Designing a circular carbon and plastics economy for a sustainable future

F Vidal, ER van der Marel, RWF Kerr, C McElroy… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The linear production and consumption of plastics today is unsustainable. It creates large
amounts of unnecessary and mismanaged waste, pollution and carbon dioxide emissions …

Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss

AH Arthington, D Tickner, ME McClain… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Environmental flows (e-flows) aim to mitigate the threat of altered hydrological regimes in
river systems and connected waterbodies and are an important component of integrated …

Is green growth happening? An empirical analysis of achieved versus Paris-compliant CO2–GDP decoupling in high-income countries

J Vogel, J Hickel - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Scientists have raised concerns about whether high-income countries, with
their high per-capita CO 2 emissions, can decarbonise fast enough to meet their obligations …

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory

WJ Ripple, C Wolf, JW Gregg, J Rockström… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Life on planet Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted territory. For several
decades, scientists have consistently warned of a future marked by extreme climatic …

[HTML][HTML] Social and solidarity economy insights for the circular economy: Limited-profit and sufficiency

U Villalba-Eguiluz, M Sahakian… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the call for societal transformations to foster sustainability transitions, we consider in
what way the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) contributes to a more circular society. We …

Living within the safe and just Earth system boundaries for blue water

B Stewart-Koster, SE Bunn, P Green… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Safe and just Earth system boundaries (ESBs) for surface water and groundwater (blue
water) have been defined for sustainable water management in the Anthropocene. Here we …

Understanding global groundwater-climate interactions

CE Ndehedehe, OE Adeyeri, AO Onojeghuo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming is emerging as an important predictor of water availability and future water
supplies across the world through inducing the frequency and severity in hydrological …

Geotechnical assessments for renewable energy infrastructure: ensuring stability in wind and solar projects

OT Joel, VU Oguanobi - Engineering Science & Technology Journal, 2024 - fepbl.com
Geotechnical assessments are crucial for ensuring the stability and longevity of renewable
energy infrastructure, particularly in wind and solar projects. This review explores the …

Sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems in the critical decade for climate action

Ş Kılkış, G Krajačić, N Duić, MA Rosen - Energy conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this critical decade for climate action, rapid and far-reaching transitions depend on the
choices and actions that are taken now and in the near-term. Integrated approaches that …

Beyond the Farm to Fork Strategy: Methodology for designing a European agro-ecological future

G Billen, E Aguilera, R Einarsson, J Garnier… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The publication of the European Commission's Farm to Fork Strategy has sparked a heated
debate between those who advocate the intensification of agriculture in the name of food …