Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(22), P. 10121 - 10121
Published: Nov. 20, 2024
Energy
plays
a
vital
role
in
the
sustainable
development
of
economy
and
society.
The
key
measures
for
achieving
include
optimizing
energy
structure,
improving
efficiency,
reducing
reliance
on
non-renewable
sources.
This
study
constructs
monetary
consumption
database
China
that
distinguishes
between
resources
used
as
raw
materials
those
other
intermediate
inputs,
based
China’s
annual
input–output
table
from
2001
to
2020.
In
this
paper,
direct
conservation
potential
33
industries
both
United
States
are
compared
under
following
three
scopes:
not
excluding
materials,
production
non-energy
products,
products
or
through
non-combustion
processes.
also
compares
dependence
characteristics
these
industries.
conclusions
made:
First,
structure
varies
greatly
different
scopes,
which
third
scope
is
closest
international
standards.
Second,
have
made
some
progress
conservation,
their
gap
with
U.S.
has
started
narrow.
Third,
high-tech
still
emission
reduction.
Sustainable Development,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 21, 2025
ABSTRACT
Rising
uncertainties
can
affect
countries'
sustainability
efforts.
Therefore,
this
study
develops
and
introduces
a
new
ESG‐based
uncertainty
index
(metric)
called
ESGUI
for
the
first
time.
This
is
necessary
to
better
analyze
how
based
on
ESG
(environmental,
social,
governance)
factors,
increasingly
prominent
in
modern
business
world,
are
reflected
investment
processes.
Accurate
risks
critical
investors
policymakers.
To
create
index,
we
employed
text
mining
techniques
Economist
Intelligence
Unit's
monthly
country
reports,
analyzing
frequency
of
ESG‐related
keywords
indicators.
Specifically,
world
was
integrated
into
25
countries
between
2002M11
2024M09.
The
index's
reliability
validated
through
vector
autoregression
model
cross‐referenced
with
control
variables
graphically.
findings
indicate
that
exhibits
significant
correlations
existing
measures
such
as
World
Uncertainty
Index
(WUI)
Economic
Policy
(EPU)
thus
evidencing
robustness.
will
help
policymakers
manage
uncertainties,
develop
sustainable
economic
policies,
evaluate
opportunities
more
effectively.
AIMS energy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(1), P. 1 - 12
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
<p>There
is
an
increasing
interest
in
using
agricultural
residues
and
wastes
for
energy
production
due
to
concerns
regarding
climate
change
security
issues.
One
of
the
alternative
fuels
considered
Refuse-derived
fuel
(RDF)
from
biomass,
which
has
a
Higher
Heating
Value
(HHV)
comparable
coal.
This
study
aims
investigate
relationship
between
moisture
content
HHV
value.
Palm
kernel
shells
(PKS),
coconut
husks
(CH),
(CS)
were
blended
at
various
ratios
(10%–80%)
levels
(5%,
7%,
10%).
The
was
analyzed
through
proximate
analysis,
with
JMP
Pro
17.0
modelling
against
content.
Then,
Tukey-Kramer
analysis
identified
optimal
ratio,
thus
providing
insights
into
maximizing
RDF
efficiency.
result
showed
that
highest
21.617
MJ/kg
RDF2
formulation.
Notably,
less
than
4%
coal,
demonstrating
potential
utilizing
waste
produce
solid
positive
environmental
impact.</p>
Sustainable Development,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 3, 2025
ABSTRACT
One
of
the
main
challenges
that
water
companies
face
is
to
reduce
carbon
footprint
in
their
transition
neutrality.
Past
research
assessing
performance
has
mostly
ignored
heterogeneity
among
evaluated.
To
overcome
this
limitation,
study
employed
a
parametric
metafrontier
approach
assess
and
compare
sample
English
Welsh
companies,
embracing
sewerage
(WaSCs)
water‐only
(WoCs).
This
method
allows
for
comparison
these
two
types
analyses
impact
environmental
variables
on
performance.
It
was
evidenced
treatment
complexity,
source
raw
water,
population
density
significantly
influence
companies.
The
average
efficiency
WaSCs
0.816,
indicating
marginally
superior
compared
WoSCs,
which
had
an
0.803.
Regarding
productivity
between
2011
2020,
WoSCs
demonstrated
annual
improvement
2.9%,
while
showed
decrease
4.2%.
insights
gained
from
are
highly
significant
policymakers
focused
transitioning
industry
toward
net‐zero
emissions.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
966, P. 178676 - 178676
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Freshwater
scarcity
is
a
growing
global
concern,
driven
by
increasing
demand,
environmental
changes,
and
unsustainable
management
practices.
Assessing
water
resources
from
criticality
perspective
highlights
the
importance
reliance
of
various
sectors
on
specific
sources.
Existing
abiotic
resource
assessments
provide
valuable
frameworks
for
evaluating
vulnerability
supply
risks
but
have
predominantly
focused
minerals,
overlooking
freshwater
criticality.
Thus,
we
developed
Water
SCARCE,
novel
integrative
approach
assessment.
This
framework
builds
existing
assessment
methods,
ESSENZ
SCARCE
while
aligning
with
only
evaluation
Sonderegger
et
al.
(2015).
The
methodology
adapts
expands
categories
indicators
to
deliver
characterisation
factors.
Key
modifications
methods
include
integrating
parameters
freshwater,
resulting
in
addressing
dimensions
like
availability,
social
When
comparing
(2015),
all
address
risk,
vulnerability,
aspects.
However,
uniquely
incorporates
governance
geopolitical
components,
such
as
political
stability
neighbouring
countries,
which
adds
influenced
transboundary
resources.
Despite
this
strength,
Sonderegger's
method
lacks
distinct
dimension
quality
considerations,
areas
where
provides
additional
insights,
more
comprehensive
Our
findings
reveal
that
aspects
physical
socio-economic
well
acceptability,
are
relevant
assessing
resource.
study
innovative
contributions
bridging
methodological
gaps
enhancing
evaluations.
Future
applications
calculation
factors,
enabling
product-level
