Sustainable Development (SD) depends on worldwide collaboration, political consensus, and a collective commitment to tackling interconnected challenges while ensuring inclusivity or "leaving no one behind." The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global systems, severely affecting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and worsening inequalities, especially in the least developed countries (LDCs). The post-pandemic era has introduced new challenges, including increasing geopolitical tensions and conflict-driven economic growth, distracting attention from sustainability efforts. This commentary addresses these concerns by focusing on three essential pillars: prioritization, strategic planning, and finance resources. It proposes five leverage points (LPs) addressing social, environmental, economic, technological, and developmental dimensions. These LPs demonstrate integrated methods to enhance interconnections, minimize trade-offs, and revitalize progress toward the SDGs. Such strategies are crucial for promoting equitable and resilient development in the face of global crises while keeping sustainability at the forefront.
{"title":"Crafting a Resilient and Sustainable Future amid Major Crises","authors":"Mohamed Elsamadony, Salvatore Flavio Pileggi, Jibao Liu, Manabu Fujii","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145583","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable Development (SD) depends on worldwide collaboration, political consensus, and a collective commitment to tackling interconnected challenges while ensuring inclusivity or \"leaving no one behind.\" The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global systems, severely affecting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and worsening inequalities, especially in the least developed countries (LDCs). The post-pandemic era has introduced new challenges, including increasing geopolitical tensions and conflict-driven economic growth, distracting attention from sustainability efforts. This commentary addresses these concerns by focusing on three essential pillars: prioritization, strategic planning, and finance resources. It proposes five leverage points (LPs) addressing social, environmental, economic, technological, and developmental dimensions. These LPs demonstrate integrated methods to enhance interconnections, minimize trade-offs, and revitalize progress toward the SDGs. Such strategies are crucial for promoting equitable and resilient development in the face of global crises while keeping sustainability at the forefront.","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"273 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145486
Milan Kumar, S. Karthika
With increasing food budgets, consumers look for healthier and better food products to add to their diets. For some consumers, imported food products provide an entry into global food consumption trends. As the market for imported products increases, locally produced alternatives appear at lower prices due to lower transportation costs and the lack of import duties. Even though the perceived utility is higher for imported products, these products also come at a higher cost to the environment due to transport emissions. For an environmentally conscious consumer, production and transportation emissions reduce the overall willingness to pay. However, it is not clear if the final price the consumer is willing to pay would be higher for an imported product or a domestic product. This paper provides a utility-based model to understand how consumers navigate these tradeoffs while factoring in the emissions of the products. More specifically, two firms providing domestic vs. imported products with carbon footprints compete in the end-market in price competition. The model provides market outcomes based on consumer characteristics and firms’ optimal pricing. Both products can jointly exist in the market when there is a considerable difference in the carbon footprint. When the carbon footprint of both products is similar, exclusive product markets emerge. In a joint market, a higher emissions (either transportation or manufacturing) lead to lower prices and increased market participation, even under consumer environmental preferences.
{"title":"Consumer sustainability tradeoffs between imported and domestic products","authors":"Milan Kumar, S. Karthika","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145486","url":null,"abstract":"With increasing food budgets, consumers look for healthier and better food products to add to their diets. For some consumers, imported food products provide an entry into global food consumption trends. As the market for imported products increases, locally produced alternatives appear at lower prices due to lower transportation costs and the lack of import duties. Even though the perceived utility is higher for imported products, these products also come at a higher cost to the environment due to transport emissions. For an environmentally conscious consumer, production and transportation emissions reduce the overall willingness to pay. However, it is not clear if the final price the consumer is willing to pay would be higher for an imported product or a domestic product. This paper provides a utility-based model to understand how consumers navigate these tradeoffs while factoring in the emissions of the products. More specifically, two firms providing domestic vs. imported products with carbon footprints compete in the end-market in price competition. The model provides market outcomes based on consumer characteristics and firms’ optimal pricing. Both products can jointly exist in the market when there is a considerable difference in the carbon footprint. When the carbon footprint of both products is similar, exclusive product markets emerge. In a joint market, a higher emissions (either transportation or manufacturing) lead to lower prices and increased market participation, even under consumer environmental preferences.","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145576
Hui Wei, Jianmin Zhang, Wensheng Wang, Xuanyi Zhu
