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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,963 Views
13 Pages

How can we place climate change issues at the heart of technological innovation? From our point of view, artistic practice is a powerful tool to infuse sustainability dimensions into technological developments. By using a sensitive approach based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,895 Views
20 Pages

Addressing Climate Change in Responsible Research and Innovation: Recommendations for Its Operationalization

  • Ivan Ligardo-Herrera,
  • Tomás Gómez-Navarro,
  • Edurne A. Inigo and
  • Vincent Blok

14 June 2018

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has only lately included environmental sustainability as a key area for the social desirability of research and innovation. That is one of the reasons why just a few RRI projects and proposals include environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,699 Views
17 Pages

Communities of Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: Niche Creation and Anticipation

  • Elena López-Gunn,
  • Julian Swinkels,
  • Gerardo Anzaldúa,
  • Manuel Bea,
  • Maria Conceição Colaço,
  • Māra Deksne,
  • Nensi Lalaj,
  • Hugh McDonald and
  • Marta Rica

This paper presents the concept of communities of innovation for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The paper discusses the added value of these types of communities to help address uncertain futures from the impact of climate cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,447 Views
19 Pages

25 November 2022

With economic growth and rising incomes, increasing consumption of fossil energy is leading to environmental pollution and climate change, which requires increased innovative inputs to promote the efficiency of renewable energy use. Considering the i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,947 Views
22 Pages

Innovation and Climate Change Mitigation Technology in the Asian and African Mining Sector: Empirical Analysis Using the LMDI Method

  • Cety Gessica Abraham Mahanga Tsoni,
  • Railh Gugus Tresor Massonini Ngoma and
  • Xiangrui Meng

13 December 2022

Technology plays an essential role as climate change becomes a growing concern worldwide. This article aims to examine the influence that innovation exerts on climate change mitigation technology (CCMT) in the African and Asian mining sectors. Data w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,732 Views
23 Pages

21 May 2024

In the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation, climate risks stemming from climate transition innovations have garnered significant attention due to concerns about the inadequate climate finance. To shed light on the climate transition r...

  • Entry
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,506 Views
14 Pages

Food, Climate Change, and the Challenge of Innovation

  • Daniel Durán-Sandoval,
  • Francesca Uleri,
  • Gemma Durán-Romero and
  • Ana M. López

Climate change is a shift in the climate’s condition that lasts for an extended period, usually decades or longer, and that may be detected by changes in the mean and variability of its parameters. The full spectrum of players and their related...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,156 Views
21 Pages

Agricultural Innovations and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Northern Cameroon Region

  • Gaitan Thierry Seutchueng Tchuenga,
  • Mesmin Tchindjang,
  • Precillia Ijang Tata Ngome,
  • Ann Degrande,
  • Simon Djakba Basga and
  • Frédéric Saha

19 November 2024

Adaptation to climate change has remained a major socio-ecological issue in the Northern Region of Cameroon since 1973. Presently, this region is subject to the severe chaos of drought, floods, and ecosystem degradation, causing harm and disrupting c...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
399 Views
7 Pages

This study examines the impacts of climate change on agriculture in the Prefecture of Imathia and highlights the role of agricultural advisory services. The study evaluates existing adaptation measures and demonstrates the importance of agricultural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,505 Views
25 Pages

8 November 2024

We face significant challenges related to sustainability and social responsibility, so sustainable entrepreneurship is a key way to help address these issues. How can sustainable entrepreneurship contribute to combating climate change? This is the qu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,087 Views
13 Pages

Exploring the Influence of Innovation and Technology on Climate Change

  • Simona Andreea Apostu,
  • Elena Mirela Nichita,
  • Cristina Lidia Manea,
  • Alina Mihaela Irimescu and
  • Marcel Vulpoi

4 September 2023

Considering the negative effect of anthropological activities on climate in recent decades, all countries entailed a universal commitment to fight against climate change by boosting innovation and introducing new technologies. In this context, our pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,006 Views
25 Pages

20 December 2024

Against the pressing backdrop of global climate change, various environmental issues are becoming increasingly prominent, posing unprecedented challenges to both the global economic system and business operations. Green technology innovation, as a cr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,976 Views
20 Pages

