Anderson Assuah, Aubine Esther Isimbi, Eugene Gyabaah Sintim, Collins Little-Tetteh, Felix Gyawu Addo, David Ewusi-Mensah
{"title":"Effective Ways to Implement and Enforce Plastic Waste Policies in Africa","authors":"Anderson Assuah, Aubine Esther Isimbi, Eugene Gyabaah Sintim, Collins Little-Tetteh, Felix Gyawu Addo, David Ewusi-Mensah","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0101","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability and Climate ChangeVol. 16, No. 5 CommentaryEffective Ways to Implement and Enforce Plastic Waste Policies in AfricaAnderson Assuah, Aubine Esther Isimbi, Eugene Gyabaah Sintim, Collins Little-Tetteh, Felix Gyawu Addo, and David Ewusi-MensahAnderson AssuahAddress correspondence to: Anderson Assuah, Aboriginal and Northern Studies, University College of the North, 436 7 Street E, The Pas, Manitoba R9A 1M7, Canada E-mail Address: [email protected]Eco Amet Solutions Limited, Accra, Ghana.Search for more papers by this author, Aubine Esther IsimbiEco Amet Solutions Limited, Accra, Ghana.Search for more papers by this author, Eugene Gyabaah SintimEco Amet Solutions Limited, Accra, Ghana.Search for more papers by this author, Collins Little-TettehEco Amet Solutions Limited, Accra, Ghana.Search for more papers by this author, Felix Gyawu AddoEco Amet Solutions Limited, Accra, Ghana.Search for more papers by this author, and David Ewusi-MensahEco Amet Solutions Limited, Accra, Ghana.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:19 Oct 2023https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0101AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 16Issue 5Oct 2023 InformationCopyright 2023, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Anderson Assuah, Aubine Esther Isimbi, Eugene Gyabaah Sintim, Collins Little-Tetteh, Felix Gyawu Addo, and David Ewusi-Mensah.Effective Ways to Implement and Enforce Plastic Waste Policies in Africa.Sustainability and Climate Change.Oct 2023.338-343.http://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0101Published in Volume: 16 Issue 5: October 19, 2023PDF download","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136092767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic Literacy and Sustainability","authors":"Madhavi Venkatesan","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.29028.mv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29028.mv","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability and Climate ChangeVol. 16, No. 5 PerspectiveEconomic Literacy and SustainabilityMadhavi VenkatesanMadhavi VenkatesanAddress correspondence to: Madhavi Venkatesan, PhD, Department of Economics, 301 Lake Hall, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA E-mail Address: [email protected]Department of Economics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:19 Oct 2023https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29028.mvAboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 16Issue 5Oct 2023 InformationCopyright 2023, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Madhavi Venkatesan.Economic Literacy and Sustainability.Sustainability and Climate Change.Oct 2023.344-349.http://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29028.mvPublished in Volume: 16 Issue 5: October 19, 2023PDF download","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136092516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing Sustainability","authors":"Madhavi Venkatesan","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.29027.mv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29027.mv","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability and Climate ChangeVol. 16, No. 5 Letter from the EditorFree AccessAddressing SustainabilityMadhavi VenkatesanMadhavi VenkatesanEditor-in-ChiefSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:19 Oct 2023https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29027.mvAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail There are many perspectives on sustainability, how to achieve it, as well as what should be the focus of policy. In many cases, the focus tends to be on limiting the symptoms rather than addressing the cause. In this issue we further the discussion on the cause but also address the treatment.With our viewpoint, we address the unseen and unfactored climate impacts of cryptocurrency and then in our commentary, we feature a present period workshop and application tools related to plastic reduction in Africa. In the perspective, I address how the focus of the prevailing economic framework is intrinsically tied to the environmental issues we face, implicitly asserting if we change the goal, we can change the outcome.This issue's book reviews highlight: A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization and Dao of Civilization as an Alternative Vista on the Future. Both provide a foreshadowing of the future based on human behavior and choices. Our articles highlight community experiences through the lens of preventive action and both geographic and disciplinary pluralism.I thank you for your readership and welcome your communication as we grow the discourse on the paradigm shift that defines sustainability.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 16Issue 5Oct 2023 InformationCopyright 2023, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:Madhavi Venkatesan.Addressing Sustainability.Sustainability and Climate Change.Oct 2023.327-327.http://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29027.mvPublished in Volume: 16 Issue 5: October 19, 2023PDF download","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136092640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perception and Reality of Sustainable Urban Development in India","authors":"A. Mohammed","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87920947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. O'Neill, Xinming Wu, Cameron Samson, Susan Bodnar
{"title":"Nature Connection as a Predictor of Climate Activism","authors":"P. O'Neill, Xinming Wu, Cameron Samson, Susan Bodnar","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76691731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carbon Disclosure and Organization Performance: A Literature Review","authors":"Pooja Mishra, T. G. Sant, Kishore Kumar","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88201364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Meaning of Urgency","authors":"M. Venkatesan","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.29026.mv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.29026.mv","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90812056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Value of a Whale: On the Illlusions of Green Capitalism","authors":"Michael Pizzani","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"1997 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88185703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Sustainability: Paving the Way Toward a Green Economy?","authors":"Nofie Iman","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79168107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness","authors":"Edwin R. Stafford","doi":"10.1089/scc.2023.0075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2023.0075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74895,"journal":{"name":"Sustainability and climate change","volume":"76 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91092190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}