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Community-based organizations (CBOs) are required for emergency preparedness and crucial in responding to and mitigating the impact of disaster.  While government agencies and international organizations are important for disaster response, resilient communities rely on their CBOs. Community-based organizations are an ...

Community participation calls for stakeholders to assume greater responsibility for assessing the needs and obtaining solutions for the protection and sustainable development of their community.  Community participation involves contributing ideas, making decisions, and taking responsibility. Democracy calls for stakeh ...

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, which set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 169 targets and 231 unique indicators as a significant initiative towards global socioeconomic sustainability.  Governments commonly use construction as the principal means for the pol ...

Our current economic system can be considered a “linear economy”, built on a model of extracting raw materials from nature, turning them into products, and then discarding them as waste.  Currently, only 7.2% of used materials are cycled back into our economies after use.  This has a significant burden on the environme ...

We need to change the way we think about climate change in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and meet the targets set out in the Paris Agreement. Energy efficiency and switching to renewable energy is only half the story. It is vital, but would only address 55% of global emissions. To reach net-zero, we a ...