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Food-energy-water nexus: A life cycle analysis on virtual water and embodied energy in food consumption in the Tamar catchment, UK

Elsevier, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 133, June 2018
Evaluations of food, energy and water (FEW) linkages are rapidly emerging in contemporary nexus studies. This paper demonstrates, from a food consumption perspective, the potential of life cycle thinking in understanding the complex and often “hidden” linkages between FEW systems. Our study evaluates the upstream virtual water and embodied energy in food consumption in the Tamar catchment, South West England, distinguishing between domestic production and imports origin.
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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Sustainable consumption and production; Trade; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Supply chain, Europe

Modelling nutrient flows in a simplified local food-energy-water system

Elsevier, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 133, June 2018
Sustainable use and management of nutrients is an important issue for food, energy and water systems. The close connections between the three systems, reflected by the “nexus” concept, warrant an integrated approach to nutrients management across the nexus. In this paper, dynamic modelling of nutrient flows in a local food-energy-water system is presented and applied to a simplified case study.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 15: Life on land

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

Antimicrobial resistance, trade, food safety and security

Elsevier, One Health, Volume 5, June 2018
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable consumption and production; Trade; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture

Toward supplying food, energy, and water demand: Integrated solar desalination process synthesis with power and hydrogen coproduction

Elsevier,

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 133, June 2018

The increase in population coupled with rising per capita income and associated change in consumption habits will put unprecedented stress on food, energy and water (FEW) resources. Sustainable and reliable fresh water supply is central for life and also for all sectors that support our existence. Uncertainty on water security prompted interest in investigation of renewable energy driven desalination processes. One particularly promising option is to produce fresh water from the two most abundant resources on earth: solar energy and seawater.

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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Sustainable consumption and production; Water and sanitation; Energy; Supply Demand Imbalance, Global

Transdisciplinarity and the food energy and water nexus: Ecological modernization and supply chain sustainability perspectives

Elsevier,

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 133, June 2018

Successful Food-energy-water (FEW) nexus projects will be more likely to succeed if a transdisciplinary approach is used. Ecological modernization (ecological technology) policies and practices, and sustainable supply chains influence the FEW nexus from a commerce and industry perspective. Taking these perspectives and considering their intertwined linkages is important for advancing research and adoption of FEW nexus efforts. This paper provides an overview of these perspectives and interlinkages.

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SDG:

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Supply chain; Sustainable consumption and production; Industry; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Food Chain, Global

From a/topia to topia: Towards a gendered right to the city for migrant volunteers in London

Elsevier, Cities, Volume 76, June 2018
The paper makes use of an un-orthodox Lefebvrian formulation of the ‘right to the city’ as it adds the gender dimension which was absent from Lefebvre's work. The lens of ‘gendered right to the city’ (Doderer, 2003; Fenster, 2005; Vacchelli, 2014) is used in order to understand the experiences of volunteers working in the women's community and voluntary sector in London.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Human rights, Europe

The Ocean Special Issue

Elsevier,

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/issue?pii=S0960-9822(16)X0012-7#TheOceanSpecialIssue 

In this special issue of Current Biology, the ocean presents a challenging environment for study while also exhibiting some of the most profound and disruptive symptoms of global change.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 14: Life below water

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Oceans & Seas; Ocean Conservation, Global

Food security: The challenge of the present

Elsevier, Geoforum, Volume 91, May 2018
The group of basic problems that determine the existence of mankind involves the surplus of food for some and the malnutrition of others. There is an opinion that ensuring food security is an integrated task of agriculture and political will, combined with the logistics of product delivery. Despite joint efforts and various UN programs to combat hunger, only short-term local results have been achieved. Food security, especially in the global sense, has not yet been implemented, and there are reasons for this.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Marine protected areas, Satoumi, and territorial use rights for fisheries: A case study from hinase, Japan

Elsevier, Marine Policy, Volume 91, May 2018
In spite of the growing attention towards the overall quality of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), most empirical studies so far have narrowly focused their assessments on specific natural or social features and governing structures. In response, this study analyzed multi-use MPAs in the eelgrass restoration site in Hinase, Okayama, Japan in their environmental, economic and social dimensions. Considering changes in time and space as well as internal and external influences, the study faced many difficulties in dealing with the dynamics of MPA environments.
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SDG:

Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Oceans & Seas; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable consumption and production; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Asia

The inclusion of LGBT+ health issues within undergraduate healthcare education and professional training programmes: A systematic review

Elsevier, Nurse Education Today, Volume 64, May 2018
Background: An inclusive health curriculum within undergraduate and continuing professional development programmes (CPD) should include issues related to people whom identify as LGBT+. Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to examine the education and training requirements of undergraduate students and health professionals regarding the inclusion of LGBT+ health issues. Design: A systematic review of the available published empirical studies.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Education, Global

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