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Generating environmental baseline knowledge is a prerequisite for evaluating and predicting the effects of future deep seabed mining on the seafloor and in the water column.

Industry 4.0 is fundamentally changing industrial employment around the globe.

Ex-situ mineral carbonation, a CCU process, is one possible approach for the decarbonisation of emission-intensive industry with hard-to-abate process emissions like the cement industry.

To achieve the European Union's target for climate neutrality by 2050 reduced energy demand will make the transition process faster and cheaper.

In this article we review the physical and chemical properties of methane (CH4) relevant to impacts on climate, ecosystems, and air pollution, and examine the extent to which this is reflected in climate and air pollution governance.

The topic of sustainability is rarely treated in German sociology as an independent topos of research and theory building.

Die Beteiligungsrechte von Kindern und Jugendlichen wurden in den letzten Jahren ausgeweitet, sowohl bezogen auf ihr unmittelbares Lebensumfeld (Wolff 2021) als auch im politischen Raum. Zugleich gibt es ein Umsetzungsdefizit, das u.a.

Achieving transparency of the social and environmental impacts of industrial production poses significant obstacles for companies operating in complex global supply chains.

Translating the agricultural eco(logical)-intensification model to European aquaculture hosts the potential for sustainably providing local food for local communities.

The digitalization of agricultural production and the use of digital data are fundamentally transforming processes, products, and services of the agro-food systems.

The Paris Agreement expresses far-reaching commitments to combat climate change, but its translation into national contexts faces severe confrontation by populist movements and individuals worldwide.

Climatology and trends in different types of aerosols with focus on absorbing aerosols over Kanpur located in Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) in South Asia and Beijing in North China Plain (NCP) in East Asia are investigated.

With the proclaimed advent of Industry 4.0 in supply chains, digitalisation is expected to restructure the ways in which buying firms and suppliers in supply chains collaborate, including on sustainability issues.

New particle formation (NPF) induces a sharp increase in ultrafine particle number concentrations and potentially acts as an important source of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN).

The digitalisation of industrial production and the actual positive and negative consequences for sustainable development are not yet sufficiently understood.

This article enriches the existing literature on the importance and role of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in renewable energy sources research by providing a novel approach to instigating the future research agenda in this field.

The article distinguishes between two types of risks: conventional and systemic risks.

Can ambitious climate policies in the European Green Deal succeed when faced with rising societal divisions between Europeans?

The ocean plays a key role in sustaining life on our planet and is inextricably linked to biodiversity, climate, human well-being, and health.

Science diplomacy has been instrumental in facilitating cooperation in the Arctic region, yet through the projection of vast hydrocarbon potential in the region, it has also served to undermine the major transformation necessary in Arctic decision

Firms from various industries are investing in carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies as part of their circular economy efforts.

Truly transdisciplinary approaches are needed to tackle the complex problems that the Arctic is facing at the moment.

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face enormous sustainability challenges such as heavy reliance on imports to meet basic needs, tenuous resource availability, coastal squeeze, and reduced waste absorption capacity.

The discovery of atmospheric micro(nano)plastic transport and ocean–atmosphere exchange points to a highly complex marine plastic cycle, with negative implications for human and ecosystem health. Yet, observations are currently limited.

The Eurodelta-Trends (EDT) multi-model experiment, aimed at assessing the efficiency of emission mitigation measures in improving air quality in Europe during 1990–2010, was designed to answer a series of questions regarding European pollution tre

The expansion of renewable energies not only lowers carbon emissions, it also redistributes resources among actors.

The regulatory state has provided a useful framework for conceptualizing the nature of the EU and its role in policy making.

To realize their full sustainability potential, carbon dioxide utilization technologies (carbon capture and utilization/CCU) presently require policy support.

For a long time, Germany was regarded as a pioneer in climate policy. Recently, conflicts have intensified over the phase-out of coal from the energy sector.

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) offers flexible and decarbonized power generation and is one of the few dispatchable renewable technologies able to generate renewable electricity on demand.

For three consecutive five-year plans since 2006, China has worked on building up an internationally competitive CSP industry and value chain.

Energy models are used to explore decarbonisation pathways and potential future energy systems.

