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The research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program
Greg M. Swain, hailing from the Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University, examines cross-disciplinary training in sustainable chemistry and chemical processes, including the critical role of mentoring and finding research experiences for undergraduates.
Building a resilient future: Tackling climate change, human health and wildfires
Mónica Rodrigues from the University of Coimbra and Fantina Tedim from the University of Porto, both in Portugal, present their perspectives on climate, human health, and wildfires to create a future that is both sustainable and resilient.
Urban living laboratories: Opportunities for modelling sustainability transitions
Here, a group of academics present Urban Living Laboratories to study sustainable food production systems, using systems dynamic modelling to analyse policy alternatives.
Zero food waste city 2049: Identifying barriers to transition pathways
An Urban Living Lab in the UK have tested newly integrated systems approaches and valuation methods to understand how to reduce the city’s food waste.
How can the health sector support Canada’s net-zero ambition?
Fiona A. Miller, Professor & Director at the Centre for Sustainable Health Systems, University of Toronto in Canada, explores how the health sector supports Canada’s net-zero ambition.
How do we envision the sustainable society we want to create?
Here, Professor Masahide Sakamoto uses Japanese pollution research as a case study for thinking about and understanding how to create a sustainable society.
An exploration of the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment
Here, Dr. Mónica Rodrigues explores the Portuguese Council for Health and Environment (CPSA) efforts to prevent climate change, promote sustainability, enact a Global Health System Strategy and so much more.
Microbial farming for habitat recovery in the Taiwanese mountains
Professor Tzen-Yuh Chiang’s team looks toward microbial farming in the mountains slopes of South Taiwan to aid habitat recovery, as low-land slopes have been affected by climate change.
Trans-sectorial approaches sustainable disease control across agribusiness districts
Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs shares her stance on working together to counter the threat of oomycete diseases, focussing on trans-sectoral approaches to support sustainable plant and fish production systems in Europe.
Seaweed farming: Biomass production from algae
Algae are a high-potential yet underexplored source of renewable biomass, could seaweed farming be the future for biomass production?
Low Carbon Timber® – European best practice in climate-friendly chains
We call on all interested parties from politics, administration, local authorities and business to use Low Carbon Timber®
Credit and collateral: How central banks can spur a greening of finance
With calculations suggesting that the financial system is effectively funding temperature increases of over three degrees centigrade, how can central banks promote the greening of finance?
Tackling the whole-life emissions of the European built environment
Stephen Richardson, Director of European Regional Network at WorldGBC looks toward the built environment and its climate impacts across ten European Green Building Councils.
Innovation in Territorial Food Systems: Collaboration is Key
Professor Moya Kneafsey at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience argues the importance of EU and national public policies in the transition toward sustainable territorial food systems.
Autonomous Shipping – from autonomy to sustainability
Marco Molica Colella, Senior Innovation Consultant at CiaoTech (PNO Group) looks at the autonomous shipping industry and the journey it will take to improve its sustainability.
Integrating the Level(s) Framework into green buildings
More than 2700 European building sector stakeholders have been trained to use the Level(s) Framework indicators on the sustainability of buildings.
Climate services to support coastal municipalities in South Africa
GERICS supports the development and use of climate change information and climate services to support coastal municipalities in South Africa.
Sustainable urban systems and just FEW nexus transitions
Jana Fried, Adina Paytan and Waste FEW ULL project participants look at lessons from the Waste FEW ULL project for reducing waste and increasing efficiency in the FEW nexus.
Financing the green transformation
The role of finance is key to an efficient green transformation, needing a large-scale reallocation of capital and labour, argues Christian Keuschnigg, Professor at the University of St. Gallen.
Wastewater treatment and resource recovery for a sustainable water future in India
Unlocking wastewater treatment, water reuse and resource recovery opportunities is a key approach for sustainable water solutions in India, explains Dr. Paul Campling, Business and Relationship Development Manager at VITO.
