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The United Nations’ discussions on defining a new set of post-2015 development goals focus on poverty eradication and … sustainable development. Biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for poverty eradication, which is also one of the … current proposals of goals and targets, and a quantitative pathway analysis to meet long term biodiversity and food security …
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study explores possible pathways to sustainability by considering in quantitative detail four contrasting scenarios for the …
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There is very little elaboration in literature of the phrase “equitable access to sustainable development” that is … referenced in the Cancun Agreement on climate change. We interpret this at a minimum as people’s right to a decent living … standard, which gives rise to claims by countries to an exemption from mitigation for the energy and emissions needed to …
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relation to pollution and climate change. We start by describing the different types of BCs and their mechanisms of formation … effects of soot BC inhalation is followed by a discussion on its impact on climate and climate change. We explain how soot BC … climate change, in addition to improving soil fertility. …
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population growth, development, and climate variability, pose potential challenges for ongoing sustainable supply. The effect of … of Mali, West Africa. By 2040, population growth, climate variability, and development as urbanization, agriculture, and …
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Despite climate change mitigation and sustainability agendas, road transport systems in Germany and the resulting …
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Using Pakistan and the Arctic as examples, this article examines security challenges arising from climate change …. Pakistan is in crisis, and climate change, a transnational phenomenon perhaps better characterized as radical enviro … other region. Unmanaged, a complex interplay of climate-related conditions, including large-scale “ecomigration”, may turn …
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This paper argues that sustainable consumption and production (SCP) should play a prominent role in the formulation and implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and discusses how this could be practically done. Unsustainable patterns of consumption and production have been...
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This paper argues that the need for a core “fourth pillar” of sustainability/sustainable development, as demanded in multiple arenas, can no longer be ignored on the grounds of intangibility. Different approaches to this vital but missing pillar (cultural-aesthetic, religious-spiritual, and...
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A flood of ideas and proposals on the shape and selection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has begun to rise since 2012. This article looks at some of them, trying to understand which kind of “boundary work” between science and policy is done here. Starting with a reflection on the...
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