Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Sustainable development

  1. Chinese steel exporters show lagged responses to expected carbon costs
    Analysis of Chinese steel exporters' responses to anticipated EU carbon border policies, showing pricing serves as primary adjustment mechanism with significant lagged effects.
  2. Inter-provincial cooperation lowers China’s carbon reduction costs
    Optimize China's carbon emission reduction through inter-provincial cooperation mechanisms. A cost-based model shows 40-80% cooperation reduces abatement costs by 60-70% while balancing regional.
  3. South Africa’s maternal mortality improvement stalled during the pandemic
    South Africa's pandemic-era maternal mortality surged 42%, reversing prior gains and threatening SDG 3.1 targets. Provincial disparities remain severe.
  4. SWOT-AHP-TOWS highlights priority digital strategies for Vietnamese SMEs
    Study identifies top digital transformation priorities for Vietnamese SMEs using expert-weighted SWOT-AHP-TOWS analysis, emphasizing government support and workforce development.
  5. Green celebration practices linked to stronger green values
    Cross-sectional study examining how green practices at family celebrations in Indian urban districts influence environmental values, finding food and waste management practices most effective.
  6. Hybrid agri-food practices support rural socio-environmental resilience
    Systematic review of social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship in agri-food systems, examining their contribution to rural producer resilience across multiple dimensions.
  7. Energy-sector scorecard adds six perspectives and 4T risk logic
    Research framework expanding balanced scorecard models for energy sector with six perspectives, embedded risk management, and human-centered performance indicators.
  8. São João monument linked to income, jobs, and tourism benefits
    Case study of community impacts from the São João monument installation in interior Brazil, examining economic benefits and sustainable development alignment with identified planning gaps.
  9. Sustainable leadership linked to greener employee innovation in hotels
    Study investigates how sustainable leadership promotes green innovative work behavior in hotels through psychological empowerment and self-efficacy mechanisms.
  10. SDG 4 aligns higher education curricula with industry needs
    Review examines how SDG 4 frameworks guide higher education curriculum development, industry alignment, and quality assurance in university programs.
  11. The article argues current money systems hinder sustainability
    Explore Gesell's natural economic order as a solution to monetary system design flaws causing inequality, unemployment, and financial crises while enabling sustainable human-scale development.
  12. Post-Brexit growth policy is critiqued for widening regional inequalities
    Analysis of UK regional development policies post-Brexit, comparing neoliberal market-driven approaches with alternative models like community wealth building and cooperative frameworks.
  13. Industrialization and ICT raise CO₂ emissions in China
    Wavelet analysis reveals industrialization and ICT increase CO2 emissions in China, while financial development and renewables offer decarbonization pathways for carbon neutrality.
  14. E-commerce is linked to lower urban electricity intensity
    E-commerce reduces electricity intensity in Chinese cities through population and economic agglomeration plus innovation. Government coordination and market efficiency strengthen effects.
  15. SDG interaction discourse is described as prescriptive positivist
    Analysis of how prescriptive positivism in SDG discourse emphasizes technical solutions over equity and systemic transformation, with implications for post-2030 sustainability frameworks.
  16. Environmental discourse declines in Pakistani EFL textbooks
    Analysis of environmental discourse in Pakistan's EFL textbooks reveals declining ecological representation from primary to secondary levels, with emphasis on sensory nature experiences.
  17. Digitalisation and circularity are linked to stronger supply chain resilience
    Analysis of 32 emerging economies shows that digitalisation and circular practices jointly build supply chain resilience and sustainability through sequential capability development.
  18. Forest education is linked to learning about socio-ecological risk
    Forest-based education across Australia, Nepal, and Switzerland shows how integrating local risk perceptions with constructivist pedagogy builds critical knowledge about sustainable management.
  19. FinTech, AI, and Blockchain are linked to higher sustainability performance
    Empirical analysis of FinTech, AI, and blockchain adoption effects on sustainable development performance in G20 countries, 2015-2023, revealing complementary amplification mechanisms.
  20. Gamified micro:bit use improved emotions and readiness for CT
    Investigation of gamified micro:bit low-code programming for computational thinking readiness in sustainable mathematics education among P-12 students and pre-service teachers.