scholarly journals Nanocomposites for Environmental and Energy Applications

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 345
Author(s):  
Pei Sean Goh ◽  
Ahmad Fauzi Ismail

Global environmental and energy issues are the two major challenges of the 21st century [...]

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor J.B. Dummer ◽  
Jamie P. Halsall ◽  
Ian G. Cook

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Madalina Virginia Antonescu

Starting to explore the futurist concept of the “global order of civilizations” and making some notes about the new actors (“the civilizations”) playing as global gladiators and new geopolitical actors on the 21st century stage, we shall point out the institutional framework of such order, that, in our opinion, should include specific bodies and organisms such as: The High Representative of the Global Eco-Regions to the Global Council of Peace; the Global Mediator of Civilizations; the Global Council of Peace; a High Representative for Nature’s Rights; a Global Council of Protection, Preservation and Regeneration of Terrestrial Ecosystems; High Representatives of the rights of planet Earth (within the context of a global law of environment offering specifically to the planet Earth its own rights and a specific juridical global personality, as a higher level of the today Green Deal, as an exit from the traditional patrimonial–absolutist conception about nature as object, as “unlimited patrimony” submitted to all kind of abusive actions and politics of the mankind, governments, or corporations). Global environmental law will become more and more compulsory for transnational actors, in order to ensure the concrete protection of ecosystems, a protection that we are noticing not to be as effective as the state one.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Rani Erum, Prof. Dr Sayeda Daud

Global environmental challenges in 21st century are more threatening than traditional national security threats on the world because it has had effects globally and victims are completely in a state of natural disaster. The only things which can be secured from these threats are the precautionary measures before these threats occur. The excessive number of natural disaster particularly in past ten year horrified the world and transfers their attention more towards the environmental changes. The geographical location of American continent and growing military activities and WMDs testing of USA needed to focus on the rapid environmental changes around the world especially after the 20th century, because these changes affected the entire world in the shape of excessive rains, tornados and cyclones. The paper analyzes the various challenges of environment for North America particularly for United States by its own actions and in general to the world faces today, as well as measures that have been taken by entire world and United States and their future impact.


Napredak ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Darko Nadić

Environmental movements are continuing to demonstrate their relevance and innovative tendencies in the 21st century. Environmental problems are as yet unresolved in this century, the global environmental crisis exists, but the policies of green parties, which arose from environmental movements, have not yielded adequate results. The paper presents the origins of environmental movements as well as their separation from new social movements. In the context of this separation, the paper explores the stages of development of environmental movements from their inception to the present day and compares the activities of these movements, from protest to pacification and marginalization, through "corporate" eco-movements, to the creation of so-called communal eco communities which could figure as environmental movements in the future. Based on the development of environmental movements so far, their future in this century is considered, as well as new tendencies and trends. In this sense, the subject of analysis are movements such as the "Economy for the Common Good", which aims at not only environmental but also complete social transformation, and current and ad hoc movements such as "Extinction Rebellion" and "Fridays for Future". Special emphasis is placed on offshoots, such as "influencer ecologism", "celebrity ecologism" and "tabloid ecologism", that are presented as initiatives that could possibly create environmental movements in the future.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Robert Connell

Robert Connell earned his Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree with honors and a minor in Political Science from York University in 2009. He is currently a PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley in African Diaspora Studies. His research focuses on conflicts over resource extraction and sovereignty rights between Maroons and the Jamaican state in the 21st century. His corollary research interests include indigeneity and indigenous struggle, development studies, ethnic multiplicity in the African Diaspora, global environmental politics and ecological economics.


2021 ◽  
pp. 12-25
Author(s):  
Mark Maslin

‘History of climate change’ traces the history of climate change and the evidence that supports it. The science of climate change started in 1856 with experiments by Eunice Newton Foote demonstrating the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide. The essential science of climate change was there in the late 1950s, but it was not taken seriously until the late 1980s. Why was there a delay between the science of global warming being accepted in the late 1950s and the realization by those outside the scientific community of the true threat of global warming at the beginning of the 21st century? The key reasons for this delay were the lack of increase in global temperatures and the lack of global environmental awareness. What is the importance of the rise of the global environmental social movement and the new wave of protest and optimism of the last few years?


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris McEntee

<p>Earth and space science are critically important so that society can benefit from effective solutions to address global environmental conditions, mitigate the impact of climate change, and achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For that benefit, society needs evidence and facts on which to develop effective policies.  External forces such as growing populism, the rise of social media and “fake news”, along with what Oxford calls the Post Truth World,  are countervailing forces to societal acceptance and acknowledgement of evidence and facts. In addition, the reward and recognition system in science undervalues societal engagement and science graduate programs offer little training in effective ways to communicate and collaborate with external stakeholders.  This talk will explore these dynamics and suggest actions that the science community can undertake to position Earth and space science as the science for society in the 21st century.</p>


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