Virtual power plants (VPP) enhance grid stability, adaptability, and efficiency while scaling renewable energy integration. China urgently requires a robust assessment framework to advance VPP development as a significant energy consumer. This study constructs an innovative multidimensional quantitative evaluation framework, addressing the gap in the quantitative evaluation of the VPP industry and offering novel research insights. First, the development status of the VPP industry is systematically analyzed across six dimensions using the political-economic-social-technological-environmental-legal (PESTEL) model. Second, a rigorous evaluation indicator system is established by integrating the PESTEL model with Principal Component Analysis and Correlation Screening. Finally, a novel dynamic multidimensional cloud model is proposed, combining K-Means clustering and Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroscedastic methods to determine grading boundaries and automatically adjust weights, enhancing flexibility and adaptability. The development trajectory of China's VPP industry from 2015 to 2023 is quantitatively evaluated using this framework, indicating a stepwise progression with gradual advancement from low to above-average development levels, primarily driven by political, legal, and economic factors. Notably, the number of patent applications (LE1) and policy documents (PO1) consistently ranked highest, emphasizing the importance of a stable legal environment and government support. Moreover, expanding installed new energy capacity (EC17 and EC24) contributes significantly. Although ranked lower, technological, social, and environmental dimensions provide essential support during different development stages. Based on the findings, targeted recommendations are proposed to ensure the sustainable development of China's VPP industry, including strengthening policy support, optimizing economic incentives, enhancing public awareness, promoting technological innovation, reinforcing environmental protection, and improving legal safeguards.
{"title":"Development Trajectory of China's Virtual Power Plants Industry: Comprehensive Quantitative Evaluation Using a Novel Dynamic Multidimensional Cloud Model","authors":"Hui Wei, Jianmin Zhang, Wensheng Wang, Xuanyi Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145576","url":null,"abstract":"Virtual power plants (VPP) enhance grid stability, adaptability, and efficiency while scaling renewable energy integration. China urgently requires a robust assessment framework to advance VPP development as a significant energy consumer. This study constructs an innovative multidimensional quantitative evaluation framework, addressing the gap in the quantitative evaluation of the VPP industry and offering novel research insights. First, the development status of the VPP industry is systematically analyzed across six dimensions using the political-economic-social-technological-environmental-legal (PESTEL) model. Second, a rigorous evaluation indicator system is established by integrating the PESTEL model with Principal Component Analysis and Correlation Screening. Finally, a novel dynamic multidimensional cloud model is proposed, combining K-Means clustering and Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroscedastic methods to determine grading boundaries and automatically adjust weights, enhancing flexibility and adaptability. The development trajectory of China's VPP industry from 2015 to 2023 is quantitatively evaluated using this framework, indicating a stepwise progression with gradual advancement from low to above-average development levels, primarily driven by political, legal, and economic factors. Notably, the number of patent applications (LE1) and policy documents (PO1) consistently ranked highest, emphasizing the importance of a stable legal environment and government support. Moreover, expanding installed new energy capacity (EC17 and EC24) contributes significantly. Although ranked lower, technological, social, and environmental dimensions provide essential support during different development stages. Based on the findings, targeted recommendations are proposed to ensure the sustainable development of China's VPP industry, including strengthening policy support, optimizing economic incentives, enhancing public awareness, promoting technological innovation, reinforcing environmental protection, and improving legal safeguards.","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145506
Di Zhang, Shaohua Guo, Changyong Liu, Shen Qu, Hongbin Cao, He Zhao
Due to limited water resources, zero liquid discharge is the environmental impact assessment admittance threshold for new coal chemical projects in China. However, it is unknown whether the application of zero liquid discharge technologies will actually change environmental impacts, carbon emissions, or costs. In this paper, a comprehensive evaluation model was developed to analyze unintended non-synergistic of pollution and carbon emissions and to perform a cost-benefit analysis of mainstream zero liquid discharge technologies. Two zero liquid discharge and two non-zero liquid discharge processes covering mainstream brine treatment technologies of coal chemical industry in China were compared. The results showed that some mainstream zero liquid discharge technologies had unintended consequences in terms of their environmental impact, carbon footprint, and cost. The high-salinity water treatment units using evaporative crystallization are key components during coal-to-olefin water treatment methods. Because energy-intensive equipment is used to evaporate water, the processes utilizing an evaporative crystallization unit incurred nearly two times the cost, with a 24.3% to 117.4% increase in carbon footprint, compared to those not using the unit. The benefits of salt products such as sodium chloride obtained from the evaporation process are far lower than their costs and they generate salt-containing organic pollution, which increases the environmental risks. Due to carbon neutrality goals, zero liquid discharge technologies must solve the two major problems of waste salt generation and high energy consumption. Up to 196–423 kt of carbon emissions can be eliminated by 2050 by using green energy substitutes, technological innovation, and regent reduction. This provides a direction for the future development of zero liquid discharge technologies for coal chemical industry in water-scarce regions.
