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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 ...

In construction projects, integration of the three social, economic, and environmental aspects of the triple bottom line (TBL) principle is challenging.  Green building rating schemes, such as LEED and BREEAM, fail to fully consider the projects' life cycle sustainability.  This study presents a sustainable constructio ...