Health and sanitation
Engineering underpins safe water, sanitation and healthier communities.
An official ICE publication
UN75 Sustainable Engineering in Action
A beautifully presented hardback book exploring the ICE and UN’s shared commitment to shaping a better future, and the engineering responses to the challenges that lie ahead.
- Published November 2020
- Hardback edition
- Produced for the Institution of Civil Engineers
The framework
17 goals. One shared blueprint.
The Sustainable Development Goals are a set of 17 global goals designed to be an actionable blueprint for creating a more sustainable future. They include goals such as reducing poverty and hunger, improving education, promoting gender equality, and protecting the environment.
Engineering can play a key role in achieving these goals. UN75 follows that connection through the work of the UN, its agencies and the engineers putting long term solutions into practice.
See all 17 goals
The book
Engineering as a force for good
This beautifully presented hardback book explores the ICE and UN’s shared commitment to shaping a better future and addresses the diverse challenges that lie ahead. These challenges are informed by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the UN agencies involved in implementing them, and the ways in which engineering can provide rigorous, long term solutions.
Featuring contributions from a host of UN agencies, as well as such prominent organisations as WaterAid and Oxford University, the book highlights engineering’s vital impact in such areas as health and sanitation, human rights, the climate, urban growth, economic development and agriculture.
- Contributions from UN agencies and international partners
- Insight from WaterAid and Oxford University
- Focus on health, human rights, climate and urban growth
- Published for the Institution of Civil Engineers in November 2020
Inside the pages
Where engineering meets the goals
The publication follows the goals through areas of engineering practice that shape daily life, public health and the planet’s future.
Human rights
Infrastructure and access shape dignity, equality and opportunity.
Climate
Engineers design the systems that must withstand and reduce climate risk.
Urban growth
Cities depend on engineering for transport, housing and essential services.
Economic development
Reliable infrastructure supports jobs, trade and resilient growth.
Agriculture
Water, storage and transport systems connect farms to communities.
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Own the official publication
Published in November 2020 for the Institution of Civil Engineers, UN75 brings together the goals, the agencies and the engineering that connects them.