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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.This paper explores global solar PV deployment, cost trends, and grid integration challenges in 2025. It examines the role of energy storage in firming solar output and supporting electric vehicle (EV) growth, alongside policy shifts, investment flows, and technological innovations.
Ehsan Rezaee, S. Ravi P. Silva
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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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A multi‐level approach for multi‐objective optimization in process eco‐design
Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.Abstract This work addresses a central challenge in process eco‐design: how to efficiently integrate environmental and economic criteria—often conflicting—into early design stages while managing the high dimensionality of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) indicators.
Luis Fernando Morales‐Mendoza +3 more
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Decentralized Wind Energy Systems as Catalysts for Urban Resilience: A Design Framework
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Confronting the escalating extreme weather events (EWEs) and intensifying winds, this study proposes an active response to these issues by exploring decentralized wind energy production for Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. It integrates theoretical perspectives on energy democracy—empowering local communities through energy autonomy—and urban ...
Tian Cheng
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Sustainable Development Report: Blockchain, the Web3 & the SDGs [PDF]
, 2019 This is an output paper of the applied research that was conducted between July 2018 - October 2019 funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and conducted by the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics and ...
Novakovic, Tatjana +3 more
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Comprehensive Feasibility Study of Solar Power Plants
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global transition to solar energy is frequently impeded by high project failure rates, largely due to feasibility assessments that emphasize geographic and economic aspects while overlooking critical technical, environmental, and socio‐administrative dimensions.
Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi +2 more
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Workshop Report: Earth and Environmental Science for Sustainable Development (Lusaka, September 2017) [PDF]
, 2017 This report describes the outcomes of a two-day interactive workshop in Lusaka (Zambia), conducted in September 2017. We gathered 26 delegates from 14 organisations based in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe to determine sustainable development priorities and ...
Gill, J.C., Mankelow, J.
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Disentangling the potential of protected areas to promote sustainable development
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.Protected areas (PAs) and other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs) are crucial to sustainable development, yet their contributions to environmental, social, and economic dimensions remain unclear. We investigated the role of PAs and OECMs in advancing the sustainable development agenda by summarizing 400 effect‐size values and measuring
Aline Gaglia Alves +3 more
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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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Geological Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change represents the biggest current challenge for us and for future generations. Its impact on agriculture is undeniable, considering the food security goal. Thus, the cropland footprint has been distinguished as a comprehensive index for assessing the impact of environmental changes in agricultural areas determined by the increased ...
Ibrahim Cutcu, Magdalena Radulescu
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