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Sustainable Development Goals SDG

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In 2022, 2.2 billion people didn't have access to safely managed drinking water (source). You'd think doing something about that would be our priority, but no.

(Btw, here's the full article by The Standard shown in the screenshot. It's worth checking out for more details, including a few measures that tech companies could or are planning to take to tackle the problem.)

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🚽 World Toilet Day (November 19th) shines a light on one of the most pressing global challenges: access to proper sanitation. According to UNICEF and WHO, nearly 60% of the world’s population — or around 4.5 billion people — still lack access to a safe toilet.

This lack of basic sanitation has severe impacts on health, dignity, and equality. Mohammad Alothman, the founder and CEO of AI Tech Solutions, says that this World Toilet Day can serve as a call to action to raise awareness about the sanitation crisis and encourage global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 — sanitation for all by 2030.

How Can AI Help Tackle the Sanitation Crisis?

Artificial Intelligence is playing an increasingly significant role in addressing sanitation challenges, from smart toilets to waste management solutions. Here’s how AI technology is contributing to solving this global issue:

💡 Smart Toilets for Health Monitoring:

AI-powered toilets are being developed to detect early signs of health issues such as infections, diabetes, and kidney problems. These toilets can analyze urine and stool samples, sending alerts to users and healthcare providers for proactive care. Experts like Mohammad Alothman highlight how these innovations can improve individual health monitoring and make sanitation smarter and more efficient.

🌍 AI for Waste Management and Recycling:

AI-driven systems are revolutionizing waste disposal by optimizing waste management routes, identifying recycling opportunities, and predicting waste patterns. According to AI Tech Solutions, using AI to streamline waste collection reduces landfill waste and supports sustainable, efficient sanitation systems, especially in underdeveloped regions.

💡 Waterless Toilet Technology:

AI plays a key role in the development of waterless toilets, essential for areas with limited access to clean water. These toilets, powered by AI algorithms, treat waste without the need for water, conserving resources and improving hygiene in remote locations.

Mohammad Alothman and AI Tech Solutions agree that integrating AI into sanitation systems is a game-changer for achieving SDG 6. These technologies not only improve sanitation but also enhance health outcomes, reduce waste, and foster sustainable living.

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🚽 World Toilet Day (November 19th) shines a light on one of the most pressing global challenges: access to proper sanitation. According to UNICEF and WHO, nearly 60% of the world’s population — or around 4.5 billion people — still lack access to a safe toilet.

This lack of basic sanitation has severe impacts on health, dignity, and equality. Mohammad Alothman, the founder and CEO of AI Tech Solutions, says that this World Toilet Day can serve as a call to action to raise awareness about the sanitation crisis and encourage global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 — sanitation for all by 2030.

How Can AI Help Tackle the Sanitation Crisis?

Artificial Intelligence is playing an increasingly significant role in addressing sanitation challenges, from smart toilets to waste management solutions. Here’s how AI technology is contributing to solving this global issue:

💡 Smart Toilets for Health Monitoring:

AI-powered toilets are being developed to detect early signs of health issues such as infections, diabetes, and kidney problems. These toilets can analyze urine and stool samples, sending alerts to users and healthcare providers for proactive care. Experts like Mohammad Alothman highlight how these innovations can improve individual health monitoring and make sanitation smarter and more efficient.

🌍 AI for Waste Management and Recycling:

AI-driven systems are revolutionizing waste disposal by optimizing waste management routes, identifying recycling opportunities, and predicting waste patterns. According to AI Tech Solutions, using AI to streamline waste collection reduces landfill waste and supports sustainable, efficient sanitation systems, especially in underdeveloped regions.

💡 Waterless Toilet Technology:

AI plays a key role in the development of waterless toilets, essential for areas with limited access to clean water. These toilets, powered by AI algorithms, treat waste without the need for water, conserving resources and improving hygiene in remote locations.

Mohammad Alothman and AI Tech Solutions agree that integrating AI into sanitation systems is a game-changer for achieving SDG 6. These technologies not only improve sanitation but also enhance health outcomes, reduce waste, and foster sustainable living.

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🚽 World Toilet Day (November 19th) shines a light on one of the most pressing global challenges: access to proper sanitation. According to UNICEF and WHO, nearly 60% of the world’s population — or around 4.5 billion people — still lack access to a safe toilet.

This lack of basic sanitation has severe impacts on health, dignity, and equality. Mohammad Alothman, the founder and CEO of AI Tech Solutions, says that this World Toilet Day can serve as a call to action to raise awareness about the sanitation crisis and encourage global efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 — sanitation for all by 2030.

