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Carbon dots (CDs) are luminescent carbon nanoparticles with significant potential in analytical sensing, biomedicine, and energy regeneration due to their remarkable optical, physical, biological, and catalytic properties. In light of the enduring ecological impact of non-biomass waste that persists in the environment, efforts have been made toward converting non-biomass waste, such as ash, waste plastics, textiles, and papers into CDs. This review introduces non-biomass waste carbon sources and classifies them in accordance with the 2022 Australian National Waste Report. The synthesis approaches, including pre-treatment methods, and the properties of the CDs derived from non-biomass waste are comprehensively discussed. Subsequently, we summarize the diverse applications of CDs from non-biomass waste in sensing, information encryption, LEDs, solar cells, and plant growth promotion. In the final section, we delve into the future challenges and perspectives of CDs derived from non-biomass waste, shedding light on the exciting possibilities in this emerging area of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy, a key initiative of the European Commission under the European Green Deal, strives to make the European Union's (EU) economy sustainable. Focused on the food system, the F2F Strategy prioritizes sustainability in agriculture, eco-friendly practices, biodiversity preservation, and climate change mitigation. It targets high food safety (FS) and environmental management (EM) standards across the Agri-food Supply Chain (ASC). Addressing sustainability challenges in the wine industry, this study delves into the Wine Value Chain (WVC). Emphasizing the intricate sustainability interplay within the WVC, this study concentrates on FS and EM to ensure the long-term viability of wine production. The primary goal is to create a comprehensive sustainability evaluation method for wineries, incorporating performance indicators from FS and EM components. The methodology involves assessing Food Safety Management Systems (FSMSs), evaluating Environmental Management Systems (EMSs), investigating contamination risks, and synthesizing results into a sustainability matrix. Findings highlight commendable FS practices, such as widespread Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) adoption and underscore the need for increased EM focus. Notable figures include a 76.2% adoption of the HACCP system and 68.8% of wineries implementing an EMS. Performance indicators become critical for sustainability assessment, forming the cornerstone to gauge the industry's effective sustainability management aligned with the F2F Strategy. This study stresses the holistic integration of FS and EM practices, providing insights into workforce engagement, regulatory compliance, and sustainable objectives. This research offers a tool for evaluating and advancing sustainability in the wine industry culminating in a sustainability matrix. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract This paper examines the relationship between air pollution levels and regulators’ enforcement levels and observes that air pollution levels in firms’ locations reduce enforcement from regulators. Moreover, regulators are more likely to suffer from type II errors when air pollution levels in firms’ locations are higher, verifying the effect of regulators’ unwillingness to travel due to air pollution. The cross-sectional analysis suggests that enforcement from regulatory authorities in areas with lower air pollution levels than in firms’ locations, positioned at great distances from firms’ locations, and with greater workloads is less strict when air pollution levels in firms’ locations are higher. We further test whether air pollution levels reduce the efficiency of regulators and find that firms with lower earnings quality and weaker corporate governance are less likely to be subjected to enforcement by regulators when air pollution levels in the firms’ locations are higher.

The mineral processing industry is pivotal in natural resource extraction and historically contributes to environmental damages like land degradation and groundwater contamination. In the face of resource scarcity and environmental pollution, sustainable solutions are increasingly vital. The circular economy focuses on reusing, recycling, and reducing waste, which turns unwanted by-products into valuable assets. Sustainable chemical processes offer innovative solutions in waste material reclamation and integration into the production chain. These practices not only mitigate waste but also enable resource recovery, turning waste management costs into profits. Repurposing mineral waste reduces mining's environmental impact, lessens new mining needs, and yields economic advantages.

