Analysing climate action plans of selected UK cities for their SDG alignment [PDF]
, 2019 In UK, the Climate change Act of 2008 has placed a binding target of reducing the net carbon emission in 2050 by at least 80% compared to the 1990 baseline. With a high share of urban population, the contribution of cities and urban areas towards climate
Bhattacharyya, Subhes +2 more
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Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 12 in Cities: Best Practices [PDF]
, 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.
Jastrzębska, Ewa
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Creating Low-carbon Communities: Evaluating the Role of Individual Agency and Systemic Inequality in San Jose, CA [PDF]
, 2019 Following a scholarly need to test compelling community level sociodemographic representations of environmental behaviors and outcomes, a sequential mixed method approach was used to evaluate the connections of human agency and systemic inequalities with
Ronald, Erin Jessica
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Private Sector Investment and Sustainable Development: The Current and Potential Role of Institutional Investors, Companies, Banks and Foundations in Sustainable Development [PDF]
, 2015 This paper seeks to provide the Financing for Development process with a perspective on the role institutional investors, companies, and foundations can play in the design and implementation of a financing strategy for global sustainability.
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Journal of Lifestyle and SDGs ReviewObjective: This study aims to examine how celebrity attachment interacts with self-congruence and brand attachment in forming brand loyalty in clothing products promoted by K-POP artists in Indonesia, and examines the role of moderation of consumer involvement in these relationships.
Unik Dwi Lestari +3 more
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Tourism supply chain & strategic partnerships for managing the complexity in tourism industry [PDF]
, 2017 The paper aims to investigate the possible relationship between Tourism Supply Chain and Strategic Partnership, read as a way to reduce and better manage the complexity in Tourism Industry. This last has been analysed under multi-disciplinary approaches
Calabrese, Mario +3 more
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A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership ‘theory of change’ [PDF]
, 2016 In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account for about 115 million ha (Mha) or approximately 45% of their total area under irrigation.
Lankford, Bruce +5 more
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Closing the California Clean Energy Divide: Reducing Electric Bills in Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing with Solar+storage [PDF]
, 2016 This economic analysis indicates that pairing solar PV with battery storage systems can deliver significant electricity bill savings for California affordable housing residents and property owners.Battery storage is emerging as an effective new strategy ...
Ben Airth +5 more
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Solar Risk: How Energy Storage Can Preserve Solar Savings in California Affordable Housing [PDF]
, 2017 Recently, utilities and regulators in California have proposed policy changes and new electricity rate structures that could drastically erode the value of stand-alone solar in California. Those changes, through modifications to net metering, time-of-use
Seth Mullendore, Wayne Waite
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Chapter 5: Food Security [PDF]
The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail, consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the livelihoods of over 1 billion people.
Barioni, Luis G. +32 more
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