SDGs in Africa and the Middle East Region

Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DTech, DL, DLitt, FSB, FLS, FRGS) holds the Chairs of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, the largest network of universities specifically focusing on research on matters related to sustainable development. Professor Walter Leal Filho  has over 30 years experience on sustainable development research and in excess of 600 publications to his credit. Professor Ismaila Rimi Abubakar (Ph.D, M.CRP, M.Sc, B.URP) is a professor of urban sustainability with 20 years of experience in teaching, research and professional consultancy. He earned his Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University, Master of City and Regional Planning from KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, and Master of Science in Computing from The Robert Gordon University, UK. His research centers on urban sustainability, cities and climate change, sustainable urbanization, and basic urban services. He is a fellow of Population Reference Bureau (Washington DC), and member of Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, and Nigerian Institute of Town Planners. His works appear in journals such as the Journal of Cleaner Production, Science of the Total Environment, Cities, Land Use Policy, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Sustainability, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Water, Utilities Policy, and Water International. Prof. Izael da Silva, Strathmore University, Kenya Professor Rudi Pretorius (MBL, MSc, PhD, M.Akad.SA) is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Africa (Unisa). His research interests cover education for sustainability, sustainability in higher education, teaching and learning in geography and environmental studies, and open, distance and e-learning. He authored a number of publications in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Springers’ World Sustainability Series and recently co-edited the books “Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development” and “Sustainable Development in Africa: Fostering Sustainability in one the World´s Most Promising Continents”. Professor Pretorius is deputy editor for Discover Sustainability. Professor Khaled Tarabieh is an associate professor at AUC and the associate chair of the architecture department. He is a graduate of Alexandria University, a holder of a Masters and Ph.D. in city and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania, with a specialization in the planning of energy-efficient urban environments, high-performance building design, and assessment. Prior to joining AUC, he worked as an assistant professor the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, as well as an adjunct professor at Drexel University and as a professional architect in the US and a Director of the off-campus real estate at the University of Pennsylvania. Tarabieh is a LEED-accredited professional and initiator of the LEED lab at AUC in collaboration with the United States Green Building Council. At AUC, he teaches sustainability in the architectural design core studio, and a core course on Professional Practice, Design Management and Codes and a core course with the Progreen Online diploma taught to students at AUB, AUC and LAU. He is the Director of the Building Sciences Lab and the head of the Sustainable Design Group, where he conducts research on the thermal performance of building materials, carbon footprint and the impact of building materials on human health. He is an active member in the campus-wide AUC energy and carbon committees and adviser for AUC student led organizations.

Distributed and Bottom-up Investments to Promote Inclusive Innovation and Industrialization.-  Enhancing Teachers’ Livelihood and Economic Empowerment for Quality Education: Zimbabwe.-  Sustainable Blue Economy Policy in Turkey: Challenges and Opportunities.- System Dynamics Approach to the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa and Middle East.- Ecofeminist Geospatial Tool to Monitor Crisis Levels, Environmental Change and Social Threats to Women in Lake Chad Basin.- Water, Energy and Food Resources at Household Level and Implementation of SDGs.- Sustainable Development Goals Reporting Metric for Developing Economies.- Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus technologies in Africa’s Sahel region and SDGs 2,6,7.- Environmental Reporting, Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development in Africa’s Mining Sector.- Philosophizing as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism in the Middle East.- Realising Quality Education within the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa.- HIV Care Services and Sustainable Development Goals: Key populations and Contribution.- etc.