Carbon dioxide levels in the earth atmosphere have been rising to alarming levels over the past few decades by human activity and thus caused global climate change due to the "greenhouse effect," which in turn brought about adverse effects on the planet. Major sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions include fossil fuel combustion, land-use change, industrial processing, respiration of various life forms, and decomposition of biomass. However, over the past 20 years, there has been a continuous research effort on the reducing carbon dioxide levels, by converting into the syngas, methanol, dimethyl carbonate, epoxides, polymers, and fine chemicals through chemical catalytic or biotransformation routes. Biological conversion including microbial and/or enzymatic conversion holds high potential as an alternative to the energy-intensive chemical conversion of CO2. Besides being the low energy process, bio-conversion of CO2 offers several unique advantages such as an easy and improved production at a high scale with a better conversion rate, the possibility of a diverse product range, and hyper-production by genetic modifications with zero competition for land with food crops. To this end, products that use CO2 biotransformation by the global biotech and chemical industry are only about 11.5 million tons annually, and it is a very small fraction of the approximately 24 billion tons of annual CO2 emission. Hence, there is an enormous scope for generation of high end biorefineries through CO2 bioconversion systems. Here, we review the various production sources of CO2, the metabolic and enzymatic CO2 conversion pathways, and the commercialization potentiality of various green chemicals from CO2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the relationship between air pollution levels and regulators' enforcement levels and observes that air pollution levels in firms' locations reduce enforcement from regulators. Moreover, regulators are more likely to suffer from type II errors when air pollution levels in firms' locations are higher, verifying the effect of regulators' unwillingness to travel due to air pollution. The cross-sectional analysis suggests that enforcement from regulatory authorities in areas with lower air pollution levels than in firms' locations, positioned at great distances from firms' locations, and with greater workloads is less strict when air pollution levels in firms' locations are higher. We further test whether air pollution levels reduce the efficiency of regulators and find that firms with lower earnings quality and weaker corporate governance are less likely to be subjected to enforcement by regulators when air pollution levels in the firms' locations are higher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to analyze and evaluate students' perceptions of climate change in Vietnam today, through various communication methods such as social networks, newspapers, educational programs. This study is based on a survey taken by 460 university students. Quantitative analysis was conducted using frequency statistics, Cronbach's Alpha and EFA. The results show that there are significant differences between students when there are two opposing opinions: climate change can be overcome in the future and climate change is unlikely to be overcome in the future. Students draw conclusions through their own understanding of climate change. After conducting the research as well as after consulting and analyzing quantitative data, along with collecting and surveying students' opinions, we were able to come up with methods to improve our actions. Students in particular, and people in general, lack awareness on environmental protection, especially in terms of the improvement of educational programs and promotion of propaganda about environmental protection consciousness. Youngpeople represent the future generation of knowledge that influences the development of the national environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a bibliometric analysis of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices and their impact on organizational sustainability. The analysis examines 278 publications from the SCOPUS database between 2010 and 2022. The findings indicate that GHRM studies have gained momentum in recent years, with authors like Renwick and Jabbour making significant contributions. Asian nations, particularly Malaysia and China, have emerged as prominent contributors to GHRM research. The study offers insights that can assist academics, managers, and top management in developing GHRM practices to achieve sustainable objectives. However, the analysis has limitations, such as relying solely on the SCOPUS database, and future research should consider using multiple databases and sociograms to explore correlations in the field of GHRM. [Extracted from the article]

Sustainable livelihoods (SL) have emerged as a crucial area of focus in global environmental change research, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This field is rapidly gaining prominence in sustainability science and has become one of the primary research paradigms. In our study, we conducted scientometrics analysis using the ISI Web of Science core collection database to examine research patterns and frontier areas in SL research. We selected 6441 papers and 265,759 references related to SL published from 1991 to 2020. To achieve this, we employed advanced quantitative analysis tools such as CiteSpace and VOSviewer to quantitatively analyze and visualize the evolution of literature in the SL research field. Our overarching objectives were to understand historical research characteristics, identify the knowledge base, and determine future research trends. The results revealed an exponential increase in SL research documentation since 1991, with the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Center (CGIAR) contributing the highest volume of research documents and citations. Key journals in this field included World Development, Global Environmental Change, Ecological Economics, and Ecology and Society. Notably, Singh RK and Shackleton CM emerged as prolific authors in SL research. Through our analysis, we identified six primary clusters of research areas: livelihoods, conservation, food security, management, climate change, and ecosystem services. Additionally, we found that tags such as rural household, agricultural intensification, cultural intensification, and livelihoods vulnerability remained relevant and represented active research hotspots. By analyzing keyword score relevance, we identified frontier areas in SL research, including mass tourism, solar home systems, artisanal and small-scale mining, forest