{"title":"Industrial zero liquid discharge strategy in the water-scarce regions of China triggering the antagonism tradeoff of pollution and carbon emissions","authors":"Di Zhang, Shaohua Guo, Changyong Liu, Shen Qu, Hongbin Cao, He Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145506","url":null,"abstract":"Due to limited water resources, zero liquid discharge is the environmental impact assessment admittance threshold for new coal chemical projects in China. However, it is unknown whether the application of zero liquid discharge technologies will actually change environmental impacts, carbon emissions, or costs. In this paper, a comprehensive evaluation model was developed to analyze unintended non-synergistic of pollution and carbon emissions and to perform a cost-benefit analysis of mainstream zero liquid discharge technologies. Two zero liquid discharge and two non-zero liquid discharge processes covering mainstream brine treatment technologies of coal chemical industry in China were compared. The results showed that some mainstream zero liquid discharge technologies had unintended consequences in terms of their environmental impact, carbon footprint, and cost. The high-salinity water treatment units using evaporative crystallization are key components during coal-to-olefin water treatment methods. Because energy-intensive equipment is used to evaporate water, the processes utilizing an evaporative crystallization unit incurred nearly two times the cost, with a 24.3% to 117.4% increase in carbon footprint, compared to those not using the unit. The benefits of salt products such as sodium chloride obtained from the evaporation process are far lower than their costs and they generate salt-containing organic pollution, which increases the environmental risks. Due to carbon neutrality goals, zero liquid discharge technologies must solve the two major problems of waste salt generation and high energy consumption. Up to 196–423 kt of carbon emissions can be eliminated by 2050 by using green energy substitutes, technological innovation, and regent reduction. This provides a direction for the future development of zero liquid discharge technologies for coal chemical industry in water-scarce regions.","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145578
Yongyin Zhu, Henghui Deng, Huizhou Luo, Yufei An, Xujiao Yu, Ying Luo, Rafael L. Quirino, Chaoqun Zhang
The creation of bio-based internal emulsifiers with highly active primary hydroxyl groups from renewable resources is a key challenge from the perspective of sustainable development. In this study, a combination of transamidation and thiol-ene click reaction was used to synthesize three novel plant oil-based internal emulsifiers with an excellent carbon-carbon double bond conversion exceeding 94 % at room temperature. Combining these internal emulsifiers with commonly used polyols, a series of bio-based waterborne polyurethanes (WPU) with tailored mechanical properties, thermo-physical properties, and thermal stability were prepared through self-ionic emulsion strategy. The results indicated that, due to the unique structures of these plant oil-based internal emulsifiers, the WPU films prepared with them demonstrated better anti-ultraviolet performance (1.18 % transmittance) than those prepared from commercially available internal emulsifiers. Additionally, they also exhibited fluorescence performance under 365 nm excitation, and no fluorescence quenching occurs under stretching state. These bio-based WPU are promising for applications in advanced coatings, sunscreen formulations, and fluorescent pigments.
