Many countries around the world are striving towards reducing their transport emissions by up to and beyond 50% by the year 2030. To achieve this mammoth task governments and policymakers across the globe are being tasked with a significant issue in how to do this reduction in th [....] » Read More
Can the built environment and construction sector achieve climate resilience and net zero GHG emissions by 2050? That is the 2-fold question that this presentation will attempt to address. As environmental impacts and climate change regulations get implemented, all sectors of the [....] » Read More
The present Tropical Cyclones/Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (TCFM/HWRF) system is capable to forecast the inner core structure of the Tropical Cyclones/Hurricanes out to 5 days. Hence, efforts are to be made to test, evaluate, and improve predictions of Hurricane’ [....] » Read More
To date research, planning, mitigation strategies, and adaptation policies regarding the effects of climate change on cultural heritage have focused on primary impacts like inundation from sea level rise. Drawing on work in Island Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, [....] » Read More
A new methodology for classifying sky conditions at any location on Earth in overcast, intermediate and clear has been published (Kambezidis et al., Appl. Sci. 2021). This methodology is applied in the present study in order to identify clear-sky conditions at 33 sites in Greece. [....] » Read More
Children are growing up in increasingly precarious times, as rates of anthropogenic climate change, loss of biodiversity, human overpopulation, ubiquitous computation, and biotechnological interventions continue to advance and proliferate with alarming frequency. New theoretical, [....] » Read More
The advancement of sensing technologies, embedded systems, wireless communication technologies, nano-materials, and miniaturization makes it possible to develop IoT enabled smart sensing systems. IoT enabled sensors empowers the vision of a Smart City to become a reality. IoT ena [....] » Read More
All infrastructure are prone to climate extremes, especially those connected to flooding from extreme precipitation, sea level rise and storm surges. Critical Infrastructure, (CI) are vital to promote economic growth and ensure national security and public health, especiall [....] » Read More
Time-related urban modules based on walking distances and access to frequent destinations — 5-minute for 400m, 10-minute for 800m, etc.— emerge as urban design and planning concepts that will heal the environmental and social impacts of the automobile age. To [....] » Read More
If climate change action is the solution then by now, we would have got all the answers for the myths and science behind it. The very dogma entwined at the base is what we have not hold yet, so that's the reason for the problem. Climate change does not have a reason, it just [....] » Read More
Residential buildings account for 17% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While many governments have implemented or promised to implement policies to reduce building GHG emissions, it remains unclear whether these policies receive widespread public support and why. [....] » Read More
Airborne bacteria and fungi exist as bioaerosols, which can cause a range of infectious diseases, allergic and toxic reactions. There can be temperature-specific variation in aerial microbial flora, which is important to know. There is also seasonal variation in microbial f [....] » Read More
Climatic changes and its negative impacts may is represented one of big global challenges and eliminate soil and water availability time by time. Thereby, adding organic fertilizers (i.e vermicompost) as soil amelioration may consider one of effective approaches in order to recov [....] » Read More
Each region of the world faces unique vulnerabilities to climate change and has unique opportunities to mitigate its effects and build resilience in the 21st century. Many countries have agreed to take action to combat climate change by ratifying the Paris Agreement. Indeed, with [....] » Read More
The Polish climatologists from over a dozen scientific centers conducted comprehensive research on the climate which has changed from the end of the 18th century. Researchers looked at changes in air temperature and precipitation, but also time trends of other climate elements as [....] » Read More
Compressed air systems are widely used in industry. Compressed air is usually produced by a compressor driven by an electric motor. Large part of the energy is converted to waste heat and its recovery prevents losses to a large extent in compressed air production. In this paper, [....] » Read More
Within the context of non-destructive characterization and selective material recovery for sustainable resource utilization, big picture including global trend and targets will be first summarized. Then, challenges associated with selective recovery of complex materials for their [....] » Read More
Title : Liquid crystal photoaligned by azodye nano layers: physics and applications in photonics
Vladimir Chigrinov, Emeritus Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Photoalignment and photopatterning has been proposed and studied for a long time [1]. Light is responsible for the delivery of energy as well as phase and polarization information to materials systems. It was shown that photoalignment liquid crystals by azodye nanolayers could pr [....] » Read More
Title : Geo-Sequestration of CO2
Marte Gutierrez, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, United States
The majority of anthropogenic CO2 released in the atmosphere comes from the use of fossil fuels that are extracted from deep underground reservoirs. So, it is natural to consider capturing and bringing CO2 as the by-product of burning fossil fuels back where they came from - in d [....] » Read More
Title : Carbon free supported noble metal nano structures for green energy production - challenges and perspectives
Nevenka Elezovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Statement of the problem: The contemporary industrial processes, as well as transportation vehicles power are based on fossil fuels usage. Intensive fossil fuel application leads to the growing environment pollution, causing the "greenhouse effect". During the 20th cent [....] » Read More
Title : The remarkable story of carbon
Gareth B Neighbour, School of Engineering & Innovation The Open University, United Kingdom