quality, marine-protected areas, agricultural sustainability, sustainable rangeland management, and indigenous knowledge. These findings provide valuable insights to stakeholders regarding the historical, current, and future trends in SL research, offering strategic opportunities to enhance the sustainability of livelihoods for farmers and rural communities in alignment with the SDGs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to: (i) investigate the agronomic properties of biochars derived from selected invasive wetland weeds and (ii) examine the effect of biochar on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics and stability of tropical Ultisol soil. The biochars were analyzed for proximate properties, surface characteristics, elemental composition, functional groups, and thermal and carbon stability. Plant growth studies supplemented with biochar under greenhouse conditions for 1 year were conducted. The SOC, its fractions, and its dynamics were studied. The biochar incorporation significantly increased the SOC and its stable fractions like mineral Organic Carbon (MOC), fine-particulate organic carbon (fPOC), and Non-labile Carbon (NLC) by 24.54–7.82, 5.79–2.0, and 9.50–2.16 g kg−1 than control. The labile carbon fractions like Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC), and coarse-Particulate Organic Carbon (cPOC) showed a substantial reduction by 0.72–0.26 and 2.92–1.29 g kg−1 respectively. However, the easily oxidizable carbon (EOC) and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) content increased by 2.10–4.87 g kg−1 and 28.33–158.55 mg kg−1 respectively. The addition of biochars resulted in the stabilization of soil aggregates. Likewise, substantial CO2 emission reduction (75.24–46.60%) has been achieved during the trials. The carbon pool management index (CPMI) values recorded a substantial increase of 40–7.2% between the trials. The findings imply that the inherent nature of weed biomasses determines the characteristics of the resulting biochar, and their application significantly influenced the carbon dynamics of the tropical Ultisol soil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Chairul Saleh Building or the Secretariat General Office Building has implemented the Energy Management Program since 2016. In this study, an assessment was carried out based on the GBCI environmental assessment tool, especially for aspects of land use, energy efficiency and conservation, water conservation, and building environmental management aspects. The requirement analysis to get a green predicate is provided by points assessment which fullfillment the standard. Chairul Saleh building has implemented 10 of the 16 points in Appropriate Site Development category. Energy efficiency and conservation, Chairul Saleh building has implemented 29 of the 36 maximum points. Water Conservation category managed to get 5 out of 20 maximum points, while Building Environmental Management managed to get 11 out of 13 points, Material Resource and Cycle get 8 out of 12 points, Indoor Health and Comfort, get 9 out of 20 points, which was determined in the GBCI greenship rating tools for existing building. The result revealed that in the total value of Chairul Saleh Building was 72 points, it meants achived the Gold certification. Based on the rating set by the GBCI greenship, the Chairul Saleh building is currently awarded a Gold rating for its ability to apply the green building standard.

Using renewable energy sources and substituting fossil fuels is imperative to promote ecological wellbeing and achieve a net-zero carbon ecosystem. This also requires the support of financial intermediaries who would look for incentives to expedite clean financing. This study assesses if there are benefits for the banking firms while they lend to the firms that engage in renewable sources. The research employs an exhaustive data set of banks in BRICS between 2011 and 2021 and evaluates the impact of renewable lending on banking performance. The results demonstrate that an increase in renewable lending improves the spread, and the results remained robust after controlling for exogenous variables and various proxies of performance. The findings imply that there are clear incentives for the banks that can help achieve the sustainability goals. There are important fiscal implications for regulators and central banks regarding credit risk and capital charges. [Display omitted] • For a net-zero carbon ecosystem, renewable energy should replace fossil fuels. • The study assess whether financing to renewable energy sources is helpful to banks. • The study employ an exhaustive dataset of banks in BRICS from 2011 to 2021. • Our results demonstrate that an increase in renewable lending improves the spread. • This suggests that banks have clear incentives to help achieve sustainability goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy, a key initiative of the European Commission under the European Green Deal, strives to make the European Union’s (EU) economy sustainable. Focused on the food system, the F2F Strategy prioritizes sustainability in agriculture, eco-friendly practices, biodiversity preservation, and climate change mitigation. It targets high food safety (FS) and environmental management (EM) standards across the Agri-food Supply Chain (ASC). Addressing sustainability challenges in the wine industry, this study delves into the Wine Value Chain (WVC). Emphasizing the intricate sustainability interplay within the WVC, this study concentrates on FS and EM to ensure the long-term viability of wine production. The primary goal is to create a comprehensive sustainability evaluation method for wineries, incorporating performance indicators from FS and EM components. The methodology involves assessing Food Safety Management Systems (FSMSs), evaluating Environmental Management Systems (EMSs), investigating contamination risks, and synthesizing results into a sustainability matrix. Findings highlight commendable FS practices, such as widespread Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) adoption and underscore the need for increased EM focus. Notable figures include a 76.2% adoption of the HACCP system and 68.8% of wineries implementing an EMS. Performance indicators become critical for sustainability assessment, forming the cornerstone to gauge the industry’s effective sustainability management aligned with the F2F Strategy. This study stresses the holistic integration of FS and EM practices, providing insights into workforce engagement, regulatory compliance, and sustainable objectives. This research offers a tool for evaluating and advancing sustainability in the wine industry culminating in a sustainability matrix.

