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Indicator based assessment of food security in SAARC nations under the influence of climate change scenarios

Elsevier, Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022
The availability of food is the basic entity for the survival of human. The resources that make a nation food secured is guided by multiple factors and can be evaluated using a set of indicators. We present an assessment for ranking food security of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations represented by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka using a set of indicators under the prevailing scenarios of climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Asia

Reducing meat consumption: Insights from a bibliometric analysis and future scopes

Elsevier, Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022
Several studies have indicated that a global reduction in meat consumption is inevitable for sustainability and public health, despite the challenges inherent to changing eating habits. The purpose of this article is to pursue a stock-take of consumer behavior with regard to reducing meat consumption through a literature review using bibliometric analysis. The findings show the multidisciplinary nature of the field, which is in full development and with many knowledge gaps. Publications are concentrated in a few dominant journals and originated exclusively in developed countries.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Artificial steak: A 3D printable hydrogel composed of egg albumen, pea protein, gellan gum, sodium alginate and rice mill by-products

Elsevier, Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022
Food security and sustainability are the most urgent problems in worldwide. In the present study, the combinations of egg albumen, pea protein, and gellan gum were optimized to fabricate an artificial steak for specific populations. The relationships among the different components on the texture profile analysis, sensory evaluation, viscoelastic properties, and thermal behavior were conducted. 3D printing food was an emerging issue, this study also investigated how to fabricated an artificial steak and mitigate the impacts of meat production.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Moving from pork to soy-based meat substitutes: Evaluating environmental impacts in relation to nutritional values

Elsevier,

Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022

Meat induces large environmental impact while supplying important nutrients, and meat substitutes are increasingly adopted as direct replacers of meat products. This study assessed the environmental impact of a pork schnitzel and two soy-based schnitzels in terms of three different functional units to reflect the products’ functions as meal components and suppliers of high quality proteins. For a functional unit of 1 kg of product, the pork schnitzel induces the largest environmental impact for most environmental impact indicators.

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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production; Veganism, Global

Implementation of the Learning Circle: Local Food to School Initiative in the Island Communities of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada—a Descriptive Case Study

Elsevier,

Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 6, June 2022

The Learning Circle approach is described as an inclusive and respectful way of engaging community and promoting local and traditional foods, knowledge, and practices among Indigenous youth in rural and remote locations. The flexibility of the model means that communities can prioritize activities of interest to them, identify what success of the initiatives would look like, and tailor evaluation processes accordingly. Indigenous leadership and ownership are essential to the success of such initiatives.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Education; Health and wellbeing, Global

Sustainable city development challenged by extreme weather in a warming world

Elsevier,

Geography and Sustainability, Volume 3, June 2022

This study found that increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events caused by human-induced climate change challenges progress on sustainable city development, but could also accelerate activities to enable cities to become more resilient.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Asia

Desertification in the Mu Us Sandy Land in China: Response to climate change and human activity from 2000 to 2020

Elsevier,

Geography and Sustainability, Volume 3, June 2022

This study quantitatively analyzed the response of fractional vegetation cover (FVC) to climate change and human activities in the Mu Us Sandy Land (MUSL).
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land
Asia

Quantifying impacts of climate and human activities on the grassland in the Three-River Headwater Region after two phases of Ecological Project

Elsevier,

Geography and Sustainability, Volume 3, June 2022

The purpose of this study is to quantify the joint impacts of climate and human activities on grassland changes in Three-River Headwater Region (TRHR) after two phases of Ecological Conservation and Construction Project (Ecological Project).
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Multi-stakeholder partnerships, Asia

Methane emissions along biomethane and biogas supply chains are underestimated

Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 5, 17 June 2022

Identified methane emissions and leaks from biomethane and biogas supply chains.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action

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Energy, Global

How inequality fuels climate change: The climate case for a Green New Deal

Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 5, 17 June 2022

Recent proposals in the US and elsewhere aim to tackle climate change and socioeconomic inequalities together through a Green New Deal (GND). GND proposals have been criticized by high-profile advocates of carbon-centric climate policies—advocates who do not perceive socioeconomic inequalities to be significant drivers of climate change and who argue that GNDs’ wider agenda will undermine decarbonization efforts.

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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Access to justice, North America

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