The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for story creators. As a leading event organiser we bring whole industries together which can advance sustainability – playing a role in educating and influencing behaviour with a large number of stakeholders. The London Book Fair advances SDG 4 - Quality Education.
We study whether there is a racial bias in ratings of professional football players in Italian newspapers. We find that there is such a bias. Conditional on objective performance indicators black players receive a lower rating than non-black players. This is not a difference across the board but predominantly present at the lower end of the newspaper rating distribution. The best black players are not subject to a racial bias in ratings. We also find that clubs do not have a racial bias in the wages they pay to players.
This study supports SDG 3 and 10 by identifying multiple structural and normalisation biases in maternity care in the UK that disproportionately affected Black and minority ethnic women who died while receiving maternity care, including lack of nuanced care; microaggressions; and cultural, social, and clinical complexities in the care received.
Modern agricultural systems are heavily energy-dependent at all stages of operation. It is assessed that global food production is responsible for 30% of the total energy usage. Though there are various energy sources available, at present, global food production mainly depends on fossil fuels for the needed energy fulfillment. Being fossil fuel, a limited nonrenewable energy source and considering its negative impacts on the environment thrive the necessity for reliable renewable energy sources. Wind power, solar power, micro-hydro-power, and biomass energy are some of the well-established renewable energy sources that could substitute fossil fuel usage in agriculture. However, these renewable energy sources also have constraints that reduce their full adaptability. For instance, higher demand for biomass energy could cause complications in land use patterns in agriculture and also lead to deforestation. Therefore, increasing the energy use efficiency (EUE) of the whole agricultural production process sustainably is essential. Legume crop cultivation and integration of legumes for the other cropping systems through crop rotations, cover crop cultivations, or intercropping can be recommended for the reduction of input energy usage without compensating the yield. In this regard, key abilities of legumes as biological nitrogen fixation, improvement of soil organic matter and soil moisture contents, reduction of soil moisture evaporation, improvement of agro-biodiversity are contributing to higher energy use efficiencies of legume incorporated farming systems. For instance, ≈ 4890 MJ ha-1 of energy for N application could be conserved with the integration of soybean for corn cultivation. Furthermore, soybean used 50% lesser energy for machinery than in wheat cultivation, and save approximately 1720 MJ ha-1 of energy in land preparation through incorporating the legumes with cereals, which indicates its potential in energy saving. Therefore, popularizing the intercropping systems of legume–cereal, legume-root crop, the introduction of legume crops for the marginal lands where it needs more energy to cultivate other nonlegume crops, practicing rotational crop cultivation included with a legume crop will be more effective in terms of energy-saving. Energy-saving efficiency of legume can be further improved with effective use of microbial inoculum, efficient management of soil moisture content, applying conservation agricultural practices for economical legume cultivation, selection of suitable legume variety for the particular agro-ecological region, and application of precision agriculture for needed crop management. However, revisiting available agricultural policies and formulating practical implementation mechanisms are needed locally, regionally, and globally to publicize legume-based farming for higher EUE in the future.
An exploration of how pollution affects biological diversity, supports SDG 15.
The study highlights significant socioeconomic status and gender inequalities in mental health and premature mortality among young people, underscoring the need for early preventive interventions.
We studied several sustainable alternative protein concentrates and a whey protein concentrate as reference, to determine their protein composition, digestibility and quality using the harmonized INFOGEST static protocol. The proteins concentrates were analyzed to determine their conversion factor, degree of hydrolysis, true ileal digestibility, in vitro digestible indispensable amino acid score (IVDIAAS) and total absorbable amino acids and total essential amino acids.
To feed the world's growing population in the future, there must be a protein transition from animal-based to more sustainable, plant-based sources. Hybrid plant-meat products can bridge the protein-transition and are also focused on nutritional and sustainability aspects. While the addition of powdered proteins changes the texture of meat products, textured proteins have been shown to achieve higher sensorial acceptability.
Transition towards more sustainable diets is imminent and marketers are looking for guidance on type of the advertising appeal that could effectively persuade consumers to buy products that could support this transition, such as hybrid products. While prior research has investigated the value of self-interest/-transcendent goal appeals and independent/interdependent self-construal, only a small number of studies have investigated these factors in combination.
This work established a framework to identify and analyze the technical feasibility of roofs for integrating urban agriculture, rainwater harvesting, and photovoltaic systems using various remote sensing. The framework was applied to a region north of Barcelona. Three levels of solar access requirements for tomatoes, leafy crops, strawberries, and microgreens were established. The case study included compact and disperse urban forms, residential and nonresidential building uses and various building typologies.
