Wetzel's Limnology (Fourth Edition): Lake and River Ecosystems - Chapter 26: Shallow Lakes and Ponds

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Wetzel's Limnology, Fourth Edition: Lake and River Ecosystems, 2024, pp 859-892
This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11, 13, and 14 by reviewing the role of lakes and ponds in maintaining critical aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the context of growing urbanization and climate change.
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Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in the Agri-Food Industries - Chapter 2: Green nanomaterials: an eco-friendly route for sustainable nanotechnology

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Rupali Jandrotia, Ipsa Gupta, Priyanka Mahajan, Daizy Rani Batish, Harminder Pal Singh, 2 - Green nanomaterials: an eco-friendly route for sustainable nanotechnology, Editor(s): Pardeep Singh, Puja Khare, Disha Mishra, Muhammad Bilal, Mika Sillanpää, In Micro and Nano Technologies, Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in the Agri-Food Industries, Elsevier, 2024, Pages 21-52, ISBN 9780323996822
This chapter ties into Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities and Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate action by discussing methods of establishing sustainable form of nanotechnology in the biosynthesis of nanoparticle with minimum impact on the environment.
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It's Not "Either/Or"—Taking a Holistic Approach to the SDGs

October, 2023
In this episode of the "World We Want" podcast, Márcia Balisciano and David Emmett, from the Biodiversity Partnerships team at the Hempel Foundation, engage in a deep conversation. They discuss the importance of biodiversity conservation, and how our efforts toward preserving wildlife species should not ignore the human communities that surround and rely on them.
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Decision-support tools to build climate resilience against emerging infectious diseases in Europe and beyond

Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 32, September 2023
Climate change is one of several drivers of recurrent outbreaks and geographical range expansion of infectious diseases in Europe.
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Machine learning approaches reveal highly heterogeneous air quality co-benefits of the energy transition

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iScience, Volume 26, 15 September 2023
This research studied different heating systems in China and Europe. The sensitivity analysis found that electrifying heating systems with heat pumps can reduce household heating costs and mitigate European cities’ dependence on natural gas, providing policy recommendations on future building cost-effective retrofits and heating electrification in Europe.
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Techno-economic analysis of residential building heating strategies for cost-effective upgrades in European cities

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iScience, Volume 26, 15 September 2023
This research studied different heating systems in China and Europe. The sensitivity analysis found that electrifying heating systems with heat pumps can reduce household heating costs and mitigate European cities’ dependence on natural gas, providing policy recommendations on future building cost-effective retrofits and heating electrification in Europe.
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Passive radiative cooling to sub-ambient temperatures inside naturally ventilated buildings

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Cell Reports Physical Science, Volume 4, 20 September 2023
Climate change is driving the need for cool spaces, which currently relies largely on mechanical air conditioning that consumes power and contributes to emissions. This article examines how to create a passive cooling system with good ventilation using no mechanical equipment, achieving sub-ambient temperature cooling that could be extended to larger homes and structures. As such, it supports SDGs 3 (ensuring access to cool livable spaces), SDG 9 (more sustainable infrastructure to cool homes), and SDG 13 (reducing the need for traditional air conditioning).
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Carbon offsets are incompatible with the Paris Agreement

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One Earth, Volume 6, 15 September 2023
This article advances SDG # 13 by arguing that flaws with carbon offsets, such as exaggerated climate benefits, emission avoidance rather than carbon removal, non-durable carbon storage, greenwashing, and double-counting, ultimately make the current system incompatible with the Paris Agreement.
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