Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Luca Coscieme, Lars F. Mortensen, Ian Donohue
Summary: Ensuring policy coherence across environmental, social, and economic goals is a key challenge for sustainable development. The United Nations SDGs provide a framework to track progress, but the environmental goals are the most complex and least coherent. Improving data availability and prioritizing coherence within and among biodiversity and climate SDGs are highlighted as critical areas for achieving policy coherence in sustainable development.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lena I. Fuldauer, Scott Thacker, Robyn A. Haggis, Francesco Fuso-Nerini, Robert J. Nicholls, Jim W. Hall
Summary: This study proposes a framework to understand the impacts of climate change on all 169 SDG targets. The global application of the framework suggests that adaptation measures in vulnerable countries are necessary for protecting 68% of SDG targets from climate risks by 2030.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Licong Xing, Edmund Ntom Udemba, Merve Tosun, Ibrahim Abdallah, Imed Boukhris
Summary: This study examines the potential of technological innovations and renewable energy policies in achieving China's climate and sustainable development goals. Using Chinese data from 1996Q1 to 2018Q4, we analyze the policy implications of technology and renewable energy on China's climate goals. Our quantitative and theoretical analyses incorporate economic development, technology, energy, and environmental policies, providing insights into the impact of technology and renewable energy on China's environment. Our findings suggest that technological innovations and renewable energies have a positive effect on reducing carbon emissions in China. Policy recommendations include increased investment and technological advancements in the renewable energy sector to support China's SDGs.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Biraj Adhikari, Graham W. Prescott, Davnah Urbach, Nakul Chettri, Markus Fischer
Summary: The study in Nepal found that despite the positive contribution of Nature's contributions to people (NCPs) towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the NCPs are declining due to direct drivers like land-use change, over-exploitation, and climate change. Certain development interventions such as community forestry and protected areas have been successful in increasing the supply of NCPs. Integration of Indigenous knowledge and local practices has also been effective in improving the provision of NCPs and enhancing livelihoods at local scales.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Business
Shunsuke Managi, Robert Lindner, Casey C. Stevens
Summary: Technology policy is essential in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, requiring more global cooperation and resource sharing, while also addressing the challenges posed by uneven global distribution of innovation and development capacities.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao, Jingqiao Ye, Monica Muroki, Paulo Pereira
Summary: Ecosystem carbon sequestration service (ECSS) is crucial for regulating climate, stabilizing development, and supporting SDGs. This study examines the contribution of ECSS to SDGs in China's Loess Plateau region. Results show higher progress on resource and environmental SDGs, while positive linear responses are observed between ECSS and water, energy, climate, and ecosystems SDGs. Improvement in ECSS management is necessary to protect carbon pool, enhance carbon sequestration, and promote social-ecological co-benefits.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zihan Xu, Jian Peng, Sijing Qiu, Yanxu Liu, Jianquan Dong, Hanbing Zhang
Summary: Urbanization has influenced the relationship between ecosystem services and sustainable development goals, with different urbanization factors playing different roles in different periods.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jianguo Liu
Summary: This article highlights major advances in scientific discoveries for sustainability science from applying the integrated metacoupling framework, illustrates implications for global sustainable development, and offers future perspectives to further empower the framework.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sheng Zhang, Yunqiao Zhou, Ran Yu, Xiangbo Xu, Meng Xu, Ge Li, Weijia Wang, Yifu Yang
Summary: The research shows that coastal provinces in China have more invasive species, urbanization has a negative impact on biodiversity, while temperature and precipitation have a significantly positive impact on biodiversity.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hongxi Liu, Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Argemiro Teixeira Leite-Filho, Shanghong Zhang, Jizeng Du, Yujun Yi
Summary: Severe arable land loss and ecological problems raise attention to protect/ develop land for food and ecology demand. Spatial conflict appears in front of multidemand for urbanization, food, and ecology. Our study took China as an example and explicitly outlined spatial preference of urbanization, food, and ecology.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Zhaofeng Guo, Wiebke J. Boeing, Edoardo Borgomeo, Yaoyang Xu, Ying Weng
Summary: Reservoirs account for about 10% of the freshwater stored in lakes worldwide. Reservoir ecosystems have both positive and negative implications for sustainable development, supporting a majority of UN SDGs, but also leading to negative trade-offs for some targets. Exploration of linkages between reservoir ecosystems and SDGs is crucial for guiding sustainable management and integration into the UN framework.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, Jona Razzaque, Pamela McElwee, Esther Turnhout, Eszter Kelemen, Graciela M. Rusch, Alvaro Fernandez-Llamazares, Ivis Chan, Michelle Lim, Mine Islar, Ambika P. Gautam, Meryl Williams, Eric Mungatana, Md Saiful Karim, Roldan Muradian, Leah R. Gerber, Gabriel Lui, Jinlong Liu, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Dara Zaleski
Summary: This article discusses the importance of transformative governance for achieving transformative change necessary for global sustainability goals, emphasizing the necessity of integrative, inclusive, adaptive, and pluralistic governance approaches.
