Two seminal articles by energy experts in the latest issue of MRS Energy and Sustainability (MRS E&S) examine the climate-related risks facing the fossil fuel industry and conclude that the sustainability train has already well and truly left the station – and is not coming back.
As the 2022 ALPSP University Press Redux Conference co-organised with Cambridge University Press draws close, Andri Johnston highlights the sustainability panels at this year’s event.
Due to their ability to perform cation exchange, zeolite applications were found in various industries, such as in the pharmaceutical industry, petrochemical industry.
I am the Director of Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. I have a background in International Development with several years-experience of researching global environmental change specializing in poverty, governance and differential vulnerability.
Climate responses necessitate trade-offs, which may reinforce inequality. A gender and social equity approach is required to ensure that farmers with least resilience benefit from climate action through transformative climate adaptation.…
The RCPsych Article of the Month for August is ‘The need for biodiversity champions in psychiatry: the entwined crises of climate change and ecological collapse‘ and the blog is written by author Dr Jacob Krzanowski published in BJPsych Bulletin Scientists have shown that through the cumulative effects of habitat loss, climate change, and pollution, life on Earth is crossing into the sixth mass extinction event.…
The many impacts of climate change including desertification, rising-sea levels, extreme weather events, flooding, and other natural disasters, could lead to mass human displacement over the coming century as more land becomes increasingly uninhabitable for our species.…
BJPsych Bulletin is delighted to announce Dr Daniel Romeu as the winner of the 2020 Praxis Editorial Award competition. Read his complementary blog post on his winning article: “Is the climate a mental health crisis?“.…
‘Multispecies sustainability’ addresses a contradictory reductionism in the original definition by recognizing the interdependence of living beings and their wellbeing, and expanding the concept to non-human species and their needs An interdisciplinary team led by Senior Researcher Dr.…
The protection of tropical forests globally is indispensable for significantly increasing climate ambition in line with Paris Agreement goals as illustrated by a tremendous return on climate investment, according to our new article in the journal Global Sustainability.…
We are delighted to have won the inaugural Sustainability Award at this year’s UK Independent Publishing Awards!
What are the best ways to help people and societies adopt sustainable lifestyles? Where should charities, NGOs and decision-makers put their money and effort?…
The overexploitation and pollution of natural resources and accelerating climate change are among the greatest challenges of the present. Against this backdrop, industries are more and more prone to taking sustainability aspects into account.…
This is the third blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
This is the second blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
This is the first in a series of posts in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
amfori is a global business association bringing together over 2,400 retailers, brands and associations from more than 40 countries. Our membership contains organizations of all sizes and sectors with a combined turnover of more than one trillion euros.…
5 March 2020: In light of the unprecedented, ongoing and unpredictable developments around the novel coronavirus, Covid19, this year’s Redux Conference in Cambridge will not go ahead.…
Corporate capture, ‘the means by which an economic elite undermine the realization of human rights and the environment by exerting undue influence over domestic and international decision-makers and public institutions,’ is a concept developed by ESCR-Net to understand the extent and mechanisms of corporate influence being exerted over State and international bodies in the modern neoliberal age.…
This note introduces two cases, both concerned with liability under a duty of care of parent companies, the obligation of ‘due diligence’ in supply chain operations and the obstacles presented by the corporate structure.…
In our role of guiding and chairing the sixth annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (27-29 November 2017), we were encouraged to see that interest in the business and human rights agenda continues to grow.…
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
Companies are increasingly expected to engage on prominent public policy issues facing society. Such areas of public policy interfacing with business include migration and the global refugee crisis, LGBTI rights, freedom of expression and terrorism, climate change, white supremacy, and human rights in the global economy.…
The story of Chicago’s development is inextricably linked to its relationship with the natural environment, beginning 16,000 years ago when an enormous glacier sat on (and flattened) the land. Ever since, urban planners and policymakers have grappled with how to manage a city built on flat, swampy land, and what to do with the animal and human waste that accumulates in urban environments.
A post from the new Cambridge Open Access title Global Sustainability Since the notion of Sustainable Development has become widespread with the publication of the UN Commission on Environment and Development in 1986, there has been the tension between the aspiration to develop on the one hand and to stay within ‘planetary boundaries’ on the other.…
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for October is from the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society and is entitled 'Wholesome Nutrition: an example for a sustainable diet'.
The climate is changing. We have left the Holocene and entered the Anthropocene, the era in which human enterprise is pushing the planetary functioning of essential cycles (e.g. of CO2) into a potentially unstable regime. Human enterprise, by burning fossil fuels for electrical, heat and motive power is the central cause of climate change, and is driven by an economic system that promotes insatiable consumption.
Three articles have been selected as the animal Article of the Month for August. All three articles are taken from a special issue on Agroeclogy published in animal. The first is entitled 'Editorial: Agroecology for producing goods and services in sustainable animal farming systems'
Tamer Zaki (Johns Hopkins University) has recently joined the Journal of Fluid Mechanics Editorial Board for JFM Rapids. To celebrate, Tamer participated in a Q&A with the Journal.
