POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS There are solutions to address the challenges mentioned above by promoting smart city development models and combining technological evolution and effective governance that can lead to improvements in the quality of life and in the sustainable use of resources (Al […]
ENERGY COMMUNITIES In developed countries, there are clear benefits in supporting energy communities, especially when they are designed to allow vulnerable households to have a say in the main services the community plans to prioritise. “Community energy” is a decentralised energy system […]
WHAT IS “CLEAN-IT” AND “SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN”? With the introduction of digital applications to almost every imaginable aspect of human life, we can expect a dramatic increase in the use of digital technologies. At the beginning of the massive roll-out of such […]
1. EXTENDING THE FOCUS OF SDG4 TO INTERLINKED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL FIELDS SUCH AS HIGHER EDUCATION DIPLOMAS Rationale The interlinking among SDG4, SDG8 and SDG13, and their applicability to SDG11, is emerging as a growing topic within the UN debates, and confirmed […]
COMPLEMENTING THE DSSI WITH A PRIVATE-PUBLIC FUNDING MECHANISM FOR SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY There have been calls by the official sector and others for private sector involvement in the DSSI. However, rescheduling debt service on DSSI-comparable terms would result in losses to a diverse […]
The authors recommend, as part of an integrated and holistic approach, a) developing more resilient food systems based on more efficient and sustainable primary production, food processing and distribution, integrated in the territory, and b) identifying alternative sources of food biomass (terrestrial […]
PROPOSAL 1 Policy measures are required to build on the idea of the 4Rs of the circular carbon economy (CCE) reduce, reuse, recycle and remove for the efficient management of carbon emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). RATIONALE HDVs account for 40% of […]
OVERVIEW OF INVESTMENT FACILITATION INITIATIVES Discussions on investment facilitation policies are underway at the subnational, national, bilateral, regional and multilateral levels. Almost every country has a national investment promotion agency (IPA). In addition, subnational investment facilitation has grown as investment facilitation may […]
Proposal 1. Improvements in measurement of sustainable practices in crop production. Increase the productivity and total food availability must be necessarily achieved while taking into account the impact of the production systems on climate change and natural resources sustainability. These purposes require […]