Goal 13: Climate action

Science; Sustainable consumption and production; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Sustainable Fertilizer, Global

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Life cycle assessment of thin-wall ductile cast iron for automotive lightweighting applications

Sustainable Materials and Technologies, Volume 15, April 2018

Use phase fuel consumption is responsible for the majority of an automobile's life cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Chemicals and waste; Energy; Industry; Sustainable consumption and production; Sustainable transport; Life Cycle Assessment, Global

Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: Chapter 12 - Immunotoxic Effects of Environmental Pollutants in Marine Mammals

Jean-Pierre Desforges, Christian Sonne, Rune Dietz, Milton Levin, Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology, Academic Press, 2018, Pages 321-343

This chapter advances SDGs 13 and 14 by discussing environmental threats to marine mammals' health and wellbeing.

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Oceans & Seas; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Tropical Islands - Chapter 19: Biodiversity Conservation: Issues and Strategies for the Tropical Islands

Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Tropical Islands, 2018, Pages 525-552

This book chapter addresses goals 13, 15, 11 and 14 by discussing conservation efforts to protect biodiversity on tropical islands

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Vulnerability of HIV/AIDS orphans to floods in Malawi

Geoforum, Volume 90, March 2018

Referred to as the ‘forgotten causalities’ of climate change (Cutter 1995), very few studies have examined the precise nature and magnitude of climate change impacts on children, let alone on the g

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Health and population; Global Vulnerability, Africa

Conservation and restoration of mangroves: Global status, perspectives, and prognosis

Ocean and Coastal Management, Volume 154, 15 March 2018

Example signage in Guyana showing the government's effort to inform the public about the protection benefits provided by mangroves against storm surge (photo credit: Carinya Sharples/Mongabay; used with permission).

Mangrove forests provide critical services around the globe to both human populations and the ecosystems they occupy.

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Oceans & Seas; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Global Perspective; Mangroves, Global

Comprehensive Energy Systems: Chapter 1.18 - Ocean (Marine) Energy

Sang, Yuanrui; Karayaka, Hayrettin Bora; Yan, Yanjun; Yilmaz, Nadir; Souders, David. 1.18 "Ocean (Marine) Energy", Editor: Ibrahim Dincer, Comprehensive Energy Systems, Elsevier (2018), Pages 733-769, ISBN: 9780128149256.

Marine energies are still early in their development and their potential is largely untapped, but our oceans could supply the entire world with power and begin to eradicate our dependency on fossil fuels. As scientists and governments further research and develop marine energy, we can expect (and hope) that it will become a significant global energy source in the next decade. This book chapter advances SDGs 7, 11 and 13.

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Oceans & Seas; Energy; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS), Global

Analysis of trends and agricultural drivers of farmland bird declines in North America: A review

Elsevier, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, Volume 254, 15 February 2018

Globally, agriculture has intensified during the past 50 years due to increased mechanization, changes in the timing of farming operations, grassland conversion to cropland, and increased agrochemical

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Biodiversity and ecosystems, North America

Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Second Edition - Conjugated polymer-based solar cells

Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, Volume 1-5, 1 January 2018

This book chapter advances SDGs 7, 11, and 13 by offering a promising alternative energy source. It reviews polymer-based solar cells, which are are light, flexible, affordable, sustainable, and now boast improved performance.

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Energy; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Advances in Botanical Research - Chapter 12: Epigenetics in Forest Trees: State of the Art and Potential Implications for Breeding and Management in a Context of Climate Change

Advances in Botanical Research, Volume 88, 2018

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 12 through its discussion of the potential contributions of epigenetics to cope with global climate change and regulate various developmental processes.

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