Green Chemistry for Sustainable Textiles - Chapter 1: Mapping and management of urban shade assets: a novel approach for promoting climatic urban action

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Or Aleksandrowicz, Chapter 1 - Mapping and management of urban shade assets: a novel approach for promoting climatic urban action, Editor(s): Ansar Khan, Hashem Akbari, Francesco Fiorito, Sk Mithun, Dev Niyogi, Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 1-27, ISBN 9780323855396, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85539-6.00003-2
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 12 by ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Why is the world not yet ready to use alternative fuel vehicles?

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Heliyon, Volume 7, July 2021

Despite the improvement in technologies for the production of alternative fuels (AFs), and the needs for using more AFs for motor vehicles for the reductions in air pollution and greenhouse gases,

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable transport; Energy; Electric Vehicles (EVs), Global

How to use the Sustainable Development Goals in your research

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30th June 2021
Held in partnership with the University of Johannesburg, this Elsevier webinar discusses the SDGs and how researchers can incorporate them into their work.
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How to use the Sustainable Development Goals in your research (in Portugese)

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30th June 2021
Held in partnership with the University of São Paulo, this Elsevier webinar discusses the SDGs and how researchers can incorporate them into their work.
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Leadership: Insights from Kariuki Ngari, Chief Executive Officer at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya

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29th June 2021
In this episode of the “World We Want” podcast series, RELX’s Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, Dr. Márcia Balisciano, talks to Kariuki Ngari about leadership.
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Capacity Building; Human rights; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Africa

Embodied emissions of buildings - A forgotten factor in green building certificates

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Energy and Buildings, Volume 241, 15 June 2021
The pre-use stage (construction) emissions of buildings occur in a short time. Wooden buildings seem to emit less compared to concrete ones in pre-use stage according to LCA. Green building certificates need to consider embodied emissions more exhaustively.
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The role of national carbon pricing in phasing out China's coal power

Elsevier, iScience, Volume 24, 25 June 2021
As the country with the world's largest coal power capacity, China is launching a national carbon market. How the carbon pricing may contribute to phasing out China's coal power is a great concern.
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Energy; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production, Asia

Chapter 12 - The health secure city: cities as conquerors of disease

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Inoculating Cities, Case Studies of Urban Pandemic Preparedness, 2021, Pages 227-233
Cities around the world are treasures. They are centers of creativity, hubs of intellect, and economic powerhouses. But the COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably reminded us that, in our globalized world, cities can also pose unique challenges and act as incubators of disease – effectively pushing society to its limits.
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Disaster risk reduction; Health and population; Health and wellbeing

Carbon neutral manufacturing via on-site CO2 recycling

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iScience, Volume 24, 25 June 2021

The chemical industry needs to significantly decrease carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in order to meet the 2050 carbon neutrality goal.

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Industry; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Technology; Carbon Neutrality, Global

Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies - Chapter 2 - The concept of sustainability as applicable to nuclear decommissioning

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Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies, Volume Two - Policies, Strategies, Planning and Knowledge Management, 2021, Pages 3-7
This book chapter advances SDG 7 and 11 by highlighting the concepts of policy, strategy, early and detailed planning, Life Cycle Management, and poor or good practices associated with nuclear decommissioning.
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