Sustainable Development
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Our Work:Sustainable Development is an underlying theme of all the Foundation's work in the focus countries and in the UN and related organizations an conferences. PPAF was connected to events at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development and participated in steps leading up to the International Agreement on Climate Change adopted in Paris in December of 2015.
The Foundation continues active involvement in these matters in project work research and presentations. |
Background:On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years.
For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and individuals. Here is a list of actions that anyone can take in their everyday life to contribute to a sustainable future. |
Energy and Climate Action: Tools for the Post-2015 Agenda- Aug. 29, 2014
PPAF organized a seminar entitled “Energy and Climate Action: Essential Tools for the Post-2015 Development Agenda” as part of UN Department of Information / Non-Governmental Organizations conference “2015 and Beyond: Our Action Agenda.”
The UNA-USA Southern New York State Division (UNA-SNY) and its Energy Project were co-sponsors, along with the United Nations Association of the USA, the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development and the Batey Relief Alliance. The full conference, August 27-29, drew over 3,000 participants. Moderated by D. Stillman, panelists included: (1) Tapio Kanninen, PhD, "Crisis of Global Sustainability," (2) George Garland, DBA, "Climate Policy: The U.S. and the UN," (3) Amy Parekh Mehta, Esq. "Climate Change and Energy Issues as seen in the Sustainable Development Goals," and (4) Vadim Belikov, MA, "Involving Social Entrepreneurs for Solutions in Energy and Climate Action." |
Video on Ethanol Fuel & Cookstoves in Haiti- June 2014
Posted on the website homepage is a video that summarizes the work and findings of PPAF’s consulting assignment for the Inter-American Development Bank a few months ago. This illustrates how Haiti’s poverty, respiratory disease, and environmental problems relate to burning wood and charcoal for family cooking and small businesses, and the possibilities for fuel ethanol from Haitian sugarcane. PPAF and associated organizations are currently developing further action steps to address these issues.
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Cooperation with the Batey Relief Alliance- June-August 2014
With its focus on the impoverished Haitian and Dominican inhabitants of what began as migrant labor camps for sugarcane workers (i.e., bateyes) in the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) and PPAF have a natural affinity, drawn by humanitarian concerns and a desire to promote agribusiness, health and better living conditions at the community level.
During June-August 2014 cooperation included these: (1) PPAF arranged for the host of Global Connections TV, Bill Miller, to interview BRA’s CEO Ulrich Gaillard at the UN. (2) PPAF interns and volunteers prepared English and French translations for a BRA video that was originally recorded in the D.R. in Spanish. (3) PPAF provided an intern to work for two months in a BRA animal husbandry program focused mainly on raising and selling pigs in batey communities. (4) PPAF co-sponsored and moderated a BRA seminar at the UN Department of Public Information / NGOs conference on August 27 at UN Headquarters. This featured the video on BRA’s work. |
UN & Sustainable Development-
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Goldmining Panel Discussion-
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Sustainability Dialogue in AZ-
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CTAUN Conference at UN-
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Jacmel Workshop re Haitian Construction- Jun 2010
PPAF partnered with the Haitian-American investment group SImACT to hold the Workshop "Reconstruction and Business Opportunities in Southern Haiti" at the Cap Lamandou Hotel in historic, damaged Jacmel Haiti, on June 12-13, 2010.
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Roundtable of Partners of Madagascar- Jun 2008
PPAF board members participated in June 2008 at the Roundtable of Partners to the Madagascar Action Plan, which had jointly been prepared by the Government, the World Bank, UNDP and other major donors. PPAF met with senior government and business representatives.
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Early Work in Madagascar-
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