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Climate Change in Kenya, Kazakhstan, and Brazil: Local, integrated, systems-level
A rising tide of natural disasters in these regions call for the urgent transition to greener policies and practices globally. Mired in extreme droughts, floods, heatwaves, and forest fires, sectors like agriculture, housing, and urban infrastructure are increasingly at risk, particularly for more vulnerable populations.
A Preliminary Study Assessing Drivers of Localizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the State of Indiana through City-level Implementation
• U.S. is not on track to achieve any of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Localizing SDGs is widely supported by American public
• Developed survey to understand and compare perspectives of local level leaders in Indiana on SDGs and implementation
• Mayors across political affiliations, age ranges, and education levels support implementing SDGs
• Identified opportunities to localize SDGs in systematic way
Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals as an American Agenda through Localization, Compassion, and Youth Empowerment
Continued, principled U.S. participation and leadership at the U.N. is not simply a diplomatic politesse, but a necessary way forward to creating a safer, sustainable, more prosperous world. While the SDGs are supported by the American public—there has yet to be a systematic strategy for localizing them across all local levels of government.
Maximizing Water Recovery from Reverse Osmosis for Agricultural Brine Reuse in Kenya
Journal of Agricultural Water Management
- Kenya’s groundwater sources are often saline or contaminated, requiring desalination.
- Safe desalination brine disposal is expensive, necessitating its reuse.
- Developed framework for maximized desalination recovery for diverse brine reuse cases.
- Most limiting factors to crops and livestock are salinity and Boron.
- Groundwater brine reuse widely applicable based on data collected.
To Rebuild American Trust in the SDGs, Localize with Youth’s Help
International Institute for Sustainable Development SDG Knowledge Hub
While the SDGs aim to serve as an effective alternative to short-term thinking, they have not been framed in a way that inspires trust and effective change with the American public. Therefore, it is with greatest urgency that SDG supporters in the US – as organizations or individuals – should coordinate a localization campaign to increase local ownership of the SDGs and rebuild public trust to spur action for the Goals.
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The US Needs to Get Back on Track with Global Goals
At the midpoint, the US is behind on the Sustainable Development Goals, and is failing its youth as a consequence.
I was published for my position on the SDGs. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a column of Inkstick Media, which collaborates with Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen network, a premier group of next generation foreign policy leaders committed to principled American engagement in the world.