Mine pollution from mining activities is often widely recognised as a serious threat to public health, with mine solid waste causing problems such as tailings pond accumulation, which is considered the biggest hidden danger. The construction of tailings ponds not only causes land occupation and vegetation damage but also brings about potential environmental pollution, such as water and dust pollution, posing a health risk to nearby residents. If remote sensing images and machine learning techniques could be used to determine whether a tailings pond might have potential pollution and safety hazards, mainly monitoring tailings ponds that may have potential hazards, it would save a lot of effort in tailings ponds monitoring. Therefore, based on this background, this paper proposes to classify tailings ponds into two categories according to whether they are potentially risky or generally safe and to classify tailings ponds with remote sensing satellite images of tailings ponds using the DDN + ResNet-50 machine learning model based on ML.Net developed by Microsoft. In the discussion section, the paper introduces the environmental hazards of mine pollution and proposes the concept of "Healthy Mine" to provide development directions for mining companies and solutions to mine pollution and public health crises. Finally, we claim this paper serves as a guide to begin a conversation and to encourage experts, researchers and scholars to engage in the research field of mine solid waste pollution monitoring, assessment and treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ecological environment quality and resilience assessment is an important prerequisite for ensuring the coordination and stability of socio-economic development and eco-environment protection. Remote sensing technology has provided new approaches for quantitatively evaluating regional ecological environment quality and resilience rapidly, accurately, and objectively. Taking the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREBML) as an example, to assess ecological environment quality, this study calculated the remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) based on the Google Earth Engine using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data with a spatial resolution of 500 m during 2000–2020. An evaluation index to assess ecological resilience and its spatial pattern based on the RSEI of 2000–2020 was then constructed. The evaluation index was constructed from two dimensions, including the sensitivity and adaptability of the RSEI. Finally, this study identified key factors that affect ecological residence based on a structural equation model. The results showed that the overall RSEI was at moderate and good levels in the YREBML during 2000–2020, accounting for more than 85% of the total area. Its spatial characteristics showed that the RSEI was higher in the middle reaches than in the lower reaches of the YREB, and higher in the south than in the north. The overall RSEI in the YREBML showed a decreasing trend during 2000–2020, with 54.36% of the region improving and 45.64% declining. Areas with declining RSEI were concentrated in Anhui, while the increasing RSEI was observed in Zhejiang. In addition, the spatial pattern of ecological resilience was characterized by high resilience in the north and east, and low resilience in the south and west. High resilience areas accounted for 40.48% of the YREBML, mainly contributed by Jiangxi and Hunan provinces. The driving factors analysis results indicated that economic development, natural disaster risk, and environmental pollution would further affect ecological resilience of urban systems. This study provides more scientific and effective data support for ecological environment monitoring and governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the current study is to propose and examine a comprehensive model that uses motivational and self-regulated variables to explain factors affecting environment management in technology-based physics learning among Chinese secondary school students. Data were collected from 726 grade-eight secondary school students in Southeast China, who were learning physics. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the relationships among students’ goal orientations, environment management, and time management. Results suggest that students were more likely to manage their environment if they had learning-oriented goals and if they managed their time, but they were less likely to do so if they had social-oriented goals. Implications for teachers’ technology integration in physics class were discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the relationship between the idea of self-greed as a personality trait that contributes to the best results for themselves, at the expense of others, or by ignoring their needs, and psychological well-being, which is determined from the standpoint of eudemonistic approach. The survey method was used to determine the attitude of the subjects to their own well-being and greed; K. Riff's scale of psychological well-being (adaptation by T. Shevelenkova, P. Fesenko, 2005) to measure actual psychological well-being; methods of studying the semantic space of the concept of "greed" (Yanovska S., Lyutenko R., 2017), methods of statistical data processing. The sample (N = 141) aged 25 to 35 years, residents of Kharkiv, including 83 women and 58 men who had a job during the study, but 31 people worked part-time due to the coronavirus pandemic situation. It was determined that most of the subjects have an average level of psychological well-being and greed. Their ideas about psychological well-being are primarily related to health, material security, opportunities for self-development, independence and confidence in the future. Subjects are characterized as frugal, frugal people who understand moderation. They can share with others if it does not conflict with their own needs. The attitude to greed is ambiguous: most respondents consider greed a negative human trait, but there is also the opinion that greed is a motivating force of society. Significant links have been established between perceptions of one's own greed and a person's psychological well-being. A high level of greed reduces the number of trusting relationships, destroys interpersonal relationships and makes a person dependent. A person's moderate greed helps to increase his control over what is happening around him, creates the conditions and circumstances that are necessary to meet personal needs and achieve goals in problematic and uncertain conditions. The less a person uses others to meet his own needs, the greater his psychological well-being.

