Improving Air Quality by Nitric Oxide Consumption of Climate-Resilient Trees Suitable for Urban Greening

Zhang, Jiangli; Ghirardo, Andrea; Gori, Antonella; Albert, Andreas; Buegger, Franz; Pace, Rocco; Georgii, Elisabeth; Grote, Rüdiger; Schnitzler, Jörg‐Peter; Durner, Jörg; Lindermayr, Christian

doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.549913

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“…Lastly, SECP can promote green finance and investment by providing incentives, developing frameworks and establishing guidelines for sustainable investments. According to previous literature, regulatory support for green finance can mobilize private capital toward climate-resilient and low-carbon projects (Kleimeier and Viehs, 2018; Zhang et al , 2020).…”

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Climate change risk perception and pro-environmental behavior: the moderating role of environmental values and psychological contract breach

Latif

Gaskin

Gunarathne

et al. 2023

SRJ

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Purpose Debates regarding climate change risk perception (CCRP), particularly its scale and impact on social and environmental sustainability, have continued for decades. CCRP is experiencing a renaissance with an increased focus on environmentally relevant behaviors to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, CCRP lacks investigation from the employee perspective. Supported by the social exchange and value–belief–norm theories, this study aims to address the impact of employees’ CCRP on their proenvironmental behavior (PEB) via the moderating roles of environmental values and psychological contract breach. Design/methodology/approach The nonprobability convenience sampling technique was used to collect survey data from a sample of 299 employees across 138 manufacturing firms in Pakistan. Findings The results show that employees’ CCRP positively impacts their PEB and that this relationship is moderated by their environmental values and psychological contract breach. Specifically, environmental values strengthen the CCRP–PEB relationship, while psychological contract breach weakens it. Practical implications The findings of the study emphasize useful guidance for managers and practitioners as a future avenue to restructure the climate change framework by emphasizing the conditions (i.e. environmental values and psychological contract breach). In doing so, the study is beneficial for managers and practitioners in helping to increase employees’ PEB through the development of climate change action plans. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first investigations into CCRP–employees’ PEB nexus in the developing country context. The study incorporates social exchange and value–belief–norm theory, which serve as the CCRP’s theoretical underpinnings. The findings advance the new knowledge about a firm’s social responsibility to achieve the sustainable development goals outlined in the UN’s 2030 Agenda.

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Climate change risk perception and pro-environmental behavior: the moderating role of environmental values and psychological contract breach

Latif

Gaskin

Gunarathne

et al. 2023

SRJ

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“…Different species planted in urban green spaces have different levels of consumption of distinct nitric oxides. 37 To develop a more precise primary prevention strategy, we need to conduct further studies on the role of exposure to nitrogen oxides in the development of childhood asthma and should consider the impact of greenspace exposure at different spatiotemporal scales through a dynamic framework. 38 …”

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Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Preschool Asthma in Neonatal Jaundice Infants

Chung¹,

Hsieh²,

Lee³

et al. 2022

JIR

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Purpose Both air pollutant exposure and neonatal jaundice (NJ) have known effects on childhood asthma, but a higher total serum bilirubin (TSB) level has been associated with lung protection. This study aimed to assess whether prenatal/postnatal exposure to ambient air pollutants is related to the development of asthma in infants with NJ. Patients and Methods A nested case–control retrospective study was performed using the data of infants with NJ in the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Research Database. Data on average ambient air pollution concentrations within six months, the first year and second year after birth, and in the first, second and third prenatal trimesters were collected. NJ was defined as TSB levels ≥ 2 mg/dl with the diagnosis less than one-month-old. Asthma was defined as a diagnosis with medication use. We constructed conditional logistic regression models to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results Exposure to NO and SO 2 at all six time points in the study was significantly associated with an increased risk of preschool asthma in infants with NJ. The overall peak OR (95% CI) of SO 2 , PM 2.5 , PM 10 , NO, NO 2 , and NO X were 1.277 (1.129–1.444), 1.057 (1.023–1.092), 1.035 (1.011–1.059), 1.272 (1.111–1.455), 1.168 (1.083–1.259) and 1.104 (1.051–1.161), respectively. Fetuses in the first and second trimester were most vulnerable to ambient air pollutant exposure such as SO 2 PM 2.5 , NO, NO 2 and NO X during the prenatal period. Exposure to all six ambient air pollutants during the first and second years after birth significantly affected preschool asthma in NJ infants. Conclusion In different time windows, prenatal and postnatal exposure to SO 2 , PM 2.5 , PM 10 , NO, NO 2 , and NO X were associated with preschool asthma in NJ infants. The relatively high impact of NO and SO 2 exposure in infants with NJ requires further studies and prevention measures.

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“…Additionally, trees and forest ecosystems provide important environmental mitigation effects in urban areas around the world, including reducing heat stress to residents and city infrastructure, removing nutrient pollution from stormwater, improving air quality, sequestering carbon, reducing runoff surges and associated flash flooding during heavy rainfall events, and improving physical and emotional health of urban residents (Beyer et al, 2014; Gillner et al, 2015; Willis & Petrokofsky, 2017; Zhang, Ghirardo, et al, 2020). Drought is a significant stressor to urban trees and can decimate the urban canopy without proper management ahead of, during, and after a drought event.…”

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Flash drought: A state of the science review

Christian,

Hobbins,

Hoell

et al. 2024

WIREs Water

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In the two decades, since the advent of the term “flash drought,” considerable research has been directed toward the topic. Within the scientific community, we have actively forged a new paradigm that has avoided a chaotic evolution of conventional drought but instead recognizes that flash droughts have distinct dynamics and, particularly, impacts. We have moved beyond the initial debate over the definition of flash drought to a centralized focus on the triad of rapid onset, drought development, and associated impacts. The refinement toward this general set of principles has led to significant progress in determining key variables for monitoring flash drought development, identifying notable case studies, and compiling fundamental physical characteristics of flash drought. However, critical focus areas still remain, including advancing our knowledge on the atmospheric and oceanic drivers of flash drought; developing flash drought‐specific detection indices and monitoring systems tailored to practitioners; improving subseasonal‐to‐seasonal prediction of these events; constraining uncertainty in flash drought and impact projections; and using social science to further our understanding of impacts, particularly with regard to sectors that lie outside of our traditional hydroclimatological focus, such as wildfire management and food‐security monitoring. Researchers and stakeholders working together on these critical topics will assure society is resilient to flash drought in a changing climate.This article is categorized under: Science of Water > Water Extremes

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Improving Air Quality by Nitric Oxide Consumption of Climate-Resilient Trees Suitable for Urban Greening

Abstract: deposition in the modeled urban area would hardly change, indicating that the service of air pollution removal would not be degraded. These results may help selecting urban tree species in future greening programs.

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Climate change risk perception and pro-environmental behavior: the moderating role of environmental values and psychological contract breach

Climate change risk perception and pro-environmental behavior: the moderating role of environmental values and psychological contract breach

Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Preschool Asthma in Neonatal Jaundice Infants

Flash drought: A state of the science review

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