The success of institutional crisis and risk communication is based on an open and dialogue-oriented communication policy as well as on a congruence between the expectations of all parties involved and their fulfillment.

Industrial production needs to be fundamentally transformed if the UN Sustainable Development Goals shall be met.

Scientific advice is increasingly used to inform policy. Often, experts are asked to give advice when stakes are high, time pressure is severe and uncertainty looms.

This study reports for the first time a comprehensive analysis of nitrogenous and carbonaceous aerosols in simultaneously collected PM2.5 and TSP during pre-monsoon (March–May 2018) from a highly polluted urban Kathmandu Valley (KV) of the Himalay

Recent satellite observations of atmospheric aerosol loading over Asia indicate a dipole pattern in the aerosol optical depth (AOD) with a substantial decrease in AOD over East Asia and persistent increase in AOD over South Asia, the two global ho

This study aims to classify a set of circular supply chain collaboration attributes and propose a cause-and-effect framework in the Vietnamese healthcare industry.

Drastic measures are required to meet the standards of the Paris Agreement and limit the increase of global average temperatures well below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels.

The Pan-Third Pole (PTP) owns complex geography and demographic features where aerosol roles and their impact cannot be neglected as it jeopardizes both the environment and human health.

Comparisons of emerging carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies with equivalent incumbent technologies are necessary to support technology developers and to help policy-makers design appropriate long-term incentives to mitigate climate c

Forests play a critical role in combating climate change. It takes China from timber production to ecosystem rehabilitation and then to the future of carbon neutrality.

Capacity development is a major priority in the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Decade).

This paper analyzes the uses of digital satellite data on deforestation in the Amazon region, drawing on poststructuralist studies of scientific knowledge practices and Science and Technology Studies (STS).

A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining’s likely impacts is necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations comply with the International Seabed Authority’s obligations to prevent ‘s

Particulate matter (PM) pollution is a major challenge in India. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has launched the National Clean Air Programme for monitoring, assessment and control of air pollution.

A survey of members of a scientific society focused on risk analysis suggests substantial support for seeing their scientific society pursue the communication goal of “trying to ensure that policymakers consider scientific evidence.” Support for p

Germany represents a new and unconventional actor in the field of energy foreign policy. Based on its reputation as an energy transition frontrunner, it is pursuing a soft power strategy aimed at promoting its Energiewende policy approach abroad.

The cement industry, an industry characterised by low margins, is responsible for approximately 7% of anthropogenic CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions and holds the highest carbon intensity of any industry per unit of revenue.

Für eine evidenzbasierte und handlungsorientierte Erforschung der Nachhaltigkeit ist eine Integration von analytischem, zielorientiertem und katalytischem Wissen eine wesentliche Voraussetzung.

The state of air pollution has historically been tightly linked to how we produce and use energy.

Weltweit wächst der Eintrag von Kunststoffen in die Umwelt. Da die bestehenden Regulierungen zur Eindämmung des Problems nicht ausreichen, muss die ständig steigende Kunststoffproduktion und -nutzung insgesamt reduziert werden.

Who is allowed to speak for whom beyond the state, and which identities are offered and created by this act of speaking? The theoretical and practical relevance of these questions is clear, but the questions imply a number of challenges.

Community-based energy systems are gaining traction among policymakers and practitioners as promising models for implementing a low-carbon energy transition.

As a major contributor to climate change, the cement sector urgently needs to develop and implement greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies to drastically lower its emissions to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

The European Union’s 2030 climate and energy package introduced fundamental changes compared to its 2020 predecessor.

Despite geopolitics play a pivotal role in the energy sector, geopolitical aspects are often not considered in the quantitative assessment models aimed at supporting the energy investment decision-making process.

The 17 sustainable development goals and their 169 targets comprise a comprehensive list of prerequisites for human and planetary well-being, but they also implicitly invoke many of the very trade-offs, synergies, and parallelisms that drive globa

Ein erheblicher Teil der globalen Treibhausgasemissionen wird durch die Industrie verursacht. Ihre Digitalisierung wird oft als Weg zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit gesehen.

The Joint Task Force, Science Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunications (JTF SMART) Subsea Cables, is working to integrate environmental sensors for ocean bottom temperature, pressure, and seismic acceleration into submarine telecommunications ca

This perspective presents a statement of the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences Indigenous Knowledge and knowledge co-production panel and discussion group, 20 July 2021.

