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This Special Issue explores underrepresented aspects of the political dimensions of global warming. It includes post- and decolonial perspectives on climate-related migration and conflict, intersectional approaches, and climate change politics as a new tool of governance. Its aim is to shed light on the social phenomena associated with anthropogenic climate change, as well as its multidimensional and far-reaching political effects, including climate-induced migration movements and climate-related conflicts in different parts of the world. In doing so, it critically engages with securitizing discourses and the resulting anti-migration arguments and policies in the Global North in order to identify and give a voice to alternative and hitherto underrepresented research and policy perspectives. In this way, it aims to contribute to a fact-based, critical, and holistic approach to human mobility and conflict in the context of political and environmental crisis.

telecoupling --- sustainability --- multi-stakeholder initiatives --- roundtable for sustainable palm oil --- sustainable natural rubber initiative --- climate change --- climigration --- environmental change --- migration --- mobility --- refugees --- relocation --- resettlement --- livelihoods --- Pacific Islands --- SIDS --- vulnerability --- exposure --- disasters --- violent conflict --- disaster risk reduction --- conflict prevention --- humanitarian assistance --- development assistance --- climate change migration --- adaptation --- displacement --- forced relocation --- forced migration --- Gilbertese people --- Phoenix Islands --- Wagina Island --- immobility --- environmental migration and mobility --- trapped populations --- migration governance --- Senegal --- Vietnam --- planned relocation --- migration-climate change-coffee nexus --- migration as adaptation --- in situ adaptation --- coffee leaf-rust --- transborder region --- narratives --- environmental migration --- environmental justice --- North–South relations --- climate change politics --- conflict --- intersectionality --- postcolonial studies

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Over the few coming decades, bio-based and biodegradable plastics produced from sustainable bioresources should essentially substitute the prevalent synthetic plastics produced from exhaustible hydrocarbon fossils. To the greatest extend, this innovative trend has to apply to the packaging manufacturing area and especially to food packaging implementation. To supply the rapid production increment of biodegradable plastics, there must be provided the effective development of scientific-technical potential that promotes the comprehensive exploration of their structural, functional, and dynamic characteristics. In this regard, the transition from passive barrier materials preventing water and oxygen transport as well as bacteria infiltration to active functional packaging that ensures gas diffusion selectivity, antiseptics' and other modifiers' release should be based on the thorough study of biopolymer crystallinity, morphology, diffusivity, controlled biodegradability and life cycle assessment. This Special Issue accumulates the papers of international teams that devoted to scientific and industrial bases providing the biodegradable material development in the barrier and active packaging as well as in agricultural applications. We hope that book will bring great interest to the experts in the area of sustainable biopolymers.

Research & information: general --- bio-HDPE --- GA --- natural additives --- thermal resistance --- UV stability --- food packaging --- antimicrobial properties --- polyethylene --- birch bark extract --- ultrasound --- thermoplastic starch --- biodegradation --- permeability --- diffusion --- sorption --- porous membranes --- hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers --- PLA bottle --- bio-based and biodegradable polymers --- life cycle assessment --- environmental impact --- ReCiPe2016 method --- packaging material --- bio-based polymer composite --- natural rubber --- water absorption --- mycological test --- biodegradability --- mechanical properties --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) --- polylactic acid (PLA) --- biomaterials --- gas permeability --- gas diffusion --- segmental dynamics --- electron spin resonance (ESR) --- scanning electron microscopy (SEM) --- differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) --- poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-methyl-3-hydroxyvalerate) --- hydrolysis --- pancreatic lipase --- mechanical behavior --- chitosan --- polymeric films --- crosslinking --- genipin --- sorption isotherm --- degree of crosslinking --- polylactide --- poly(ethyleneglycol) --- blending under shear deformations --- electrospinning --- oil absorption --- Monte Carlo --- bio-based polymers --- biodegradable packaging --- biopolymer structure --- encapsulation --- life cycle analysis

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The recovery of solid wastes for the preparation of innovative composite materials not only represents an economic advantage, but also offers an ecological opportunity for the utilization of by-products which would otherwise be landfilled. Specifically, the reuse and recycling of waste lead to important savings of raw materials and energy, since these by-products, generally deriv from agricultural or industrial activities, are abundant in nature. Moreover, a reduction of the environmental and related sanitary impacts can be also achieved. For this reason, a recycling operation is fundamental for the improvement of the environmental sustainability, because these secondary raw materials become a resource that can be easily reused without the modification of the peculiar characteristics, in order to obtain new and performing composites, with a low specific weight, high durability, and long life cycle.