The story of Carbon is a remarkable one. The elemental form of Carbon has a broad repertory of extraordinary physical, mechanical, and chemical properties, and despite being very abundant, and for many magical, it is often simply ‘taken for granted’. Yet. [....] » Read More
Title : Innovating to net zero with smart energy systems
Michael Short, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Digitalisation, decentralisation and decarbonisation are transforming approaches to the design and operation of industrial, business, and social systems across the globe. In this context, smart grids are electrical grids that include a variety of interoperable communication and c [....] » Read More
Title : Impacts of climate change on the occurrence of Leishmaniasis and COVID-19 in Brazil
Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Brazil
Brazil is particularly vulnerable to the increase in the incidence of vector-borne diseases, in the context of global climate change. It is estimated that such events may impact geographic distribution, population density, seasonality, prevalence of infection and parasite load of [....] » Read More
Title : The nexus of crises: the art of decolonising climate, species and culture
David Haley, Independent Artist/ Researcher, United Kingdom
Given the nexus of climate, species and cultural crises, we humans need to think and act well beyond mitigation. Merely softening ecological (social and environmental) collapse is not an option, given present climatic catastrophes and those predicted by the IPCC’s most rece [....] » Read More
Title : Nature based solutions for creating climate resilient cities of tomorrow
Totzer Tanja, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Cities are particularly affected by climate change due to their sealed surfaces, building structure and density. Climate simulation for Austrian cities show that the number of days during heat waves will almost double by the end of the century. The same applies to tropical nights [....] » Read More
Title : Eco - square bioclimatic investigation of public square.
Lydia Galani, University of Patras, Greece
The square as a gathering place symbolizes the center of public life. Over time, the planning and design of the public square was highly associated with the need of its existence. However, in recent years, it has been strongly observed that public space is neglected. During the p [....] » Read More
Title : The Future We Need not impossible but difficult
Maria Gabriela Meirelles, University of the Azores, Portugal
The 20th century was fertile in the advancement of knowledge of the Earth System, in particular the atmosphere, and the simulation of its behavior through models. A climate model consists of a representation of complex and heterogeneous subsystems, with a large temporal scale, wh [....] » Read More
Title : Net zero transition in power/energy sector
Huilian Liao, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Energy sector around the world is going through ambitious transition to Net Zero by 2050, driven by the threat of global warming and climate changes. However, this sector still falls well behind what is required to bring the global energy-related CO2 emission to the net zero targ [....] » Read More
Title : Mass Timber: A global solution for low carbon infrastructure; how planning, design and construction should adapt to include mass timber to meet global net zero objectives.
Patrick Crabbe, Bird Construction, Canada
This will help the audience because this is practical, experienced knowledge. This is what the research industry needs to hear to understand the market impact of their work and if it supports critical mass timber market innovations. Planning considerations: 1.Mass timber overvi [....] » Read More
Title : From carbon neutral to climate neutral: dynamic life cycle assessment for wood-based panels produced in china
Jiaxin Chen, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Canada
The forestry sector (managed forests and wood products produced from harvesting these forests) is crucial in supporting climate change mitigation, where the mitigation potential is assessed by combining forest carbon analysis and wood product life cycle assessment (LCA). Static L [....] » Read More
Title : Environmental health monitoring, characterization and geoinformatics
Astrid M Calderas , Econciencia y Salud A.C. Mexicali, United States
As global air quality standards remain unmet, the necessity for low-cost air quality monitoring tools to measure different contaminants such as Radiometer PI 9501 to measure different types of radiation, Purple Air to measure Particulate Matter of different sizes, and others such [....] » Read More
Title : Impact of Climate Change on public health: What lifestyle moves can we adopt to curb climate change
Martha Chadyiwa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Climate action is the 13th sustainable development goal which runs concurrently with the 3rd goal being good health and wellbeing. In a sense that if we address issues pertaining climate change like a domino effect, we would be equally providing good health and wellbeing. Accordi [....] » Read More
Title : Climate Change and its Impacts on Water Resources System
Aijaz Panhwar, Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR), Pakistan
Too many individuals still mistakenly think that climate change is only a problem for the environment. It poses an all-pervasive menace, the threat to health, agriculture production; increasing surface air temperature and affecting different fields of life. It has becomes one of [....] » Read More
Title : The expert integrated support system for coastal mixed urban – industrial – critical infrastructure monitoring using combined technologies – the epipelagic project
Vasiliki Charalampopoulou, Geosystems Hellas S.A. President & CEO, Greece
Today’s Remote sensing data and technologies offer the capability to effectively monitor diverse and challenging environments around the world such as coastal river and riparian zones. Coastal riparian zones and river deltas usually demonstrate extreme coastline changes in [....] » Read More
Title : Eco-Square | Bioclimatic Investigation of Public Square
Kontesa Laoumzi, University of Patras, Greece
The square as a gathering place symbolizes the center of public life. Over time, the planning and design of the public square was highly associated with the need of its existence. However, in recent years, it has been strongly observed that public space is neglected. During the p [....] » Read More