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Dynamic impact of trade policy, economic growth, fertility rate, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on ecological footprint in Europe Open
Climate change mitigation has become the central theme for many policy initiatives, as such, the European Union (EU) member countries are working assiduously to achieve the emission targets. To provide policy direction in achieving the emi…
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Future food-production systems: vertical farming and controlled-environment agriculture Open
The unremitting trends of increasing population, urbanization, diminishing water supply, and continuing climate change have contributed to declining stocks of arable land per person. As land resources for agriculture decrease, policy maker…
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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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Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations Open
Plant-based diets have become popular as a means of reducing the environmental footprint of the diet and promoting human health and animal welfare. Although the percentages of vegetarians and vegans are low compared to omnivores, their num…
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Economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and ecological footprint: Exploring the role of environmental regulations and democracy in sustainable development Open
Countries enact environmental regulations to achieve sustainable development and ecological sustainability. However, environmental regulations do not guarantee environmental sustainability unless implemented efficiently. Furthermore, polit…
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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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Ecological Footprint Accounting for Countries: Updates and Results of the National Footprint Accounts, 2012–2018 Open
Ecological Footprint accounting quantifies the supply and demand of Earth’s biocapacity. The National Footprint Accounts (NFA) are the most widely used Ecological Footprint (EF) dataset, and provide results for most countries and the world…
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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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Opportunities and Challenges for Big Data in Agricultural and Environmental Analysis Open
Agriculture stands on the cusp of a digital revolution, and the same technologies that created the Internet and are transforming medicine are now being applied in our farms and on our fields. Overall, this digital agricultural revolution i…
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Does green finance really deliver what is expected? An empirical perspective Open
Coupled with adopting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) role may not be overlooked. The ADB took substantial measures to ensure environmentally sustainable gr…
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Is the environmental Kuznets Curve in Europe related to the per-capita ecological footprint or CO2 emissions? Open
The nexus between environment-economic development has been investigated for a long time. Many empirical studies have measured environmental degradation by CO2 emissions and ignored the possibility that the use of such metric as environmen…
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Re-Thinking Mining Waste through an Integrative Approach Led by Circular Economy Aspirations Open
Mining wastes, particularly in the form of waste rocks and tailings, can have major social and environmental impacts. There is a need for comprehensive long-term strategies for transforming the mining industry to move toward zero environme…
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The role of natural resources abundance and dependence in achieving environmental sustainability: Evidence from resource‐based economies Open
Proper use and efficient management of natural resources are critical to shaping a sustainable future in many resource‐rich countries in Africa. It is also well‐known that globalization creates a great awareness for sustainable resource ex…
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Analysis of ecological carrying capacity using a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method Open
With the rapid development of the economy, environmental issues have become increasingly prominent and pose a threat to the sustainable development of human society. Maintaining the integrity of ecosystems and limiting human activity are p…
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Assessment of the role of renewable energy consumption and trade policy on environmental degradation using innovation accounting: Evidence from the US Open
Renewable energy technologies are promising, yet, very little is known about its role as a limiting factor in fossil fuel-attributable environmental degradation — especially in high-income countries. This study investigated the dynamic eff…
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Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability of Short Food Supply Chains Open
The production and distribution of food are among the hot topics debated in the context of sustainable development. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are now widely believed to be more sustainable in comparison to mass food delivery systems…
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A critique on the water-scarcity weighted water footprint in LCA Open
The water footprint (WF) has been developed within the water resources research community as a volumetric measure of freshwater appropriation. The concept is used to assess water use along supply chains, sustainability of water use within …
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Bibliometric analysis and literature review of ecotourism: Toward sustainable development Open
In recent decades, rising consumer interest in visiting relatively less commercialized natural destinations has facilitated the growth of ecotourism. Yet the research on ecotourism is fragmented, presenting gaps in the current understandin…
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Assessing the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity of Portuguese cities: Critical results for environmental awareness and local management Open
The unsustainable use of our planet's resources needs to be tackled from different angles and multiple levels of governance. As the human population urbanizes, having access to reliable, cross-cutting, quantitative city-level sustainabilit…
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Geography Education for Sustainable Development Open
Increased pressure on the earth's resources has led to what is increasingly referred to as the climate crisis. While a whole range of environmental parameters have been transformed through such pressures, the effect of human activities on …
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The resource‐based view, stakeholder capitalism, ESG, and sustainable competitive advantage: The firm's embeddedness into ecology, society, and governance Open
The main research question of the study is this: Is the firm embedded into ecology, society, and governance (ESG), or vice versa? Using the resource‐based view as a theoretical lens, and stakeholder capitalism as a paradigm anchored in the…
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Can productivity and profitability be enhanced in intensively managed cereal systems while reducing the environmental footprint of production? Assessing sustainable intensification options in the breadbasket of India Open
In the most productive area of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in Northwest India where high yields of rice and wheat are commonplace, a medium-term cropping system trial was conducted in Haryana State. The goal of the study was to identify integ…
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Examining the dynamics of ecological footprint in China with spectral Granger causality and quantile-on-quantile approaches Open
With 2.5 global hectares (gha) per capita against 2.7 gha per capita, China's ecological footprint is desirably below the world's average ecological footprint per capita. Undesirably, the country's per person ecological footprint outweighs…
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The Water Footprint of Global Food Production Open
Agricultural production is the main consumer of water. Future population growth, income growth, and dietary shifts are expected to increase demand for water. The paper presents a brief review of the water footprint of crop production and t…
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Small-scale urban agriculture results in high yields but requires judicious management of inputs to achieve sustainability Open
Significance Growing food in cities for human consumption could be one means of increasing global food supply in the face of rising population growth and global food security concerns. While previous studies have shown that urban agricultu…
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A Systematic Review of Metal Oxide Applications for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Open
Energy is the fundamental requirement of all physical, chemical, and biological processes which are utilized for better living standards. The toll that the process of development takes on the environment and economic activity is evident fr…
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The evolution of life cycle assessment in European policies over three decades Open
Purpose Life cycle thinking (LCT) and life cycle assessment (LCA) are increasingly considered pivotal concept and method for supporting sustainable transitions. LCA plays a relevant role in decision support, for the ambition of a holistic …
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The environmental footprint of China-Africa engagement: An analysis of the effect of China – Africa partnership on carbon emissions Open
China has strategically engaged with African countries through different routes. However, the growing presence of China in Africa has attracted a lot of praise and criticism. As a leader in smart technology, China may fill the technologica…
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Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Laparoscopic Surgery Open
Objectives. To determine the carbon footprint of various sustainability interventions used for laparoscopic hysterectomy. Methods. We designed interventions for laparoscopic hysterectomy from approaches that sustainable health care organiz…
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Economic and Sustainability of Biodiesel Production—A Systematic Literature Review Open
As Earth’s fossil energy resources are limited, there is a growing need for renewable resources such as biodiesel. That is the reason why the social, economic and environmental impacts of biofuels became an important research topic in the …