Fact Sheet: A Year Advancing Environmental Justice

The President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children is also leading and coordinating cross-agency work to reduce pollution burdens and exposures, including lead...

EPA Strategic Plan | US EPA

El Plan estratégico AF 2022-AF2026 de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE. UU., requerido por la Ley de Modernización de Desempeño y Resultados del Gobierno de 2010 (Ley Pública 11-352), comunica la ruta a seguir para concretar las …

Sustainable Development Goals | UNEP

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 to end poverty, reduce inequality and build more peaceful, prosperous societies by 2030. The triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste is threatening the wellbeing of all people.

Environmental Protection Agency | Performance.gov

Deliver tools and metrics for EPA and its Tribal, state, local, and community partners to advance environmental justice and external civil rights compliance. 2YR Goal. Clean up contaminated sites and invest in water infrastructure to enhance the livability and economic vitality of overburdened and underserved communities. U.S. Federal Agency.

Environmental Protection | Sustainable Development Goals …

Elsevier, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 277, 20 December 2020. Reaching the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 on water and sanitation is fundamentally important and conditional to the achievement of all the other SDGs. Nonetheless, achieving this goal by 2030 is challenging, especially in the Global South.

Environmental Protection Agency | Performance.gov

Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights: Achieve tangible progress for historically overburdened and underserved communities and ensure the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income in developing and implementing environmental laws, regulations, and …

Sustainable agriculture | Sustainable Development Goals

Principle 1: Improving efficiency in the use of resources is crucial to sustainable agriculture; Principle 2: Sustainability requires direct action to conserve, protect and enhance natural resources; Principle 3: Agriculture that fails to protect and improve rural livelihoods and social well-being is unsustainable;

Environmental Protection | Sustainable Development …

Elsevier, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 277, 20 December 2020. Reaching the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 on water and sanitation is …

What the Supreme Court's EPA ruling will mean for the agency's goals

The Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate emissions. NPR's Michel Martin asks former EPA head William K. Reilly how that will impact the agency's goals.

Biden proposes toughest auto emissions rules yet to boost …

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe emissions limits that could require as much as 67% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2032 to be all-electric. The proposed ...

The EPA Wants Two Thirds of U.S. Car Sales to Be Electric by …

The Environmental Protection Agency has released draft regulations that set the stage for a huge transition to electric vehicles By Jeff Tollefson, Nature magazine on April 12, 2023 Share on Facebook

THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the...

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Greening EU Competition Law and Policy - October 2011. Introduction. This chapter and the following two chapters put forward three arguments of principle which, together and individually, support the view that environmental protection goals should play a role in EU competition policy.

Conferences | Environment and sustainable development

The SDGs with a direct connection are Goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and ...

Take Action for the Sustainable Development …

Goal 1: No Poverty Goal 1: No Poverty Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality. Read more about Goal 1 Goal 2: Zero Hunger Goal 2: Zero Hunger...

Biden looks to boost EV sales with plan to cut vehicle …

The proposal is more ambitious than President Joe Biden's 2021 goal, backed by automakers, seeking 50% of new vehicles by 2030 to be electric vehicles (EVs) or plug-in hybrids. The Biden ...

Corporate Environmental Sustainability Goals: …

Goals Pollution Prevention Resource Conservation Zero Waste to Landfill Waste Reduction / Minimization Zero Discharge Reduce Carbon Footprint, Zero Emissions Tactics Lean Manufacturing Alternative Energy …

Fact Sheet: A Year Advancing Environmental Justice

Agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), ... and emissions reductions goals across the buildings sector. Coalition members have agreed to ...

SDGs: Greater urgency needed to meet …

The SDGS are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which outlines internationally agreed targets in areas such as poverty, hunger, health, climate action, clean energy and...

Draft FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan

Strategic Goals Goal 1: Tackle the Climate Crisis Goal 2: Take Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Goal 3: Enforce Environmental Laws and …

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14 January 2023 Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities Download Read More Our work All → Features stories All → 16 June 2022 The making of the health and …

THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development

A majority of Americans support the U.S. becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Nearly seven-in-ten Americans (69%) favor the U.S. taking steps to become carbon …

How to balance economic development goals with environmental …

An international study published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice gives fast-growing nations a simple, inexpensive guide to inform planning and decision-making to help balance...

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17 Goals to Transform Our World The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet.

THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT …

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Global Environmental Protection in the 21st Century

Global Environmental Protection in the 21st Century In the past three decades, protecting the global environment has emerged as one of the major challenges in international relations. June 1, 1999 David Hunter Originally in Foreign Policy In Focus This article was published in 1999 and has not been updated since.

16 solutions for the Green Transition | United Nations in Serbia

The EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia (EU), the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today presented certificates and financial awards to the authors of 16 new business solutions to accelerate the green transition of the Serbian economy. Thanks to the EU funds, these …

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable …

The Goals and targets are the result of over two years of intensive public consultation and engagement with civil society and other stakeholders around the world, which paid particular attention to the voices of the poorest and most vulnerable. ... social development, environmental protection and the eradication of poverty and hunger. One in ...