Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth

Elsevier,

One Earth, VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2, P176-186, AUGUST 21, 2020
This article supports SDGs 2, 13, and 15 by explaining several measures that can be adopted to restore and maximize degraded farmlands while reinforcing multiple SDGs.
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Rural development; Desertification, land degradation and drought; Climate change; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

The SDG Impact of COVID-19: The view of Joan Walley, Chair of the Aldersgate Group and former Labour MP

7th August 2020
The SDG Impact of COVID-19 podcast series gathers expert opinion exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals. In this segment, we get the view of Joan Walley, Chair of the Aldersgate Group and former Labour MP.
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Rule of Law; Health and wellbeing; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Climate change; Capacity-building; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Consumers’ associations, perceptions and acceptance of meat and plant-based meat alternatives

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Food Quality and Preference, Volume 87, January 2021, 104063
This journal articles advances SDGs 2, 12, and 13 by identifying the barriers that keep people from consuming plant-based meat alternatives in order to increase the probability of future consumption.
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Sustainable consumption and production; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Climate change, Global

Biogeochemistry, Fourth Edition: Chapter 11 - The Global Carbon and Oxygen Cycles

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William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt, Chapter 11 - The Global Carbon and Oxygen Cycles, Editor(s): William H. Schlesinger, Emily S. Bernhardt,
Biogeochemistry (Fourth Edition), Academic Press, 2020, Pages 453-481, 9780128146088
Life is composed primarily of carbon, so estimates of the global production and destruction of organic carbon give us an overall index of the health of the biosphere. This book chapter advances SDGs 11 and 13.
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Climate change; Atmosphere, Global

Reaching Net Zero: What It Takes to Solve the Global Climate Crisis: Chapter 9 - What would it take to reach net zero?

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William D. Fletcher, Craig B. Smith, Chapter 9 - What would it take to reach net zero?, Reaching Net Zero, Elsevier, 2020, Pages 107-122
This chapter addresses SDGs 13, 15, and 12 by examining scenarios for reaching net zero production and consumption, but also the challenges in implementation.
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Sustainable consumption and production; Climate change, Global

Intense Warming Will Significantly Increase Cropland Ammonia Volatilization Threatening Food Security and Ecosystem Health

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One Earth, VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1, P126-134, JULY 24, 2020
This article supports SDGs 2, 13, and 15 by showing that by the end of this century, agricultural land NH3 emissions in the US will increase by about 80% due to climate change, but with a combination of climate-adaptive agricultural management practices with attainable mitigation measures, these emissions can be offset.
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Climate change; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Biodiversity and ecosystems, North America

Sustainable Development Goals Perspectives

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23rd July 2020

The new 2030 sustainable development agenda is likely to dominate policy and academic debates at both national and international levels over next 15 years and beyond.

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Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation; Human rights; Health and wellbeing; Poverty eradication; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Education; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Capacity-building; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products: Chapter 8 - Carbon dioxide capture and utilization using microalgae

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Patricia Ruiz-Ruiz, Adrián Estrada, Marcia Morales, Chapter 8 - Carbon dioxide capture and utilization using microalgae, Editor(s): Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Mariana Manzoni Maroneze, Maria Isabel Queiroz, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 185-206, ISBN 9780128185360, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818536-0.00008-7.
This book chapter advances SDGs 7 and 13 by explaining how to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using microalgae.
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Energy; Atmosphere; Climate change, Global

Environmental conflicts and defenders: A global overview

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Global Environmental Change, Volume 63, July 2020
Support of environmental defenders requires better understanding of environmental conflicts. Environmental defenders employ largely non-violent protest forms. Indigenous environmental defenders face significantly higher rates of violence. Combining preventive mobilization, tactical diversity and litigation increases activists’ success.Global grassroots environmentalism is a promising force for sustainability.
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Climate change; Human rights, Global

How photovoltaics can contribute to GHG emission reductions of 55% in the EU by 2030

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 126, July 2020, 109836
This article addresses goals 7, 8, 9 and 13 with a specific focus on how photovoltaics (PV) can help the EU and UK achieve emission reduction goals and potentially create more than 100,000 new jobs.
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Energy; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Industry; Climate change, Europe

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