Systematic Review of Multi-Dimensional Vulnerabilities in the Himalayas DOI Open Access
Hameeda Sultan, Jinyan Zhan, Wajid Rashid

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(19), P. 12177 - 12177

Published: Sept. 26, 2022

The Himalayan region is a fragile high mountain landscape where the population experiences acute vulnerability within complex coupled human–natural system due to environmental, social, and economic linkages. lack of significant regional spatial knowledge multi-faceted vulnerabilities hinders any potential recommendations address these vulnerabilities. We systematically reviewed literature recommend mitigation interventions based on region’s socio-economic ecological research date. applied PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review Meta-Analysis) criteria search results from four comprehensive databases. For our assessment, we compiled final sample (n = 59) papers examine types, variation, assessment methodology, drivers change. Our study represented all countries, namely, India, Nepal, Pakistan, China, Bhutan. More than half studies were conducted in central region, quarter western Himalayas, few eastern Himalayas. review revealed that primary change climate change, land use/land cover, glacial lake formation. assessments primarily used social science methods as compared natural methods. While seldom assessed interventions, analysis identified fourteen recommendations. recommended mainly included policy livelihood improvement, adaptation measures. This emphasized sustainable development requires cross-sectoral manage existing resources mitigate confronting region.

Language: Английский

Carbon capture utilization and storage in review: Sociotechnical implications for a carbon reliant world DOI Creative Commons
Hope McLaughlin,

Anna A. Littlefield,

Maia Menefee

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 113215 - 113215

Published: March 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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A global meta-analysis of soil organic carbon in the Anthropocene DOI Creative Commons
Damien Beillouin, Marc Corbeels, Julien Demenois

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Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: June 22, 2023

Anthropogenic activities profoundly impact soil organic carbon (SOC), affecting its contribution to ecosystem services such as climate regulation. Here, we conducted a thorough review of the impacts land-use change, land management, and change on SOC. Using second-order meta-analysis, synthesized findings from 230 first-order meta-analyses comprising over 25,000 primary studies. We show that (i) conversion for crop production leads high SOC loss, can be partially restored through management practices, particularly by introducing trees incorporating exogenous in form biochar or amendments, (ii) practices are implemented forests generally result depletion SOC, (iii) indirect effects wildfires, have greater than direct (e.g., rising temperatures). The our study provide strong evidence assist decision-makers safeguarding stocks promoting restoration. Furthermore, they serve crucial research roadmap, identifying areas require attention fill knowledge gaps concerning factors driving changes

Language: Английский

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The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation DOI Creative Commons
Nathalie Hilmi,

Ralph Chami,

Michael Sutherland

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Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: Sept. 7, 2021

The potential for Blue Carbon ecosystems to combat climate change and provide co-benefits was discussed in the recent influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report Ocean Cryosphere a Changing Climate. In terms of Carbon, report mainly focused coastal wetlands did not address socio-economic considerations using natural ocean systems reduce risks disruption. this paper, we discuss resources coastal, open-ocean deep-sea highlight benefits measures such as restoration creation well conservation protection helping unleash their mitigating risks. We also challenges—such valuation governance—to marshaling mitigation role need policy action capital market development, global coordination. Efforts identify resolve these challenges could both maintain harness store carbon help fight change. Conserving, protecting, restoring should become an integral part stock plans at local, national levels.

Language: Английский

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Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation DOI Open Access
Susan C. Cook‐Patton, C. Ronnie Drever, Bronson W. Griscom

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Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 11(12), P. 1027 - 1034

Published: Nov. 18, 2021

Language: Английский

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Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality DOI Creative Commons
Haozhi Pan, Jessica Page, Rui Shi

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Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(8), P. 862 - 870

Published: July 20, 2023

Abstract Nature-based solutions (NBS) are essential for carbon-neutral cities, yet how to effectively allocate them remains a question. Carbon neutrality requires city-led climate action plans that incorporate both indirect and direct contributions of NBS. Here we assessed the carbon emissions mitigation potential NBS in European focusing particularly on commonly overlooked pathways, example, human behavioural interventions resource savings. Assuming maximum theoretical implementation, residential, transport industrial sectors could reduce urban by up 25%. Spatially prioritizing different types 54 major Union cities anthropogenic average 17.4%. Coupling with other existing measures Representative Concentration Pathway scenarios total 57.3% 2030, pathways sequestration. Our results indicate will be near some pioneering while three can achieve it completely.

