Climate Change and Sustainable Developments

This book focusses on climate change and sustainable scientific/technological solutions, covering topics on pollution, extreme environments, greenhouse gases/global warming, effects of climate change on water resources/forest resources, depletion of fossil fuels and generation of renewable energy, human health, agriculture and food security.

This book focusses on climate change and sustainable scientific and technological solutions. It includes topics related to environmental pollution, extreme environments, greenhouse gases and global warming, effects of climate change on water resources and forest resources, depletion of fossil fuels and generation of renewable energy, human health, agriculture and food security as per the UNSDGs. It covers wastewater management, production of renewable energy carriers, and climate change policies developed by international bodies.

The following are its features:

• Covers the current perspective and technological solutions to climate change with sustainable development model.
• Aims to address causes and impacts of the climate crisis with its long-term implication on the ecosystem.
• Addresses the key aspects related to current climate crisis and its sustainable interventions.
• Includes focused case studies based on technological solutions especially 'green solutions'.

• Describes all aspects of the climate crises including air, water and energy sectors. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental engineering, renewable energy, climate change and sustainable development.

  Autorentext

  Chitralekha Nag Dasgupta is currently working as Assistant Professor at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, India. She is an honorary Research Assistant Professor of Energy Institute of Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. Her academic journey is distinguished by a strong foundation in biotechnology and bioenergy research. She has gained more than 20 years of research experience at different internationally acclaimed laboratories, both in India and abroad such as University of Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, INSERM Paris, INRA Versailles France.

Rachana Singh is an accomplished academic and researcher, currently serving as an Assistant Professor III at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. With a strong academic foundation, she holds her Ph.D. in Plant Virology from CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute. With over 25 years of combined teaching and research experience, Dr Rachana has made significant contributions to the field of Plant Virology, and Microbiology.

Ram Boojh is an accomplished environment and sustainability professional with rich experience of over 40 years in diverse fields with the Government, university system, civil society and the United Nations. He is currently the Adviser/CEO at the Mobius Foundation, a Delhi based sustainability organization. He has previously worked with UNEP on a transboundary landscape initiative involving Bhutan, India and Nepal. He headed the Natural Sciences (ecology) division of the UNESCO South Asia office in New Delhi for over a decade and also convened the South & Central Asia MAB Network (SACAM).

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Contents

Preface ..................................................................................................................... xiii
About the Editors ..................................................................................................... xv
List of Contributors ................................................................................................ xvii

Chapter 1 A scientific discussion on global climate change ................................. 1
Z. Fuat Toprak
1.1 Introduction .............................................................................. 1
1.2 Numerical comparison of scientific studies on
the subject by years .................................................................. 2
1.3 Reflection of the problem to the public .................................... 2
1.4 A brief review of the literature performed on
the subject ................................................................................ 3
1.5 Problem solution ...................................................................... 5
1.6 Results and discussion ............................................................. 6
References ............................................................................................ 6

Chapter 2 Climate crisis: issues, concerns and solutions for a
sustainable planet ................................................................................10
Ram Boojh
2.1 Introduction .............................................................................10
2.2 Climate crisis ..........................................................................11
2.2.1 Climate crisis to climate/planetary
emergency .................................................................12
2.2.2 Global climate agreements .......................................14
2.2.3 Emissions Gap Report ..............................................14
2.2.4 The net zero ..............................................................15
2.2.5 Crisis of pollution and waste ....................................16
2.2.6 Crisis of oceans ........................................................17
2.2.7 Nature and biodiversity ............................................17
2.2.8 Ecosystem services and nature-based
solutions ....................................................................19
2.2.9 Natural sites, protected areas ...................................21
2.2.10 Wetlands as carbon sinks ........................................ 23
2.3 Population sustainability ........................................................ 24
2.4 Sustainability and climate change education ......................... 25
2.5 Climate justice: reaching out to the unreachable ................... 26
2.6 Climate sustainability solutions and technologies ................. 27
References .......................................................................................... 31

Chapter 3 Contribution of microalgae biorefineries to climate
change mitigation ................................................................................35
M. Victoria Busi, Julieta Barchiesi, and M. Ayelén Pagani
3.1 Introduction .............................................................................35
3.2 Carbohydrates from microalgae ............................................ 38
3.2.1 Variables that modify the carbohydrate content ....... 38
3.2.2 Genetic engineering strategies .................................41
3.2.3 Biomass hydrolysis processes ...................................41
3.3 Biofuels ...................................................................................43
3.3.1 Bioethanol .................................................................43
3.3.2 Biodiesel ...................................................................45
3.3.3 Biohydrogen and biogas............................................47
3.4 Wastewater: a convenient source of water, carbon,
nutrients (and xenobiotics) ..................................................... 48
3.4.1 Wastewater origins and the need for
bioprospection ......................................................... 49
3.4.2 Consortia for organic pollutant degradation ............ 50
3.4.3 Heavy metal detoxification and phycomining ..........51
3.4.4 Biomass harvest ....................................................... 54
3.5 Conclusion .............................................................................. 54
Acknowledgments .............................................................................. 55
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