{"title":"Synthesis of anti-ultraviolet and fluorescent waterborne polyurethanes with highly active plant oil-based internal emulsifiers","authors":"Yongyin Zhu, Henghui Deng, Huizhou Luo, Yufei An, Xujiao Yu, Ying Luo, Rafael L. Quirino, Chaoqun Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145578","url":null,"abstract":"The creation of bio-based internal emulsifiers with highly active primary hydroxyl groups from renewable resources is a key challenge from the perspective of sustainable development. In this study, a combination of transamidation and thiol-ene click reaction was used to synthesize three novel plant oil-based internal emulsifiers with an excellent carbon-carbon double bond conversion exceeding 94 % at room temperature. Combining these internal emulsifiers with commonly used polyols, a series of bio-based waterborne polyurethanes (WPU) with tailored mechanical properties, thermo-physical properties, and thermal stability were prepared through self-ionic emulsion strategy. The results indicated that, due to the unique structures of these plant oil-based internal emulsifiers, the WPU films prepared with them demonstrated better anti-ultraviolet performance (1.18 % transmittance) than those prepared from commercially available internal emulsifiers. Additionally, they also exhibited fluorescence performance under 365 nm excitation, and no fluorescence quenching occurs under stretching state. These bio-based WPU are promising for applications in advanced coatings, sunscreen formulations, and fluorescent pigments.","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145511
Quentin Raillard--Cazanove, Thibaut Knibiehly, Robin Girard
The decarbonisation of the energy system is essential for achieving climate goals and is intrinsically tied to reducing emissions in industry. Despite this, few studies explore the simultaneous impacts of decarbonising both sectors. This paper aims to examine how industrial decarbonisation in Europe affects the energy system and vice versa. To address this, an industry model incorporating key heavy industry sectors across six European countries is combined with an energy system model for electricity and hydrogen covering fifteen European regions, refered to as the EU-15, divided into eleven zones. The study evaluates various policy scenarios under different conditions.The results demonstrate that industrial decarbonisation leads to a significant increase in electricity and hydrogen demand. This additional demand for electricity is largely met through renewable energy sources, while hydrogen supply is predominantly addressed by blue hydrogen production when fossil fuels are authorized and the system lacks renewable energy. This increased demand results in higher prices with considerable regional disparities. Furthermore, the findings reveal that, regardless of the scenario, the electricity mix in the EU-15 remains predominantly renewable, exceeding 85%.A reduction in carbon taxes lowers the prices of electricity and hydrogen, but does not increase consumption, as the lower carbon tax makes the continued use of fossil fuels more attractive to industry. In scenarios that enforce a phase-out of fossil fuels, electricity prices rise, leading to a greater reliance on imports of low-carbon hydrogen and methanol. Results also suggest that domestic hydrogen production benefits from synergies between electrolytic hydrogen and blue hydrogen, helping to maintain competitive prices.
{"title":"Decarbonisation of industry and the energy system: Exploring mutual impacts and investment planning","authors":"Quentin Raillard--Cazanove, Thibaut Knibiehly, Robin Girard","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145511","url":null,"abstract":"The decarbonisation of the energy system is essential for achieving climate goals and is intrinsically tied to reducing emissions in industry. Despite this, few studies explore the simultaneous impacts of decarbonising both sectors. This paper aims to examine how industrial decarbonisation in Europe affects the energy system and vice versa. To address this, an industry model incorporating key heavy industry sectors across six European countries is combined with an energy system model for electricity and hydrogen covering fifteen European regions, refered to as the EU-15, divided into eleven zones. The study evaluates various policy scenarios under different conditions.The results demonstrate that industrial decarbonisation leads to a significant increase in electricity and hydrogen demand. This additional demand for electricity is largely met through renewable energy sources, while hydrogen supply is predominantly addressed by blue hydrogen production when fossil fuels are authorized and the system lacks renewable energy. This increased demand results in higher prices with considerable regional disparities. Furthermore, the findings reveal that, regardless of the scenario, the electricity mix in the EU-15 remains predominantly renewable, exceeding 85%.A reduction in carbon taxes lowers the prices of electricity and hydrogen, but does not increase consumption, as the lower carbon tax makes the continued use of fossil fuels more attractive to industry. In scenarios that enforce a phase-out of fossil fuels, electricity prices rise, leading to a greater reliance on imports of low-carbon hydrogen and methanol. Results also suggest that domestic hydrogen production benefits from synergies between electrolytic hydrogen and blue hydrogen, helping to maintain competitive prices.","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145561
Quancheng Shu , Jinzhi Sun , Xiaoyong Yang , Yucan Liu , Jing Ding , Yanxiang Zhang , Lijuan Lan , Picheng Gong , Hongwei Sun , Gang Wang
The sustainable management of spiramycin fermentation residue (SFR), classified as hazardous waste, is a significant challenge. Due to its high organic matter content, composting for transforming SFR into organic fertilizer is a promising disposal approach. Acidic hydrothermal treatment (AHT) has been demonstrated to effectively eliminate residual spiramycin (SPM) from SFR, enhancing its biodegradability. This study conducted a comprehensive investigation into the effects of AHT on the maturation process, microbial community structure, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and metabolic mechanisms during SFR composting. AHT elevated the composting temperature and promoted the degradation of organic matter, increasing maturity (as indicated by the NH4+-N/NO3−-N ratio) by 12.2 %–24.5 %. AHT significantly influenced community composition during composting and facilitated the enhancement of species diversity. Additionally, it significantly reduced the abundance of ARGs (38.0 %–54.0 %) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) (16.0 %–28.0 %), exhibiting a pronounced inhibitory effect on high-risk ARGs. The predominant hosts of ARGs and MGEs were Bacillota (47.5 %) and Proteobacteria (16.1 %). Additionally, AHT significantly diminished the relative abundance of virulence factor genes (VFGs) (6.6 %–11.6 %) while enhancing microbial metabolism, particularly within carbohydrate and amino acid pathways. These findings indicate that combining AHT with composting represents an effective pathway for resource utilization of SFR.
