Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

M Herrero, PK Thornton, D Mason-D'Croz, J Palmer… - Nature Food, 2020‏ - nature.com
Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the
food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions …

Agricultural waste streams as resource in circular economy for biochar production towards carbon neutrality

K Yrjälä, M Ramakrishnan, E Salo - Current opinion in environmental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In times of depleting resources, there is a quest for new environmental management
solutions in a circular economy (CE). Agricultural waste attracts increasing global attention …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Photovoltaic-driven microbial protein production can use land and sunlight more efficiently than conventional crops

D Leger, S Matassa, E Noor… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - National Acad Sciences
Population growth and changes in dietary patterns place an ever-growing pressure on the
environment. Feeding the world within sustainable boundaries therefore requires …

Soil as a basis to create enabling conditions for transitions towards sustainable land management as a key to achieve the SDGs by 2030

S Visser, S Keesstra, G Maas, M De Cleen, C Molenaar - Sustainability, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be grouped into three domains, the
environmental domain, the social domain and the economic domain. These different layers …

The impacts of urbanisation and climate change on the urban thermal environment in Africa

X Li, LC Stringer, M Dallimer - Climate, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Rapid urbanisation is affecting people in different ways, with some becoming more
vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Africa's cities are projected to be home to nearly …

[HTML][HTML] Substitution of beef with pea protein reduces the environmental footprint of meat balls whilst supporting health and climate stabilisation goals

S Saget, M Costa, CS Santos, MW Vasconcelos… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Recent environmental footprint comparisons between meat and plant-based meat
analogues do not consider nutritional density holistically, nor the high carbon opportunity …

Land use and management effects on sustainable sugarcane-derived bioenergy

MR Cherubin, JLN Carvalho, CEP Cerri, LAH Nogueira… - Land, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Bioenergy is an important and feasible option for mitigating global warming and climate
change. However, large-scale land-use change (LUC) to expand bioenergy crops, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon emissions and removals from forests: new estimates, 1990–2020

FN Tubiello, G Conchedda, N Wanner… - Earth System …, 2021‏ - essd.copernicus.org
National, regional and global CO 2 emissions and removals from forests were estimated for
the period 1990–2020 using as input the country reports of the Global Forest Resources …

Climate change and its impact on the projected values of groundwater recharge: A review

D Al Atawneh, N Cartwright, E Bertone - Journal of Hydrology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the influence of climate change (CC) on groundwater recharge (GWR) is
fundamental for a better long-term planning and management of groundwater supply. To …