How Can AI Help Tackle the Sanitation Crisis?

Artificial Intelligence is playing an increasingly significant role in addressing sanitation challenges, from smart toilets to waste management solutions. Here’s how AI technology is contributing to solving this global issue:

💡 Smart Toilets for Health Monitoring:

AI-powered toilets are being developed to detect early signs of health issues such as infections, diabetes, and kidney problems. These toilets can analyze urine and stool samples, sending alerts to users and healthcare providers for proactive care. Experts like Mohammad Alothman highlight how these innovations can improve individual health monitoring and make sanitation smarter and more efficient.

🌍 AI for Waste Management and Recycling:

AI-driven systems are revolutionizing waste disposal by optimizing waste management routes, identifying recycling opportunities, and predicting waste patterns. According to AI Tech Solutions, using AI to streamline waste collection reduces landfill waste and supports sustainable, efficient sanitation systems, especially in underdeveloped regions.

💡 Waterless Toilet Technology:

AI plays a key role in the development of waterless toilets, essential for areas with limited access to clean water. These toilets, powered by AI algorithms, treat waste without the need for water, conserving resources and improving hygiene in remote locations.

Mohammad Alothman and AI Tech Solutions agree that integrating AI into sanitation systems is a game-changer for achieving SDG 6. These technologies not only improve sanitation but also enhance health outcomes, reduce waste, and foster sustainable living.

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Mobilize Member States under the UN System-Wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation.

The theme of World Toilet Day 2024 is “Sanitation for Peace”, highlighting the essential role of safe toilets and sanitation systems in building a fairer, healthier and more peaceful world.

The Permanent Missions of Singapore, India, Senegal, and South Africa, with UN-Water and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), are co-hosting the event to promote World Toilet Day and its global campaign - “Toilets: A Place for Peace” - as part of overall efforts to advocate faster action to improve and protect people’s access to safely managed sanitation.

The 2024 World Toilet Day event will be used to kick-start robust discussion and advocacy initiatives on climate resilient sanitation, and mobilize Member States under the UN System-Wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation.

The event’s objectives are to:

Create awareness on climate resilient sanitation as a requirement of a peaceful and dignified life.

Generate momentum for sustained political and financial support to accelerate progress on safely managed and climate resilient sanitation towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 targets.

Identify ways to advance sanitation within the UN system.

Attendees will include Permanent Missions, experts from the UN and internatinal organizations, private sector representatives and donors.

The event will take place on Tuesday 19 November 2024, 10:00 – 12:00 EST, at the UN HQ, New York.

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Young people are true advocates of bolder steps and actions to tackle to climate crisis in our cities.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 “to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” identifies sustainable urbanization as one of the key priorities for global development. The adoption of the new Urban Agenda by the United Nations in 2016 has seen national and local governments around the world embark on a transformative path towards making SDG11 a reality.

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Remittances helps families to achieve their own Sustainable Development Goals.

By 2030, it is projected that over US$ 5 trillion will be sent home by migrants to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with much of this money going directly to rural areas where 80 per cent of the world’s poor live, face food shortages, and the impacts of climate change.

This money, sent by migrants and diaspora communities, directly supports millions of families to achieve their own Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They contribute directly to poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, small business development, gender equality, and rural economic growth.

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4th Session, 5th Joint meeting of WG on Integrated Water Resources Management & Monitoring and Assessment.

The 19th meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources management and the 19th meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment under the Water Convention will be held in Geneva. It will start on Monday, 6 May 2024 at 10.00 a.m., and end on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 at 1 p.m. The meetings of the two Working Groups are held jointly to exploit synergies in the work of the two bodies.

Watch the 4th Session, 5th Joint meeting of WG on Integrated Water Resources Management & Monitoring and Assessment!

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Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024 - Financing for development at a crossroads.

United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs

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Bringing Renewable Energy to Local Farmers.

Eco-innovative farming solutions are vital to ensuring the global reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to agriculture. Biodôme du Maroc, a small, fast-growing Moroccan company, provides local farmers with a technology that gives them access to renewable energy for on-farm use. Founded in 2013 by Dr. Fatima Zahra Beraich, Biodôme du Maroc is the first Moroccan company to specialize in the recovery of organic waste through natural treatment and environmentally friendly processes. This is to enable farmers in rural areas to produce biogas and fertilizer.