{"title":"Metagenomics analysis unraveled the dynamics of microbial community and antibiotic resistance genes during the composting of spiramycin fermentation residue following acidic hydrothermal treatment","authors":"Quancheng Shu , Jinzhi Sun , Xiaoyong Yang , Yucan Liu , Jing Ding , Yanxiang Zhang , Lijuan Lan , Picheng Gong , Hongwei Sun , Gang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145561","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145561","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The sustainable management of spiramycin fermentation residue (SFR), classified as hazardous waste, is a significant challenge. Due to its high organic matter content, composting for transforming SFR into organic fertilizer is a promising disposal approach. Acidic hydrothermal treatment (AHT) has been demonstrated to effectively eliminate residual spiramycin (SPM) from SFR, enhancing its biodegradability. This study conducted a comprehensive investigation into the effects of AHT on the maturation process, microbial community structure, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and metabolic mechanisms during SFR composting. AHT elevated the composting temperature and promoted the degradation of organic matter, increasing maturity (as indicated by the NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N/NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>-N ratio) by 12.2 %–24.5 %. AHT significantly influenced community composition during composting and facilitated the enhancement of species diversity. Additionally, it significantly reduced the abundance of ARGs (38.0 %–54.0 %) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) (16.0 %–28.0 %), exhibiting a pronounced inhibitory effect on high-risk ARGs. The predominant hosts of ARGs and MGEs were <em>Bacillota</em> (47.5 %) and <em>Proteobacteria</em> (16.1 %). Additionally, AHT significantly diminished the relative abundance of virulence factor genes (VFGs) (6.6 %–11.6 %) while enhancing microbial metabolism, particularly within carbohydrate and amino acid pathways. These findings indicate that combining AHT with composting represents an effective pathway for resource utilization of SFR.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"507 ","pages":"Article 145561"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145569
Li Zihui , Zhu Kangwen , Ba Yong , Zhang Ya , Yang Wantao , Wang Jie , Chen Weizhi , Dong Chunfeng , Qian Kun , Zhou Kaixuan
The health status of mountain forest ecosystems has a profound impact on the local population, playing a significant role in various aspects such as ensuring equitable access to public services, providing balanced employment opportunities, stabilizing the supply of basic necessities and economic resources in the region, preserving traditional livelihoods, facilitating the expansion of new livelihoods, and promoting the stability and diversification of residents' income. In response to the current situation of mountain forest ecosystems in Southwest China and the problems of declining forest resource quality, soil erosion, land desertification and frequent natural disasters that face them, there is an urgent need to diagnose their health status. Combining remote sensing methods with geological survey analysis, this study integrates multiple perspectives and levels, including human impact, ecological issues, ecological patterns, ecological quality, ecological services, and surface matrix, to innovatively construct a forest ecosystem health diagnosis model based on a rigidity and resilience framework. Health diagnosis and early warning analysis of the forest ecosystems in Yiliang County in Yunnan Province were conducted. The results show: (1) From 2010 to 2020, there were significant spatial variations in such indicators as human activities, ecological issues, ecological patterns, ecological quality, ecological services, and surface matrix within the forest ecosystems of Yiliang County. Notably, the impact of human activities and the degree of fragmentation of ecological patterns intensified; (2) the overall health status of the forest ecosystems from 2010 to 2020 was diagnosed predominantly as Very Healthy and Healthy, with spatial a transition mainly occurring from Very Healthy to Healthy; (3) from 2010 to 2020, the comprehensive health index of Yiliang's forest ecosystems exhibited a decreasing trend in the western region and an increasing trend in the eastern region. The comprehensive forest ecosystem health status index increased by a maximum of 0.323 and decreased by a maximum of 0.459; (4) from 2010 to 2020, early warnings about forest ecosystem health in Yiliang County were mainly categorized as Yellow Warning and No Warning, accounting for 46.27 % and 45.57 % of the area respectively. The results of the study are conducive to the health monitoring and zonal management of terrestrial forest ecosystems, and are of great practical significance to the promotion of ecological civilisation in the southwestern mountains.
