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This study demonstrates the environmental impact of building materials from production and construction, including transport, replacement and deconstruction, for a single-family house in Sweden.  It focused on building materials, materials transport, replacement of essential construction materials, and the environmenta ...

Under 3.2 °C warming, 49% of insects, 44% of plants and 26% of vertebrates are at great risk of extinction.  Best-case scenarios lead to a median range of 2.9–3.2°C in 2100 for current policies and 2.4–2.9°C in 2100 for 2030 pledges.  If the targets were promptly and fully implemented, some estimate this could bring te ...

The world will warm by 3.2°C this century even if all the policies to cut carbon that governments have so far adopted were fully implemented.  The high overshoot will increase climate risks for vulnerable regions and societies, causing unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages and irrev ...

The development and construction of sustainable tourism destinations ensure that the long-term quality performance of their environment and community life will be sustained. Sustainability is key to managing and maintaining the image and competitiveness of tourism destinations. This study focuses on the future environm ...

Most real estate entities lack the strategy, culture and tools to realize their professed sustainability aspirations.  They present their intentions mostly qualitatively and report few quantitative key performance indicators (KPIs) that reveal the degree of achieving such priority Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a ...