Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways - Chapter 2: Sustainable urban mobility solutions for Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean region

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Sustainable Urban Mobility Pathways: Policies, Institutions, and Coalitions for Low Carbon Transportation in Emerging Countries, 2019, Pages 23-63
This book chapter addresses goals 9, 10, and 11 by summarising the conditions, trends, and implications of sustainable urban mobility solutions in China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, and Morocco.
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Encyclopedia of Ecology: Human Population Growth

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Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Volume 4: Encyclopedia of Ecology (Second Edition), 2019, Pages 344-351
This book chapter addresses goals 11, 12, and 15 by showing that human population growth is not the only matter for consideration in ecological engineering. What matters for the future is not only how many people there will be, but what they will do in their everyday life; this will impact the life systems surrounding them and how equipped they will be to face emerging challenges. In coming decades, the survival and well-being of humans and the security of environmental resources will continue to be challenged by rapid population growth.
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Data & Analytics; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Population Growth, Global

National urban policy making and its potential for sustainable urbanism

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 34, October 2018, Pages 48-53.
Furthering goal 11, this paper seeks to demonstrate that while the recentralization of urban governance has some potential to generate more sustainable human settlement patterns, it is less likely to foster sustainable and socially just transitions within cities.
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Health and population; Industry; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable Urban Design, Global

Lowering greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment by combining ground source heat pumps, photovoltaics and battery storage

Elsevier, Energy and Buildings, Volume 180, 1 December 2018
Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been suggested to replace gas-based heating in urban environments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help to comply with the Paris Agreement.
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Supporting healthy route choice for commuter cyclists: The trade-off between travel time and pollutant dose

Elsevier, Operations Research for Health Care, Volume 19, December 2018
Cyclists form the most vulnerable road user group in terms of injury from traffic accidents, as well as exposure to traffic-related air pollution.
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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable transport; Health and population, Global

RELX Group SDG Inspiration Days: videos from Amsterdam and Silicon Valley

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November 28, 2018
In 2018, RELX Group hosted two SDG Inspiration Days to inspire scalable, collaborative action on the 17 SDGs, with particular emphasis on disruptive technology at Silicon Valley and on partnerships at Amsterdam. Watch videos of the speakers from the two days.
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Pollutec, the international trade show for environmental equipment, technologies and services

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Born in 1978, Pollutec is recognized today as the reference meeting place for environment professionals. The event develops multiple SDGs, including SDGs 6 (clean water and sanitation), 7 (affordable and clean energy), 12 (responsible consumption and production) and 13 (climate action).
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Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations: Chapter 8 - Technology and applications in the context of holistic life–environment

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Daniel A. Fiscus, Brian D. Fath, Chapter 8 - Technology and applications in the context of holistic life–environment, Editor(s): Daniel A. Fiscus, Brian D. Fath, Foundations for Sustainability, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 205-230
This chapter contributes to SDGs 15, 13, and 11 by presenting technologies and applications for addressing climate change as a result of human activity on land.
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A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems - Chapter 24: Global Growth Trends and the Future of Solar Power: Leading Countries, Segments and Their Prospects

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A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems, 2018, Pages 469-484.
This chapter addresses goals 11 and 8 by examining the growth of solar photovoltaic power across regions and countries, as well as offering some predictions as to how and where future development will take place.
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Energy; Green economy, Global

Circular Economy in Textiles and Apparel - Chapter 1: Introduction and the concept of circular economy

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Miguel Angel Gardetti, Chapter 1 - Introduction and the concept of circular economy, Editor(s): Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, In The Textile Institute Book Series, Circular Economy in Textiles and Apparel, Woodhead Publishing, 2019, Pages 1-11, ISBN 9780081026304,
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102630-4.00001-7.
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 12 by ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
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