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1 online resource (xiv, 79 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
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text file |
| Note |
"Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability is the summary of a public three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative between October and December, 2012. Experts within the fields of environmental and global health and members of government, academia, and civil society discussed global development goals that will focus on sustainable development to inform the Rio+20 post-2015 development agenda framework, which will likely be adopted at the September 2015 UN General Assembly. This report focuses on possible health-related measures and metrics that can be utilized for creating new Sustainable Development Goals as the Millennium Development Goals sunset in 2015, using existing measurements that can be adapted to track progress of global sustainable development and human health"--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Overview of Sustainability -- Purpose of the Webinar Series -- Structure of the Summary -- Reflecting on the Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda -- Positioning Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda -- A Perspective from Uganda: Millennium Development Goals and the Environment -- Lessons to Apply to the Post-2015 Development Agenda Process -- Health Goals and Indicators for Sustainable Development -- Bridging the Gap Between the Millennium Development Goals and Principles of Sustainable Development and Climate Change -- Joining Health and Sustainable Development Goals Through Low-Carbon Policies -- Metrics for Health, Development, and the Environment -- Links among Sustainable Development, Health Equity, and Social Justice -- Global Environmental Change and Impacts on Human Health and Social Justice. |
| Summary |
"Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability is the summary of a public three-part webinar series hosted by the Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Innovation Collaborative between October and December, 2012. Experts within the fields of environmental and global health and members of government, academia, and civil society discussed global development goals that will focus on sustainable development to inform the Rio+20 post-2015 development agenda framework, which will likely be adopted at the September 2015 UN General Assembly. This report focuses on possible health-related measures and metrics that can be utilized for creating new Sustainable Development Goals as the Millennium Development Goals sunset in 2015, using existing measurements that can be adapted to track progress of global sustainable development and human health"--Publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Congresses.
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Sustainable development. |
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Sustainable development -- Health aspects -- Congresses.
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Sustainable development -- Health aspects. |
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Conservation of Natural Resources. |
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Environmental Health. |
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Health Status Indicators. |
| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Rusch, Erin, rapporteur.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Global development goals and linkages to health and sustainability. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014] 9780309288644 (OCoLC)869266297 |
| ISBN |
9780309288651 |
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0309288657 |
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9780309288644 (paperback) |
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0309288649 (paperback) |
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