Language: Английский

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Undoing Equivalence: Rethinking Carbon Accounting for Just Carbon Removal DOI Creative Commons
Wim Carton, Jens Friis Lund, Kate Dooley

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Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: April 16, 2021

Concerns are increasingly raised over the centrality of carbon removal in climate policy, particularly guise “net-zero” targets. Most significantly perhaps, treating emissions and removals as equivalent obscures emission reductions, resulting “mitigation deterrence.” Yet conflation reductions is only one among several implicit equivalences accounting. Here, we examine three other forms—carbon, geographical, temporal equivalence—and discuss their implications for justice environmental risks with removal. We conclude that “undoing” these would further a just response to crisis tentatively explore what such undoing might look like practice.

Language: Английский

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Nature-based Systems (NbS) for mitigation of stormwater and air pollution in urban areas: A review DOI
Basanta Kumar Biswal, Nanthi Bolan, Yong‐Guan Zhu

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Resources Conservation and Recycling, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 186, P. 106578 - 106578

Published: July 30, 2022

Language: Английский

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Optimizing the Land Use and Land Cover Pattern to Increase Its Contribution to Carbon Neutrality DOI Creative Commons
Kai Wang, Xiaobing Li,

Xin Lyu

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Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(19), P. 4751 - 4751

Published: Sept. 23, 2022

Land use and land cover (LULC) contribute to both carbon storage emissions. Therefore, regulating the LULC is an important means of achieving neutrality under global environmental change. Here, West Liaohe River Basin, a semiarid watershed, was taken as case study. Based on assessment emissions induced by from 2000–2020, we set up three different coupled shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) representative concentration (RCP) scenarios (SSP119, SSP245, SSP585), 2030–2060, optimize LULC. Then, patterns each scenario were simulated using patch-generating simulation (PLUS) model, corresponding changes in compared analyzed. It found that, since 2000, with expansion forest, cropland, construction land, well degradation grassland, have significantly increased, but increase lower than that The simulations revealed when LULC, mainly including protection ecological such forest grassland western southern edges basin, control management cropland northeast central parts there will be significant reduction 2030–2060. This indicates zone-based measures rational regulation can achievement study area. Supported results this study, direct decision-making basis for policy promote regional sustainable development undertaken basin. also provides reference low-carbon other regions.

Language: Английский

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Human impacts as the main driver of tropical forest carbon DOI Creative Commons
Marcela V. Pyles, Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago, Vinícius Andrade Maia

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Science Advances, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 8(24)

Published: June 17, 2022

Understanding the mechanisms controlling forest carbon storage is crucial to support “nature-based” solutions for climate change mitigation. We used a dataset of 892 Atlantic Forest inventories assess direct and indirect effects environmental conditions, human impacts, tree community proprieties, sampling methods on above-ground stocks. showed that widely accepted drivers stocks, such as climate, soil, topography, fragmentation, have much smaller role than disturbance history functional proprieties Forest. Specifically, within-forest level was most important driver, with effect at least 30% higher any conditions individually. Thus, our findings suggest conservation tropical stocks may be dependable on, principally, avoiding degradation policies focusing only fail protect biodiversity.

Language: Английский

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Beyond clean and affordable transition pathways: A review of issues and strategies to sustainable energy supply DOI Creative Commons
Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo,

Icaro B. Boa Morte,

Carmen L.T. Borges

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International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 155, P. 109544 - 109544

Published: Oct. 6, 2023

Expansion of the energy demand accompanies fossils' substitution for renewables, requiring sustainable pathways working through varying levels economic wealth and resource availability. Fossil reserves, renewable resources, transition metals, water, carbon storage sites are concentrated in a few countries, some relying on monetizing these resources to leverage growth. Accelerating from fossils renders cleaner while introducing co-benefits impacts, price pressure, safety issues. The affects energy-intensive sectors propagating clean strategies posing issues that may hinder development goals (SDG). A broader focus is needed, with clear vision many goals. work targer this gap targeted critical literature review identify industries prioritize. Among issues, capture mitigation most cited aspects. As evidenced by number citations reviewed works, waves progress among industries: Oil Gas, Cross Sectors Nations segments show fast responses occurring Energy industry, Mining, Heavy Truck, Aviation delayed decarbonization. response lags attributed uneven complexity achieving decarbonization sectors, which depend capital-intensive long-turnaround assets protective measures.

Language: Английский

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