Sustainable development or developmental sustainability: Two cases of indigenous knowledge and practices for sustainable sourcing for wood-based design-solutions

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Trees, Forests and People, Volume 8, June 2022
Sustainable wood-based design solutions necessarily presuppose economically, socially, and environmentally reliable sources of wood use for any future designs. However, increasingly unsustainable effects from climate extremity are now prompting the search for alternative forms of use that avoid or forestall those effects.
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National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Sustainable tourism; Indigenous Knowledge, Africa

Assessment of Urban Water-Energy Interactions and Heat Island Signatures in Rhode Island

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Energy Nexus,
Volume 7,
2022,
100093
Rhode Island is the smallest and the second-most densely populated state in the USA. It is also one of the most severely affected states on the Eastern Seaboard due to Climate Change.
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Sustainable cities and human settlements, North America

Meat substitutes - past, present, and future of products available in Brazil: changes in the nutritional profile

Elsevier, Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022
Plant-based meat substitutes are products used to replace meat in the human diet.
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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, South America

Solar Energy Advancements in Agriculture and Food Production Systems - Chapter 5 - Agrivoltaics: solar power generation and food production

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Solar Energy Advancements in Agriculture and Food Production Systems, 2022, Pages 159-210
This chapter advances SDG goals 7, 11, and 13, by presenting the direct integration of solar photovoltaic energy with food production, supporting cleaner, more sustainable agriculture, with decreased impact on climate change.
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Energy; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Protective Textiles from Natural Resources - Chapter 1: Introduction to protective textiles

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Kunal Singha, Subhankar Maity, Pintu Pandit, Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal, Chapter 1 - Introduction to protective textiles, Editor(s): Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal, In The Textile Institute Book Series, Protective Textiles from Natural Resources, Woodhead Publishing, 2022, Pages 3-38, ISBN 9780323904773, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90477-3.00023-7.
This chapter advances UN SDG goal 12 by ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Sustainable consumption and production; Industry, Global

Unconventional food plants: Nutritional aspects and perspectives for industrial applications

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Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022
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Innovative food products containing new ingredients have been designed to meet nutritional needs and new consumption trends.

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Economic Aspect, South America

Indigenous mental health and climate change: A systematic literature review

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The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
Volume 6,
2022,
100121
The present study conducted a systematic literature review on the related effects, mechanisms of vulnerability, and adaptive responses and coping strategies to climate change related mental health impacts specific to global Indigenous Peoples.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Climate Change and COVID-19: Assessing the Vulnerability and Resilience of U.S. Indigenous Communities to Syndemic Crises

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The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
2022,
100148
The Authors explore the compounding burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change on Indigenous Peoples’ health, and present several case studies which outline novel Indigenous approaches and perspectives that address climate change, COVID-19 and future health threats.
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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, North America

Climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: Current practices, challenges and the way forward

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The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
Volume 6,
2022,
100108
Geographical location and socioeconomic dynamics have increased the vulnerabilities of the people of Bangladesh to the impacts of climate change.
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Disaster risk reduction; Health and population, Asia

Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation - Chapter 13: Air quality and heat-related health impacts of increasing urban greenery cover

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Mohamed Dardir, Umberto Berardi, Chapter 13 - Air quality and heat-related health impacts of increasing urban greenery cover, Editor(s): Ansar Khan, Hashem Akbari, Francesco Fiorito, Sk Mithun, Dev Niyogi, Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 269-300, ISBN 9780323855396, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85539-6.00008-1.
This chapter advances UN SDG goals 11, 13, and 3 by developing an integrated approach, including statistical data elaborations and microclimate simulations, to look at the impact of increasing the urban green infrastructure on the urban environment, air quality levels, and heat-related health responses.
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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

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