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 Greec [....] » Read More
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 Mass timber ov [....] » 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
Dryland areas are regarded as highly sensitive to climatic changes. A positive relationship between average annual rainfall, and environmental factors (water availability, species diversity, etc.), is often assumed for areas with an average annual rainfall of 100-300 mm. Ho [....] » 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 an [....] » Read More
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 parasi [....] » Read More
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
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
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
Title : The future of global renewable energy - analysis and forecasts of world renewable energy markets
Abhishek Asthana, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Global renewable energy capacity will see a record growth in the next four years and will account for more than 95% of the new global power capacity additions till 2026. Although record increases in commodity prices have increased the costs of building new wind and solar PV insta [....] » Read More
Title : Decreasing our transport emissions by 50% by 2030
Brian Caulfield , University College Dublin, Ireland
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
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 : A path to zero carbon in the built environment
Azzeddine Oudjehane, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada
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
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 : Climate change and risk management using a framework of system dynamics, big data architecture and data analytics
Virendra Goswami, IIT & Environment & Peace Foundation, India
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
Title : Countries at the base of it all.
Gianni Boris Mitchell, Utopian Enterprises, France
: Something was missed in the examining of the caues of climate change and that is that the number of countries and their political and economic models have to change if we are to survive. Our systems are counter productive to our survival and it is becuase they are based on syst [....] » 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 : Onshore equipped ocean thermal and hydraulic energy conversion system and method
Abdulaziz AlDossary, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
The ocean thermal and hydraulic energy conversion system includes a closed loop assembly comprising a pipeline filled with a working fluid, a pump and a turbine. The system includes a first supply line to transport warm water to an evaporator and then to a junction, and a second [....] » Read More
Title : Production of ethanol form the pods of mesquite as a sources of Bio-fuel Energy
Saad Dawood, Ministry of Production & Economical Resources, Sudan
Ethanol energy is one of the important alternative energy forms which is used as bio-fuel. The research aimed to find the optimal conditions from the production of ethanol from the pods of mesquite by using different amounts of yeast concentrations. Mesquite pods were collected f [....] » Read More
Title : Application of remote sensing and geographic information systems to assess the impact of climate change on precipitation variability in arid regions
Hany F Abd Elhamid, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Climate change due to global warming is expected to have continues impacts on the hydrologic cycle parameters such as temperature, wind and precipitation. It can affect rainfall patterns, crop yield, human health, forest and other ecosystem. If Climate change continues at the cur [....] » Read More
Title : Sanitary Pads - a taboo and an environmental crisis
Prapti Choudhary, Activist, India
: It's a fact that plastics have invaded our lives. And while they are convenient for packaging and transportation, they are extremely toxic and harmful for the environment. Plastic is one of the most persistent pollutants on Earth. Because the world's growing production [....] » Read More
Title : Environment management in River basins for sustainable development
Ilangovan, Former Special Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, India
Global warming and Climate change has become global talk nowadays. The impacts have already been realized in the water resources sector. But the authorities who work in water management are failed to understand and adopt the holistic approaches to conserve the water resources. A [....] » Read More
Title : Modeling the Impacts of Biomass Burning on Climate and Human Health
Dr Gbeminiyi M Sobamowo, University of Lagos, Nigeria
The burning of biomass results in the release of large amounts of particulate matter and health-damaging gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, etc. These adverse effects include damaging to the human respiratory tract, inhibiting and inactivating mucociliary streaming, [....] » Read More
Title : Application of hydro-geochemical and multivariate statistical for evaluation of groundwater quality: A case study of the Mio-Plio-Quaternary aquifer of the El Ouara plain, Southeastern Tunisia
Najet toumi, Research Applied Hydrosciences, Tunisia
Everywhere of the world, water is a real, precious, fragile and limited wealth, so it must be the main stake of a coherent and rational management. For this, the aim of the present study is to determine the main factors and the geochemical processes that control water chemistry o [....] » Read More
Title : Adaptation to climate change: what is ghana doing differently
Elizabeth Abena Afari, New Juaben Senior High School, Ghana
Climate Action is the 13th of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is being addressed diversely across the globe. There have been huge investments into adaptation methods to solve this problem as it has become a global issue. The focus of this research is to assess and [....] » Read More
Title : The nexus of crises: the art of decolonising climate, species and culture
David Haley, Independent 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 : Critical infrastructure vulnerability to climate change: a geospatial analysis
Efthymia Koliokosta, University of the Aegean, Greece
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
Title : Ideal and real precedents of the 15-minute city
Alcestis Rodi, University of Patras, Greece
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. &n [....] » Read More
Title : Predicting the future impact of climate change on the ocean economy using machine learning.