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zulkifli Nursyamin, Muhammad Syafiq Yahya, Sharifah Nur Atikah, Kamil Azmi Tohiran, Ahmad R. Norhisham, Nurul Wahida Othman, Alex M. Lechner, Badrul Azhar
Summary: Oil palm certification schemes like RSPO fail to consider the full range of biodiversity indicators, including common farmland birds found in plantations. This study identifies potential indicator bird species for assessing the environmental sustainability of oil palm cultivation, regardless of farming systems or practices. The study developed candidate lists of indicator bird species for four sub-regions in Southeast Asia based on previous studies and validated them through surveys in Peninsular Malaysia. Results showed that oil palm agro-ecosystems predominantly supported common farmland birds and rarely had conservation priority species. These bird species provide ecosystem services and are sensitive to habitat disturbances, making them suitable indicators for oil palm certification criteria.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Karl Johan Bonnedahl, Pasi Heikkurinen, Jouni Paavola
Summary: This article discusses the reasons for the failure of sustainable development and emphasizes the importance of policies to promote sustainable development. It advocates reducing or eliminating the structural distances between actors and suggests the establishment of Strongly Sustainable Development Goals.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Caichun Yin, Wenwu Zhao, Paulo Pereira
Summary: Soil conservation service plays a vital role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by mitigating soil erosion and supporting multiple goals through regulating ecological processes, food production, and social and cultural values.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Juliano Morimoto, Anh The Than, Binh Nguyen, Ida Lundback, Hue Dinh, Fleur Ponton
Summary: The habitat quality in early life affects an individual's fitness and can have long-term evolutionary effects on groups and populations. In this study, researchers investigated the interactive effects of larval density and larval diet on adult fitness using the polyphagous fly Bactrocera tryoni. The results showed that a protein-rich diet led to faster larval development and heavier and leaner adults with higher reproductive rates. Surprisingly, adult lipid reserve increased with larval density in the sugar-rich diet group. These findings provide insights into how ecological factors during early life stages shape the fate of individuals in holometabolous insects.
AMERICAN NATURALIST
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Natalie E. Duffus, Juliano Morimoto
Summary: Insects play a crucial role in providing ecosystem services, but current conservation policies in the UK and Ireland are ineffective in protecting insect biodiversity. There is a taxonomic bias towards butterflies and moths, while beetles and hymenopterans are largely unprotected. More directive policies are needed worldwide to safeguard insect biodiversity and sustain ecosystem services.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Juliano Morimoto
Summary: This study found that parental ecological history, including developmental and adult social environments, can modulate the effects of parental age at reproduction on the expression of offspring traits.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marcell Veiner, Juliano Morimoto, Ellouise Leadbeater, Fabio Manfredini
Summary: This study implemented a machine learning approach to analyze transcriptomic data and identified candidate genes underlying the waggle dance behavior. The application of machine learning methods has great potential for investigating the genomic basis of complex phenotypic traits and presents clear advantages compared to traditional gene expression analysis tools.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2022)
Article
Biology
Hue Dinh, Ida Lundback, Sheemal Kumar, Anh The Than, Juliano Morimoto, Fleur Ponton
Summary: Nutritional composition of larval diet affects the survival, pathogen load, and food intake of adult fruit flies. The effect is sex-specific and sugar-rich diets can be beneficial in fighting bacterial infection.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Pedro Conceicao, Juliano Morimoto
Summary: Living organisms have limitations in exploring ecological factors, which determines the distribution of animal species globally. Hutchinson's niche hypervolume concept has greatly contributed to our understanding of species' ecological needs and distributions. However, calculating the properties of hypervolumes can be challenging, and new methods have been proposed to extract meaningful measurements, such as holes.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Juliano Morimoto
Summary: Animals regulate their nutrient consumption to maximize fitness traits, but current experimental designs may not fully explore the performance landscape. This study tested alternative designs in the Geometric Framework for nutrition and found that they provided more accurate reconstructions of the performance landscape, enabling reliable biological insights.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Juliano Morimoto, Marius Wenzel, Davina Derous, Youn Henry, Herve Colinet
Summary: Intraspecific competition at the larval stage has significant effects on the life history, adaptation, and evolutionary trajectory of holometabolous insects. This study demonstrates that larval crowding has consistent effects on multiple molecular pathways, with only a few pathways displaying density-specific regulation.
