Sustainable Infrastructure: Comprehensive Lifecycle Assessment of Sustainability (Principle #3)

On the second Wednesday of every month, join a 75-minute discussion to:

• Exchange state-of-the-art knowledge on how to plan and build sustainable infrastructure;
• Participate in an interactive forum to learn from other practitioners as they present case studies, including best practices and pitfalls; and
• Connect with a community of individuals and organizations engaged in the sustainable infrastructure sphere.

Technical and case study presentations will focus on one of ten principles from UNEP’s International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure:

• Strategic Planning
• Responsive, Resilient, and Flexible Service Provision
• Comprehensive Lifecycle Assessment of Sustainability
• Avoiding Environmental Impacts and Investing in Nature
• Resource Efficiency and Circularity
• Equity, Inclusiveness, and Empowerment
• Enhancing Economic Benefits
• Fiscal Sustainability and Innovative Financing
• Transparent, Inclusive, and Participatory Decision-Making
• Evidence-Based Decision-Making

This session provides an introduction to Principle #3, followed by a technical presentation on the biodiversity mitigation hierarchy, which can help infrastructure planners avoid, minimize, and offset infrastructure’s impacts to biodiversity. The remainder of the session includes the presentation and discussion of a case study detailing how planners in Mongolia used the mitigation hierarchy to create a country-level plan for sustainable mining development. The session will include interactive activities that will allow exchange between case study presenters and participants regarding sustainability challenges and lessons learned.

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Hosted by: Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership, Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, the Green Gray Community of Practice, UN Environment Programme, Conservation International, ITTECOP, and Project ECHO