XIV SDE Seminar Series towards
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health – SDE - PAHO/WHO
JOINT SEMINAR WITH THE
Global Sustainable Development and Environmental Health:
A conversation around the 2012
9 May 2012 – Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm - EDT (
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(In English with simultaneous translation to Spanish)
Website PAHO/WHO
“………….Sustainable paths have the potential to bring enormous public health benefits. A recent series of studies in the Lancet concluded, for example, that appropriate climate mitigation strategies had the potential for mostly beneficial, independent effects on health, but noted that the potential value of these health co-benefits had not “been given sufficient prominence in international negotiations”
The significant benefits to human health that sustainable development offers, however, are often not quantified. A shared agreement on how best to quantify human health measures would allow countries to both monitor health impacts of development and to add human health to their sustainable development agenda.
This consideration is crucial as the population of the planet passes seven billion on its way to nine billion by 2050. The paths towards poverty and hunger eradication and the provision of clean water, adequate energy, and safe shelter must be increasingly steered towards environmental and social sustainability—the crucial pieces of sustainable development. Further, rapid urbanization and technological development bring the risk of adverse unintended consequences, which can have significant impacts on human health such as heightened levels of environmental exposures and non-communicable disease burdens.
To inform the discussion at the upcoming
The health benefits of tackling climate change The Lancet:
http://bit.ly/KAfMqX
Agenda
11:00 am Opening: Luiz Augusto Galvão (moderator)
Area Manager, Sustainable Development and Environmental Health, Pan American Health Organization
11:05 am Overview of How Health Contributes to Advances in Sustainable Development and Economic Growth
Maria Neira, Director, Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization
11:25 am There is an Investment in Health also an Investment in Development?
Akiko Maeda, Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank
11:45 pm Discussion (participants are encouraged to use the chat panel to send comments)
12:10pm Tracking Health-Related Goals and Indicators for Sustainable Development
John M. Balbus, Senior Advisor for Public Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
12:25 pm Discussion (participants are encouraged to use the chat panel to send comments)
12:50 pm Visionary Piece and Wrap-up
Frank Loy, U.S. Representative to the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
1:00 pm ADJOURN
How to participate
In person: This event is free and open to the public
PAHO/WHO
525 23rd ST NW
Washington DC, 20037 Room 1017 – 12h to 13h Eastern Time (WDC)
Online: via Elluminate link:
- Spanish room: www.paho.org/virtual/SeminariosSDE
- English room www.paho.org/virtual/SDESeminars
SDE Seminar Series towards
The SDE Seminar series will happen every Wednesday from February 8 to June 13th.
All Seminars will be live streamed, and open for participation in person at the PAHO/WHO headquarters, or via Elluminate. Some of the Seminars will be in English, others in Spanish.
For those who cannot follow the live seminar, we will have it available later at PAHO Rio+20 Toolkit at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS
Sustainable Development Indicators
No.13 Health at the heart of Sustainable Development Indicators
Economic – social aspects Non Communicable Diseases
No.12 Economic and social aspects of Non Communicable Diseases NCDs
Non Communicable Diseases
No.11 Non Communicable Diseases and Sustainable Development
Workers health
No.10 Green Economy /Green Jobs: Health Risks & Benefits
http://bit.ly/IhCwK2
Regional Experiences
No. 9 The Voice and Experience of the Caribbean Islands towards SD
http://bit.ly/HGvKCh
Road Safety
No. 8 Road Safety and Public Transportation towards Sustainable Development:
an agenda for health for
http://bit.ly/IS7rAH
Globalization
No. 7 Globalization and Health Equity towards Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/HJ0PTT
Civil Society
No. 6 The Voices of Civil Society - Creating the Healthy Future
http://bit.ly/HRsJyd
Working Environments
No. 5 Employment and working conditions for Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/ILtlHE
The Environment
No. 4 Amazon Region: Environment and Health in the Context of Sustainable Development
http://bit.ly/IlMMmK
Climate Change
No. 3 Climate Change and health in the context of
http://bit.ly/J7NLFJ
Water
No. 2 Water and Sanitation
http://bit.ly/HP7kGw
Sustainable Development
No. 1 Public Health Challenges
http://bit.ly/Iv3LWW
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