Energy Sustainability and Climate Change in ASEAN

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Sustainability

Localized Energy Self-sufficiency (Energy Swaraj) for Energy Sustainability and Mitigating Climate Change

2020 ◽  
pp. 1373-1381
Author(s):  
Chetan Singh Solanki ◽  
Sayli Shiradkar ◽  
Rohit Sharma ◽  
Jayendran Venkateswaran ◽  
Nikita Lihinar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Self Sufficiency

scholarly journals Algaeculture: An Alternative to Solving Energy Sustainability Crises in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ojo-Awo Adeyinka ◽  
A. Phillip
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Agricultural Crops ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Bioenergy Feedstock ◽  
Oil Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
Conventional Oil

There is an impending need to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels in these areas of the world considering the ever depleting conventional oil resources and climate change, induced by greenhouse gas emissions. Algae are currently being prompted as a potential next generation bioenergy feedstock due to the fact that they do not compete with food or feed crops. They also produce much higher areal oil yields than the current agricultural crops. They can be produced on barren lands and have broad bioenergy potentials as they can be used to produce liquid transportation and heating fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol, or anaerobically digested to produce biogas. Algae are fast growing organisms capable of fixing high amount of carbondioxide through photosynthesis to produce biomass. Diverse technologies are currently being pursued to produce algae for bioenergy applications. The successful culture of algae could serve as a solution to the impending energy crises in both developed and developing countries.

scholarly journals Environmental Energy Sustainability at Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9219
Author(s):  
Francisco G. Montoya ◽  
Alberto-Jesus Perea-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Energy Processes ◽  
The University ◽  
Sustainable Universities

The use of renewable energies and energy saving and efficiency are needs of global society and universities. Universities have a large responsibility and social impact, as they are an example and engine of social change. Universities, in the European context, must be at the forefront of sustainability progress, seeking to be at the same level, and preferably higher than the rest of society, seeking the goal of 20% in renewable energy for 2020 and, in the longer term, greater energy efficiency based on a diverse use of renewable energy and studying the feasibility of other energy processes (cogeneration, trigeneration, etc.). The application of renewable energies and efficiency allow universities to make significant savings in their costs and contribute to sustainable development and the fight against climate change. Actions on these aspects in addition to the objective of saving should seek to promote research and form an example for the university community. This Special Issue aims to advance the contribution of energy saving and the use of renewable energies in order to achieve more sustainable universities.

Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-729
Author(s):  
Roslyn Gleadow ◽  
Jim Hanan ◽  
Alan Dorin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Food Security ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Plant Insect Interactions ◽  
Native Habitat ◽  
Insect Pollinators ◽  
Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

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