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A review of renewable energy sources, sustainability issues and climate change mitigation Open
The world is fast becoming a global village due to the increasing daily requirement of energy by all population across the world while the earth in its form cannot change. The need for energy and its related services to satisfy human socia…
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Mechanical Recycling of Packaging Plastics: A Review Open
The current global plastics economy is highly linear, with the exceptional performance and low carbon footprint of polymeric materials at odds with dramatic increases in plastic waste. Transitioning to a circular economy that retains plast…
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A sustainable wood biorefinery for low–carbon footprint chemicals production Open
Every twig and splinter used Plant-based production of commodity chemicals faces steep competition from fossil resources, which are often cheaper and easier to partition. Sustainable use of renewable resources requires strategies for conve…
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Green AI Open
Creating efficiency in AI research will decrease its carbon footprint and increase its inclusivity as deep learning study should not require the deepest pockets.
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The impact of surgery on global climate: a carbon footprinting study of operating theatres in three health systems Open
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International comparison of health care carbon footprints Open
Climate change confronts the health care sector with a dual challenge. Accumulating climate impacts are putting an increased burden on the service provision of already stressed health care systems in many regions of the world. At the same …
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Achieving sustainable aquaculture: Historical and current perspectives and future needs and challenges Open
Important operational changes that have gradually been assimilated and new approaches that are developing as part of the movement toward sustainable intensive aquaculture production systems are presented via historical, current, and future…
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Carbon‐Nanotube‐Based Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Open
Conversion of waste heat to voltage has the potential to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of a number of critical energy sectors, such as the transportation and electricity‐generation sectors, and manufacturing processes. Thermal …
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Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions Open
Deforestation, the second largest source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is largely driven by expanding forestry and agriculture. However, despite agricultural expansion being increasingly driven by foreign demand, the links bet…
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Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options Open
Background. Around two-thirds of global GHG emissions are directly and indirectly linked to household consumption, with a global average of about 6 tCO 2 eq/cap. The average per capita carbon footprint of North America and Europe amount to…
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It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures Open
Through their consumption behavior, households are responsible for 72% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, they are key actors in reaching the 1.5°C goal under the Paris Agreement. However, the possible contribution and position of h…
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Comparative assessment of blue hydrogen from steam methane reforming, autothermal reforming, and natural gas decomposition technologies for natural gas-producing regions Open
Interest in blue hydrogen production technologies is growing. Some researchers have evaluated the environmental and/or economic feasibility of producing blue hydrogen, but a holistic assessment is still needed. Many aspects of hydrogen pro…
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The carbon footprint of Australian health care Open
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Organic Solar Cells—The Path to Commercial Success Open
Organic solar cells have the potential to become the cheapest form of electricity, beating even silicon photovoltaics. This article summarizes the state of the art in the field, highlighting research challenges, mainly the need for an effi…
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Biologically-mediated carbon capture and utilization by microalgae towards sustainable CO2 biofixation and biomass valorization – A review Open
The continuously rising emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a universal hazard which urgently requires collaborative action between policymakers and scientists. International treaties such as the Paris Agreement (with 196 signatories) refl…
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Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling for the Beverage Industry: A Review Open
Disposal of plastic waste has become a widely discussed issue, due to the potential environmental impact of improper waste disposal. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging accounted for 44.7% of single-serve beverage packaging in the U…
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Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep Learning in NLP Open
Recent progress in hardware and methodology for training neural networks has ushered in a new generation of large networks trained on abundant data. These models have obtained notable gains in accuracy across many NLP tasks. However, these…
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Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs Open
The number of publications on environmental footprint indicators has been growing rapidly, but with limited efforts to integrate different footprints into a coherent framework. Such integration is important for comprehensive understanding …
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The AI gambit: leveraging artificial intelligence to combat climate change—opportunities, challenges, and recommendations Open
In this article, we analyse the role that artificial intelligence (AI) could play, and is playing, to combat global climate change. We identify two crucial opportunities that AI offers in this domain: it can help improve and expand current…
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Trends in Data Centre Energy Consumption under the European Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency Open
Climate change is recognised as one of the key challenges humankind is facing. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector including data centres generates up to 2% of the global CO2 emissions, a number on par to the aviation…
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Sustainable AI: Environmental Implications, Challenges and Opportunities Open
This paper explores the environmental impact of the super-linear growth trends for AI from a holistic perspective, spanning Data, Algorithms, and System Hardware. We characterize the carbon footprint of AI computing by examining the model …
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Green IoT and Edge AI as Key Technological Enablers for a Sustainable Digital Transition towards a Smart Circular Economy: An Industry 5.0 Use Case Open
Internet of Things (IoT) can help to pave the way to the circular economy and to a more sustainable world by enabling the digitalization of many operations and processes, such as water distribution, preventive maintenance, or smart manufac…
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Building energy metering and environmental monitoring – A state-of-the-art review and directions for future research Open
Buildings are responsible for 40% of global energy use and contribute towards 30% of the total CO2 emissions. The drive to reduce energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions from buildings has acted as a catalyst in the incr…
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Possibilities and Challenges for the Inclusion of the Electric Vehicle (EV) to Reduce the Carbon Footprint in the Transport Sector: A Review Open
To combat global climate change moving towards sustainable, mobility is one of the most holistic approaches. Hence, decarbonization of the transport sector by employing electric vehicles (EVs) is currently an environmentally benign and eff…
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Should we stop meating like this? Reducing meat consumption through substitution Open
High levels of meat consumption are increasingly being criticised for ethical, environmental, and social reasons. Plant-based meat substitutes have been identified as healthy sources of protein that, in comparison to meat, offer a number o…
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The carbon footprint of household energy use in the United States Open
Significance This study uses data on ∼93 million individual homes to perform the most comprehensive study of greenhouse gases from residential energy use in the United States. We provide nationwide rankings of carbon intensity of homes in …
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The Carbon Footprint of Surgical Operations Open
Summary of background data and objectives: Operating theatres are typically the most resource-intensive area of a hospital, 3–6 times more energy-intensive than the rest of the hospital and a major contributor of waste. The primary objecti…
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The Energy and Carbon Footprint of the Global ICT and E&M Sectors 2010–2015 Open
This article presents estimations of the energy and carbon footprint of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Entertainment & Media (E&M) sectors globally for 2010–2015 including a forecast to 2020. It builds on three prev…
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A Survey on Energy Efficient Narrowband Internet of Things (NBIoT): Architecture, Application and Challenges Open
The advancement of technologies over years has poised Internet of Things (IoT) to scoop out untapped information and communication technology opportunities. It is anticipated that IoT will handle the gigantic network of billions of devices…
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Prospect of Polysaccharide-Based Materials as Advanced Food Packaging Open
The use of polysaccharide-based materials presents an eco-friendly technological solution, by reducing dependence on fossil resources while reducing a product’s carbon footprint, when compared to conventional plastic packaging materials. T…