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Bioethanol Production Using Agave americana L. Leaves Wastes from Coahuila
Published in Ayerim Y. Hernández Almanza, Nagamani Balagurusamy, Héctor Ruiz Leza, Cristóbal N. Aguilar, Bioethanol, 2023
César D. Pinales-Márquez, Shiva, Rohit Saxena, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso, Héctor Ruiz Leza
Based on this problem, efforts have been made to try to mitigate or control climate change. One of these efforts is The Paris Agreement of the United Nations, whose main objective is to regulate polluting emissions that cause the greenhouse effect and to keep the increase in world temperature below 2°C, limiting this increase to 1.5°C and this in a time frame that allows ecosystems to adapt to climate change and enable sustainable economic progress [5].
Forests and Tree-based Land Use Systems: Mitigation and Adaptation Option to Combat Climate Change
Published in Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Akhlaq Amin Wani, Climate Change Alleviation for Sustainable Progression, 2022
Kamini Gautam, Sapna Thakur, Vipasha Bhat, Sheeraz Saleem Bhat
The global climate is a result of change in the Earth's energy balance between the sun, Earth and space, and it's further distribution. The allocation of incoming solar radiations determines the Earth's weather and climate (Trenberth et al., 2009). The balance between energy entering and leaving the Earth's surface decides the temperature of the Earth's surface or so-called atmospheric temperature. Positive imbalance, i.e. when incoming radiation > outgoing heat or more energy is received than lost, the Earth gets heated up and if the imbalance is negative (outgoing energy > received radiations), then the Earth becomes cooler. This energy imbalance, which can be either positive or negative, is the single most factor responsible for determining Earth's climatic system. This energy balance/imbalance is created by the phenomenon of greenhouse effect which is the main element for regulating the climate on Earth. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon wherein the Earth's surface absorbs thermal radiations coming from the sun via greenhouse gases (GHG) that are present in the atmosphere and re-radiates back to the atmosphere. These re-radiated radiations maintain the Earth's temperature but now the increase in these GHGs has been observed which is trapping huge amounts of heat and leading to the rise in global temperatures.
Principles of renewable energy
Published in John Twidell, Renewable Energy Resources, 2021
However the emissions from fossil fuels (and indeed nuclear power) increasingly determine fundamental limitations on their continued use. These emissions bring substances derived from underground materials (e.g. carbon dioxide) into the Earth's atmosphere and oceans that were not present before. In particular, emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the combustion of fossil fuels have significantly raised the concentration of CO2 in the global atmosphere. Consequently the greenhouse effect (§2.9) is enhanced causing significant climate change with adverse impacts upon food production, water supply and society (e.g. through increased floods and storms (Box 17.1). It seems likely that limitations of fossil-carbon emissions and improved renewables supplies will be the main reasons for leaving fossil-carbon resources in the ground.
Achieving carbon neutrality via supply chain management: position paper and editorial for IJPR special issue
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2023
S. C. Lenny Koh, Fu (Jeff) Jia, Yu (Jack) Gong, Xiaoxue Zheng, Alexandre Dolgui
Achieving carbon neutrality is essential to mitigating the impact of climate change and global warming (COP26 2021). Carbon dioxide and other GHGs are major contributors to the greenhouse effect, which is causing the planet's temperature to rise, leading to severe environmental impacts such as sea-level rise, flooding, droughts, and extreme weather events (De and Giri 2020; Doukas et al. 2021; Yao et al. 2021). In addition to environmental benefits, achieving carbon neutrality can bring several economic benefits. For example, organisations can reduce operational costs by improving energy efficiency and reducing waste. They can also improve their brand reputation and attract environmentally conscious customers, which can lead to increased sales and revenue (Attah–Boakye et al. 2022; Doukas et al. 2021; Trapp et al. 2020).
Implementation of Sustainable Reforms in the Indian Automotive Industry: From Vehicle Emissions Perspective
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2022
Revati Borkhade, Subrahmanya Bhat K, GT Mahesha
Various cities across the C40 network have pledged to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines by 2030. C40 network connects 97 megacities of the world to address threatening issues like climate change and takes bold actions to tackle it. The member cities take actions on local levels to make the agendas of the Paris Agreement achievable. Climate change is perceived as a serious danger to mankind. It is known to be the world’s second most critical problem that has had substantial health implications (Ibrahim, 2014). These statistics have led to various weather waves over the past decade and the effects of rising drought on the vegetation area (Dai, 2011; Heyder et al., 2011; Levitus et al., 2012; Li et al., 2009; McKechnie & Wolf, 2010; Meyssignac et al., 2012). The effects of global warming are a natural reaction on the earth’s atmosphere. Human activities, especially petroleum energy projects, have contributed to the development of these effects of global warming. This growing greenhouse effect is the result of increased concentrations in the atmosphere and greenhouse gases, i.e. GHGs (Jai Jain, 1993; Saxena, 2009).
Energy efficiency labelling in carbon dioxide mitigation
Published in Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2022
Violeta L. Romero-Carrión, Rosalvina Campos-Pérez, Justo P. Solís-Fonseca, Juan Carlos Altamirano-Romero, Edward Flores
The greenhouse effect occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere, such as water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons, among others, retain a part of the heat energy emitted by the earth (invisible infrared radiation and wave long), after being heated by radiation from the sun (short wavelength and visible light), that is, greenhouse gases maintain high temperatures in the lower atmosphere, allowing less heat to escape into space (Yoro and Daramola 2020). The worrying thing is that greenhouse gas emissions are cumulative, what settles in the atmosphere remains there for hundreds of years (Fletcher and Smith 2020; Lipp 2020; Díaz 2012). Consequently, excess heat produces a rise in temperature, called global warming, and this generates climate change, with serious consequences, such as floods, rising sea levels, droughts in other areas, etc (Climate NASA 2020).