Australia has productive and profitable farming systems that contribute significantly to globally traded staple grains and global food security.
Professor Richard Kock, Editor-in-Chief of Research Directions: One Health, recently launched by Cambridge University Press, explains why a broad concept of health and well-being is essential.…
Richard Fenner, Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Water, explains why a multi-disciplinary approach is crucial to meet human needs and maintain healthy ecosystems Ensuring water security, which is threatened by the twin threats of climate change and a growing population, is one of the biggest challenges of our time.…
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it was laying off its AI ethics department, joining earlier cuts of ethicists at Meta, Google, Amazon and Twitter, and thereby setting a precedent for smaller tech companies with minimal financial resources that cutting corners in ethical and humane technological advancements is acceptable. …
The poor documentation of knowledge on seed improvement through seed enhancement, genetic diversity, seed characterization via microsatellite markers, seeds quality and conservation indicated that seed quality is one of the main factors limiting underutilized crop production.
Emeritus Professor Tom Spencer, Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, reflects on the influence of ‘wonderful’ teachers and the need to understand a plethora of viewpoints in relation to our coastlines The window for meaningful action relating to the world’s coastlines is closing fast, but Tom Spencer remains ‘guardedly optimistic’ that there is still time for societies and communities to come up with sustainable strategies for those that live and work at the coast. …
Cambridge Prisms: Plastics Editor-in-Chief Steve Fletcher describes his hopes for a circular plastics economy and the opportunity to drive global policy changes ‘It’s funny how careers evolve,’ laughs Steve Fletcher.…
We need to act now to limit increasing global temperatures by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet global targets set out in the Paris Agreement. Among other things, this means changing our diets and reducing our consumption of meat and dairy since livestock production has the highest environmental impact in the food system. Hence, the need to transition away from diets high in animal products to more plant-based diets.
Why Cambridge University Press will no longer be offering deeply discounted print as part of new journals agreements.
After some unexpected delays as some of the lesser known – and opaque – structures of EU law making came into play, there is finally a published proposal for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence from the European Commission.…
Businesses engaging in energy transitions are developing sophisticated tools to report their commitment to tackling environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues.…
Environmental Data Science: a new open access venue for the transformative potential of AI and data science in addressing environmental challenges It’s my pleasure to announce the launch of Environmental Data Science, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the potential of artificial intelligence and data science to enhance our understanding of the environment and to address climate change. …
The global financial system is a crucial part of the modern economy, directing financial capital efficiently and effectively to where it is most needed to create prosperity. …
About the author: Edward B. Barbier is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Colorado State University and a Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability.…
University Press publishers are both communicators and facilitators of research, knowledge and data. Our positioning means that we are have a unique opportunity to play a key role in addressing the global issues of 2020.…
This year, Cambridge University Press has the honour of curating and hosting the third biennial University Press Redux Conference, in partnership with The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).…
This special issue in Business History Review on Business and the Environment seeks to promote new approaches in business history designed to explore of the role of business in both creating and addressing the mounting environmental crisis that has become apparent over the last half century.
The systems that help us heat and cool our homes, provide drinking water, take away our garbage, let us communicate instantly with one another and enable travel — collectively known as infrastructure — will need to be designed differently in the future to become more sustainable and resilient.
Some anthropologists hypothesise that we probably wouldn’t be the sophisticated, technology-driven society we are today, if our ancestors had not started to eat meat.…
Our last issue of JMO for 2017 was running a bit late but this special issue on Indigenous Entrepreneurship is well worth the wait.…
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights expect companies to establish operational-level grievance mechanisms for individuals and communities adversely impacted by company operations (Guiding Principle 29).…
We need to act urgently to increase the energy efficiency of our buildings as the world’s emerging middle classes put increasing demands on our planet’s energy resources. These are the findings of a new report, published in MRS Energy & Sustainability by authors Matthias M. Koebel, Jannis Wernery and Wim J. Malfait.
Is my country sustainable? Many citizens may be asking themselves this question as the work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals continues in 2017.…
We are at a remarkable point in human development. Until now, the perception of sustainability has primarily focused on environmental protection, morality and efficiency.…
Light-duty vehicles (LDV) are a huge source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States. To avoid the worst effects of global climate change, we need to cut these emissions by 80% by 2050.
When a "nightmare dressed like a daydream" meets "mad, bad, and dangerous to know..."
Today is the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, the original tortured poet, and the release of @taylorswift13's new album.
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Congratulations to Michael Byers, Aaron Boley and Ignacio Cofone who have been shortlisted for the 2023 Donner Prize.
The award, for the best public policy book by a Canadian, will be announced in May.
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'We are aware that infusion fluids can both save and hurt patients'.
Find out about modern Fluid Therapy in this week's featured author blog by Professor Robert Hahn
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