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28 August 2019
This presentation discussed various nature-based solutions to restore eroded shorelines and enhance coastal resilience. It also discussed drivers of coastal erosion and the effects of sea level rise.
22 August 2019
Pakistan is a country prone to disasters: earthquakes, landslides, droughts and floods are common, while climate change is making the situation worse.
In 2014, floods devastated thousands of villages and killed hundreds of people. More than 2.5 million were displaced by the disaster. In the…
19 July 2019
Guiding principles, key challenges and risks associated in developing biodiversity offsets in infrastructure development
19 July 2019
Case examples on biodiversity offsets from Africa, USA and other countries highlighting conservation outcomes
18 July 2019
Relevance of SEA in mainstreaming environment ito development planning and decision making.
15 July 2019
Examples of ecologically sound, economically efficient and socially equitable infrastructure development around the globe
15 July 2019
Key functional attributes and ecosystem processes for consideration in the environmental impact assessment process of transport projects
28 June 2019
François Lesage, CEO of Plastic Flamingo, shared the social enterprise’s creative way to help address marine plastic pollution and post-disaster recovery—a transitional shelter made from 100% recycled plastic waste. He discussed the value of the circular economy not only for healthy oceans, but…
20 June 2019
There has been a global trend of increasing deployment of floating solar panels (floatovoltaics) on water bodies over the last few years. Drivers for this have included potential reduction in evaporation and the desire to decarbonize electricity production. Given these environmental motivations,…
20 June 2019
The need for cooling grows dramatically with rising prosperity and global temperatures. But what does that have to do with waste? 70% of the world’s waste today is dumped or landfilled without energy recovery. 2 billion tons of waste ‘wasted’ every year by 2030 correspond to 800GW of solar PV…