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Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
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Bottom-up analysis for carbon emissions from passenger and freight transport sectors in Xi’an: a city-level study using MOVES and LMDI models

Environmental Research Communications
Road transportation is identified as one of the primary contributors to urban carbon emissions. This study employed a localized MOVES model, integrating high-resolution urban vehicle data, along with a categorical LMDI decomposition model, to conduct a ...
Ya’nan Bo, Liyuan Zhang, Jiahao Zhong, Wei Zhong, Pengyue Zhu   +4 more
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Motor Vehicle Usage Patterns in Australia: A Comparative Analysis of Driver, Vehicle & Purpose Characteristics for Household & Freight Travel [PDF]

, 2003
An ordered probit model is used to predict motor vehicle usage in Australia on the basis of the unit record files underlying the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Survey of Motor Vehicle Use. Both household and freight transport are analysed.
Goffey, Kathleen, Worthington, Andrew
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Perspectives on Climate Change in Education for Sustainability: Linking Concepts and Skills for a Practical Ecological Transition

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
wiley   +1 more source

Transport in the Trans-Pennine Corridor: Present Conditions and Future Options. Interregional Study Working Paper 3. [PDF]

, 1995
This paper reports on a desk study carried out by the Institute for Transport Studies as part of a wider study of opportunities for inter-regional working in the trans-Pennine corridor, considering economic, environmental and transport issues.
Mackie, P.J., Richardson, T., Tweddle, G.   +2 more
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Does Productivity Growth Promote Environmental Sustainability? The Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether total factor productivity (TFP) promotes environmental sustainability and examines the moderating and mediating roles of financial development in shaping this relationship. Using balanced panel data for 92 countries from 2000 to 2023, the analysis employs dynamic two‐step Generalised Method of Moments (GMM ...
Olivier Joseph Abban
wiley   +1 more source

A roadmap for China to peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve a 20% share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy by 2030 [PDF]

, 2019
As part of its Paris Agreement commitment, China pledged to peak carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions around 2030, striving to peak earlier, and to increase the non-fossil share of primary energy to 20% by 2030. Yet by the end of 2017, China emitted 28% of the
Agenbroad, J, Bai, Q, Chrisman, K, Creyts, J, Feng, W, Franconi, E, Fridley, D, Hasanbeigi, A, Ke, Y, Khanna, N, Liu, X, Lu, H, McIntosh, R, Mullaney, D, Price, L, Stranger, C, Tian, Z, Wanless, E, Wetzel, D, Xiong, H, Yande, D, Yang, H, Yee, C, Zhang, J, Zhou, N, Zhu, Y   +25 more
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Is the Plastic Waste Trade a Barrier to Sustainable Development? Empirical Evidence From RCEP Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is widespread consensus on the threats that plastic waste poses to the environment. A significant obstacle to sustainable development, the trade in plastic waste may contribute to plastic pollution. The objective of this research is to look at how the import and export of plastic waste affect the sustainable development of Regional ...
Mustafa Necati Çoban, Asım Çoban, Ayoub Zeraibi, Magdalena Radulescu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Technologies for Sustainable Urban Transport in Europe [PDF]

, 2006
In the past few years, the European Commission has financed several projects to examine how new technologies could improve the sustainability of European cities. These technologies concern new public transportation modes such as guided buses to form high
Parent, Michel
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Advancing SDG7–SDG13 Through Technology Innovation: The Environmental Impacts of Technological Advancements in Green, Fossil, and Energy Efficiency in Türkiye

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Identifying the principal drivers of carbon emissions is vital for designing effective mitigation strategies and supporting long‐term environmental sustainability. Although previous studies have explored multiple determinants of emissions, limited attention has been paid to the most influential energy–technology channels within trade‐dependent
Gang Kou, Mustafa Naimoğlu, Serhat Yüksel, Hasan Dinçer   +3 more
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