Adam Hearn;Ann-Lea Buzzi;Julius Malin;Jens Koehrsen; 《Sustainable Development》2024,32(6):6934-6949

This article examines the engagement of religious organizations in addressing environment-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Switzerland and its barriers. To this end, it draws upon semi-structured interviews with church representatives who are actively engaged in environmental sustainability. We use a planetary boundaries framework with five capitals; natural and physical capital, which refer to the environment (e.g., work to increase biodiversity) and buildings/physical structures (e.g., through PV panels/energy retrofitting projects); financial capital (e.g., cost-effectiveness); social/symbolic capital (e.g., public campaigning) and human capital (e.g., educational campaigns). The results show that substantial steps are being taken to increase engagement. This is largely due to faith-based organizations such as Oeku and platforms such as Eco-Eglise. However, approaches remain heterogeneous with significant tensions, particularly concerning legislative and financial issues, staff role ambiguity, and staff and time resource management. This article contributes to academic research on sustainable development by shedding light on the barriers of religious engagement in environment-related SDGs. At the same time, it highlights the potential of umbrella organizations in augmenting and accelerating religious environmental engagement.  相似文献   

    

Lina Zhang;Sai Liu;Yung-ho Chiu;Qinghua Pang;Qiyong Chen;Changfeng Shi; 《Sustainable Development》2024,32(6):6449-6470

With scholars paying increasing attention to energy sustainability, integrating energy sustainable utilization into the energy-related assessment framework is particularly useful for achieving SDG7. This study empirically assesses the energy-related efficiency (EE) comprised of the energy utilize stage and energy sustainable stage in China using a dynamic two-stage data envelopment analysis model, and its influencing factors including digital economy with fixed-effect models. The findings reveal a slight downward trend of EE from 2011 to 2020, primarily due to the poor performance of energy utilize stage. The subregional analysis illustrates that increasing clean energy use (CEU) is more beneficial to energy efficiency than reducing carbon emissions (CER). Dagum Gini coefficients indicate a growing disparity between regions. Additionally, a “U-shaped” relationship between digital economy and EE is found, but two-thirds provinces of China have not yet surpassed the turning point. Moreover, different degrees of CEU and CER will influence the impact of digital economy on EE. Environmental regulations and green technology innovation play positive moderating roles in the “U-shaped” relationship. This study recommends to stimulate the energy sustainable use through higher adoption of clean energy sources and carbon emissions reduction, as well as highlight the green value of the digital economy.  相似文献   

    

Ugur Korkut Pata;Selin Karlilar Pata; 《Sustainable Development》2024,32(6):6493-6503

Environmental degradation and climate change problems in the African continent seriously hit country economies and human health, negatively affecting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). African countries have the potential to use economic development and renewable energy as a tool for their environmental sustainability. In this context, this study examines the effects of economic growth, modern renewable energy, and combustible renewable energy on ecological footprint (EF) in five African countries. To this end, the study uses novel regularization common correlated effects and half-panel jackknife approaches on data from 2006 to 2020. The findings of the study show that economic progress effectively reduces the EF of African countries, but renewable energy does not contribute to ecological progress. Due to their insufficient and ineffective utilization, renewable energies are not an important tool for improving ecological systems. Therefore, African countries should prioritize their economic development as a priority goal. Based on the results, African countries experiencing economic advancement should bolster for SDGs objectives through green financial incentives.  相似文献   

    

Xiangfeng Ji  Muhammad Umar  Shahid Ali  Wajid Ali  Kai Tang  Zeeshan Khan 《Sustainable Development》2021,29(1):79-88

This study highlights the importance of fiscal decentralization in promoting a sustainable environment. The literature on the importance of fiscal decentralization in affecting environmental quality is scant, and thus, this study attempts to fill the gap by incorporating the linear and nonlinear terms of fiscal decentralization as possible determinants for CO₂ emissions. Particularly, we utilize data from seven highly fiscally decentralized countries, that is, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland, over the period 1990–2018. For empirical analysis, advanced panel data econometric tools are used that can deal with both heterogeneous coefficients and dependence of cross‐sections. The findings confirm that linear and nonlinear terms of fiscal decentralization improve the environment by reducing CO₂ emissions. Moreover, gross domestic product (GDP) increases, while eco‐innovation and renewable energy usage reduce CO₂ emissions. This study recommends that any policy that targets green growth will affect CO₂ emissions. Moreover, policies targeting fiscal decentralization, GDP, eco‐innovation, and renewable energy will play the role in more than 1 year, namely in the long run.  相似文献   

