City Diplomacy Toward the Attainment of UN SDGs: Quezon City, Philippines (2019-2023) by Ma. Regina P. Agustin

“…Furthermore, QC facilitated international activities through the creation of departments on climate change and sustainable development. These aided in Paradiplomacy activities on sustainability, which include (1) membership in international city networks, (2) participation in campaigns or commitments towards the achievement of goals related to sustainability, (3) participation in international fora and knowledge-sharing on the issue area, (4) city-to-city cooperation, and (5) partnerships with other organizations. …”
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Pakistan’s Water Security Crisis: Challenges and the Case for Integrated Water Resource Management by Safia Mansoor

“…The combination of inadequate water availability, deteriorating water quality, rising demand, and the compounded pressures of climate change and population growth underscores the severity of this crisis. …”
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Resource- Based Conflict and Rural Poverty in Benue State by W. Yio Benjamin

“…The paper identifies factors such as climate change, the influx of foreign pastoralist into the country and lack of government decisive policy action on resolving the conflict among others as being responsible for the lingering conflict. …”
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Research on Forest Carbon Sequestration Based on FSC Model and DeepAR Algorithm by Yin-di Xu

“…Forestry resources play an irreplaceable role in solving the problem of climate change. Forest managers to find a balance between carbon sinks and forest products, decisions must therefore take into account many aspects of forest value. …”
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Climatic, Regional Land-Use Intensity, Landscape, and Local Variables Predicting Best the Occurrence and Distribution of Bee Community Diversity in Various Farmland Habitats in Uga... by M. B. Théodore Munyuli

“…It is therefore recommended to policy-makers and to farmers to invest in the protection of forest fragments (and related semi-natural habitats) acting as buffer in the mitigation of negative effects of climate change on bee biodiversity and pollination services delivery.…”
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Temporal Variability of the Batumi Delta Wetlands by Bülent Turgut

“…It is thought that this negative change will increase in the upcoming period due to the climate change and the rising demand for soil and water. …”
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Risk assessment to Barents Sea ecosystem services: an expert-based approach by Thuy Thi Thanh Pham, Claire W. Armstrong, Hiroko Kato Solvang, Mette Skern-Mauritzen

“…This study aims to investigate the risks posed by climate change and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem services in the Barents Sea, Norway. …”
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Evaluating Summer Neutral Temperature and Land Surface Temperature Trends Over Three Decades in Tetuan, Morocco Using Thermal Comfort Questionnaires by Ahsissene Safae, Rhziel Fatima Zahrae, Raissouni Naoufal

“…Integrating subjective assessments with objective temperature data, we identify significant shifts in neutral temperatures influenced by climate change. Analysis of thermal sensation votes from 423 respondents relative to recorded temperatures has allowed for the development of neutral temperature thresholds. …”
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On the path to extinction: Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878, the only threatened Helix species in Greece by Leonidas Maroulis, Nikos Poulakakis, Konstantinos Proios, Danae Karakasi, Kostas A. Triantis, Moisis Mylonas, Katerina Vardinoyannis

“…We identify potential drivers of its extinction, as Helix godetiana faces several threats across its current range, including competitive exclusion by Cornu aspersum, a species with continuing expansion in the Aegean and climate change disrupting its unusual breeding cycle, which occurs in late spring. …”
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Pricing Decisions in Dual-Channel Supply Chain considering Different Fairness Preferences and Low-Carbon Advertising Level by Hong Huo, Dan Luo, Zhanghua Yan, Hao He

“…Countries around the world advocate low-carbon, green, and environmentally friendly lifestyles to combat climate change, which provides clear direction for enterprise decisions. …”
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Spatiotemporal Assessment and Modelling of Roof-Harvested Rainwater Quality in Kigezi Highlands, Uganda by Philip, Tibenderana, Moses, Nduhira Twesigye-omwe, Agwe, Tobby Michael, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq S, Denis, Byamukama

