Book chapters

International Environmental Cooperation and The Global Sustainability Capital Framework: 1 - Introduction

Elsevier,

International Environmental Cooperation and The Global Sustainability Capital Framework, 2021, Pages 1-15

This chapter discusses the need for international environmental cooperation (IEC) in a context of our common vulnerabilities and contingent survivability. It also introduces the Sustainability Capital Framework (SCF) as a core framework for guiding sustainable development, and for delimiting the boundaries of global sustainability.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development; Multi-stakeholder partnerships, Global

Hybrid Energy Systems for Offshore Applications - Chapter 2: Offshore renewable energy options

Elsevier,

Hybrid Energy Systems for Offshore Applications, Hybrid Energy Systems, 2021, Pages 7-18

This book chapter addresses SDG 7 and 9 by explaining the offshore alternative energy options for power production including solutions on synergy between offshore oil and gas production and offshore wind, lending to hybrid energy systems.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

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Technology; Energy, Global

International Encyclopedia of Transportation: Humanitarian Logistics

Elsevier,

International Encyclopedia of Transportation, 2021, Pages 190-194

This chapter supports SDG 16 by providing an overview of the specificities of humanitarian transportation and logistics.
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SDG:

Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

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Access to justice; Human rights, Global

Data Science Applied to Sustainability Analysis: Chapter 2 - Applying AI to conservation challenges

Elsevier,

Data Science Applied to Sustainability Analysis, 2021, Pages 17-28

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 15 by presenting the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and approaches in conservation-related challenges.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land

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Green economy, Global

The Impacts of Climate Change: Chapter 24 - Climate change and refugees

Elsevier,

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 537-545

This chapter supports SDGs 3, 16, and 13 by exploring the growing situation of “climate refugees," people displaced throughout the world because of extreme weather events or other climate change factors.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

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Human rights; Climate Change, Global

The Impacts of Climate Change: Chapter 1 - Why discuss the impacts of climate change?

Elsevier,

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 3-17

In this book, a few topics have been chosen to highlight the impacts of climate change on the physical and biophysical aspects of the planet. This introduction looks at the origins and the physics and chemistry of global warming and lets the science tell us just how serious a position our ecosystem and our society is in.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Climate Change, Global

The Impacts of Climate Change - Chapter 2: Impacts of climate change on economies, ecosystems, energy, environments, and human equity: A systems perspective

Elsevier,

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 19-50

This book chapter addresses SDG 11 and 13 by identifying the interdependencies among the major economic, ecological, environmental, and energy sector impacts, and associated social equity issues, resulting from today’s changing climate.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Global, Global

The Impacts of Climate Change - Chapter 23: The ethics of measuring climate change impacts

Elsevier,

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 521-535

This book chapter addresses SDG 11 and 13 by explaining some of the ways that climate change impacts are evaluated in integrated assessment models (IAMs).
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Rule of Law; Climate Change, Global

The Impacts of Climate Change - Chapter 24: Climate change and refugees

Elsevier,

The Impacts of Climate Change, A Comprehensive Study of Physical, Biophysical, Social, and Political Issues, 2021, Pages 537-545

This book chapter addresses SDGs 10 and 13 by describing climate refugees. While the Paris agreement does not make direct reference to impact of climate change to refugees, it is estimated that over 200 million people will migrate to other locations because of climate change by 2050 so a task force must be established to assist and mitigate displacement.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Diversity and inclusion; Human rights; Climate Change, Global

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies - Chapter 6: Sustainability of cementitious structures, systems, and components (SSC’s): Long-term environmental stressors

Elsevier,

Sustainability of Life Cycle Management for Nuclear Cementation-Based Technologies, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, 2021, Pages 181-232

This book chapter advances SDG 7 and 11 by analysing the sustainability of cementitious structures, systems, and components (SSC’s), with a particular focus on the impact of long-term environmental stressors, and how to predict and model degradation damage.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Energy; Chemicals and waste; Industry, Global

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