The purpose of this study is to highlight the opportunity to develop the economic operators, to optimize the activities of central and local public institutions using the innovative Agile method and the components of integrated management on specific criteria in public institutions and economic operators. This approach starts from the following working question: how can the affected stakeholders influence the agenda of public institutions for the development of an efficient integrated management within local public organizations in order to facilitate the activities of private economic operators. This question is not an abstract one, it appears periodically in public debates inside Romanian private companies. This research is the result of connecting the generic aspects of integrated management with the Agile Method and their applicability in private companies after highlighting the organization and operation of local public institutions; knowing that all these are the most important factors for the relationship between the private economic operator and the public institutions. In turn, these criteria become important to emphasize the role of integrated management in the current context of our lives, of all, whether we are employers, public or private employees, or whether we depend on public institutions when we are entrepreneurs.

Global warming encourage people to care more about energy consumption. Metropolitan city like Surabaya has a complex problem in it such as high density, fast growth and development, high energy consumption, and many more. Ecological city supposed to encourage smart citizen, environmentally friendly and humane. It obviously not easy, requires good cooperation between the government, sector managers and the community. The Surabaya mayor's approach and the socialization of the importance of implementing green architecture in each area have succeeded in raising public awareness to create a harmonious, ecological and energy-conscious environment. Apart from the ecological aspects, what makes Surabaya the most advanced city in Indonesia is economic growth. The fast economic growth cannot be separated from the motivation of the Mayor of Surabaya in growing small and medium industries. Kampung Gundih is one of the kampong that has successfully implemented the ecological concept and has become the most advanced home industry in Surabaya by winning the Surabaya Green and Clean in recent years. This study aims to identify and describe the application of Green architecture and ecological concepts in small industrial-based settlements in Kampung Gundih, Surabaya. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The results obtained are a review of the implementation of the concept of ecological architecture in rural areas and small industries, a description of the integrated water management process, and environmental management strategies in Kampung Gundih Surabaya.

This contribution presents the findings from a two‐stage systematic review. It relied on PRISMA's methodical protocol to capture and analyze high‐impact articles, that were focused on the International Standards Organization's ISO 14001—Environment Management Systems. Whilst stage 1 shed light on the most cited publications since 1995, stage 2 narrowed down the search results between 2015 and 2021. The findings suggest that the use of this certifiable standard may result in operational efficiencies through better utilization of resources and waste management systems. It provides opportunities for practitioners to re‐conceive their license to operate and to enhance their credentials with stakeholders. Moreover, this review considered potential pitfalls of ISO 14001, like high certification costs, time constraints as well as an increase in paperwork and red tape. It noted that managers and employees may not always be willing or knowledgeable enough to implement the necessary changes to comply with the standard's requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sidomulyo Village is one of the coffee-producing locations in Silo District, Jember Regency. The coffee processing waste is no handling. The coffee processing wastewater could potentially lead to a decrease in environmental quality. Phytoremediation is an alternative technology that can be applied because of the availability of a waste storage pond in Sidomulyo, which can to become a pool for phytoremediation. Besides, phytoremediation is a simple technology that can reduce the concentration in coffee processing liquid waste. The purpose of this study was to compare phytoremediation alternatives using the aeration, circulation, and constructed wetland (CW) system, which is the most feasible to be applied to coffee processing wastewater treatment in Sidomulyo Village based on technology and cost aspects. The stages of this research were direct surveys of respondents, comparing the efficiency of phytoremediation performance with aeration, circulation and constructed wetland (CW) systems, analysis of technical feasibility, and costs. The research results show that phytoremediation with the CW system is more than feasible than aeration and circulation systems based on technological and cost aspects. Phytoremediation application using the CW system based on the technology or technical aspects is more than feasible because it easy application and has a shorter residence time (continuity). The value of the reduction efficiency of TSS, BOD, and COD parameters in coffee wastewater treatment using phytoremediation with the CW system is sequentially 29.80; 63.75; and 63.70%. Inventory cost of constructing CW for processing coffee wastewater of Rp. 64,050,000 with a storage capacity of 82.5 m3.