“…This situation has further been aggravated by a high rate of urbanization, population growth, rising water demand, continuous depletion of fresh surface water and groundwater, climate change, water governance, extreme social inequality and pollution (Struk-Sokolowska, et al., 2020, Balogun et al., 2016). …”
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Dealing with Complexity – Knowledge, design, and management of the built environment by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…The ‘complexity’ of the Planet’s condition is evident: climate change, according to Amitav Ghosh (2017), is not a danger in itself but rather represents a ‘threat multiplier’ that stresses and amplifies the instability and insecurity already present in some areas of the world, even more so because many industrialised countries have already greatly exceeded their relative ‘biocapacity’, effectively becoming ‘ecological debtors’. …”
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Metabolite Profiling and Association Analysis of Leaf Tipburn in Heat-Tolerant Bunching Onion Varieties by Tetsuya Nakajima, Reina Yamamoto, Kanako Matsuse, Masato Fuji, Koei Fujii, Sho Hirata, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Muneo Sato, Masami Yokota Hirai, Masayoshi Shigyo

“…Furthermore, as bunching onion belongs to the <i>Allium</i> genus, which includes globally significant vegetables such as onion and garlic, studying the impact of climate change on bunching onion serves as an ideal model. …”
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Global burden of ischemic heart disease in older adult populations linked to non-optimal temperatures: past (1990–2021) and future (2022–2050) analysis by Lihui Liu, Lihui Liu, Yisong He, Yisong He, Gang Huang, Yangxi Zeng, Yangxi Zeng, Jiaan Lu, Ru He, Haiqing Chen, Yuheng Gu, Qingwen Hu, Bin Liao, Bin Liao, Juyi Wan, Juyi Wan

“…The findings emphasize that targeted interventions are necessary, with adjustments in regional differences and gender-specific risks to effectively address the growing health threats from climate change.…”
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The temporal change of heat exposure and adaptation capacity in Chinese adults from 1994 to 2023 by Xiaohui Ji, Haomin Tan, Shaoli Huang, Zhongguo Huang, Jianxiong Hu, Jianxiong Hu, Guanhao He, Fengrui Jing, Ziqiang Lin, Mengen Guo, Tao Liu, Wenjun Ma, Wenjun Ma

“…The frequency of air conditioner usage when felt hot also escalated significantly both at home (from 42.6%, 54.9, to 63.4%, CMH value = 156.40, p &lt; 0.0001) and in the office/school (from 61.8, 63.1 to 72.7%, CMH value = 65.29, p &lt; 0.0001) during the same periods.ConclusionOur study found that most people perceived climate change and changed behaviors to adapt to heat. …”
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Agricultural Drought Assessment using Remote Sensing Data (Case study: Tuyserkan County) by Maedeh Malmir, Kamran Shayesteh, Iman Pazhouhan

“…Introduction In recent years, with the growing significance of drought and climate change, there is an increasing need for a well-structured plan to implement effective management strategies and monitor drought conditions. …”
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Joint effects of temperature and humidity with PM2.5 on COPD by Huan Minh Tran, Feng-Jen Tsai, Yuan-Hung Wang, Kang-Yun Lee, Jer-Hwa Chang, Chi-Li Chung, Chien-Hua Tseng, Chien-Ling Su, Yuan-Chien Lin, Tzu-Tao Chen, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Shu-Chuan Ho, Feng-Ming Yang, Sheng-Ming Wu, Kian Fan Chung, Kin-Fai Ho, Kai-Jen Chuang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…Conclusion The joint effects of PM2.5, temperature, and RH on the risk of COPD underscore the importance of air pollution control and comprehensive research to mitigate COPD risk in the context of climate change.…”
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Projected Impacts of Bioenergy-Demand-Induced Land Use and Cover Changes on Regional Climate in Central Europe by Fang Yin, Yihui Xiong, Li Jiang, Zhiguo Pang

“…The impacts of LUCC on the climate were analyzed on the basis of simulation with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The climate change will be characterized by the increase of latent heat flux and temperature and the decrease of precipitation.…”
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Accelerating Public-Private Partnerships for Overcoming Community Vulnerabilities in Coastal Peatlands Riau by Zulkarnaini Zulkarnaini, Ikhsan Masrul, Rinto Rinto

“…Riau’s coastal peatlands face major challenges due to environmental degradation, climate change, and socio-economic vulnerabilities affecting local communities. …”
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Effect of Drought and Heat Wave on Agricultural Production by Gürkan Yılmaz

“…As the effects of anthropogenic climate change, the frequency and severity of heat waves and drought are increasing day by day in many parts of the world. …”
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