Promoting the sustainable economic development along the “Belt and Road Initiative”(BRI)
requires to identify the driving force of total factor productivity (TFP) with the constrains of …

Human activities affect the Earth System with an unprecedented magnitude, causing
undesirable irreversible degradation. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals …

Environmental footprints are of importance for identifying the linkages between human and
natural systems. This paper defines a framework for an environmental footprint family that is …

Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a guideline
for humanity to respond to an array of pressing challenges. Due to our increasing need for …

Transport industry is one of the major contributors to energy-related carbon emissions in
China, thus becoming a topical area of concern where efforts to improve carbon emission …

China has committed to goals of reducing its carbon intensity by 60%–65% in 2030 above
the 2005 levels and peaking its carbon emissions by latest 2030. While a unified national …

Water scarcity is increasingly perceived as a great challenge to the sustainable
development of human society. The economic output loss due to water scarcity is defined as …

Studies have shown that monitoring the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) provides a basis for evaluation of efforts in sustainable development and formulation …

A continuous growth of international trade, especially between develo** countries, has
greatly increased carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions associated with energy consumption …

Besides solar and wind energy sources for achieving sustainable energy generation,
develo** nuclear energy (NU) could be crucial. With recent technological improvements …