{"title":"Rigidity and resilience framework-based health diagnosis of mountain forest ecosystems: A case study of Yiliang County in Yunnan Province","authors":"Li Zihui , Zhu Kangwen , Ba Yong , Zhang Ya , Yang Wantao , Wang Jie , Chen Weizhi , Dong Chunfeng , Qian Kun , Zhou Kaixuan","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145569","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145569","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The health status of mountain forest ecosystems has a profound impact on the local population, playing a significant role in various aspects such as ensuring equitable access to public services, providing balanced employment opportunities, stabilizing the supply of basic necessities and economic resources in the region, preserving traditional livelihoods, facilitating the expansion of new livelihoods, and promoting the stability and diversification of residents' income. In response to the current situation of mountain forest ecosystems in Southwest China and the problems of declining forest resource quality, soil erosion, land desertification and frequent natural disasters that face them, there is an urgent need to diagnose their health status. Combining remote sensing methods with geological survey analysis, this study integrates multiple perspectives and levels, including human impact, ecological issues, ecological patterns, ecological quality, ecological services, and surface matrix, to innovatively construct a forest ecosystem health diagnosis model based on a rigidity and resilience framework. Health diagnosis and early warning analysis of the forest ecosystems in Yiliang County in Yunnan Province were conducted. The results show: (1) From 2010 to 2020, there were significant spatial variations in such indicators as human activities, ecological issues, ecological patterns, ecological quality, ecological services, and surface matrix within the forest ecosystems of Yiliang County. Notably, the impact of human activities and the degree of fragmentation of ecological patterns intensified; (2) the overall health status of the forest ecosystems from 2010 to 2020 was diagnosed predominantly as Very Healthy and Healthy, with spatial a transition mainly occurring from Very Healthy to Healthy; (3) from 2010 to 2020, the comprehensive health index of Yiliang's forest ecosystems exhibited a decreasing trend in the western region and an increasing trend in the eastern region. The comprehensive forest ecosystem health status index increased by a maximum of 0.323 and decreased by a maximum of 0.459; (4) from 2010 to 2020, early warnings about forest ecosystem health in Yiliang County were mainly categorized as Yellow Warning and No Warning, accounting for 46.27 % and 45.57 % of the area respectively. The results of the study are conducive to the health monitoring and zonal management of terrestrial forest ecosystems, and are of great practical significance to the promotion of ecological civilisation in the southwestern mountains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"507 ","pages":"Article 145569"},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145574
Mohammed Amine Mouffok, Omar Mouffok
This study explores the dynamic relationship between Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) and sustainable markets within an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework, using four key ESG indices: Carbon Efficient Index and Fossil Fuel Free Index representing environmental concerns, the Socially Responsible Index for the social aspect, and the Institute Corporate Effectiveness Index for corporate governance. The study applies Wavelet Quantile Correlation (WQC) method, as well as, it introduces the Time-Varying Wavelet Quantile Causality (TVWQC) as a novel methodological approach. The results reveal that short- to medium-run periods (4-32 days scale) exhibit positive correlations between EPU and environmental indices, while negative correlations dominate in the long-run (64-128 days scale). Conversely, the social and governance indices are largely negatively correlated with EPU across all time frames, suggesting greater sensitivity to EPU. Moreover, the causality analysis confirms the significant short-run causal effects of EPU on all indices, particularly environmental markets. Yet, over time, these indices relatively recover from initial shocks, while social and governance indices remain influenced by long-run EPU. These findings contribute to the understanding of how EPU influences different aspects of ESG markets, and highlight the importance of policy stability for promoting long-run sustainable investments within the ESG markets.
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