Point of View : Circular Economy
By: Minson, Andrew J
.
Publisher: Thane ACC LTD 2020Edition: Vol.94(1), Jan.Description: 19-23p.Subject(s): Civil EngineeringOnline resources: Click here
In:
Indian Concrete Journal - ICJSummary: The climate and biodiversity topics are currently at the forefront of the international sustainability agenda and the 17 UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) provide an underlying and more broad-based set of targets and communication framework for countries, cities and companies. In September 2019 the UN hosted their Climate Action Summit to boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In September 2020 alongside the UN General Assembly there will be the Biodiversity Leaders’ Summit ahead of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity event to finalise a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. And as for the UN SDGs, signed in 2015, these are goals for 2030 so with a decade to go, 2020 is the year for many “a decade to go” events. At the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), we are acting together with members and affiliates, on all these issues as would be expected of an organisation that has been founded by members from around the globe, to speak on behalf of the industry to global audiences. For example, GCCA was at the September 2019 UN Climate Action Summit hosting an industry event explaining commitments from the cement and concrete industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; we are gearing up to be part of international biodiversity events in 2020; and, and at our annual conference in USA in October 2020 we are addressing the theme of SDGs.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Articles Abstract Database
|
School of Engineering & Technology (PG) Archieval Section | Not for loan | 2021-2022294 |
The climate and biodiversity topics are currently at the forefront of the international sustainability agenda and the 17 UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) provide an underlying and more broad-based set of targets and communication framework for countries, cities and companies. In September 2019 the UN hosted their Climate Action Summit to boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. In September 2020 alongside the UN General Assembly there will be the Biodiversity Leaders’ Summit ahead of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity event to finalise a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. And as for the UN SDGs, signed in 2015, these are goals for 2030 so with a decade to go, 2020 is the year for many “a decade to go” events. At the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), we are acting together with members and affiliates, on all these issues as would be expected of an organisation that has been founded by members from around the globe, to speak on behalf of the industry to global audiences. For example, GCCA was at the September 2019 UN Climate Action Summit hosting an industry event explaining commitments from the cement and concrete industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; we are gearing up to be part of international biodiversity events in 2020; and, and at our annual conference in USA in October 2020 we are addressing the theme of SDGs.
Click on an image to view it in the image viewer
There are no comments for this item.