History of engineering & technology --- Radioactive soil waste --- Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore --- SHS --- CeO2 --- Immobilization --- cementitious grout --- green grout --- cement --- slag substitution --- valorization --- circular economy --- cellulose aerogel --- oil absorbent --- cellulose --- white bamboo fibril --- water pollution --- natural rubber --- nanosilica --- mechanical property --- fertilizer plant --- hexafluorosilicic acid --- waste water --- cement composites --- recycled waste porous glass --- end-of-life tyre rubber --- safe production --- thermal insulation --- mechanical resistance --- render --- cement and cement-lime reinforced mortars --- natural fiber --- sheep’s wool --- sustainability --- chitosan film --- emerging pollutants --- ketoprofen --- food waste --- adsorption --- recycle --- recycled expanded polystyrene --- cement mortars --- eggshell --- Direct Blue 78 --- kinetics --- isotherms --- pulsed light --- fiber reinforced --- cementless composites --- microscopic property --- co-fired fly ash --- green materials --- biochar --- wheat straw --- sorbent --- cobalt --- copper --- soil --- n/a --- sheep's wool

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This highly informative and carefully presented book discusses the preparation, processing, characterization and applications of different types of hybrid nanomaterials based on nanocellulose and/or nanocarbons. It gives an overview of recent advances of outstanding classes of hybrid materials applied in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and materials science, among others. The content of this book is relevant to researchers in academia and industry professionals working on the development of advanced hybrid nanomaterials and their applications.

graphene nanoplatelet --- multi-walled carbon nanotube --- hybrid film --- vacuum filtration --- strain sensing --- graphene --- multimodal-high density polyethylene --- melt extrusion --- polymer --- nanocomposite, polymer degradation --- dispersion and distribution of graphene --- nano-cellulose --- MOF --- carbon-doped CuO/Fe3O4 nanocatalyst --- catalytic reduction --- pollutant remedy --- nanocellulose --- cationic microcrystalline cellulose --- high-intensity ultrasonication --- high-pressure homogenization --- acid hydrolysis --- starch nanocomposite films --- cellulose nanofibers --- carbon nanotube --- polyaniline --- hydrogels --- supercapacitor --- cellulose nanofibrils --- graphene nanoplates --- carbon nanotubes --- aerogel --- organic dyes --- adsorption --- nanofibrillated cellulose --- cellulose nanocrystals --- fullerenes --- diamond nanoparticles --- sensors --- drug delivery --- tissue engineering --- wound dressing --- natural rubber latex --- NOCNF --- jute fibers --- nitro-oxidation --- hybrids --- applications --- immunomodulator --- synthesis --- polymerization --- characterization --- cytotoxicity --- reduced graphene oxide --- gum tragacanth --- hydrogel --- hydrogel composite --- mercury ion --- chromium ion --- reusability --- cellulose nanofiber --- chitosan nanofiber --- composite --- mechanical properties --- antioxidant activity --- n/a

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The recovery of solid wastes for the preparation of innovative composite materials not only represents an economic advantage, but also offers an ecological opportunity for the utilization of by-products which would otherwise be landfilled. Specifically, the reuse and recycling of waste lead to important savings of raw materials and energy, since these by-products, generally deriv from agricultural or industrial activities, are abundant in nature. Moreover, a reduction of the environmental and related sanitary impacts can be also achieved. For this reason, a recycling operation is fundamental for the improvement of the environmental sustainability, because these secondary raw materials become a resource that can be easily reused without the modification of the peculiar characteristics, in order to obtain new and performing composites, with a low specific weight, high durability, and long life cycle.

History of engineering & technology --- Radioactive soil waste --- Gd2Ti2O7 pyrochlore --- SHS --- CeO2 --- Immobilization --- cementitious grout --- green grout --- cement --- slag substitution --- valorization --- circular economy --- cellulose aerogel --- oil absorbent --- cellulose --- white bamboo fibril --- water pollution --- natural rubber --- nanosilica --- mechanical property --- fertilizer plant --- hexafluorosilicic acid --- waste water --- cement composites --- recycled waste porous glass --- end-of-life tyre rubber --- safe production --- thermal insulation --- mechanical resistance --- render --- cement and cement-lime reinforced mortars --- natural fiber --- sheep's wool --- sustainability --- chitosan film --- emerging pollutants --- ketoprofen --- food waste --- adsorption --- recycle --- recycled expanded polystyrene --- cement mortars --- eggshell --- Direct Blue 78 --- kinetics --- isotherms --- pulsed light --- fiber reinforced --- cementless composites --- microscopic property --- co-fired fly ash --- green materials --- biochar --- wheat straw --- sorbent --- cobalt --- copper --- soil