Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Green economy; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Methods in Sustainability Science - Chapter 2: Business contributions to sustainable development goals

Methods in Sustainability Science, Assessment, Prioritization, Improvement, Design and Optimization, 2021, Pages 13-26

This book chapter advances SDG 11 and 13 by explaining how businesses contributed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the early years after the declaration of these Goals at the end of 2015. Samples were taken from Indonesian publicly listed companies that published sustainability reports during the period 2016–2018 after the SDGs adoption.

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Industry, Global

Perspectives on climate change in medical school curricula—A survey of U.S. medical students

The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 4, 2021, 100033

A study to evaluate medical student perceptions on the intersection of climate change and health in medical education.

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Environmental Sustainability and Economy: Chapter 3 - Interconnecting the environment with economic development of a nation

Environmental Sustainability and Economy, 2021, Pages 35-60

This book chapter advances SDGs 9, 13, and 11 by exploring the relationship between environmental quality and economic development to help policymakers design and implement effective policies in order to achieve sustainability goals.

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change

The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 5, July 2021

Different circumstances across a city might require the integration of different solution sets

Record climate extremes are reducing urban liveability, compounding inequality, and threatening infrastructure.

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National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Sustainable cities and human settlements; Climate Change, Global

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Financial viability of electric vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling

iScience, Volume 24, 23 July 2021

Economically viable electric vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling is increasingly needed; however routes to profitability are still unclear.

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Health and population; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable transport; Finance; Electric Vehicles (EVs); Sustainable Lithium-ion Batteries, Global

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

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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Sustainable consumption and production; Industry, Global

Why is the world not yet ready to use alternative fuel vehicles?

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

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

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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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

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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