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UN sustainable development goals
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The role of higher education institutions is to nurture students, research and society engagement that are can create positive impact on and are mindful of the SDG objectives as discussed by the authors, which are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.Abstract:
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
These 17 Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The goals are interconnected – often the key to success on one will involve tackling issues more commonly associated with another. The role of Higher Education institutions is to nurture students, research and society engagement that are can create positive impact on and are mindful of the SDG objectives.read more
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Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth's climate by 2050.
Ilona M. Otto,Jonathan F. Donges,Jonathan F. Donges,Roger Cremades,Avit Kumar Bhowmik,Avit Kumar Bhowmik,Richard J. Hewitt,Wolfgang Lucht,Wolfgang Lucht,Johan Rockström,Johan Rockström,Franziska Allerberger,Franziska Allerberger,Mark S. McCaffrey,Sylvanus S P Doe,Alex Lenferna,Nerea Morán,Detlef P van Vuuren,Detlef P van Vuuren,Hans Joachim Schellnhuber,Hans Joachim Schellnhuber +20 more
TL;DR: This work discusses and evaluates the potential of social tipping interventions (STIs) that can activate contagious processes of rapidly spreading technologies, behaviors, social norms, and structural reorganization within their functional domains that it describes as social tipping elements (STEs).
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The New Urban Agenda: key opportunities and challenges for policy and practice
Federico Caprotti,Robert Cowley,Ayona Datta,Vanesa Castán Broto,Eleanor Gao,Lucien Georgeson,Clare Herrick,Nancy Odendaal,Simon Joss +8 more
TL;DR: The UN-HABITAT III conference held in Quito in late 2016 enshrined the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) with an exclusively urban focus as discussed by the authors, which aims to make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable through a range of metrics, indicators, and evaluation systems.
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The power of synthetic biology for bioproduction, remediation and pollution control: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals will inevitably require the application of molecular biology and biotechnology on a global scale
Víctor de Lorenzo,Víctor de Lorenzo,Kristala L. J. Prather,Kristala L. J. Prather,Guo Qiang Chen,Guo Qiang Chen,Elizabeth O'Day,Conrad von Kameke,Diego A. Oyarzún,Diego A. Oyarzún,Leticia Hosta-Rigau,Leticia Hosta-Rigau,Habiba Alsafar,Habiba Alsafar,Cong Cao,Cong Cao,Weizhi Ji,Weizhi Ji,Hideyuki Okano,Hideyuki Okano,Richard J. Roberts,Richard J. Roberts,Mostafa Ronaghi,Mostafa Ronaghi,Karen Yeung,Karen Yeung,Feng Zhang,Sang Yup Lee,Sang Yup Lee,Sang Yup Lee +29 more
TL;DR: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals present a challenge for biotechnology to develop new environmentally‐friendly and sustainable products and production processes.
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Earth-abundant elements a sustainable solution for electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate
TL;DR: In this article, earth-abundant elements for electrocatalysis hold tremendous promise as innovative, low-cost, and sustainable processes for the water treatment marketplace, and they are evaluated against less-endangered elements for electrodes by quantifying nitrate reduction rates, byproduct selectivity, and energy efficiencies.
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Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth's climate by 2050.
Ilona M. Otto,Jonathan F. Donges,Jonathan F. Donges,Roger Cremades,Avit Kumar Bhowmik,Avit Kumar Bhowmik,Richard J. Hewitt,Wolfgang Lucht,Wolfgang Lucht,Johan Rockström,Johan Rockström,Franziska Allerberger,Franziska Allerberger,Mark S. McCaffrey,Sylvanus S P Doe,Alex Lenferna,Nerea Morán,Detlef P van Vuuren,Detlef P van Vuuren,Hans Joachim Schellnhuber,Hans Joachim Schellnhuber +20 more
TL;DR: This work discusses and evaluates the potential of social tipping interventions (STIs) that can activate contagious processes of rapidly spreading technologies, behaviors, social norms, and structural reorganization within their functional domains that it describes as social tipping elements (STEs).
Journal ArticleDOI
The New Urban Agenda: key opportunities and challenges for policy and practice
Federico Caprotti,Robert Cowley,Ayona Datta,Vanesa Castán Broto,Eleanor Gao,Lucien Georgeson,Clare Herrick,Nancy Odendaal,Simon Joss +8 more
TL;DR: The UN-HABITAT III conference held in Quito in late 2016 enshrined the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) with an exclusively urban focus as discussed by the authors, which aims to make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable through a range of metrics, indicators, and evaluation systems.
Journal ArticleDOI
The power of synthetic biology for bioproduction, remediation and pollution control: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals will inevitably require the application of molecular biology and biotechnology on a global scale
Víctor de Lorenzo,Víctor de Lorenzo,Kristala L. J. Prather,Kristala L. J. Prather,Guo Qiang Chen,Guo Qiang Chen,Elizabeth O'Day,Conrad von Kameke,Diego A. Oyarzún,Diego A. Oyarzún,Leticia Hosta-Rigau,Leticia Hosta-Rigau,Habiba Alsafar,Habiba Alsafar,Cong Cao,Cong Cao,Weizhi Ji,Weizhi Ji,Hideyuki Okano,Hideyuki Okano,Richard J. Roberts,Richard J. Roberts,Mostafa Ronaghi,Mostafa Ronaghi,Karen Yeung,Karen Yeung,Feng Zhang,Sang Yup Lee,Sang Yup Lee,Sang Yup Lee +29 more
TL;DR: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals present a challenge for biotechnology to develop new environmentally‐friendly and sustainable products and production processes.
Journal ArticleDOI
Earth-abundant elements a sustainable solution for electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate
TL;DR: In this article, earth-abundant elements for electrocatalysis hold tremendous promise as innovative, low-cost, and sustainable processes for the water treatment marketplace, and they are evaluated against less-endangered elements for electrodes by quantifying nitrate reduction rates, byproduct selectivity, and energy efficiencies.
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Human agency in the Anthropocene
Ilona M. Otto,Marc Wiedermann,Roger Cremades,Jonathan F. Donges,Jonathan F. Donges,Cornelia Auer,Wolfgang Lucht,Wolfgang Lucht +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore alternative concepts of human agency that emphasize its collective and strategic dimensions as well as ask how human agency is distributed within the society, and explore the concept of social structure as a manifestation of, and a constraint on, human agency.