Optimization technology is widely applied to maximize economic profit under ecology constrains in environmental management systems. To tackle the inherent uncertainties, inexact optimization methods have been proposed. Interval linear programming (ILP) model has drawn increasing scholarly attention. ILP model describe uncertainty by one coarse scaled stochastic process. However, uncertainty often involves multiple stochastic processes when zooming into high resolution. ILP model may not satisfied fine scale constraints. A time variant interval linear programming (TVILP) model is developed to implement temporal downscaling, and likewise, a heuristic algorithm integrating dynamic programming is proposed for Markov chained TVILP. Dynamic programming can converts time complexity exponential to polynomial. In the current paper, the performance of TVILP model is analyzed based on the following three metrics: maximal profit (M_profit), constraint violation risk (CVR), and maximal profit path risk (MPR). The performance of TVILP is further compared with the performance of Best and Worst method, the classic ILP model, Interval linear programming contractor, and Interval-parameter multi-stage stochastic linear programming. Experimental results reveal that TVILP provides refined solutions on a smaller granularity whose decision space contracts based on the most possible transition paths. Unable to obtain the maximum profit, though, TVILP does pose decreased constraint violation risk and maximal profit path risk, facilitating more feasible and reliable decision-making on environmental management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Space utilization and climate change are related to human survival and development. Identifying the relationship between development and conservation is the foundation of sustainable development. We used the kernel density curve, spatial analysis, and the sensitivity model to study the spatial use efficiency and carbon emissions evolution characteristics at the provincial and regional levels in China from 1999 to 2019. The results show that a trend of high efficiency and low carbon emissions in southeast coastal cities and towns is gradually forming, and agricultural spaces are moving toward high efficiency and high carbon emissions patterns. The evolution paths of space utilization efficiency and carbon emissions differ significantly across spaces and regions. We also found similarities in how carbon emissions intensity responds to changes in spatial utilization efficiency in the Yangtze and Yellow River basin urban agglomeration. The study provides practical suggestions for the high-quality development of territorial space, ecological environment management, and sustainable development in light of spatiotemporal changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is an urgent need to explore the current situation of China's water pollution incidents for policymaking, accident prevention, and risk mitigation. This study analyzed 1528 water pollution incidents in China from 2001 to 2020 and explored the spatiotemporal characteristics and causes of incidents and consequent damage. The frequency of water pollution accidents increased in 2004, peaked in 2006, and decreased thereafter with a significant decline in 2016. Due to the developed river networks, high population densities, and increasing environmental awareness, pollution incidents were mostly concentrated in China's relatively industrially developed eastern coastal regions. Illegal emission is the major cause, accounting for 51% of all incidents, but with pipeline construction gradually approaching a peak, pipeline leakage poses a noteworthy risk in the future. Although the severity of accidents has reduced recently, it is still necessary to strengthen the risk prevention strategies for general and major accidents. Furthermore, three key factors, including economic development, regulations and legal system, and public participation in pollution supervision and control, which affect the trends and characteristics of water pollution incidents in China, were discussed. This paper offers valuable insights and suggestions that may have useful implications for policymaking and the prevention of water pollution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a three-tier process- carbon capture, transport and storage. The capture consists of pre-combustion, oxy-combustion and post-combustion capture. Transport of CO2 is most viable through pipelines. The biotic CO2storage occurs through terrestrial or oceanic pathways and can be simulated naturally or artificially. The abiotic/geologic storage is achieved through sequestering CO2 in depleting/depleted hydrocarbon reserves, in deep saline aquifers or through mineral carbonation. At the district level, 64 out of 641 districts (2013 government reports) accounted for ∼ 60% of the total CO2 emissions. Controlling CO2 emissions comes with the challenge of sustainable socio-economic growth of the country- a demanding task for the economy. Indian organizations have made international collaborations. India holds a substantial geological sequestration potential in its basaltic rocks, coal seams, depleted oil reserves, soils, deep saline aquifers and sedimentary basins. At this point, no carbon capture and storage / clean development mechanism projects are operational in the country. The next 10-15 years would be very crucial for India to attain technological advancement to deploy large-scale CCS projects.

