From disconnection to coherence: Reframing Indigenous knowledge in the Asia‐Pacific
Abstract Achieving a balanced approach to sustainability in the Asia‐Pacific requires the effective protection, preservation and equitable use of traditional knowledge. Despite recognised contributions to biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, Indigenous worldviews and knowledge systems remain structurally excluded from statutory regimes ...
Shawkat Alam, Amy Scott
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MORE THAN SMART: A Framework to Make the Distribution Grid More Open, Efficient and Resilient [PDF]
This paper is the result of a series of workshops with industry, government and nonprofit leaders focused on helping guide future utility investments and planning for a new distributed generation system.
De Martini, Paul
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ABSTRACT This study explores how digital transformation, measured by the Global Digitalisation Index (GDI), relates to progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across EU member states. Using partial correlation, regression analysis with interaction terms and cluster analysis, the research examines the moderating effects of governance and
Luis Fonseca +4 more
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Urban Growth and Energy Supply in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia [PDF]
Ethiopia is rapidly urbanising. Similar to other urban areas in developing countries, major issues in Ethiopia include a high level of income inequality, lack of formal employment opportunities and deeply rooted poverty, tenure insecurity, poor ...
Bates, Romana +3 more
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The study assesses environmental sustainability in 97 of Tanzania's building construction projects amid rapid urbanization. Using the LEED framework, the study reveals a low sustainability level. Barriers to sustainable practices are such as financial constraints, limited use of sustainable materials, and regulatory challenges.
Ismail W. R. Taifa, Imani Y. Mwano
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Financing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: A Rough Roadmap [PDF]
We regroup the main types of global development finance into three clusters: concessional public finance (including domestic taxes), public borrowing on market-related terms, and private finance.
Andrew Rogerson, Annalisa Prizzon
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NERC Briefing note: integrating NERC(BGS) subsurface environmental research and data to city development processes and policy: key learning outcomes [PDF]
This report summarises the midpoint findings of a three year NERC Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fellowship examining how NERC(BGS) subsurface environmental data could have higher impact to city development processes, planning and policy.
Bonsor, H.C.
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From Global Goals to Local Impact: How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S. [PDF]
The universal nature of the SDGs reflects the unprecedented political and moral consensus behind them—not just among member states, but within and across them.
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Sustainable Development Goals: Are the Rich Countries Ready? [PDF]
Policymakers in the OECD countries still generally look upon the SDGs as a development policy issue. The task for high-income countries, one might assume, is simply to provide greater levels of offi cial development assistance (ODA), specifically ...
Christian Kroll
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The BRICS and Africa's search for green growth, clean energy and sustainable development [PDF]
BRICSRenewable energyGreen economyAfricaSustainable development1. IntroductionThe BRICS economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) generated almost 23 percent of the world's GDP in 2015 and contributed over half of global economic growth ...
Gu, Jing, Renwick, Neil, Xue, Lan
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