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Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health

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The Lancet Public Health, Volume 6, October 2021
A Comment on the collective action required to tackle the environmental crisis, in the context of SDGs 12, 13, and 17, calling for a limit to increases in average global temperatures, a halt in the destruction of nature, and the protection of health to be prioritised.
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Health and wellbeing; Multi-stakeholder partnerships, Global

Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Second Edition - Chapter 24: Thermal storage for concentrating solar power plants

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Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Second Edition, Methods and Applications, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, 2021, Pages 673-697
This chapter advances SDG 7 by explaining how the fundamentals of thermal energy storage in solar thermal power plants, in order to produce solar energy on demand and thus increase the feasibility of solar power as an energy source.
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Science; Energy; Thermal Energy, Global

Developing a framework for designing humanitarian blockchain projects

Elsevier, Computers in Industry, Volume 131, October 2021
Blockchain technology promises to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of humanitarian operations. Yet at the same time, especially the humanitarian context with its characteristic volatility poses unique challenges to any technology. Most prominent are the humanitarian principles that are fundamental to humanitarian operations. These ethical principles are set to protect the most vulnerable populations. Designing blockchain projects in the humanitarian context therefore requires a systematic framework that helps humanitarians make critical choices.
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Human rights; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

Elsevier, The Lancet, Volume 398, 30 October 2021
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Health and population, Global

COP26 Special Issue: UN Climate Change Conference 2021

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COP26 is the 2021 United Nations annual climate change conference. COP stands for Conference of the Parties. Parties are the signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - a treaty agreed in 1994 which has 197 Parties (196 countries and the EU). The 2021 conference, hosted by the UK, together with our partners Italy, in Glasgow, will be the 26th meeting of the Parties, which is why it's called COP26.

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Data & Analytics; Health and wellbeing; Rule of Law; Science; Oceans & Seas; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Water and sanitation; Sustainable transport; Technology; Energy; Chemicals and waste; Health and population, Global

Slow Onset Events related to Climate Change - Special Issue

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 50, Pages A1-A8, 1-318 (June 2021)
This special issue of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (COSUST) brings together a collection of articles on environmental sustainability in relation to those adverse climate impacts –slow onset events--which unfold gradually over time. The special issue helps identify the gaps and challenges in understanding slow onset events and their local, national, and regional impacts, and possible approaches to manage these.
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Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development; Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation; National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS); Climate Change, Global

Epistemic injustice in academic global health

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The Lancet Global Health, Volume 9, October 2021
This Viewpoint supports SDGs 3 and 10 by discussing how common practices in academic global health are peppered with epistemic wrongs that lead to or exacerbate epistemic injustice; for example, members of the global heath community often witness a cycle in which researchers assume that locals in marginalised areas and members of marginalised groups do not have the capacity to contribute to research, and thereby bypass such people's participation.
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Health and population; Diversity and inclusion; Global Health, Global

Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases Affecting the Heart - Chapter 12: HIV & Heart

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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Other Infectious Diseases Affecting the Heart
2022, Pages 125-136
This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by highlighting the cardiovascular risks of HIV.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Chapter 6 - Lyme & Heart

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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Other Infectious Diseases Affecting the Heart, 2022, Pages 61-71
Discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme carditis. Supports SDG By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Chapter 1 - Healthcare in the times of artificial intelligence: setting a value-based context

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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Smart Healthcare, Next Gen Tech Driven Personalized Med&Smart Healthcare, 2021, Pages 1-9
The value-based health-care strategy imposes significant challenges to the adoption of medical technologies in the health-care domain. The recent pandemic of COVID-19 also proved that the deployment of medical informatics in creative ways toward innovation and bold solution to new problems and cases is a vital priority for the future of healthcare. The goal of SDG target 3d. is to strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks (by using medical innovative technologies) and SDG target 9b. to support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities
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