The purpose of this study is to highlight the opportunity to develop the economic operators, to optimize the activities of central and local public institutions using the innovative Agile method and the components of integrated management on specific criteria in public institutions and economic operators. This approach starts from the following working question: how can the affected stakeholders influence the agenda of public institutions for the development of an efficient integrated management within local public organizations in order to facilitate the activities of private economic operators. This question is not an abstract one, it appears periodically in public debates inside Romanian private companies. This research is the result of connecting the generic aspects of integrated management with the Agile Method and their applicability in private companies after highlighting the organization and operation of local public institutions; knowing that all these are the most important factors for the relationship between the private economic operator and the public institutions. In turn, these criteria become important to emphasize the role of integrated management in the current context of our lives, of all, whether we are employers, public or private employees, or whether we depend on public institutions when we are entrepreneurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Globally, climate-smart agriculture is highly recognized as an approach for sustainable agriculture and food systems. In Africa and other developing countries, climate-smart agriculture is observed to reposition and modify agricultural systems for improved food and nutritional security. Despite the relevance of the approach to sustainable agricultural planning, illegal gold mining in many parts of the society is placing constraints to its implementation and adoption through its contest with agricultural land for space and activities. Illegal gold mining is on the rise due to the lucrativeness of the non-regulated gold rush opportunities with hard consequences on sustainable agriculture and resilience food systems. As a result, this study seeks to investigate illegal gold mining and its environmental implication for climate-smart agriculture in Ghana. The study used a single case study using a mixed-methods approach to research. The study adopted purposive and systematic sampling techniques to select the study communities and respondents, respectively. Questionnaire and interviews were used to gather the primary data from respondents at the household level, as the unit of analysis. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis reveal that known agricultural practices such as terracing, crop rotation, use of domestic waste/manure, and irrigation of crops were affected adversely by activities of illegal mining. The study recommends the need for conscious efforts from the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to sustain the ban on illegal mining with intensified monitoring and supervision while a systematic scheme involving relevant stakeholders is developed and implemented to ban illegal mining in Ghana completely. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture needs to develop an approach to support the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices by smallholder farmers to meet the food demand of their households.

Rapid urban sprawl in China has caused serious eco-environmental changes, and thus attracted significant attention of the international academic circles. However, the mechanism of influence of urban sprawl on eco-environmental quality has not been addressed adequately. The main objective of this study was to fill this gap by theoretically and empirically studying how urban sprawl influences eco-environmental quality, based on the Spatial Durbin model and on a panel data covering 30 provinces of mainland China during the period 2003–2018. The results show that China’s urban sprawl has significantly decreased the eco-environmental quality under both geographical and economic weight matrices. Moreover, the spillover effect played an essential role in investigating the influence of urban sprawl on eco-environmental quality. From the perspective of regional differences, the direct accumulation effect and the spatial spillover effect involved in the impact of urban sprawl on eco-environmental quality varied across the central, western, and northeast regions. The results of decomposition of urban sprawl into its component parts indicate that population sprawl, socio-economic sprawl, transportation sprawl, and land use sprawl can explain the change of eco-environmental quality in China to varying degrees. During the study period, land use sprawl exhibited the greatest effect on eco-environmental quality, followed by socio-economic sprawl, population sprawl, and transportation sprawl. The government should actively coordinate the development of different types of urban sprawl, thus increasing eco-environmental quality across different regions.