We analyze long-term aerosol and precipitable water vapour (PWV) properties at two high-altitude sites (Nainital and Hanle) over the central Himalayan and western Trans-Himalayan region from 2008 to 2018.

The dataset presented in this article contains information about marine Area-Based Management Tools (ABMTs) used to assess their contribution to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Solar technology diffuses across the globe as countries transition from fossil to renewable energy. Little solar-specific experience and capacity in newly adopting countries can result in technical failures and lower solar plant performance.

Aerosols continue to contribute the largest uncertainty in climate change.

Ozone pollution and high temperatures have adverse health impacts that can be amplified by the combined effects of ozone and temperature.

Integrating more sustainability into business processes is becoming increasingly important for companies. At the same time, they aim to collect and analyze large amounts of data (big data) to improve these processes.

With the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Commission presented an ambitious roadmap for accelerated “ecological modernisation” in December 2019.

Expert interviews can provide interesting data for the use in qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to investigate complex social phenomena.

Kohlenstoffdioxid ist maßgebliche Ursache für den Klimawandel. Doch in CO2 steckt Kohlenstoff, den wir im Alltag dringend brauchen: für Kunststoff, Shampoo, Treibstoff... Was, wenn wir CO2 als alternative Kohlenstoffquelle nutzen könnten?

Upon entering office in 2021, Joe Biden declared climate policy to be the focal topic of his presidency. The U.S. subsequently set new ambitious impulses for climate protection and made a spirited return to international climate engagement.

Resolving the grand challenges and wicked problems of the Anthropocene will require skillfully combining a broad range of knowledge and understandings—both scientific and non-scientific—of Earth systems and human societies.

We investigated the role of the passive volcanic plume of Mount Etna (Italy) in the formation of new particles in the size range of 2.5–10 nm through the gas-to-particle nucleation of sulfuric acid (H2SO4) precursors, formed from the oxidation of

Area-Based Management Tools (ABMTs) are spatial instruments for conservation and managing different forms of ocean use.

Aviation and shipping currently contribute approximately 8% of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions, with growth in tourism and global trade projected to increase this contribution further1–3.

Of all the interconnected threats facing the planet, the top two are the climate and the biodiversity crises. Neither problem will be solved if we ignore the ocean.

The rapid uptake of renewable energy technologies in recent decades has increased the demand of energy researchers, policymakers and energy planners for reliable data on the spatial distribution of their costs and potentials.

Support schemes have been central to the expansion of renewable electricity globally and in the European Union. As technologies mature, individual member states may decide to phase out these policies.

Computer-based models provide decision-makers with techno-economic insights into transition pathways for decarbonising energy systems.

Energy system models are advancing rapidly. However, it is not clear whether models are becoming better, in the sense that they address the questions that decision-makers need answered to make well-informed decisions.

The Anthropocene is fundamentally altering concepts of human agency and responsibility in the governance of the Earth system.

The original Maastricht regime designed the Eurozone’s fiscal segment in a way that sought to keep member states’ treasury budgets balanced by disciplining them through market forces, reducing the overall volume of public indebtedness, prohibiting

This paper analyses the socio-demographic attributes and political attitudes of protesters in Germany.

The growth of the solar thermal market, both worldwide and in Argentina, has generated an increase in imports and local production of various solar thermal collectors with highly heterogeneous characteristics.

The recent decision by the German Constitutional Court in Neubauer et al. versus Germany has been attracting considerable attention around the globe.

Climate services are ideally co-developed by scientists and stakeholders working together to identify decisions and user needs.

Like other hard-to-abate sectors, the cement and concrete industry is facing growing pressure to reduce CO2 emissions.

With national governments almost universally pledging to achieve net zero emissions, a key uncertainty is how net zero policies will affect global equity.

The global energy transition throws up new questions related to energy geopolitics. In their latest article in Nature Energy, Mercure et al.

Few challenges pose a greater threat to a healthy planet and people than air pollution and climate change.

Complex societal and environmental challenges motivate scholars to assume new roles that transcend the boundaries of traditional academic expertise.