scholarly journals Does the world need a global project on artificial photosynthesis?

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 20150029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Faunce
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Artificial Photosynthesis ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Fuels And Chemicals ◽  
Global Project

This paper introduces a theme issue of Interface Focus derived from papers presented at the Royal Society supported meeting ‘Do we need a global project on artificial photosynthesis?’ held at Chicheley Hall in July 2014. At that meeting, leaders of national solar fuels and chemicals projects and research presented ‘state of the art’ on artificial photosynthesis (AP) in the context of the policy challenges for globalizing a practical technology to address climate change and energy and food security concerns. The discussions included contributions from many experts with legal and policy skills and uniquely focused on producing principles for prioritizing and specializing work while enhancing the funding and attendant public policy profile. To this end, representatives of major public, philanthropic and private potential stakeholders in such a project (such as the Wellcome Trust, the Moore Foundation, Shell, the Leighty Foundation, the EPSRC and Deutsche Alternative Asset Management) were invited to provide feedback at various points in the meeting. For this Interface Focus issue, speakers at the Chicheley Hall meeting were required to present a snapshot of their cutting edge research related to AP and then draw upon the Chicheley Hall discussions to innovatively analyse how their research could best be advanced by a global AP project. Such multidisciplinary policy analysis was not a skill many of these researchers were experienced or trained in. Nonetheless their efforts here represent one of the first published collections to attempt such a significant task. This introduction contains a brief summary of those papers, focusing particularly on their policy aspects. It then summarizes the core discussions that took place at the Chicheley Hall meeting and sets out some of the central ethical principles that were considered during those discussions.

scholarly journals Al Thumama Stadium: Local and Global Architectural Reach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Awni Hawamdeh
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
World Cup ◽  
The Core ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
Core Mission

The world cup stadia have been a constant concern for the hosting countries. Many of them have become a burden on the economies of their countries, only to become white elephants after the tournaments end. Therefore, the core mission of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in Qatar was to ensure that the World Cup Stadiums are built with a legacy and to remain functional in the long run, not just as facilities, but as cultural icons. Such efforts have promoted the exercise of stadia building in Qatar as a positive and unique experience. As a firm, we, at Arab Engineering Bureau, are honored to be part of the effort all through the making of Al Thumama Stadium, which will be discussed in this paper. Instead of a white elephant, Al Thumama Stadium is arguably a symbol of the local identity that will become part of the World Cup legacy, whilst being a state-of-the-art facility that plays a vital role in development of its surrounding neighborhood.

Perspectives and state of the art in producing solar fuels and chemicals from CO2

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-219
Author(s):  
Eid Gul ◽  
Pietro Elia Campana ◽  
Arunkumar Chandrasekaran ◽  
Senthilmurugan Subbiah ◽  
Haiping Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Fuels And Chemicals

Environmental Criminology

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerben J.N. Bruinsma ◽  
Shane D. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Group Behavior ◽  
Environmental Criminology ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Book Covers

This chapter first sets out the book’s purpose, namely to provide researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners with the latest state-of-the-art knowledge of environmental criminology from around the world. It serves as a source for information on the core theoretical and empirical issues on how and why the physical and social environment influences the emergence of crime and how crime can affect the environment. The book covers most topics as intellectual challenges in criminology to question why and how the physical environment has an impact on individual and group behavior (and vice versa). The remainder of the chapter provides a background to the field of enquiry and articulates the rationale for assembling the chapters contained within this volume.

scholarly journals Focusing on sustainability to strengthen corporate governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Grove ◽  
Mac Clouse
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
The World

This paper provides a summary of current sustainability issues and trends, primarily from an application perspective, which contributes to the state of the art of scholarly literature with implications for improved corporate governance. A leading sustainability advocate for better corporate governance is Larry Fink, who is the CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset-management company with $6.3 trillion under management and offices in 30 countries and clients in over 100 countries. In January 2018, he sent a letter to all CEOs of public companies across the world to start accounting for the societal impact of their companies and to focus upon economic growth that is sustainable. Currently, a majority of S&P 500 companies have publicly disclosed their sustainability performances with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics. These ESG reporting companies had higher financial returns than their non-ESG reporting competitors. As gatekeepers for investors and other stakeholders, Boards of Directors should pay attention to these sustainability trends, related company performances, and opportunities for future company performance which should strengthen corporate governance.

