Do you think that the lifestyle of the inhabitants of your town or city reflects behavior that is in line with the concept of sustainable development? In your opinion, what should be improved?Hristo Nedialkov. MiM applicant for September 2014 intake.

Goal

Sustainable Development

Protection of the

environment

Economic Efficiency

Good Governance

To find a balance between social, economic and environmental aspects of human activity, without compromising the ability of future

generations to meet their own needs

Fairness

5th largest city in Russia,

>1,250,000 people.

Features Europe’s

biggest solid waste landfill

Borders Dzerzhinsk, – the most ecologically troubled city in

Russia

3. Utilization of production waste

2. Extreme air pollution 4. Lack of green infrastructure

1. Reluctance of its citizens to contribute to sustainable development

Statistics

Challenges

Nizhny Novgorod

Transport

83% of total air pollution

3. No bicycle paths

91% prefer to use the most

ecologically unfriendly public

transport

1. Most cars – Russian made, absolutely

ecologically unfriendly

2. Two federal highways – lots of

trucks

Road death rate 8 times that of

New York and 7 times that of

LondonStatistics

Challenges

Statistics

Challenges

Waste250 official

dumps, hundreds more - unofficial

12,5 million tones of waste

accumulated at the moment.

85,4 % of which is hazardous oil

production waste

2. The absence of universal waste

collection system

3. The absence of recycling facilities

and waste separation bins

1. The absence of environmental culture among the population

Challenges

Statistics

Water resources 88% are moderately polluted, and 12%

are heavily polluted including Oka and

Volga45% of the

pollution comes from the City’s

utilities department

1. The absence of water treatment facilities for

heavy industry

2. The discharge of untreated rainwater

from the city, agriculture and industry

3. Large scale of accumulated sediment on the bottom of lakes

and rivers

Not everything is lost!

Some people still care and

volunteer

Sustainable development

forum this April

1200 children attended

ecological summer camps

An ecological police division

was formed

A lot more needs to be done!

Change the minds of people -

encourage sustainable

lifestyle through media means

Learn from international experience

Build recycling facilities and

equip the city the waste separation

bins

The Political elite should set an example for business and

individual to follow

Replace the oldest part of the public

transport with green and

efficient models

Government

BusinessAdopt

environmentally friendly

Technologies

Business Practices

Corporate Culture

Upgrade factories and

waste recycling facilities

Volunteer waste

collection

Use of alternative transport

Supply environmentally

friendly products

Incorporate principles of

sustainability into business decisions

Individual

Utilize alternative means of transport

Dispose waste only at certified

dumps or recycling facilities

Support local farmers by

purchasing their products

Take part in environmental

community activities

Use energy and water resources more efficiently

Conclusion

With a transparent and accountable government, socially responsible and community-focused business and individuals who care about the eco-system they live in, it is possible to turn Nizhny Novgorod into an example of a city living in accordance with sustainable

development concept!

The situation in Nizhny Novgorod can be called catastrophic. However it cannot be

called irreversible

Some steps have already been taken on all levels:

governmental, business and individual. The main focus

should be on supporting those steppes and

expanding on their basisDue to Russian regional

politics realities much has to be done by the federal government, in order for the regions to follow and

promote sustainable development