Connecting the sustainable development goals by their energy inter-linkages

DL McCollum, LG Echeverri, S Busch… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide guide-posts to
society as it attempts to respond to an array of pressing challenges. One of these challenges …

Air quality in Africa: Public health implications

A Abera, J Friberg, C Isaxon, M Jerrett… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
This review highlights the importance of air quality in the African urban development
process. We address connections between air pollution and (a) rapid urbanization,(b) social …

Using indoor plants as biomonitors for detection of toxic metals by tobacco smoke

WEO Ghoma, H Sevik, K Isinkaralar - Air quality, atmosphere & health, 2022 - Springer
Clean air is an indispensable resource for modern world. Many people are indifferent to the
seriousness of air pollution or have only recently realized the problem. The air pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Outlook for clean air in the context of sustainable development goals

P Rafaj, G Kiesewetter, T Gül, W Schöpp… - Global Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Air pollution is linked with many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Strategies aiming at the improved air quality interact directly with climate mitigation targets …

Consumption-based carbon emission and foreign direct investment in oil-producing Sub-Sahara African countries: the role of natural resources and urbanization

BA Gyamfi - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
The intensification of international trade movements and economic interconnectivity has far-
reaching implications for many macroeconomic indicators, not to mention ecological …

Desert dust, industrialization, and agricultural fires: Health impacts of outdoor air pollution in Africa

SE Bauer, U Im, K Mezuman… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The African continent continuously experiences extreme aerosol load conditions, during
which the World Health Organization clean air standard of 10 μg/m3 of PM2. 5 mass is …

Investigating the pollution haven hypothesis in oil and non-oil sub-Saharan Africa countries: Evidence from quantile regression technique

BA Gyamfi, MA Bein, EN Udemba, FV Bekun - Resources Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The deepening of global trade flows and world interconnectedness has its implications on
several macroeconomic indices that stretches, to say the least environmental …

Fossil fuels environmental challenges and the role of solar photovoltaic technology advances in fast tracking hybrid renewable energy system

WS Ebhota, TC Jen - International Journal of Precision Engineering and …, 2020 - Springer
The rise in global urbanization comes with sustainable development challenges, especially
in lower-middle-income countries. In response to these urbanization and energy challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Trend analysis and first time observations of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in South Africa using TROPOMI/Sentinel-5 P data

L Shikwambana, P Mhangara, N Mbatha - International Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end extreme poverty and
create a healthy, sustainable world by the year 2030. Goal 7 is of interest to this study as it …

[HTML][HTML] Women and girls in resource poor countries experience much greater exposure to household air pollutants than men: Results from Uganda and Ethiopia

G Okello, G Devereux, S Semple - Environment international, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Household Air Pollution (HAP) from burning biomass fuels is a major cause of
mortality and morbidity in low-income settings worldwide. Little is known about the …