Notes on ‘Self-Realization: An Ecological Approach to Being in the World’

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Baird Callicott
Keyword(s):  
William James ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Environmental Philosophy ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Kyoto School ◽  
The Core ◽  
Japanese Buddhism ◽  
Ecological Self ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

How to conceive and experience one’s self is the linchpin for achieving an efficacious environmental philosophy. Naess was among the first to put the question of self at the center of environmental philosophy and laid cautious claim to ‘introduce … a concept of ecological self’ for the first time. Naess’ ‘ecological self’ is vitiated by at least four flaws: (i) an eclectic and mutually inconsistent set of informative sources (Freud, Fromm, William James; Mohandas Ghandhi and Advaita Vedanta); (ii) a narrow conception of ethics drawn principally from Kant; (iii) inattention to state-of-the-art ecology (the science) as a model for an ecological self; (iv) reinforcing rather than deconstructing the insidious notion of self as substance. A self resonant with ecology would posit the self as a knot, nexus, or node in a skein of social and environmental relationships. Such relationships are internal. The classical antecedent of such an ecological self is not the Hindu Ātman/Brahman—the universal substance in all—as per Naess, but the Buddhist Anātman or Anattā (No-self)/Śūnyatā (Emptiness). In the hybrid philosophical expression of Japanese Buddhism by members of the Kyoto School, the core of the internally related ecological self is the topos of mu.

scholarly journals Molecular Chemistry for Solar Fuels: From Natural to Artificial Photosynthesis

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Magnuson ◽  
Stenbjörn Styring
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Artificial Photosynthesis ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Molecular Chemistry ◽  
The World

The world needs new, environmentally friendly, and renewable fuels to exchange for fossil fuels. The fuel must be made from cheap, abundant, and renewable resources. The research area of solar fuels aims to meet this demand. This paper discusses why we need a solar fuel, and proposes solar energy as the major renewable energy source to feed from. The scientific field concerning artificial photosynthesis is expanding rapidly and most of the different scientific visions for solar fuels are briefly reviewed. Research strategies for the development of artificial photosynthesis to produce solar fuels are overviewed, with some critical concepts discussed in closer detail.

Integration of redox cocatalysts for artificial photosynthesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bocheng Qiu ◽  
Mengmeng Du ◽  
Yingxin Ma ◽  
Qiahong Zhu ◽  
Mingyang Xing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Artificial Photosynthesis ◽  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Photosynthetic System ◽  
Fuels And Chemicals ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Artificial Photosynthetic

Solar fuels and chemicals production on photosynthetic devices by harnessing solar energy remain attractive in prospect owing to its potential alternative to fossil feedstocks, whereas such artificial photosynthetic system for...

Jalan Kesempurnaan Menurut Jamaah Insan Al-Kamil di Cijati Desa Cikareo Selatan Sumedang

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Syarifudin Syarifudin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Religious Sect ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Each religious sect has its own characteristics, whether fundamental, radical, or religious. One of them is Insan Al-Kamil Congregation, which is in Cijati, South Cikareo Village, Wado District, Sumedang Regency. This congregation is Sufism with the concept of self-purification as the subject of its teachings. So, the purpose of this study is to reveal how the origin of Insan Al-Kamil Congregation, the concept of its purification, and the procedures of achieving its purification. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method with a normative theological approach as the blade of analysis. In addition, the data generated is the result of observation, interviews, and document studies. From the collected data, Jamaah Insan Al-Kamil adheres to the core teachings of Islam and is the tenth regeneration of Islam Teachings, which refers to the Prophet Muhammad SAW. According to this congregation, self-perfection becomes an obligation that must be achieved by human beings in order to remember Allah when life is done. The process of self-purification is done when human beings still live in the world by knowing His God. Therefore, the peak of self-purification is called Insan Kamil. 

STUDI ANALISIS DAMPAK PADEMI COVID-19 TERHADAP EKSISTENSI PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DI INDONESIA

Edupedia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Ilzam Dhaifi
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
The Core ◽  
Equal Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The world has been surprised by the emergence of a COVID 19 pandemic, was born in China, and widespread to various countries in the world. In Indonesia, the government issued several policies to break the COVID 19 pandemic chain, which also triggered some pro-cons in the midst of society. One of the policies government takes is the closure of learning access directly at school and moving the learning process from physical class to a virtual classroom or known as online learning. In the economic sector also affects the parents’ financial ability to provide sufficient funds to support the implementation of distance learning applied by the government. The implications of the distance education policy are of course the quality of learning, including the subjects of Islamic religious education, which is essentially aimed at planting knowledge, skills, and religious consciousness to form the character of the students. Online education must certainly be precise, in order to provide equal education services to all students, prepare teachers to master the technology, and seek the core learning of Islamic religious education can still be done well.

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