Plastic-related industrial discharge is suspected as a significant source of microplastics (MPs) in the influent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, little is known about the characteristics of MPs in industrial wastewater. Taking the Haicang WWTP in Xiamen, China, as an example, this study compared MPs in industrial wastewater with the domestic one in terms of abundance, particle size, polymer type, shape and color. Wentworth modulus, grain size parameters and principal component analysis (PCA) were performed to describe the MP difference between those two. It was found that the abundance of MPs in industrial wastewater was more than twice that in domestic wastewater, and the flux of MPs discharged into the aquatic environment through industrial wastewater was about 3.2 times that of domestic wastewater. The main shapes of MPs in industrial wastewater and domestic wastewater were fiber and granule, respectively. The proportion of polyester (PES) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in industrial wastewater was higher than that in domestic wastewater, related to the type of factories served by the WWTP. Compared with domestic wastewater, the rough surface of MPs in industrial wastewater was more complex and diverse, which might have a high capability of adsorbing other pollutants, thereby causing more significant harm to the environment. Our results supported that industrial sources of MPs are the priority areas in environmental management, and immediate action is taken to prevent industrial-sources MPs from entering the environment.

Environmental Management System (EMS) guided by ISO 14001 is essential for the sustainable organizational development considering the equity aspects of triple bottom line of sustainability. In this context, the study aims to investigate the literature tendencies about the topic with regard to environmental, socio-ecological aspects and economical implications, in Brazil. The methodology used was the quali-quantitative and descriptive approach with technical procedures of a systematic literature review. The keyword "environmental management system" and "ISO 14001" were inserted at Portal Capes platform, which returned with 144 scientific publications. Among these publications, after critical analysis in the inclusion parameters, 79 scientific articles were selected using the snowballing technique. The reading and tabulation of the datas based on multiple assessor technique. The results shown that have been an increasing concern with the researches about the theme in 1995, but the top of the researches has been studied since 2004. The publication of the articles has been concentrated in journals with qualis B1 to B3 in multidisciplinary area; most studies include the country as analysis unit, in diverse activities sectors. The theme approach tendency (environmental, socio-ecological and economical implications) based in Chi-square tests have a sensitive intensity, no consistency and reliability. Consequently, the existence of the inequality in the importance attributed to the themes and subthemes help in the indication of the new researches, which can clarify gaps in the theoretical and practical knowledge slightly explored, but they are essential to a better insertion of the environmental management system in the corporate world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed thousands of lives. The patients have been quarantined and treated in special shelter hospitals, and mild illness accounts for the majority of the total number of patients. This article reports one case of the first batches of infected medical staff, who got infected with 2019 novel coronavirus and later discharged 2 weeks after receiving treatment and nursing care in Wuhan Union Hospital. Considering all aspects of the patient's hospitalization, the patient was performed ward environment management, medical nursing, symptomatic treatment, nutrition management, vital signs monitoring, observation and nursing, psychological assessment and support, and infection protection and management. As the earliest successful case of cure, the patient's manifestations are classical and common. Moreover, we hope to share it with colleagues to fight against COVID-19 for reference. The treatment and nursing guidelines can be applied to treat a large number of mild cases, thus improving the discharge rate of patients and reducing the pressure of epidemic situation.

CO2 emission control is one of the most vital parts of environment management. China owns the largest CO2 emission in the world. For the sake of clarifying China's emission sharing responsibilities and set emission reduction targets, a considerable number of scholars have worked to project China's embodied CO2 emission. Single Regional Input–output (SRIO) model is widely used for investigating CO2 emission issues. Considering the ubiquitous time lag of input–output data, entropy optimization model is introduced to estimate SRIO tables. However, the uncertainty in the corresponding model parameters necessarily has a serious impact on the estimation results. To consider the impact of uncertainties, we introduce robust optimization into entropy minimization model for SRIO table estimation. Based on three different uncertainty sets, we constructed three robust entropy minimization models to construct 2016 China's SRIO tables and calculate China's embodied CO2 emission based on those tables. The estimation results show that the model based on the ball uncertainty set has the best performance with less uncertainty, while the model based on the budgeted uncertainty set performances more 'robust' facing greater uncertainty, which means its performance is less volatile at different levels of uncertainty. Moreover, the embodied carbon emission is predicted to reach 9632.57 Mt CO2. The top emitter is the sector of supply of electricity, heating and water, which accounts for more than 40% of total CO2 emission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]