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Localizing SDGs in Sri Lanka and the challenges

Saja will be a panelist at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth December Dialogue We are excited to announce that Regional SDSN: South Asia‘s youth network will be hosting the SDG Dialogue for December With 4 distinguished speakers lined up for the event, join us to talk about the #SDGs! December 7 4pm IST...

Workshop on “Emerging Disaster Risks and Innovative Solutions”

A Workshop on “Emerging Disaster Risks and Innovative Solutions” Organized by Research Centre – Technology for Disaster Prevention (RC – TDP) in collaboration with District Disaster Management Centre (DDMC), Amapara Date: 03.11.2021 Time: 9.00 am to 12.00 noon Venue: Online The Vice Chancellor of #SEUSL and the Direct General of Disaster Management Centre...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG 15): ‘LIFE ON LAND’ – ENGINEERS ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY

BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED https://iesl.lk/SLEN/58/SDG.php Land is a fundamental resource for dignified human living, primarily for safer dwelling in this era. It is required for developing a number of socio-economic sectors too, such as agriculture, forestry, irrigation, plantation, and industries, apart from the need for other large-scale physical infrastructures such as...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG 14): ‘LIFE BELOW WATER’ – PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE OCEANS AND SEAS AND THE LIFE WITHIN THEM IS A VITAL TASK FOR ENGINEERS

BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED Sri Lanka has a coastline that extends over 1,700 km, with numerous coastal and marine ecosystems, which include a variety of economic activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism and ports and shipping. Such economic activities provide livelihood for more than 300,000 people through fisheries and around...

SDG 12: ‘RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION’ – ENGINEERS ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS

https://iesl.lk/SLEN/55/SDG.php BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) cuts across many sectors such as air, water and sanitation, energy and waste. It has a closer link to many sectors related to economy including food, transport, tourism, construction and health. An economic growth of a nation or a community should...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG 11): ‘SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES’ – ENGINEERS MUST ACT FAST TO GET IT RIGHT

https://iesl.lk/SLEN/54/SDG.php BY ENG. (DR.) SAJA A. A. MAJEED The pace of urbanisation across the world has been dramatic over the past century. In 1900, there were 12 cities in the world with populations over one million. Today, there are more than 900 such cities and 35 ‘mega-cities’ with more than 10 million inhabitants (Andrew...

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Vasantham – Interview on disaster resilience

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