Goal 13: Climate action

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Science; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

The Great Tree of Life: Chapter 6 - Fate of the Tree of Life

Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Chapter 6 - Fate of the Tree of Life, Editor(s): Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, The Great Tree of Life, Academic Press, 2019, Pages 117-150, ISBN 9780128125533, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812553-3.00006-0.

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 15 by explaining human and environmental activity and their potential role in extinction.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Disaster risk reduction, Global

High-density element concentrations in fish from subtidal to hadal zones of the Pacific Ocean

Heliyon, Volume 4, October 2018

This paper focuses on the effects of marine pollution in fish within the the greatest depth zones of the Pacific Ocean.

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Oceans & Seas, Pacific

Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13): transforming agriculture and food systems

Elsevier, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 34, October 2018

Actions on climate change (SDG 13), including in the food system, are crucial.

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Capacity Building; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Multi-stakeholder partnerships; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

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Teaching relevant climate change topics in undergraduate chemistry courses: Motivations, student misconceptions, and resources

Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Volume 13, October 2018

This short review gives an overview of recent publications on public views on climate change, student views and misconceptions, and resources for making connections in the classroom and the laborat

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Education; Science; Motivation, Global

Catalyst: Imagine Doing Chemistry at No Cost … to the Environment!

Elsevier, Chem, Volume 4, 13 September 2018

Bruce H. Lipshutz is currently a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Sustainable consumption and production; Chemicals and waste; Industry, North America

Reaction: Exploring the Chemistry Frontier in Water-Borne Vessels

Elsevier, Chem, Volume 4, 13 September 2018

In 2007, John Warner and Jim Babcock founded the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and, with Amy Cannon, founded the green chemistry education nonprofit organization Beyond Benign.

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Sustainable consumption and production; Chemicals and waste; Industry; Science, Global

Green Ports - Chapter 11: Green Port Strategies in China

Green Ports: Inland and Seaside Sustainable Transportation Strategies, Volume , 20 September 2018

This book chapter addresses SDG 9 and 13 by closely looking at how China's green port strategy can be seen as a model for other developed countries to alleviate waste, dust, and noise as part of port management.

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Sustainable transport, Asia

Covenant of mayors signatories leading the way towards 1.5 degree global warming pathway

Elsevier, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 41, August 2018

An increasing number of cities and local governments adhere to transnational initiatives on climate change mitigation, but quantification of their contribution to the Paris Agreement commitments is la

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Sustainable cities and human settlements, Europe

Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: Chapter 11 - New Technologies for Monitoring Marine Mammal Health

Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology, Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Population Health, 2018, Pages 291-320

This book chapter advances SDGs 13 and 14 by explaining how in the past, marine mammal genetic and transcriptional studies have been restricted due to the lack of reference genomes. But the advance of high-throughput sequencing is revolutionizing the life sciences technologies.

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