The same applies to traffic management, water systems, energy grids and more.
Little is heard from the stump about land management, water rights, nuclear waste cleanup or endangered species.
These include applying research and computing to help governments tackle challenges like traffic management, water conservation and energy use.
We focus on increasing food security, natural resource management, water and sanitation, renewable energy technologies, income generation, eco-tourism and community empowerment.
What other challenges remain? A. We need more research from universities — especially in fields that are important to us, like energy, alternative energy, resource management, water management.
C2C-certified products all go through rigorous tests for material health (that they have no negative impact on humans or the environment), material reuse, renewable energy use and carbon management, water stewardship and social fairness.
As a continuous improvement methodology, the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard evaluates products across five categories: material health, material reutilisation, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness.
James Williams Kisekka, project officer and consultant, Aidenvironment and Rain Foundation, Kampala, Uganda, @JamesWKisekka James is a natural resource management professional interested in integrated water resource management, water harvesting & biomass energy.
The categories combined efforts at setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste management, water usage, transportation and education from information submitted by the institutions via an online survey.
On its Web site, Panacom described itself as an international powerhouse: "Our activities span many industries and include food, medical products, construction, telecommunications, transportation, waste management, water treatment, sewage disposal, consumer electronics, mining, crude oil and gas exploration and development, machinery, heavy equipment and power plant design and equipment".