6 April 2023

Indigenous knowledge of local environments is crucial for developing innovative and contextual climate change adaptation strategies. Although the significance of community-led efforts based on this knowledge has been well acknowledged, they have not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,986 Views
22 Pages

Impact of Climate Change and Technological Innovation on the Energy Performance and Built form of Future Cities

  • Ehsan Ahmadian,
  • Chris Bingham,
  • Amira Elnokaly,
  • Behzad Sodagar and
  • Ivan Verhaert

16 November 2022

The building and transportation sectors are responsible for the greatest proportion of energy consumption in cities. While they are intrinsically interlinked with urban built form and density, climate change and technological innovation are having an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,004 Views
15 Pages

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Sleeping Beauty of the Hungarian Agribusiness

  • Kinga Biró,
  • Mária Szalmáné Csete and
  • Bálint Németh

14 September 2021

Climate change and agriculture interact with each other in many ways and have a complex impact. The agriculture sector needs to be prepared to adapt to the expected effects of climate change, and emphasis must be placed on prevention to achieve emiss...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,157 Views
19 Pages

The Emergence of Lotus Farming as an Innovation for Adapting to Climate Change in the Upper Vietnamese Mekong Delta

  • Hoang Thi Minh Vo,
  • Gerardo van Halsema,
  • Petra Hellegers,
  • Andrew Wyatt and
  • Quan Hong Nguyen

1 April 2021

Climate change poses an acute threat to the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD). To respond to this threat, the structure of the delta’s agriculture-based economy must transform, becoming more adaptive to changing conditions. One adaptive livelihood option...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,505 Views
16 Pages

27 October 2017

While there is little doubt that social networks are essential for processes of implementing social innovations in community education such as Climate Change Education (CCE) or Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), scholars have neglected to a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,519 Views
19 Pages

2 November 2020

Climate change amplifies social, political, economic, infrastructural and environmental challenges in many Global South cities, and perhaps no city is more vulnerable than Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka. Climate-induced rural–urban migrati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,041 Views
24 Pages

An Innovation Machine Learning Approach for Ship Fuel-Consumption Prediction Under Climate-Change Scenarios and IMO Standards

  • Bassam M. Aljahdali,
  • Yazeed Alsubhi,
  • Ayman F. Alghanmi,
  • Hussain T. Sulaimani and
  • Ahmad E. Samman

This study introduces an innovative Emotional Artificial Neural Network (EANN) model to predict ship fuel consumption with high accuracy, addressing the challenges posed by complex environmental conditions and operational variability. This research e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,578 Views
22 Pages

26 December 2023

Responding to calls for climate action, this article develops and introduces a Sustainability Transition Framework (STF), which is a high-level interpretation of the complex dynamics dominating the current historical moment characterised by an aspira...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,612 Views
18 Pages

This study investigates the role of technological innovation in increasing the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Panel data showing the number of patents for climate change mitigation technology as a mea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,405 Views
14 Pages

8 July 2022

To tackle the global climate change issues, many countries have been interested in technology research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) during climate technology development and transfer processes in terms of technology innovation. Accordin...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
64 Citations
19,376 Views
7 Pages

28 August 2020

Organic agriculture has experienced remarkable growth in recent decades as societal interest in environmental protection and healthy eating has increased. Research has shown that relative to conventional agriculture, organic farming is more efficient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
10,123 Views
16 Pages

Twitter Analysis of Global Communication in the Field of Sustainability

  • Ladislav Pilař,
  • Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská,
  • Jana Pitrová,
  • Igor Krejčí,
  • Ivana Tichá and
  • Martina Chalupová

6 December 2019

The increasing popularity of social media worldwide provides us with an opportunity to understand social, cultural, and environmental issues about people’s perception of sustainability. The article aims at identifying the main topics of communi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,283 Views
22 Pages

Attribution of Changes in Streamflow to Climate Change and Land Cover Change in Yangtze River Source Region, China

  • Naveed Ahmed,
  • Genxu Wang,
  • Haishen Lü,
  • Martijn J. Booij,
  • Hero Marhaento,
  • Foyez Ahmed Prodhan,
  • Shahid Ali and
  • Muhammad Ali Imran

