Supporting the 2030 agenda for sustainable development: Special issue dedicated to the conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems 2019

Gjorgievski, Vladimir; Markovska, Nataša; Pukšec, Tomislav; Duić, Neven; Foley, Aoife

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.110920

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“…Based on AQI, the calculation formula of the endowment degree of available environmental resources is constructed: X 21 = (Upper limit value of good air quality grade-The actual AQI value of the region)/Upper limit value of good air quality grade = (100-The actual AQI value of the region)/100. 4 Ecological land has an important ecosystem service function, which is the source of ecological value. Based on the classification method of ecological land from Long et al [43], the classification of ecological land is determined, which is used to characterize the available ecological resources.…”

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“…The earth has entered the Anthropocene [1], and both the "Future Earth" plan (2014-2023) and "Change Our World: Sustainable development agenda: 2030" intend to address global environmental changes and promote global sustainable development [2][3][4]. A key challenge for human beings is the balance between development and sustainable use of natural resources [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Spatial Distribution and Geographical Mechanism of Natural Resources in China under the Orientation of the New Economic Demands

Zhang

Bin

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The demand structure of resources for new economy is different from the traditional one in that its development may significantly change China’s economic location map and spatial pattern. Based on 343 administrative units of prefecture-level cities in China, this research constructs the measurement index system of terrestrial surface natural resources under the orientation of the new economic demands; this research mainly analyses the spatial distribution characteristics and geographical mechanism of natural resources by means of the spatial autocorrelation and spatial similarity calculation methods. The results show that: (1) The structure and endowment of natural resources under the orientation of the new economic demands need to be reexamined. The significance of a good environment and ecological resources has been highlighted. The coupling of resource elements better reveals the availability of natural resources. (2) The natural resources decrease from southeast to northwest, showing a pattern of “abundant in the south and east and scarce in the north and west”. Natural resources have a significant positive correlation in spatial distribution with two types of agglomeration: high-high agglomeration and low-low agglomeration, showing the local agglomeration feature of “high in the south and low in the north”. (3) Natural factors such as temperature, precipitation and altitude affect the spatial distribution of natural resources, with the temperature being the most significant. This indicates that the original natural environment and its role are the geographical mechanism for the formation and distribution of natural resources. The results could provide a reference for the development and the optimization of China’s new economy.

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Section: Available Ecological Resourcesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Spatial Distribution and Geographical Mechanism of Natural Resources in China under the Orientation of the New Economic Demands

Zhang

Bin

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…In this context, Brazil stands out for using electricity of hydraulic origin as the main source of the national energy matrix through the use of the waterfalls at river dams. The system is considered safe and responsible for supplying factories and cities, which indirectly interferes with the competitiveness of the industrial parks and the life quality of the population, which fundamentally depends on the supply of reliable energy at a low cost and distributed in the geographical space (Gjorgievski et al , 2021). In this sense, energy sources that contemplate both the economic and environmental dimensions of development have become of global strategic importance for the search for sustainable development.…”

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Sugar-energy bioelectricity in energy trading environments: reasons for the lack of competitiveness

Araujo

Filho

Cezarino

et al. 2022

IJESM

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Purpose Renewables such as sugar-energy biomass can contribute to national electrical security, job creation and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. However, after the auction of reserve energy, in 2008, exclusive biomass, in the regulated contracting environment (RCE), the authors observe that this energy environment has lost competitiveness in the auctions. Thus, a study on the present theme is justified, based on the problem: What are the reasons for the lack of competitiveness of sugar-energy bioelectricity in the Auctions of the RCE of the National Electric Energy Agency? The purpose of this study is to understand the situation of sugar-energy bioelectricity in the Brazilian market. Design/methodology/approach Literature review was conducted through the Scientific Electronic Library Online database, as well as the survey of primary documents at Sugarcane Industry Union and Electric Energy Trading Chamber. Findings The reasons for lack of competitiveness in RCE electricity auctions are: distant location of transmission lines; difficulties in obtaining licensing; delay in responses from environmental agencies; difficulties in securing financing for electricity generation projects for distilleries; non-pricing of positive environmental externalities as adequate disposal of waste; and the non-recovery of the cost of retrofit of the plants. The present situation may create economic, social and ecological circumstances adverse for Brazilian development, such as a lack of employment and income generation, loss of international currencies from imports of technologies not developed and produced in the country and more significant inefficiency greenhouse gas mitigation. Originality/value The originality of this study is in the contribution to the scarce literature on the understanding of the reasons for the lack of competitiveness of the Brazilian sugarcane sector in auctions of the regulated energy environment, based on SWOT analysis and, based on this understanding, to propose solutions for the expansion of this important matrix energy.

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“…Nevertheless, the increase in world population [5], shortage of water resources [6,7], and environmental pollution [8,9], are creating new challenges for the sustainable development of world agriculture [10]. Therefore, it is Processes 2021, 9, 2036 2 of 18 necessary to promote a sustainable agricultural model [11], build evaluation indicators based on these challenges, and objectively measure the capacity of regional sustainable agricultural development by using data to optimize its capability.…”

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Data-Driven Evaluation and Optimization of Agricultural Sustainable Development Capability: A Case Study of Northern Anhui

Luo

Fan

2021

Processes

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Human survival depends on the sustainable development of agriculture. This study constructs a data-driven evaluation and optimization method of agricultural sustainable development capacity, aiming to better cope with challenges such as environmental pollution and excessive consumption of resources and energy, as well as improve agricultural economic level. Further, an evaluation index system was constructed based on comprehensive consideration of energy and resources utilization, environmental pollution, and agricultural economy. After simplifying and integrating the data, a data envelopment analysis model was constructed to quantitatively evaluate the capability for agricultural sustainable development and its changing trend. Moreover, its influencing factors were analyzed from the perspective of input, which provides accurate countermeasures for improving agricultural sustainable development ability, resource utilization efficiency, and process optimization. This study shows the realization process of the aforementioned method for the agricultural development of six cities in northern Anhui from 2010 to 2019. Our results suggest that the sustainable development ability of northern Anhui is weak, but overall, has a good development trend. Based on our results, some countermeasures were proposed to control production scale reasonably, reduce environmental load, and improve resource efficiency, which provides a reference for policymakers to guide and standardize the development of regional agriculture.

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Supporting the 2030 agenda for sustainable development: Special issue dedicated to the conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems 2019

Cited by 29 publications

References 102 publications

Spatial Distribution and Geographical Mechanism of Natural Resources in China under the Orientation of the New Economic Demands

Spatial Distribution and Geographical Mechanism of Natural Resources in China under the Orientation of the New Economic Demands

Sugar-energy bioelectricity in energy trading environments: reasons for the lack of competitiveness

Data-Driven Evaluation and Optimization of Agricultural Sustainable Development Capability: A Case Study of Northern Anhui

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