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Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 12 in Cities: Best Practices

open access: yesStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2022
Although urban areas do not occupy much of the Earth’s surface, their inhabitants account for more than half of the global population. Moreover, cities consume most of the world’s energy while emitting the bulk of carbon compounds.
Ewa Jastrzębska
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Toward a preliminary research agenda for the circular economy adoption in Africa

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability, 2023
Circular economy (CE) research plays an important role in accelerating the CE transition globally and is an essential tool to contribute to climate change adaptation.
Elke Nijman-Ross   +5 more
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Criteria to Organise a Transition Lab to Stimulate the Transition Towards a Circular Economy

open access: yesGlocality, 2022
Globally the dominant economy is linear, which is connected to most environmental problems. A sustainable alternative is a circular economy. To move towards a circular economy, there needs to be focus on the economic, environmental, and social dimension.
Sarah Anna Charlotte Trinks
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Responsible production and consumption as a requirement for sustainable development [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
This paper analyses the role of responsible consumption and production as a requirement for sustainable development as well as the advances in relation to the achievement of the SDG12 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, then determining potential limiting
Vázquez-Burguete José Luis   +4 more
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Severe lupin bean intoxication: an anticholinergic toxidrome [PDF]

open access: yesPediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021
Lupin beans are the yellow legume seeds of the genus Lupinus. They are traditionally eaten as a pickled snack in many countries. Bitter lupin beans have a high amount of alkaloids called lupanine.
Pinar Yazici Ozkaya   +4 more
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Digital tools for informed living

open access: yesTechne, 2023
Ecological transition requires a significant change in the construction industry, which is responsible for 40% of final energy consumption. In Italy, residential buildings account for more than 27% of energy consumption, 12 out of 14 million.
Chiara Tonelli   +2 more
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Cooperative look-ahead control for fuel-efficient and safe heavy-duty vehicle platooning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The operation of groups of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) at a small inter-vehicular distance (known as platoon) allows to lower the overall aerodynamic drag and, therefore, to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Besselink, Bart   +2 more
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