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<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WFEO is actively invested in the fulfillment of the SDGs through multiple actions undertaken by our members, Committees and Working Groups since several years.<\/p>\n
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The Working Group on Engineering and Climate Change has chosen to focus its efforts on SDG 13 (Climate Action).<\/p>\n

This theme was previously addressed by the Committee on Engineering and the Environment, prior to the October 2023 Prague General Assembly.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column]

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Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column]\n[vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_hoverbox image=”13230″ primary_title=”” hover_title=”” shape=”square” hover_background_color=”custom” css=”.vc_custom_1539523848501{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-right: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;}” hover_custom_background=”#193667″]\n

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_hoverbox][\/vc_column]\n[vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

For more information:<\/p>\n

2025<\/h4>\n

<\/i> The third edition of the webinar “The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineers” – 4 June 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The second edition of the webinar \u201cThe WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineers\u201d – 14 May<\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/h4>\n

<\/i> WFEO WG on Climate Change Webinar \u201cThe WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineers\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO at 2024 UNFCCC Conference of Parties \u2013 COP 29<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO & ICSI webinar to celebrate World Engineering Day 2024 \u2013 Inspiring collective action through communication, advocacy and best practices \u2013 the role of engineers<\/a><\/p>\n

2023<\/h4>\n

<\/i> WFEO WG on Climate Change Side event at UN Climate Change Conference COP28<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO CEE Side event at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference \u2013 \u201cEnergy and Climate Change: Global Stocktake \u2013 the Engineering Community Perspective\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> World Engineering Day webinar: Collaborative Engineering Initiatives for a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment<\/a><\/p>\n

2022<\/h4>\n

<\/i> WFEO Webinar on Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO-CEE Side event at UNFCCC COP27 \u2013 The global engineering view: Delivering an equitable, sustainable and low carbon resilient world<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO-CEE Side event at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference \u2013 Implementing Equitable, Sustainable and Climate Resilient Infrastructure & Local Adaptive Capacity<\/a><\/p>\n

2021<\/h4>\n

<\/i> “Increasing the participation of women in the climate change debate, including as leaders, is essential for a carbon-zero future” article by Marlene Kanga<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO WIE webinar on Women and Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO Webinar: HLPF 2021 \u2013 Deploying Global Youth Capacity in UN Policy and Engineering for SDG 13<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Roadmap to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals \u2013 Advancing Sustainable and Climate Resilient Infrastructure – World Engineering Day 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Launch of Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World – Engineering and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in a Small Island Developing State<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Engineering Leaders Podcasts 2021 \u2013 European climate action with Milda Pladaite<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Engineering Leaders Podcasts 2021 \u2013 Small islands engineering with Genna Bangaroo<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)<\/a><\/p>\n

2020<\/h4>\n

<\/i> World Engineers Symposium<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO position to the build-back-better call for arms<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Engineering Leaders Podcasts – Zero Hunger with Fethi Thabet<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Engineering Leaders Podcasts – Climate Action with Davide Stronati<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Concept Note for Climate Change Education Training for Mauritius A Partnership Project between UNESCO WFEO OCE and IEM<\/a><\/p>\n

2019<\/h4>\n

<\/i> Fourth Massive Open On-Line Course \u2013 Sustainability in practice<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO Declaration on Climate Emergency<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The WFEO Declaration on Climate Emergency<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Third Massive Open On-Line Course \u2013 Sustainability in practice<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO participation at the UN HLPF Forum 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO report on the International Conference on Engineering and Food Security in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The Tunis Declaration on Engineering and Food Security in Africa<\/a> \/ La D\u00e9claration de Tunis sur L\u2019Ing\u00e9nierie et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire en Afrique<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO participation in UN STI Forum 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Report on the Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Establishing links between WFEO and the World Food Programme<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Second Massive Open On-Line Course \u2013 Sustainability in practice<\/a><\/p>\n

2018<\/h4>\n

<\/i> WFEO Engineering 2030 Plan – Project: World Engineering Day for Climate Change Action and Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN Climate Conference COP24 Side Event \u2013 Progress and prospects: the implementation challenge of adaptation within the Paris Agreement<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Massive Open On-Line Course \u2013 Engineers Canada \u2013 Sustainability in practice<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> ISTIC 10th Anniversary celebration and International Conference on Climate Change Education<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Young Engineers Advancing the UN SDGs – Winner Project: Clean Water Access for Don Bosco School and Hlaing Thar Yar community, Myanmar – Author: Dr Victor Sim Siang Tze<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Young Engineers Advancing the UN SDGs – Project: An IoT-based Water Quality Monitoring and Potability Prediction System for Rural Communities in the Philippines – Author: Melchizedek I. Alipio<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO Engineering 2030 Plan – Project: Spain and Portugal: Partnerships for Water<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO\/FMOI 50th Anniversary Madrid Declaration: Water, the future that we want<\/a> – Version espa\u00f1ola<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO 50th Anniversary celebrations at Instituto de la Ingenieria de Espa\u00f1a (IIE)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO 50th Anniversary celebrations at Ordem dos Engenheiros (OdE)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO Engineering 2030 Plan – Project: World Council of Civil Engineers: Water Monographies<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) monography “Water & Cooperation”<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) monography “Water & Energy”<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) monography “Water & Sustainable Development”<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) monography “Water & Economy”<\/a><\/p>\n

2017<\/h4>\n

<\/i> WFEO presence at FIDIC Annual International Infrastructure Conference<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO holds a side event at the UNFCCC Bonn Climate Change Conference in May 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> The Kigali Declaration on Effective Waste Management in Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Report of the 4th World Landslide Forum 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

2016<\/h4>\n

<\/i> Lima Declaration: Increasing Resilience of Infrastructure vis-\u00e0-vis Natural and Man-made Disasters 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> COP 22 Report \u2013 Outcomes of the U.N. Climate Change Conference<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Meeting Summary for UNFCCC SB44 Bonn Meeting, May 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO Statement for UNFCCC SB44 Bonn Meeting, May 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

2015<\/h4>\n

<\/i> UNESCO WFEO COP-21 Summit article in Engineers Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO and the COP21 Agreement, by Jorge Spitalnik, WFEO Past President, December 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Paris Statement: WFEO COP-21 Engineers Climate Change Summit 2015 \u2013 Turning Words Into Action \u2013 A Sectoral Approach<\/a><\/p>\n

2014<\/h4>\n

<\/i> Summary report by CIP Peru of attendance at the COP 20, December 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Engineers Australia – Sustainability Policy, November 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Engineers Australia – Climate Change Policy, November 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Jorge Spitalnik\u2019s visit to China<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> WFEO Model Code of Practice for Sustainable Development and Environmental Stewardship<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i>  WFEO Code of Practice interpretative guide<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> Code of Practice on Principles of Climate Change Adaptation for Engineers<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN SDG 2 webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN SDG 6 webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN SDG 11 webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN SDG 12 webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN SDG 13 webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/i> UN SDG 17 webpage<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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