. Increase revenue: decrease costs: reducing materials, energy and water use and waste (long terms, risk (oil spill in water system, criteria for investment, qualified personnel, corporate reputation and brand value. Sustainability principles: balancing or harmonizing between three pillars, aims long-term (entire lifespan, local and global developments, consuming income, not capital, transparency and accountability, ethics. Vision 2050 (required reading: wbcsd (world business council for sustainable development), 29 companies in 20 countries, pathway: requires fundamental changes -- living well and within the limits of the planet. Pathway summary: turbulent teens, transformation time, people"s values, material living standards, health, education, people are living longer now. Energy mix to reduce co2: somehow level off, stay around 32g ton every years (at 2016 32. 1gt) When they produce more, they should pay more for that.
