Climate change is one of the most urgent crises facing our world, it is inherently complex and needs multidisciplinary attention and action. This problem requires both more date and better insights into why the climate is changing and how rapidly. In addition, research can provide better insights into scenarios, possible strategies for mitigation and adaptation, how effective they may be and what the social and environmental costs will be. In brief, who needs to act and how.
One of the most impactful ways to tackle the challenge of climate change is the energy transition from fossil fuels to green energy sources, such as solar and wind energy. The energy transition will involve many levels in society and across many national and cultural boundaries, including: citizens, companies, public infrastructure, international trade agreements, laws, regulation and norms, and even introduce new challenges as nations look to secure access to scarce, strategic raw materials.
Sustainable planet also incorporates questions emerging from the increasing urgency of resources constraints of other basic raw materials, including food and water, and the limits to them. It encompasses studies of the types, sources and severity of environmental degradation caused by human actions, including damage to land, rivers and oceans and to bio-diversity (ultimately also to human health).
How can research help to address these issues? Most likely the solutions require a multidisciplinary approach.
Related SDGs
![GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-02/E-WEB-Goal-07.png?itok=9GG_tVvr)
![GOAL 13: Climate Action GOAL 13: Climate Action](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-02/E-WEB-Goal-13.png?itok=wJX9U31R)
![GOAL 14: Life Below Water GOAL 14: Life Below Water](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-02/E-WEB-Goal-14.png?itok=CZA-ma03)
![GOAL 15: Life on Land GOAL 15: Life on Land](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-02/E-WEB-Goal-15.png?itok=pTykyk9N)
![GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-02/E-WEB-Goal-17.png?itok=URnn3MEW)
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LITERACY AND KNOWLEDGE ON SUSTAINABILITY
The goals of the study are to measure global literacy on sustainability, knowledge and consequences among undergraduate students from...
Research project on economy circular and land sobriety
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Call for Papers - Third Sofia Conference for Early Stage Researchers & Young Scholars of ENGAGE.EU
Topic: Responsible Production and Consumption: Current Issues and Advances Towards SDG12
Dates: 21-22 November 2024
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Empowerment Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurs & Stakeholders Can Build a Sustainable Future
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Beyond technology: A research agenda for social sciences and humanities research on renewable energy in Europe. S. Krupnik et al. (2022)
SDG interactions and current research gaps
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