For the environment, biogas helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from abandoned organic waste and minimizes the risk of polluting waterways. This “clean” method of energy production also reduces reliance on wood as a fuel source. Biodôme du Maroc offers a range of small-scale agricultural anaerobic digesters. These digesters use a simple and innovative system to produce biogas and recover organic matter. Inside underground concrete enclosures, farmers can deposit different kinds of organic waste, such as household, plant and animal waste, which is fermented in a biological accelerator. In this process, gas is produced through methanization or anaerobic bio-digestion, where bacteria naturally break down organic matter within weeks.

By providing a technology that produces gas from organic waste, Biodôme du Maroc gives local farmers access to renewable energy for agricultural production.

Dr. Beraich currently holds six patents covering innovations that improve the efficiency and performance of Biodômeʼs bio-digesters. “The process of securing a patent means that our technology is evaluated by experts and allows us to understand just how different our inventions are from other competing technologies. This allows us to protect the inventive characteristics of our outputs,” explains Dr. Beraich. “With these patents in hand, we hope to be able to license our more recent patented innovations.” The support of the Moroccan Association for Research and Development (R&D Maroc) – part of the network of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) in Morocco – has played a critical role in the success of Biodôme du Maroc. “I learned about the TISC network at an outreach event at the University organized by the Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office,” Dr. Beraich explains. R&D Maroc helped Dr. Beraich secure seed funding and also ensured she had the help she needed to draft her patent applications, and license and access the technology she required to create and commercialize her bio-digesters. Biodôme is currently marketing its patent-protected bio-digesters in Morocco and across Africa.

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Government Initiatives Driving SDG 6 Goals in India

Discover the impactful government initiatives aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) in India, focusing on ensuring access to clean water and sanitation for all. This exploration highlights the concerted efforts towards improving water management and sanitation infrastructure to create a healthier and more sustainable future.

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Empowering India for #2030Goals | Alka Lamba on Politics, SDGs, and Public Role

Explore Alka Lamba's insights on India's path to #2030KaBharat, analyzing the roles of political parties, opposition, and the public in achieving #SDGGoals #AlkaLamba #SDGs

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Understanding Their Significance

The SDGs consist of 17 interconnected goals that cover a wide range of issues affecting humanity and the planet.   These goals include eradicating poverty, ensuring quality education, promoting gender equality, and combating climate change, fostering sustainable cities and communities, and many more. The SDGs emphasize the need for collaboration among governments, businesses, civil society organizations, and individuals to achieve these ambitious targets.

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Opening plenary (SDG Action Weekend, Mobilization Day).

As the opening to SDG Action Weekend, the opening plenary of the Saturday proceedings will emphasize the urgency of this moment. Halfway to the 2030 Deadline, we are not halfway there –many goals remain off-track and global economic, geopolitical, and environmental headwinds threaten progress in other areas.

The 2030 Agenda is a promise, not a guarantee, and humanity is in the hotseat. In the face of these challenges, participants will be reminded by speakers that transformation, at scale, is possible. We have the right tools and capabilities but now we need everyone, individually and collectively, to channel these resources more efficiently to deliver on the SDGs. This session will feature a keynote speech from a former Head of State, providing a sober reality check of the moment and emphasizing the possibility for us to achieve our promise. To close, an empowering performance from Yemi Aladewill set an uplifting tone as stakeholders head into the programming of SDG Mobilization Day.

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To maximize the SDG Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

The SDG Action Weekend will consist of the SDG Mobilization Day on Saturday, 16 September, and the SDG Acceleration Day on Sunday, 17 September at UNHQ in New York.

The SDG Mobilization Day (16 September) will create an opportunity for stakeholders from all sectors to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and mobilize towards an ambitious SDG Summit and UN General Assembly High-Level Week.

The SDG Acceleration Day (17 September) will be centred around the UN High-Impact Initiatives

The SDG Summit on 18-19 September will mark the mid point of the SDGs. It must secure the breakthroughs and momentum needed to change course and achieve the SDGs by 2030. To maximize the Summit's impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

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Closing Ceremony - World Cities Day 2024.

Closing Remarks for the Day.

31 October 2024, the Global Observance of World Cities Day to be held in Alexandria, Egypt, will be under the theme Youth leading climate and local action for cities. Young people advocate for bolder steps and actions to tackle climate crisis in our cities. It draws attention on how we can capture these bold ideas and ambitious targets and turn them into achievements.

Closing Remarks for the Day:

• Ms. Elena Panova, United Nations Resident Coordinator Egypt;

• Dr. Hesham El-Helbawy, Assistant Minister of Local Development.

Related Sites and Documents

World Cities Day 2024 Website

World Cities Day Programme

Watch the Closing Ceremony - World Cities Day 2024!