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Local organizations that cooperated in climate action

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 Examples of Saudi organizations that cooperated in climate action SDG. Aramco was one of the Saudi companies that cooperated in the climate action SDG.  According to Climate Change | Aramco (2020), the Company’s environmental commitments are underpinned by an environmental management system, aligned to ISO 14001: 2015 standards, to manage compliance and drive environmental performance through continual improvement and an environmental master plan that provides a framework for achieving the Company’s environmental objectives. The objectives they follow are simple yet very     useful for climate action such as:   •     Waste management  •     Low carbon intensity  •     Minimizing flaring  •     Advancing local, industry, and global climate initiatives  •     Non-industrial and renewable energy  A short video showing Armco's contributions to the climate action...

The world progress on climate action

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 The world progress on climate change:  The historic Paris Agreement offers nations the chance to enhance the international response to the threat of climate change by limiting the rise in global temperature this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius and by pursuing measures to further limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It becomes effective on November 4, 2016.  The UN also keeps urging everyone involved to do something to lessen the effects of climate change. (United Nations,2019). - Using 2021 progress report, show what the world has reached until today 1- 192 parties have submitted their initial NDCs to the secretariat of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in May 2021.  2- Also in May 2021, 22 countries had submitted their national adaptation plans to the secretariat of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and 125 of 154 poor nations were in the process of preparing and executing such plans.    (United nation,2021). A...

The meaning of Climate Action

The meaning of climate action: The meaning of climate action lies in the reduction of human misuse of their planet, which has led to dire consequences.  Natural disasters have resulted in approximately 1.3 million human losses.  And caused huge economic losses amounting to 3 trillion dollars .   And animal losses as well. In Australia, kangaroos die due to the loss of their original habitat due to fires. In the Amazon rainforest, we see images of fires that have killed hundreds of millions of trees and plants so that the area described as “the lungs of the earth” becomes one of the largest sources of pollution .   These natural disasters point to the bitter reality that our climate is changing because of us, with dire consequences for humanity and the world's biodiversity .   So, we must correct our behavior towards the environment and work to preserve the only source of human prosperity .   Why is the thirteenth goal important ?   First: Bec...

The 17 sustainable goals

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    There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals and they are:   1.       No Poverty: It means everybody has sufficient money for their primary necessity. As shown in recent studies there is a strong link between poverty and disability. Poverty may cause disability through undernutrition, poor health, and difficult living conditions.  (United Nation n.d.) 2.       Zero hunger: To have effortless access to safe, nourishing, and sufficient food year-round, and end malnutrition in all its forms, as to branch out in produce, and seed. 3.       Good health and well be-being: a state of living free from any injuries and illness, to accomplish and retain good physical fitness and mental state.    4.       Quilty education: regardless of gender, color, ethnicity, or geography, centralizes on the growth of each student's social, emotional, mental, and physical cognitive...

The meaning of sustainable development

What is Sustainable Development?   Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present,  without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.  (Sustainable Development Commission n.d.)  Dimensions of Sustainable Development: 1.            Economic sustainability is a system that uses and protects human and material resources to create long-term sustainable values through optimal use and recycling. The limited natural resources must be preserved so that other  generations can meet their needs. 2.            Social sustainability, which includes the concepts of equity and empowerment, also identifies and manages the effects of the business, both positive and negative, on people. The quality of the company's relationships with stakeholders is  paramount. 3.         ...