    

Xiaowei Song;Muhammad Irfan;Ibrahim Alnafrah;Yu Hao; 《Sustainable Development》2024,32(4):4057-4070

Similar to many other developing and developed countries, China grapples with the challenge of balancing economic growth and environmental preservation. This study, anchored in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7, 11, 12, and 13, investigates the impact of eco-innovation and sustainable energy on CO2 emissions (CE) in China from 1980 to 2020, using the STIRPAT model. Employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model with bootstrap rolling window causality analysis, we uncover causal relationships between CE and its determinants, assessing them in sub-sample periods. ARDL estimates reveal that economic policy uncertainty, economic growth, and urbanization increase CE, while eco-innovation and sustainable energy decrease it. Time-varying causality analysis demonstrates predictive capabilities of all independent variables at various sub-periods. The study recommends substantial increases in subsidies and tax incentives for renewable energy, emphasizing stable ecological policies, irrespective of economic conditions, for lasting benefits.  相似文献   

    

《Journal of Environmental Economics and Management》2017

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《Advanced Sustainable Systems》2017,1(10)

The large‐scale electrical energy storage using rechargeable batteries buoys any future success in the global efforts to shift energy usage away from fossil fuels to renewable sources. Compared with other battery technologies, such as Li‐S and LIBs, the metal‐air battery technology holds exceptionally high energy densities and is viewed to be a promising candidate as the energy supplier of the next generation. With the aim to provide easy access to the recent developments of metal‐air batteries and advance their development, this review systematically and comprehensively summarizes, compares and discusses the development of all important kinds of aqueous and/or nonaqueous metal‐air batteries (all in one), based on metal anodes of Li, Na, Zn, Al, from all important aspects, including oxygen electrochemistry, electrocatalyst, transfer/diffusion and interface, electrode and electrolyte materials, and device configuration. As a benefit, our understanding on metal‐air batteries can be deepened and guidance for the development of next generation metal‐air batteries can be provided.  相似文献   

    

《Advanced Sustainable Systems》2017,1(7)

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Zheng Guang-Wen  Muntasir Murshed  Abu Bakkar Siddik  Md Shabbir Alam  Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente  Haider Mahmood 《Sustainable Development》2023,31(2):680-697

As the global concerns regarding climate change and the related environmental adversities continue to persist alongside rapid development of the world economies, the United Nations declared a set of compressive sustainable development goals (SDG) that are to be realized by the end of 2030. These goals are specifically conceptualized to collectively facilitate the attainment of sustainable socioeconomic development while concurrently improving the quality of the global environment. Hence, this study assesses the interlinkages between economic growth, environmental pollution, financial development, and renewable energy use in light of the objectives of SDG8, SDG13, SDG10, and SDG7 by considering the BRICS nations as a case study. Although the previous studies, in this regard, have predominantly focused on specifically scrutinizing the determinants of these four macroeconomic variables of concern, not much importance was shown to map the interrelationships among these variables. The econometric analysis conducted in this study utilizes quarterly frequency data covering the period from 1990-Q1 to 2020-Q4. Overall, the findings from causality and variance decomposition analyses reveal that in the long run these variables are influenced by each other which, in turn, also verifies the cross-linkages between the four SDG of concern. Besides, the causality-related findings appear to be robust when alternate causality estimators are employed. Therefore, based on these critically important causal relationships, a set of interactive SDG-related policies is recommended.  相似文献   

    

《Advanced Sustainable Systems》2018,2(5)

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)‐based electret materials have emerged as one of the most widely used materials in underwater transducer, microphone, and transistor applications. In this paper, it is shown for the first time that a monocharged (single type, electron) PTFE electret material can be used in energy harvesting and self‐powered device applications, such as wristband and shoe insole devices. At first, a theory based on the electrostatic effect is derived for the first time for monocharged electret generator (MCEG). For a hand‐shaking movement, the MCEG‐based wristband device can generate an output voltage and current of 14 V and 0.65 µA, respectively. Furthermore, it is found that the MCEG‐based shoe insole device can generate a maximum output voltage of 178 V and a current of 2.85 µA during walking. The maximum harvested power obtained is ≈35.63 µW in shoe insole‐based devices under a resistor load. Additionally, the power generated from the shoe insole device can light up 55 light‐emitting diodes with a single step of walking. Because of the relatively large output power density, ease of fabrication, and chemical stability, this device shows great promise for wearable self‐powered device applications.  相似文献