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This study explores the pervasive and multifaceted violence faced by women with disabilities in Nepal, focusing on the ways in which these experiences are shaped by intersecting social hierarchies, including those based on gender, caste, and socioeconomic status. By calling for more targeted and inclusive strategies that prioritise the perspectives and needs of disabled women, this researh argues that the global commitment to “leave no one behind” will be upheld.
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The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia

Volume 34, March 2025

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In this editorial there is a call for action to mitigate the urgent water crisis in urban and rural areas of India.

This article presents the hydroclimatic changes in the Tibetan Plateau, emphasizing the delicate balance between precipitation and evaporative demand in streamflow dynamics.
The contribution of non-PAs to climate-driven species migration is important for long-term biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptationan. This article reveals that non-PAs provide transient refugia for species within PAs during climate-driven migrations in China and acts as steppingstones to facilitate species range shifts.
Coupling of social, economic, and environmental systems are important for achieving the sustainable development. This article examined the impact of China’s Targeted Poverty Alleviation (TPA) strategy on the sustainable development in the poor areas of China (PAC) and found that both the economic and social systems have developed rapidly in the PAC during the TPA period and the implementation of TPA facilitates the couplings among the three subsystems in the PAC and improves their coordination degree, turning from imbalanced to coordinated development.
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Gioia Falcone, Christopher S. Brown, Isa Kolo, David Banks, Orestis Angelidis, Chapter 7 - Geothermal production, injection, and storage engineering, Editor(s): Silviu Livescu, Birol Dindoruk, Geothermal Energy Engineering, Elsevier, 2025, Pages 181-220.

The chapter aligns with UN SDGs 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 13 (Climate Action) by advocating for the use of geothermal technologies to provide clean, sustainable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to the transition to a more sustainable energy future.

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Philip J. Ball, Graham Banks, Mikenna Montgomery, Juan Carlos Afonso, Chapter 12 - Global screening for superhot rock geothermal energy: Geodynamic settings, prospective heat endowment and extraction techniques, Editors: Silviu Livescu, Birol Dindoruk, Geothermal Energy Engineering, Elsevier, 2025, Pages 379-462.

This chapter supports UN SDGs 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 13 (Climate Action) by advancing the understanding and utilization of geothermal resources to promote sustainable and clean energy solutions, contributing to climate change mitigation efforts.

This study analyzes how healthcare, health, and social factors contribute to high out-of-pocket health expenditures (OOPE) among informally employed Cambodian households without prepayment schemes, finding that healthcare-related factors are the largest drivers of financial hardship. The authors recommend expanding prepayment schemes focused on comprehensive outpatient care, essential medications, and higher-level services, while also addressing noncommunicable diseases and injuries to improve financial protection.

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Arévalo, Benavides & Ochoa-Correa, Towards Future Smart Power Systems with High Penetration of Renewables: Emerging Technologies, New Tools, and Case Studies, 2025, Pages 213-237

This chapter aligns with SDGs 7, 11, and 10, by offering a case study on renewable energy and rural electrification in Ecuador, in the context of socioeconomic challenges and climate change, whilst also drawing on other examples from developing countries elsewhere.

The article highlights the potential of AI to support SDGs related to responsible consumption and production (Goal 12), and climate action (Goal 13).

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