17 January 2022

The quantitative attribution of changes in streamflow to climate change (CC) and land cover change (LCC) for the Yangtze River Source Region (YRSR), China, was assessed. We used a combination of the SWAT model along with the statistical technique one...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,088 Views
18 Pages

SolarSPELL Assessment: Impact of a Solar-Powered Digital Library as a Teaching-Learning Resource on Climate Change

  • Laura Hosman,
  • Marcela Georgina Gómez Zermeño and
  • Lorena Alemán de la Garza

17 August 2020

Inclusive and quality education can provide nations with the tools to solve global problems. However, some barriers prevent equal access to this education. These obstacles include the lack of basic resources such as electricity and internet availabil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,109 Views
17 Pages

5 July 2023

Corporate strategies to tackle climate change have become a topic of much debate. Yet, limited attention has been paid to understanding how companies exploit and explore decarbonisation opportunities. We posit that the risks imposed by climate change...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,288 Views
18 Pages

The Role of Greener Innovations in Promoting Financial Inclusion to Achieve Carbon Neutrality: An Integrative Review

  • Mohsen Brahmi,
  • Luca Esposito,
  • Anna Parziale,
  • Karambir Singh Dhayal,
  • Shruti Agrawal,
  • Arun Kumar Giri and
  • Nguyen Thi Loan

In recent times, the green transition, by promoting carbon neutrality, has become highly imperative to meet environmental challenges. The present literature review study seeks to explore the intersecting role of greener innovations in facilitating fi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,153 Views
21 Pages

20 July 2022

Sustainable coffee production is significantly threatened by climate change. While implementing CSA practices offers numerous benefits, adoption rates remain low. Coffee plantations are dominated by smallholders and located in rural areas, making the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,399 Views
26 Pages

15 May 2024

Low-carbon urban policy (LCUP) and corporate green innovation are considered crucial strategies and methods for reducing urban carbon emissions, addressing climate change, and promoting urban environmental sustainability. This study constructed a qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,386 Views
17 Pages

30 April 2024

Smallholder farmers in Malawi largely depend on rainfed agriculture, despite climate change posing serious threats to this form of agriculture. The adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices is pivotal in offsetting the effects of climate chang...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,570 Views
18 Pages

4 December 2023

The exploration of precipitation data trends using innovative analysis methods is anticipated to offer significant contributions to sustainability across various domains, including water resources management, agricultural planning, climate change und...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,386 Views
25 Pages

Innovative Trend Analysis of Air Temperature and Precipitation in the Jinsha River Basin, China

  • Zengchuan Dong,
  • Wenhao Jia,
  • Ranjan Sarukkalige,
  • Guobin Fu,
  • Qing Meng and
  • Qin Wang

23 November 2020

Trend detection based on hydroclimatological time series is crucial for understanding climate change. In this study, the innovative trend analysis (ITA) method was applied to investigate trends in air temperature and precipitation over the Jinsha Riv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,147 Views
20 Pages

Urban Living Labs and Critical Infrastructure Resilience: A Global Match?

  • Erick Elysio Reis Amorim,
  • Monique Menezes and
  • Karoline Vitória Gonçalves Fernandes

9 August 2022

The challenges to public policy brought by climate change are some of the biggest challenges for cities around the world. These challenges are costlier and more substantial for low-income communities given the existence of their greater social and ec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,772 Views
13 Pages

The fact that innovative capitalism needs institutional co-evolution has widely been recognized with respect to pro-active institutional adaptations. Examples are the rearrangement and safeguarding of supply chains or the creation of public instituti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
992 Views
35 Pages

Climate-Conscious Sustainable Practices in the Romanian Building Sector

  • Miruna Cristina Boca,
  • Constantin C. Bungau and
  • Ioana Francesca Hanga-Farcas

17 June 2025

Climate change refers to a significant and measurable alteration in the climate’s state, evident through shifts in the average and variability of key climate factors. Although the onset of climate change spans several decades, recent studies re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
15,368 Views
17 Pages

2 March 2020

Faced with a number of socio-economic challenges and a continuously rising risk of more frequent and higher-impact disasters, the Japanese government, in cooperation with the private sector, has formulated a new comprehensive strategy, under the name...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,345 Views
27 Pages

