Sustainable development spillover effects between North America and MENA: Analyzing the integrated sustainability perspective

Synergy of climate change with country success and city quality of life

“…The Climate Change, Country Success and Cities’ Quality of Life (C 3 S-QL) sustainability framework has been developed using the EEA Conceptual framework for urban environmental sustainability 24 , 25 as its basis. We describe C 3 S-QL sustainability framework as having three pillars (or dimensions) 13 , 14 . The framework includes six stages.…”

“…The main aim of this study is to achieve the most synergistic effect: the maximum efficiency for climate change actions with the minimum negative impact on the country’s success and the quality of life in its cities. Our integrated approach to the way the country-level social, economic, environmental, and political context affects climate change indicators is one key aspect that makes this research different from other existing studies 11 – 14 that have looked at only a few of these indicators at a time. Likewise, the analysis of seven social, four economic, one environmental, and three political indicators across 169 countries has indicated synergies with climate change indicators at 68% (57 out of 84), 73% (35 out of 48), 75% (9 out of 12), and 75% (27 out of 36) respectively (see Supplementary Table S4 b).…”

“…Hornsey and Lewandowsky 10 analyzed how policy-making in areas such as the assignment of responsibility for supply chain emissions, carbon taxing, and natural-disaster insurance markets can use insights from behavioral science. Many other quantitative, qualitative, and integrated models to handle various climate change areas have been developed around the world 11 , 12 , and several researchers have taken integrated sustainable development 13 , 14 approaches to analyze climate change 15 and looked at multiple dimensions 16 . The achievement of all 17 SDGs at once will require the ability to make plans and decisions that determine and utilize synergies, which are positive interactions, and limit trade-offs, which are negative interactions, between the goals and their 169 targets 17 .…”

Unlocking Africa's potential: The transformative power of foreign direct investment for sustainable development

“…The economic dimension of sustainable development recognizes the importance of fostering long-term economic growth and prosperity while ensuring the equitable distribution of resources and opportunities. It emphasizes the need for sustainable economic systems that generate employment, stimulate innovation, and promote fair trade, without depleting natural resources or compromising the well-being of future generations [ [42] , [43] , [44] , 69 ]. Moreover, the social dimension of sustainable development highlights the significance of social equity, justice, and inclusivity [ 45 , 46 ].…”

Natural disasters and agricultural trade in China: analyzing the role of transportation, government and diplomacy

“…For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic caused labor shortages, supply chain disruption, and import and export challenges (Aday, 2020; Ahmed and Azra, 2022). In addition, earthquakes can fundamentally damage infrastructure like transportation networks, storage systems and processing plants (Huang et al ., 2022; Mohamad Taghvaee et al ., 2022a,b; Nasrollahi et al ., 2020; Tokui et al ., 2017). Moreover, floods inundate fields, erode soils and damage infrastructure like transportation networks (Haraguchi and Lall, 2015; Khan et al ., 2021; Taghvaee et al ., 2022b).…”