Recent high-level agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable
Development Goals aim at mitigating climate change, ecological degradation and …

The sustainable development of cities is increasingly recognized as crucial to meeting
collectively agreed sustainability goals at local, regional and global scales, and more …

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused countries across the world to implement measures
of social distancing to curb spreading of COVID-19. The large and sudden disruptions to …

Promoting the development of financial instruments can influence carbon emission
reduction in the context of the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. There are …

While it is understood that cities generate the majority of carbon emissions, for most cities,
towns, and rural areas around the world no carbon footprint (CF) has been estimated. The …

Sand, gravel, and crushed rock, together referred to as construction aggregates, are the
most extracted solid materials. Growing demand is damaging ecosystems, triggering social …

As national efforts to reduce CO2 emissions intensify, policy-makers need increasingly
specific, subnational information about the sources of CO2 and the potential reductions and …

China is the world's largest energy consumer and CO 2 emitter. Cities contribute 85% of the
total CO 2 emissions in China and thus are considered as the key areas for implementing …

With the depleting resources and climate change tipping us over the edge, what we urgently
require is a rapid and revolutionary transformation-a circular economy (CE). The CE is …

The circular city is emerging as new concept and form of practice in sustainable urban
development. This is a response to the complex and pressing challenges of urbanization, as …