Articles

Investing in the transition to sustainable agriculture

Elsevier, Environmental Science and Policy, Volume 55, January 01, 2016
Ecological impacts of industrial agriculture include significant greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity, widespread pollution by fertilizers and pesticides, soil loss and degradation, declining pollinators, and human health risks, among many others. A rapidly growing body of scientific research, however, suggests that farming systems designed and managed according to ecological principles can meet the food needs of society while addressing these pressing environmental and social issues.
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SDG:

Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Sustainable consumption and production; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, North America

Impact of climate change on human infectious diseases: Empirical evidence and human adaptation

Elsevier, Environment International, Volume 86, January 01, 2016
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather conditions and patterns of extreme weather events. It may lead to changes in health threat to human beings, multiplying existing health problems. This review examines the scientific evidences on the impact of climate change on human infectious diseases. It identifies research progress and gaps on how human society may respond to, adapt to, and prepare for the related changes.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action

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Health and wellbeing; Science; Health and population, Global

Advances in Virus Research, Volume 95 - Chapter Two: Cell-to-Cell Spread of HIV and Viral Pathogenesis

Elsevier,

Advances in Virus Research, Volume 95, 2016

This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health as well as Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by reviewing the mechanisms of viral spread that are facilitated by cell–cell interactions and cell migration and discuss their implications for viral transmission, pathogenesis, and prevention.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Prospects for grid-connected solar PV in Kenya: A systems approach

Elsevier,

Applied Energy, Volume 161, January 01, 2016

Capacity planners in developing countries frequently use screening curves and other system-independent metrics such as levelized cost of energy to guide investment decisions. This can lead to spurious conclusions about intermittent power sources such as solar and wind whose value may depend strongly on the characteristics of the system in which they are installed, including the overall generation mix and consumption patterns.

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SDG:

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

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Energy; Sustainable consumption and production; Smart Grid, Africa

The mental health costs of human displacement: A natural experiment involving indigenous Indian conservation refugees

Elsevier,

World Development Perspectives, Volume 2, 2016

We examine human displacement among indigenous tribal conservation refugees—the Sahariya—recently displaced from a wildlife sanctuary in central India. We focus on human displacement's mental health toll as well as the displacement-related changes that help explain such emotional suffering. To do so, we compare individuals relocated from the core of the sanctuary to those allowed to remain in their villages inside the sanctuary's buffer zone. The drawing of the sanctuary boundary—and thus also the assignment of villagers to relocation versus remaining in the buffer zone—was capricious.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Livelihood, Asia

Bridging the North-South divide in sustainability

Prof. Jane Polston of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Florida is hosted as a visiting expert by the College of Agricultural and Applied Biology at Can Tho University in Vietnam, August 2015. (Photo by Nguyen Quoc Tuan)
Elsevier,

Elsevier Connect, January 2016

The Sustainability science program is a partnership between the Elsevier Foundation and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) aiming to promote visibility and knowledge exchange for developing country researchers through travel grants, expert exchanges and case study competitions.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Capacity Building; Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development, Global

Partner content

United Nations Global Compact

Companies Leading the Way

United Nations Global Compact, 2016

This article discusses what actions Women’s Empowerment Principles' companies are taking to advance Goal 5.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Human rights; Partner content; Rule of Law, Global

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Elsevier, The Lancet, Volume 386, 5 December 2015
Background: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD. Risk factor quantification, particularly of modifiable risk factors, can help to identify emerging threats to population health and opportunities for prevention. The GBD 2013 provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Employment decent work for all and social protection; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population, Global

What is next for forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)

Elsevier, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 156, 17 December 2015
This short review summarizes our understanding and perspectives on FO and PRO processes and meaningful R&D in order to develop effective and sustainable FO and PRO technologies for water reuse and osmotic power generation.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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Energy; Sustainable consumption and production; Technology; Water and sanitation

Men's violence against women and men are inter-related: Recommendations for simultaneous intervention

Elsevier, Social Science and Medicine, Volume 146, December 01, 2015
Men are more likely than women to perpetrate nearly all types of interpersonal violence (e.g. intimate partner violence, murder, assault, rape). While public health programs target prevention efforts for each type of violence, there are rarely efforts that approach the prevention of violence holistically and attempt to tackle its common root causes. Drawing upon theories that explain the drivers of violence, we examine how gender norms, including norms and social constructions of masculinity, are at the root of most physical violence perpetration by men against women and against other men.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality

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Health and wellbeing; Human rights; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

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