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Marjori Fritola, Camila Salvador Sestario, Caio Cezar Nantes Martins, Bruna Santos Ezequiel, Juliano Morimoto, Maria Jose Sparca Salles
Summary: This study investigates the effects of maternal exposure to omeprazole during pregnancy on offspring tooth development using a murine model. The results show that omeprazole exposure significantly increases the prevalence and risk of offspring teeth morphological abnormalities, while having no statistically significant effects on other parameters of tooth development. These findings suggest potential side-effects to offspring oral health from the use of omeprazole during pregnancy.
Article
Ecology
Juliano Morimoto, Grant C. McDonald, Stuart Wigby
Summary: In many species, the order in which males mate with a female explains much of the variation in paternity arising from post-copulatory sexual selection. However, the effects of mating order on paternity bias might not be static but could potentially vary with social or environmental factors.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juliano Morimoto
Summary: Diet specialists and generalists face the challenge of regulating nutrient intake for optimum nutrition, and animals have compensatory rules to cope with dietary imbalances. This study presents a new analytical method using Thales' theorem to compare these rules within and between species, and applies it to three datasets. The method provides insights into how animals with different diet specialisations cope with nutrient imbalances, opening new avenues for research in comparative nutrition.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Review
Entomology
Natalie E. Duffus, Alejandra Echeverri, Lena Dempewolf, Jorge Ari Noriega, Paul R. Furumo, Juliano Morimoto
Summary: Emerging evidence suggests that insect populations may be declining, threatening ecosystem services. Insect declines are particularly concerning in the Neotropics, which have high insect endemism and diversity. Current conservation policies are biased toward vertebrates, but there are ways to better incorporate the needs of insects into policy.
NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cell Biology
Juliano Morimoto
Summary: This study developed an algorithm to investigate the influence of protein and carbohydrate ratios on insect lifespan. The findings suggest that related species may share optimal ratios for maximizing lifespan, and there is evidence of sex-specific optimal ratios as well. This research provides insights into the evolution of animal nutrition.
Article
Entomology
Juliano Morimoto, Renan Barcellos, Todd A. Schoborg, Liebert Parreiras Nogueira, Marcos Vinicius Colaco
Summary: Ecological conditions have a significant impact on the molecular, anatomical, and behavioral responses of organisms, which are crucial for predicting intra- and inter-specific competitions and the evolutionary trajectory of populations. While large-scale molecular and behavioral studies have advanced, the study of anatomical responses to ecological conditions has been lagging. This article highlights the role of X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) in generating 3D imaging of anatomical structures, providing insights into adaptive anatomical responses to ecological environments. The authors demonstrate the application of micro-CT to investigate the anatomical responses of male reproductive organs under different levels of intra-specific competition in Drosophila melanogaster larvae.
NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Juliano Morimoto
Summary: This conceptual paper proposes an integrative framework to address the inequalities of opportunities in academia. The author argues that academia has structures and practices that limit access for individuals from different social origins, maintaining privilege and perpetuating unfairness. The proposed framework suggests the use of ethical artificial intelligence to contextualize merit and achieve true equality of opportunities based on individuals' social origins. The author also discusses the concept of "years post-PhD" as a fair measure of academic capital allocation.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)