Asia

The article concludes that meeting South East Asia ’s protein needs demands a dual focus on both quantity and quality, tailored to population-specific requirements and life stages. Sustainable solutions should leverage a mix of animal, plant, and novel protein sources, prioritizing local resources and innovations that enhance nutritional value and consumer acceptance. It cautions against simplistic shifts to plant-based diets, given persistent undernutrition and socioeconomic disparities, and stresses that future food policies and innovations must be guided by nutrient adequacy, environmental sustainability, safety, and cultural relevance to ensure robust and equitable improvements in regional nutrition.

This chapter on geothermal energy supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 7, 9, 11, and 13 by providing foundational knowledge on geothermal resources, engineering practices, and sustainability, contributing to affordable and clean energy, industry innovation, sustainable urban development, and climate action.

Globalization, westernization, and urbanization over the last decades, leading to changes in dietary habits as well as food production, consequently, rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and environmental degradation. This study attempts to identify Thailand's dietary changes, considering health and sustainability aspects, and to determine correlations between these changes and NCD cases as well as environmental impacts (GHG emissions, land-, nitrogen-, phosphorus-use).

This research examines how indigenous archaeology and how the emergence of the first urban centers in the Mongolian steppe coincided with the establishment of the Uyghur Khaganate during the mid-eighth century CE.