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2020-03-04 16:38:00来源:央广网   央广网北京3月4日消息(记者朱敏)为实现联合国可持续发展目标,世界工程组织联合会(WFEO)倡议将每年3月4日设为“促进可持续发展世界工程日”(World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development)。这一倡议得到了中国科协、中国工程院在内的80余家工程组织的支持,并由中国和纳米比亚等40余个国家正式提案,在2019年11月举行的第40届联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)全体大会上获得一致通过。2020年3月4日为首个“世界工程日”。   工程是社会发展的基础,在应对全球气候变化、促进经济社会包容性发展、造福人类福祉上具有关键作用。世界工程组织联合会(WFEO)主席龚克表示:“工程师是世界上解决问题的人,通过工程实践不断改善人类生活,同时也为应对全球性挑战提供解决方案,但工程的重要意义和作用还没有被充分认识和发挥。”“世界工程日”的设立,将彰显工程对当今世界的贡献,提升公众对工程改善人类生活、实现可持续发展重要作用的认知,并促进工程自身的创新发展。   “世界工程日”突出“工程促进可持续发展”,为工程自身的发展确定了方向。世界工程组织联合会(WFEO)联合DiscoverE开展了“全球工程师调查”,该调查面向全球工程领域从业者,旨在了解工程师及技术人员工作现状及对未来工程发展的预期,并在首个“世界工程日”之际正式发布。根据报告显示,网络安全、陆地和海洋的可持续、清洁能源供给、清洁水和卫生设施的改善将成为全球工程发展面临的四大挑战。来自近120个国家的一半以上受访者认为,工程师对解决这些问题至关重要,但目前普遍缺乏工程师。联合国教科文组织助理总干事沙米拉·奈尔·贝杜埃勒说:“世界上仍然缺乏工程师,特别是年轻的女工程师,工程对实现可持续发展目标的重要性没有得到足够的重视。”   “促进可持续发展世界工程日”,强调面向可持续发展增进工程能力,改进工程教育、加强工程创新;强调工程服务于包容性、多样性发展,为女性和青少年了解和接触工程提供机会;强调国际工程合作,努力缩小发展差距,携手应对各种挑战,加速实现联合国可持续发展目标。 ...

[Photo/worldengineeringday.net] World Engineering Day on Wednesday aims to highlight the critical importance of engineers and engineering for sustainable development and modern life, as well as encourage future generations to tackle global issues through more holistic and ethically designed projects, a senior engineer said. In November, UNESCO adopted...

2020-03-03 The 40th General Conference of UNESCO held in Paris, France in November 2019 has adopted a resolution to formally proclaim March 4th of every year a World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (herein shortened to ‘World Engineering Day’), celebrating and recognizing the contributions of engineers and...

Irene Serrano Gonzalez is a civil engineer and sustainability consultant in the Strategic Consultancy team at AECOM London Above: Irene presenting the Ugandan Eco-sanitation toilets project at the Global Engineering Congress in 2018 Tell us about your job. What do you do? I provide technical expertise to organisations such...

The Pont du Gard in southern France, the Parthenon in Athens, the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Giza at Memphis: four sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List which are masterpieces of engineering and which still inspire awe today. Today, we consider these sites to...

The continent cannot fulfil its potential without training technicians to tackle its infrastructure shortfall. By Mustafa Shehu, WFEO Executive Vice president To diversify its economy away from oil, Nigeria needs to train more engineers When, earlier this month, the Nigerian goverment forecast ambitious growth in its mining sector...