Transition metals-catalyzed amination of biomass feedstocks for sustainable construction of N-heterocycles

Q Yan, X Wu, H Jiang, H Wang, F Xu, H Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in conservation science

LJ Sonter, SH Ali, JEM Watson - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mining poses serious and highly specific threats to biodiversity. However, mining can also
be a means for financing alternative livelihood paths that, over the long-term, may prevent …

Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions

P Achakulwisut, P Erickson, C Guivarch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mitigation scenarios database of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's
Sixth Assessment Report is an important resource for informing policymaking on energy …

Renewable energy production will exacerbate mining threats to biodiversity

LJ Sonter, MC Dade, JEM Watson… - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Renewable energy production is necessary to halt climate change and reverse associated
biodiversity losses. However, generating the required technologies and infrastructure will …

Mysterious oil spill in the Atlantic Ocean threatens marine biodiversity and local people in Brazil

RA Magris, T Giarrizzo - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
This study provides the first preliminary assessment of the potential impact from the recent
oil spill in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Using information on the occurrence of oil patches …

[HTML][HTML] Governing fossil fuel production in the age of climate disruption: Towards an international law of 'leaving it in the ground'

H van Asselt - Earth System Governance, 2021 - Elsevier
To achieve the long-term temperature goals set by the 2015 Paris Agreement and avert
climate disruption, fossil fuel production cannot continue to proceed unabated. This dawning …

The atlas of unburnable oil for supply-side climate policies

L Pellegrini, M Arsel, G Muñoa… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
To limit the increase in global mean temperature to 1.5° C, CO2 emissions must be
drastically reduced. Accordingly, approximately 97%, 81%, and 71% of existing coal and …

[HTML][HTML] A path transition towards a bioeconomy—The crucial role of sustainability

E Gawel, N Pannicke, N Hagemann - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The bioeconomy is a worldwide used strategy to cope with ecological, social, and economic
sustainability challenges. However, we analyze current bioeconomy strategies and trends to …

Shining the spotlight on small mammalian carnivores: Global status and threats

C Marneweck, AR Butler, LC Gigliotti, SN Harris… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Small mammalian carnivores (Carnivora< 16 kg) carry out important roles in ecosystems,
such as influencing ecosystem structure and providing numerous ecosystem services …

Predicted wind and solar energy expansion has minimal overlap with multiple conservation priorities across global regions

S Dunnett, RA Holland, G Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Protected areas and renewable energy generation are critical tools to combat biodiversity
loss and climate change, respectively. Over the coming decades, expansion of the protected …