scholarly journals Restoring Pre-Industrial CO2 Levels While Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 4972
Author(s):  
Mark E. Capron ◽  
Jim R. Stewart ◽  
Antoine de Ramon N’Yeurt ◽  
Michael D. Chambers ◽  
Jang K. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Hydrothermal Liquefaction ◽  
High Protein ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Co2 Levels ◽  
Air Capture ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Economic Analyses

Unless humanity achieves United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and restores the relatively stable climate of pre-industrial CO2 levels (as early as 2140), species extinctions, starvation, drought/floods, and violence will exacerbate mass migrations. This paper presents conceptual designs and techno-economic analyses to calculate sustainable limits for growing high-protein seafood and macroalgae-for-biofuel. We review the availability of wet solid waste and outline the mass balance of carbon and plant nutrients passing through a hydrothermal liquefaction process. The paper reviews the availability of dry solid waste and dry biomass for bioenergy with CO2 capture and storage (BECCS) while generating Allam Cycle electricity. Sufficient wet-waste biomass supports quickly building hydrothermal liquefaction facilities. Macroalgae-for-biofuel technology can be developed and straightforwardly implemented on SDG-achieving high protein seafood infrastructure. The analyses indicate a potential for (1) 0.5 billion tonnes/yr of seafood; (2) 20 million barrels/day of biofuel from solid waste; (3) more biocrude oil from macroalgae than current fossil oil; and (4) sequestration of 28 to 38 billion tonnes/yr of bio-CO2. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) costs are between 25–33% of those for BECCS with pre-2019 technology or the projected cost of air-capture CDR.

scholarly journals Restoring pre-industrial CO2 levels while achieving Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E Capron ◽  
Jim R. Stewart ◽  
Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt ◽  
Michael D. Chambers ◽  
Jang K. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Co2 Levels ◽  
Development Goals

scholarly journals Sustainable management of municipal solid waste: a systematic approach and legal challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
pp. 06007
Author(s):  
Natalia Vedysheva ◽  
Maria Mukhlynina ◽  
Elena Vinogradova ◽  
Andrey Nikiforov ◽  
Olga Efimova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Russian Federation

The problem of sustainable management of municipal solid waste at the legal and organizational levels both in the Russian Federation and in the world is now coming to the fore and requires immediate solutions. After analyzing the documents of strategic planning and other normative legal acts, the authors of the article attempt to consider current legal problems in the field under study in an interesting aspect of the modern state environmental policy of Russia, which implements the UN sustainable development goals in the environmental direction. The authors make judgments that a successful environmental policy aimed at achieving the UN sustainable development goals in the field of waste management and production is possible only if a systematic approach to the implementation of environmental legislation is implemented and should be based on the principles of efficiency, expediency, and others. In conclusion, a number of conclusions are drawn about the legal acts adopted in the Russian Federation and the organizational measures implemented to help solve various problems related to the sustainable development of the most important segment of the economy and the environment – waste disposal and recycling, reducing their volume and the possibility of secondary use.

scholarly journals Restoring pre-industrial CO2 levels while achieving Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E Capron ◽  
Jim R. Stewart ◽  
Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt ◽  
Michael D. Chambers ◽  
Jang K. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Co2 Levels ◽  
Development Goals

Global municipal solid waste infrastructure: Delivery and forecast of uncontrolled disposal

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1028-1036
Author(s):  
Amani Maalouf ◽  
Antonis Mavropoulos ◽  
Mutasem El-Fadel
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Per Capita

Proper management and treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) plays a central role towards the reduction or elimination of uncontrolled disposal and the achievement of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the reduction of its vast adverse environmental and health impacts. Despite that, till now, there has never been a quantitative analysis of the progress in waste management infrastructure delivery worldwide. In this paper, we provide valuable insights regarding the progress in new MSW infrastructure delivery based on a dataset of 1764 projects from 156 countries, for the period 2014–2019. We also estimate the magnitude of uncontrolled waste disposal practices worldwide by estimating the gap between the current MSW infrastructure delivery and actual changes in MSW generation. Our results show that the new capacity delivered during the six years period amounted to 243 million metric tonnes (Mt) (40 million Mt per year), out of which 45% was delivered in high-income countries, 37.5% in the People’s Republic of China and 17.5% in the rest of the world, mainly through thermal treatment (~57%) and landfilling (8%). The average allocated per capita budget of these projects during this period is about US$14, equivalent to US$2.33 (cap*year)−1. Our main conclusion is that the share of uncontrolled disposal will continue to rise at least until 2028, reaching almost 730 million Mt per year. Evidently, the global community continues to face a serious challenge towards the implementation of the UN SDG 12, target 12.4 by 2020. The analysis demonstrates that infrastructure delivery must increase by four folds to eliminate uncontrolled disposal practices.

scholarly journals Solid Waste Management in the Construction Sector: A Prerequisite for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 850 (1) ◽  
pp. 012007
Author(s):  
E. Prema
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract The Indian construction industry contributes nearly 5% - 6% to the Nation’s GDP and is one of the largest in the world economy. The building and construction sector is one of the essential industries contributing highly towards environmental impacts. Balancing development at all stages with environmental protection is the prime aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The construction sector paves the way for greater economic development in a country and thus has an obligation to protect the environment against degradation. A few of the notable SDG’s relating to the construction and building sectors concerning the environment and climate change issues are SDG 11-Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG7- Affordable and Clean Energy. Solid waste management is very crucial as the solid waste from construction sites highly degrade the environment. Using of green resources of constructing buildings may reduce the energy efficiency and after construction can reduce the carbon emission. But the construction materials which are not disposed properly have become a moot question on the effectiveness of the existing regulations and the legislations. The solid wastes which are disposed in unregulated dumps or when openly burned may lead to serious health issues, effect the safety and results in environmental degradation. This solid waste, when disposed of, emits gases like methane, carbon and contributes to global climate change. India has an obligation to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, by balancing development and environmental protection. This paper will analyse the existing legislation relating to solid waste management, its effectiveness in regulating the construction sector and how far they comply with the international standard or requirement in protecting the environment. This research is conducted by analysing existing judgments, legislations, national reports as primary data. United Nations and its specialised agencies reports are utilised as secondary data.

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