A cyber physical sustainable smart city framework toward society 5.0: Explainable AI for enhanced SDGs monitoring

Research in Globalization, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100275 - 100275

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Exploring Environmental Sustainability Awareness: Perspectives of Rural and Urban School Students and Teachers on Green Chemistry and Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Journal of Lifestyle and SDGs Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(3), P. e04946 - e04946

Published: Feb. 24, 2025

Objective: This study aims to: (i) assess science students' knowledge, attitudes, values, and awareness of green chemistry in rural urban schools, (ii) explore teachers’ knowledge competencies integrating into instruction, (iii) identify challenges improvements implementing from the perspective students teachers both settings. Method: A mixed-method research design was utilized, incorporating surveys semi-structured interviews. To address first objective, a total 500 18 schools Melaka were selected through cluster random sampling technique to complete survey. For second 22 recruited via snowball participate The same teachers, along with 11 students, took part interviews for third objective. Data analysis involved t-tests survey responses thematic interview data. Results Discussion: Rural demonstrated higher than though attitudes values showed no significant differences. Teachers, regardless location, had limited understanding principles, including inadequate training, resources, unclear implementation guidelines. Conclusion: There is an urgent need enhance teacher integrate curricula, develop standardized instructional modules. Institutional policy support essential its widespread adoption. Research Implications: emphasizes role environmental exposure shaping highlights revise education curriculum frameworks align principles Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly prioritizing sustainability education. Originality/Value: contributes literature by analyzing locality-based differences identifying key barriers implementation, offering practical recommendations policymakers educators.

Language: Английский

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Advancing sustainable development goal 8 Targets: The role of institutional Quality, economic Complexity, and state fragility in G20 nations (2000–2023)

Research in Globalization, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100278 - 100278

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Identifying the recent trends, voids, and opportunities of sustainable finance via artificial intelligence, big data and analytics

Multidisciplinary Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8(7), P. 2025234 - 2025234

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Sustainable finance refers to the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into financial decision-making processes. The objective this research paper is conduct a scientometric analysis sustainable with use artificial intelligence (AI) text analytics. Abstract title data was extracted from sample 317 articles retrieved ProQuest database until 22 August 2023. study uses one important techniques known as analytics, which systematic approach analyzing extracting information unstructured data. results are divided two parts: (1) abstract (2) author/publication related information. Based on data, word frequency analyses most common words in these studies through wordcloud. Contrary these, least were identified term frequency-inverse document (TF-IDF). Correlations between estimated, displayed correlation graphs, additionally also shown keywords other words. For topic modeling, themes created latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) graphs. second part information, such influential authors wordcloud authors, collaborating authors’ origin countries, how many papers published each year, place publications, top journals finance. This provides valuable insights current state research; identifies critical trends, voids, opportunities insight future research.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable development goals: investigation of the driving forces underlying the narratives in integrated reports

Society and Business Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 25, 2025

Purpose This study aims to examine the sustainability-integrated reporting practices of United Arab Emirates (UAE) listed companies, focusing on comprehensiveness narrative disclosures, their determinants and how a recent global event influenced sustainable development goals (SDGs) reporting. Design/methodology/approach Using all publicly available integrated reports companies Dubai Financial Market Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange over period 2018–2023, this paper first compiles SDG scores for sample firms using computational linguistic techniques identify specific characteristics sustainability reports. Then, uses generalized least squares model main factors behind extent disclosure in published Findings The findings provide evidence that volume SDG-related information disclosed is significantly positively correlated to: government ownership, foreign board independence, share directors room, percentage female setting directors, financial performance (measured by return equities) negatively firm leverage. Research limitations/implications contributes corporate literature several ways. First, while existing research primarily focuses disclosures business reports, analysis examines sustainability-specific data provides comprehensive review narratives. Second, advances current understanding driving reporting, which may help investors make informed decisions when targeting socially responsible investments. Originality/value makes novel contributions. it pioneering empirical SDGs UAE-listed addressing significant gap emerging markets’ disclosure. uniquely practices, offering valuable insights into communication during crisis periods. Third, investigating interplay between ownership structures, UAE context, new perspectives institutional features markets shape practices.

Language: Английский

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Geographic perspectives of time poverty and the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal one in cities

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: May 2, 2025

Language: Английский

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A comparative analysis of the absolute risk-adjusted performance of South Africa’s SRI funds before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal of Business Ecosystem and Strategy (2687-2293), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(2), P. 276 - 296

Published: May 2, 2025

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is an investment strategy developed to minimize the negative socio-economic and environmental impacts of each financial investment. Inconsistent results are presented during analysis absolute risk-adjusted returns SRI funds in comparison conventional funds, this negatively investor awareness on adopting as a viable substitute economic crises. This research paper aims improve South Africa by increasing investors substitutes, considering amendments made regulation 28 Pension Fund Act 1956. These regulatory changes have provisions include principles into African retirement fund investments will increase demand for products Africa. The objective provide empirical evidence performance relative matched set before crisis. obtained comparing Sharpe ratio Coefficient Variation (CV) fund. comparative using reveals that more sampled (60%) outperform (40%) COVID-19 pandemic. More Sample (70%) (30%) On RA basis, CV compare performance, (50%) equally one another pandemic however, indicate can match both crisis period should be considered substitute.

Language: Английский

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Challenges to Global Health Emerging from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(9), P. 7633 - 7633

Published: May 6, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic deepened challenges and opened new fronts where old unresolved problems met with triggered by the itself. There are several issues, problems, related to post-COVID world we in. This paper discusses some of them from different perspectives elaborates on future their solutions, which need be tackled. Apart pre-existing now also facing military conflicts, interrupted supply chains, even in medicines supplies, as well worsening climate change, further complicated conflicts a potential global economic crisis. left many uncertainties about there seem few answers ready tackle combination fallout coupled challenges. Inequalities terms socio-economic differences inequalities health driving disease burden, will again marked population aging non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Global collaboration joint search for solutions have become inevitable. Research into behavioral determinants promotion essential understanding sources controversy regarding resistance proven public interventions.

Language: Английский

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Improvement of Bio-Optical Characteristics of Seawater in the Southern Caspian Sea Basin Triggered by COVID-19 Lockdowns: Insights from Remote Sensing Data

Ecologica Montenegrina, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 133 - 153

Published: Nov. 26, 2024

Multiple studies have demonstrated that human activities significant impacts on aquatic ecosystems, particularly in coastal areas. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the sharp decline industrial, transportation, and tourism activities, provided an opportunity to examine impact of these changes seawater quality this study, using MODIS-Aqua satellite data, key indicators, including chlorophyll-a, dissolved organic matter, suspended particles, were evaluated offshore areas Southern Caspian Sea basin during pre-lockdown lockdown periods. data analysis results showed a reduction chlorophyll-a concentration matter both period. More specifically, was 24.9% 40.7% for 22.1% 19.5% areas, respectively. indicators reflects improvement pollutant loads findings study highlight reduced visibly positive effects marine ecosystems. Therefore, continuous monitoring bio-optical parameters improving wastewater treatment processes before discharge into environments are particular importance. This also demonstrates global pandemics can provide experimental opportunities environment.

Language: Английский

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Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

In this collection of fifteen articles we revisited the various aspects sustainable development goals and how industries are proactively strategizing to create a greener healthier world.

Language: Английский

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