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Cleaner and Responsible ConsumptionEco-labeling and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices are increasingly promoted in the global forestry sector to encourage sustainable consumption.
Dinh Duc Truong +3 more
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No. 08: Climate Change and Food Security in Southern African Cities [PDF]
, 2011 The current urban transition in the Global South is at the heart of discussions about the relationship between climate change and food security. This paper explores the links between climate change and food security within the context of the urban ...
Frayne, Bruce, Ziervogel, Gina
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A food‐grade cooling composite made from starch and recycled eggshell powder offers a scalable, ultra‐low‐cost solution for passive daytime radiative cooling. Easily prepared using basic kitchen tools, this material empowers communities, even in areas with limited infrastructure, to stay cooler during worsening summer heat waves.
Qimeng Song +3 more
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Simulating Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Urban Transport Infrastructure in the UK [PDF]
, 2015 Urban areas face many risks from future climate change and their infrastructure will be placed under more pressure due to changes in climate extremes.
Barr, S. +5 more
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Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang +7 more
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Environmental Research CommunicationsAgricultural insurance has been implemented in many countries around the world to reduce risks for farming households. In Vietnam, agriculture is the most important industry but is heavily affected by natural disasters and climate change.
Do Huong Lan +4 more
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Ski areas, weather and climate: Time series models for New England case studies [PDF]
, 2007 Wintertime warming trends experienced in recent decades, and predicted to increase in the future, present serious challenges for ski areas and whole regions that depend on winter tourism. Most research on this topic examines past or future climate-change
Brown, Cliff +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.In this work, low bandgap (≈1.55 eV) semitransparent perovskite solar cells (ST‐PSCs) having thin (thickness < ≈100 nm) perovskite layers and transparent conductive oxide‐based rear electrodes are fabricated using vacuum‐deposition methods. Two different ST‐PSCs demonstrated a high light utilization efficiency value of 4.2 (PCE: 9.26% and AVT: 45.3 ...
Abhyuday Paliwal +9 more
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Buildings, 2023 The Local Climate Zone (LCZ), as a foundational element of urban climate zone classification proposed by Oke and Stewart, categorizes urban surface types based on 10 influential parameters affecting the urban heat island effect, such as building density,
Duo Xu +5 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Elephant‐skin‐inspired crack networks are programmed in porous diatomaceous earth (DE)‐cement composites using substrate‐guided, stress‐concentration induced fracture. The resulting crack lattices act as capillary conduits that redistribute water, while the porous matrix stores moisture.
Qingya Huang +5 more
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