RELX SDG Customer Awards 2024

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Recognising our customers' exceptional work to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Sustainable Business Practices; Sustainable Development; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

Indigenous agricultural practices employed by the Vhavenda community in the Musina local municipality to promote sustainable environmental management

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Heliyon, Volume 10, 15 July 2024
This knowledge encompasses information about the local environment, including farming patterns, soil types, weather patterns, and other natural resources. Such indigenous agricultural practices are valuable methods, and these communities have illustrated the effectiveness, adaptability, and ways in which these adopted methods promote sustainable environmental management.
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Africa

A beautiful bush space on Country: Indigenous women's perspectives on the cultural significance of a placenta garden

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Women and Birth, Volume 37, July 2024
The aim of the paper is to understand the culture around birth and indigenous people. This study aimed to understand First Nations women’s perceptions of placenta burial and a dedicated placenta garden in supporting connection to their culture.
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Global; Oceania

Holocene Palaeoenvironmental change at the mouth of Sabarmati River, Gulf of Khambhat, Western India

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Quaternary Environments and Humans, Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2024, 100016
The study of the sedimentary record at the mouth of the Sabarmati River in the Gulf of Khambhat provides insights into how changes in climate, sea level, and sedimentation patterns over the Holocene period impacted the environment and ancient human settlements in the region, which is relevant for understanding climate change and its effects.
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Climate Change; Sea Level Change; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Asia

Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, Vol 2 - Chapter 26: Addressing climate action, soil protection, and risk governance in the Alps: the Alpine Convention’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

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Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, Vol 2
Building Transformative Resilience in Mountain Regions Worldwide
2024, Pages 201-206
This chapter ties into Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land by detailing how the Alpine Convention addresses climate change, soil protection, and natural hazards. The actions and governance model of the Alpine Convention contribute to these SDGs and offer scalable solutions for other mountain regions worldwide.
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Climate Change; Mountains, Global

Climate Change and Circular Economics: Human Society as a Closed Thermodynamic System - Chapter 4: Big data analysis for climate change proof and risk mitigation

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Climate Change and Circular Economics: Human Society as a Closed Thermodynamic System, 2024, Pages 131-165

The content aligns with UN SDG 13 (Climate Action) by analyzing temperature and precipitation data to assess climate change risks, map hazard risks related to floods, droughts, snow, and freezing events, and calculate associated damage, while also indirectly supporting SDG 15 (Life on Land) by evaluating the impact on various regions and ecosystems.

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Energy; Climate Change, Global

RELX SDG Inspiration Day 2024

Elsevier
This year’s RELX SDG Inspiration Day will bring together global AI leaders, corporate representatives, investors, government, and NGOs to explore issues, gain practical insights and be inspired to take action in support of the Global Goals. Elsevier is proud to share this special collection of articles and chapters in celebration of this event.
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Artificial Intelligence, Global

Future Food Systems: Exploring Global Production, Processing, Distribution and Consumption - Chapter 14: Insects, a promising, practical food source for a sustainable, regenerative world

Elsevier,

Future Food Systems:Exploring Global Production, Processing, Distribution and Consumption, 2024, Pages 177-190
This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal: Zero Hunger
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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Development of a standardized methodology for selecting candidate DNA barcodes of Trillium govanianum to combat biodiversity crime and environmental exploitation

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Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments, Volume 5, June 2024
This study introduces an innovative method using DNA barcodes to accurately identify species, addressing the critical issue of trafficking invaluable medicinal plants like Trillium govanianum.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Evolution and controlling factors of natural levees during the past 4500 years derived from lowland archaeological ruins in central Kanto Plain, Japan

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Quaternary Environments and Humans, Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2024, 100012

The study demonstrates that natural levee evolution in the central Kanto Plain is controlled by river migration and sea-level fluctuations, which are influenced by climate change, providing insights that can inform climate action.

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Sea Level Change; Environmental Degradation, Asia

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