Global development goals and linkages to health and sustainability : workshop summary /

Global development goals and linkages to health and sustainability : workshop summary /

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Meeting name:Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability (Workshop) (2012 : Online)
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 79 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Language:English
Subject:
Sustainable development -- Congresses.
Sustainable development -- Health aspects -- Congresses.
Conservation of Natural Resources -- Congresses.
Environmental Health -- Congresses.
Health Status Indicators -- Congresses.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development -- Health aspects.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11210252
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Other authors / contributors:Rusch, Erin, rapporteur.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, issuing body.
ISBN:9780309288651
0309288657
9780309288644
0309288649
Notes:"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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed on April 23, 2014).
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.
Other form:Print version: Global development goals and linkages to health and sustainability. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014] 9780309288644
Table of 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.

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