Can renewable energy technologies improve the management of stressed water resources threatened by climate change? Argentine drylands case study

Nadal, Gustavo; Bravo, Gonzalo; Girardin, Leónidas Osvaldo; Gortari, Sebastián

doi:10.1007/s10668-012-9427-8

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“…Nadal et al . (2013) discuss the use of RE to address climate change in the context of Argentina. Their results emphasize the importance of RE for achieving sustainable development.…”

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“…RE technologies can be used to address environmental problems, such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reducing solid waste, and reducing stratospheric ozone depletion. Nadal et al (2013) discuss the use of RE to address climate change in the context of Argentina. Their results emphasize the importance of RE for achieving sustainable development.…”

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Modeling the Nexus Between Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy: The African Perspectives

Tiba

Bélaïd

2020

Journal of Economic Surveys

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Motivated by the gained momentum of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) under the umbrella of the United Nations organization, in the light of the SDG-7, which stipulates the access to affordable, sustainable, and modern energy, this paper explores the dynamic relationship between renewable energy and the pillars of sustainable development. Its insights are driven using a simultaneous equation model based on a panel of 25 African economies covering the period 1990-2014. The results show that renewable energy is important for sustainable development and that higher levels of renewable energy can increase sustainability. The findings also confirm the positive influence of renewable energy on the economic, environmental, social, and institutional dimensions. These positive effects stem from investment in clean energy in the whole of Africa, combined with structural changes promoting the use of clean energy and the achievement of the millennium development goals. The findings should be useful for policymakers in Africa. Aggressive renewable energy policies will be crucial for achieving energy-policy goals and the "multiple benefits" of renewable energy, such as reducing climate change and air pollution, improving energy security, and increasing access to energy.

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“…Nadal et al . (2013) discuss the use of RE to address climate change in the context of Argentina. Their results emphasize the importance of RE for achieving sustainable development.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Modeling the Nexus Between Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy: The African Perspectives

Tiba

Bélaïd

2020

Journal of Economic Surveys

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“…While answering these questions remains challenging, geoengineering techniques associated with solar radiation management and CO 2 removal reveal feasible alternatives to minimize climate change-related economic setbacks and limit global warming [125]. Over drylands, solar energy is a high-incident renewable resource during the whole year [126]. Consequently, investigating potential areas for installing photovoltaic systems is a relevant mitigation strategy to combat climate change and generate income for vulnerable populations.…”

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Mapping South America’s Drylands through Remote Sensing—A Review of the Methodological Trends and Current Challenges

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The scientific grasp of the distribution and dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) changes in South America is still limited. This is especially true for the continent’s hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid zones, collectively known as drylands, which are under-represented ecosystems that are highly threatened by climate change and human activity. Maps of LULC in drylands are, thus, essential in order to investigate their vulnerability to both natural and anthropogenic impacts. This paper comprehensively reviewed existing mapping initiatives of South America’s drylands to discuss the main knowledge gaps, as well as central methodological trends and challenges, for advancing our understanding of LULC dynamics in these fragile ecosystems. Our review centered on five essential aspects of remote-sensing-based LULC mapping: scale, datasets, classification techniques, number of classes (legends), and validation protocols. The results indicated that the Landsat sensor dataset was the most frequently used, followed by AVHRR and MODIS, and no studies used recently available high-resolution satellite sensors. Machine learning algorithms emerged as a broadly employed methodology for land cover classification in South America. Still, such advancement in classification methods did not yet reflect in the upsurge of detailed mapping of dryland vegetation types and functional groups. Among the 23 mapping initiatives, the number of LULC classes in their respective legends varied from 6 to 39, with 1 to 14 classes representing drylands. Validation protocols included fieldwork and automatic processes with sampling strategies ranging from solely random to stratified approaches. Finally, we discussed the opportunities and challenges for advancing research on desertification, climate change, fire mapping, and the resilience of dryland populations. By and large, multi-level studies for dryland vegetation mapping are still lacking.

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Yield and water productivity responses of olive trees (cv. Manzanilla) to post-harvest deficit irrigation in a non-Mediterranean climate

Alcaras

Rousseaux

Searles

2021

Agricultural Water Management

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Can renewable energy technologies improve the management of stressed water resources threatened by climate change? Argentine drylands case study

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Modeling the Nexus Between Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy: The African Perspectives

Modeling the Nexus Between Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy: The African Perspectives

Mapping South America’s Drylands through Remote Sensing—A Review of the Methodological Trends and Current Challenges

Yield and water productivity responses of olive trees (cv. Manzanilla) to post-harvest deficit irrigation in a non-Mediterranean climate

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