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2. Assessing pre-pandemic carbon footprint of diet transitions in UK nations and regions.

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Ali, Mustafa, Koh, S. C. Lenny, Liu, Lingxuan, Zhang, Jing, Roberts, William, Robins, Dawn, and Cooper, Dave

Subjects
ECOLOGICAL impact, CONSUMPTION (Economics), FOOD consumption, DIET, FOOD supply, CARBON emissions, GREENHOUSE gases, LOCAL foods
Abstract

Food supply chains hold significant embodied carbon emissions that need to be mitigated and neutralized. This study aimed to explore the historical Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with household food consumption at a local scale i.e. across the eight English regions and the four nations that comprise the United Kingdom (UK). UK EatWell guidelines were used to explore the potential change in emissions and food costs in a scenario of transitions to healthier diets across the study areas. These emissions were calculated based on food consumption data before the advent of the Covid-pandemic i.e. between the years 2001 and 2018. Spatial data analysis was used to explore if the study areas had any significant correlations with respect to the emissions during the study period. The results displayed a potential reduction in GHG emissions for all study areas in the explored scenario. Further impacts include a reduction in household food costs across a majority of the areas during the study period. However, a consistent trend of significant correlations among the study areas was absent. This study concludes that local or regional policymaking should take precedence over national regulations to achieve healthier diets that are both carbon-neutral and affordable for the households. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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4. Environmental governance in China: Interactions between the state and “nonstate actors”

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Guttman, Dan, Young, Oran, Jing, Yijia, Bramble, Barbara, Bu, Maoliang, Chen, Carmen, Furst, Kathinka, Hu, Tao, Li, Yifei, Logan, Kate, Liu, Lingxuan, Price, Lydia, Spencer, Michael, Suh, Sangwon, Sun, Xiaopu, Tan, Bowen, Wang, Harold, Wang, Xin, Zhang, Juan, Zhang, Xinxin, and Zeidan, Rodrigo

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Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, China, Environmental Policy, Government, Government Programs, Humans, Nonstate actors, Environmental governance, she hui tuanti, shi ye danwei, Belt and Road initiative, Environmental Sciences
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In the West, limited government capacity to solve environmental problems has triggered the rise of a variety of "nonstate actors" to supplement government efforts or provide alternative mechanisms for addressing environmental issues. How does this development - along with our efforts to understand it - map onto environmental governance processes in China? China's efforts to address environmental issues reflect institutionalized governance processes that differ from parallel western processes in ways that have major consequences for domestic environmental governance practices and the governance of China "going abroad." China's governance processes blur the distinction between the state and other actors; the "shadow of the state" is a major factor in all efforts to address environmental issues. The space occupied by nonstate actors in western systems is occupied by shiye danwei ("public service units"), she hui tuanti ("social associations") and e-platforms, all of which have close links to the state. Meanwhile, international NGOs and multinational corporations are also significant players in China. As a result, the mechanisms of influence that produce effects in China differ in important ways from mechanisms familiar from the western experience. This conclusion has far-reaching implications for those seeking to address global environmental concerns, given the importance of China's growing economy and burgeoning network of trade relationships.

Published
2018

9. Impact of social media use on critical thinking ability of university students.

Author

Cheng, Li, Fang, Gege, Zhang, Xiaoxue, Lv, Yuxiang, and Liu, Lingxuan

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Purpose: This research aims to discover the relationship between social media usage (SMU) and the critical thinking ability (CTA) of university students, and to answer the question that whether social media dependence (SMD) affects the development of CTA, and thus providing a reference for the social media access strategy of academic libraries from the perspective of media information literacy. Design/methodology/approach: The research data were collected via 300 valid questionnaires whose respondents are students from three universities in China. Multistage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select the respondents, which guarantees statistical representativeness. A pre-test was conducted to ensure the validity of the questionnaire. Findings: It is shown that the total score of CTA and the six sub-dimensions are significantly positively correlated with SMU, but strongly negatively correlated with SMD. Based on the mediating effect testing, it is discovered that the degree of SMD can affect the promoting relations between the usage intensity of social media (UISM) and CTA. Clearly, SMU is a double-edged sword. While it narrows the digital gap in terms of accessibility, it widens the digital gap in terms of usage. Originality/value: The differences in SMU have a significant impact on the development of CTA of university students. This inspires us to consider the ability of "using social media in a balanced way" as an important evaluation and training direction when inquiring media literacy. As social media is becoming a critical channel in cultivating individual's thinking skills, it is highly suggested that the amount of time spent on reading fragmented information on the internet should be controlled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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18. Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges

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Zurek, Monika, primary, Ingram, John, additional, Sanderson Bellamy, Angelina, additional, Goold, Conor, additional, Lyon, Christopher, additional, Alexander, Peter, additional, Barnes, Andrew, additional, Bebber, Daniel P., additional, Breeze, Tom D., additional, Bruce, Ann, additional, Collins, Lisa M., additional, Davies, Jessica, additional, Doherty, Bob, additional, Ensor, Jonathan, additional, Franco, Sofia C., additional, Gatto, Andrea, additional, Hess, Tim, additional, Lamprinopoulou, Chrysa, additional, Liu, Lingxuan, additional, Merkle, Magnus, additional, Norton, Lisa, additional, Oliver, Tom, additional, Ollerton, Jeff, additional, Potts, Simon, additional, Reed, Mark S., additional, Sutcliffe, Chloe, additional, and Withers, Paul J.A., additional

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2022
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44. WOT 1_2 Insights into the flows and fates of e-waste in the UK

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Stowell, Alison, Yumashev, Dmitry, Struijker Boudier, Ivar, Liu, Lingxuan, and Downes, Sarah

Abstract

In 2019 the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive documented a sizable increase in e-waste collection targets alongside widening the scope of electrical and electronic products covered by the legislation. These changes have significant impact for the UK, where e-waste collection has been below the levels necessary to meet the targets. Understanding the flows and fates of products on and off the market becomes of paramount importance, especially for producer-led organisations who have the responsibility to achieve the targets and cover the operational costs. Historic e-waste estimation methods often assume that one product on the market will equate to one product in the waste stream. In this article, we introduce our research commissioned by one of the largest UK producer-led organisations, REPIC Ltd, to explain the gap in products on the market and WEEE collected, and the relationship between the two. We argue that we should move away from the “one-in-one-out” estimation to include a wider set of parameters that are tailored specifically for the UK, including those linked with the state of the market for electronic and electrical products and a broader range of socioeconomic indicators. We show how this can be achieved by adapting a state-of-the-art e-waste estimation model, Waste Over Time, to the UK context and developing it further to include additional drivers.

Published
2019

49. Environmental governance in China: Interactions between the state and “nonstate actors”

Author

Guttman, Dan, primary, Young, Oran, additional, Jing, Yijia, additional, Bramble, Barbara, additional, Bu, Maoliang, additional, Chen, Carmen, additional, Furst, Kathinka, additional, Hu, Tao, additional, Li, Yifei, additional, Logan, Kate, additional, Liu, Lingxuan, additional, Price, Lydia, additional, Spencer, Michael, additional, Suh, Sangwon, additional, Sun, Xiaopu, additional, Tan, Bowen, additional, Wang, Harold, additional, Wang, Xin, additional, Zhang, Juan, additional, Zhang, Xinxin, additional, and Zeidan, Rodrigo, additional

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2018
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