Kumud Dave, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, India
Increasingly global warming, deemed from the discussion on the topic, is one of the major agitations of the world today. In our environment, as the greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide, methane and water vapor, carbon dioxide, and fluorinated gases devour more power from the sunli [....] » Read More
Title : Human can be reason of Oxygen producer machine; Tree plantation project will act as a Machine of oxygen producer.
Md Nasir Uddin , MS Degree from Department of Theoretical Physics, Bangladesh
The "Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C" report determined "afforestation" (planting new forests) and "reforestation" (replacing forests on deforested or recently harvested lands) as an essential framework to remove greenhouse gases (GHGs) [....] » Read More
Title : Eco- square bioclimatic investigation of public square
Lydia Galani, Patras School of Architecture, Greece
The square as a gathering public space represents the center of community life. However, in recent years it has been strongly observed that public space has been neglected. During the pandemic, the impact of self-isolation and social distancing highlighted the importanc [....] » Read More
Title : Climate change and risk management using a framework of system dynamics, big data architecture and data analytics
Sarojkant Singh, ICFAI University Jharkhand, India
Abstract: It is pertinent to incorporate global risks like climate change into business projections. With the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change has become more important than ever. Lockdowns all over the world have forced mankind to think of re-inventing business [....] » Read More
Title : Is global stock take the DNA of climate change action ? The helix of mitigation, adaptation and its implementation
Prachi Ugle Pimpalkhute, Eco Endeavourers Network, European Wide Initiative, India
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
Title : Eco- square bioclimatic investigation of public square
Contesa Laoumzi, Patras School of Architecture, Greece
The square as a gathering public space represents the center of community life. However, in recent years it has been strongly observed that public space has been neglected. During the pandemic, the impact of self-isolation and social distancing highlighted the importance of exist [....] » 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 : Study and analysis of the mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites based on rice straw
Ibrahim Sabry, Benha University, Egypt
In this work, a new composite material based on high impact poly styrene (HIPS) and rice wastes obtained from agricultural landfills was investigated. Specifically, Egyptian rice straw was used as a plant-based reinforcing material. For this, a design of experiments (DOE) is oper [....] » 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 : Diurnal variation of bacterial and fungal flora in ambient air in a tropical setting , in Settle plate method
Sayan Bhattacharyya, AIIH&PH, Kolkata, India
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 micro [....] » Read More
Title : On the return periods of extreme temperatures in moscow and st. Petersburg during "glacial" saros series
Viktoriya Litvinenko, Moscow Region State University, Russian Federation
The article presents the results of the study of temperature indicators (minimum, maximum, average temperature and its deviations from the norm) change in the "glacial" Saros series (?148 and ?153) to identify the possibility of predicting and restoring events of extrem [....] » Read More
Title : Contribution of satellite imagery to the characterization of the relationship between climate and pyrological variables of bush fires in the savannah zone
Coulibaly Talnan Jean Honore, University Nangui Abrogoua, Cote d'Ivoire
The present study was undertaken to characterize the bushfire regime and the climatic factors influencing its propagation in the Bounkani region. Thus, this work analyzes the spatio-temporal dynamics of fires and the relationship between climatic variables and pyrological variabl [....] » Read More