22 October 2025

The fact that 2023 and subsequently 2024 were the hottest years in history makes it even more important to monitor temperature changes over time. In this study, trends in the mean, maximum, and minimum temperature data of 81 provinces in Türkiye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,057 Views
29 Pages

17 October 2021

The behaviour of traditional roofs affects issues relating to sustainability, zero-carbon targets, and Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. This paper discusses an innovative approach towards understanding the behaviour of porous, and other types, of roof...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,455 Views
18 Pages

Accelerating the Low-Carbon Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa through Floating Photovoltaic Solar Farms

  • Tarelayefa Igedibor Ingo,
  • Louis Gyoh,
  • Yong Sheng,
  • Mustafa Kemal Kaymak,
  • Ahmet Duran Şahin and
  • Hamid M. Pouran

Climate change has become a global issue and is predicted to impact less-developed regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, severely. Innovative, sustainable renewable energy systems are essential to mitigate climate change’s effects and unlock the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,981 Views
24 Pages

Understanding Rainfall Distribution Characteristics over the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: A Comparison between Coastal and Inland Localities

  • Huynh Vuong Thu Minh,
  • Bui Thi Bich Lien,
  • Dang Thi Hong Ngoc,
  • Tran Van Ty,
  • Nguyen Vo Chau Ngan,
  • Nguyen Phuoc Cong,
  • Nigel K. Downes,
  • Gowhar Meraj and
  • Pankaj Kumar

10 February 2024

This study examines the changing rainfall patterns in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) utilizing observational data spanning from 1978 to 2022. We employ the Mann–Kendall test, the sequential Mann–Kendall test, and innovative trend analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,340 Views
32 Pages

23 November 2023

The main objective of this research is to describe a multidisciplinary investigation part of an ongoing research project. The contribution focuses on the identification and selection of innovative technologies and operative methodologies capable of f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,743 Views
24 Pages

20 October 2025

Mycotoxins are ubiquitous and unavoidable contaminants in food and feed, posing significant health risks through toxicity syndromes collectively referred to as mycotoxicoses. With climate change enhancing the conditions favorable for fungal growth an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,293 Views
12 Pages

Do Farmers Demand Innovative Financial Products? A Case Study in Cambodia

  • Qingxia Wang,
  • Yim Soksophors,
  • Khieng Phanna,
  • Angelica Barlis,
  • Shahbaz Mushtaq,
  • Danny Rodulfo and
  • Kees Swaans

This study examines Cambodian farmers’ demand for weather index insurance (WII), an innovative financial product, for managing climate change-related risks. Rice and cassava farmers in Battambang Province of Cambodia were interviewed to underst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,104 Views
21 Pages

This paper investigates the annual and seasonal variations in the minimum and maximum air temperature (Tmin and Tmax) and precipitation over Kashmir valley, Northwestern Himalayas from 1980–2019 by using the innovative trend analysis (ITA), Man...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,184 Views
19 Pages

The Advantages of Using Kaolin-Based Particle Films to Improve Coffee Production in the Minas Gerais Cerrado Biome

  • Newton de Matos Roda,
  • Bruna Angela Branchi,
  • Regina Márcia Longo,
  • João Pontin,
  • Deivisson Pelegrino de Abreu,
  • Paulo Ricardo dos Santos and
  • Eliemar Campostrini

9 April 2022

Climate change, such as increases in atmospheric air temperature, threatens Brazilian coffee production, which is mainly carried out on small rural properties in a family farming model. Increases in air temperature causes heat stress to the plants, r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
10,715 Views
22 Pages

25 January 2024

This paper explores the transformative potential of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in propelling the dairy industry toward net zero emissions, a critical objective in the global fight against climate change. Employing the Canadian dairy se...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,437 Views
8 Pages

The era of climate change has introduced unprecedented challenges for global public health, especially visible through the lens of infectious diseases [...]

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,277 Views
33 Pages

The article explores future directions toward the conservation of the state of Arizona, aiming to preserve its multiple natural resources, including landscapes, wildlife, flora, unique ecosystems, and water resources. We evaluate the current governme...

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