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This book makes the case for why we should care about islands and their sustainability. Islands are hotspots of biocultural diversity and home to 600 million people that depend on one-sixth of the earth’s total area, including the surrounding oceans, for their subsistence. Today, they are at the frontlines of climate change and face an existential crisis. Islands are, however, potential “hubs of innovation” that are uniquely positioned to be leaders in sustainability and climate action. This volume argues that a full-fledged program on “island industrial ecology” is urgently needed, with the aim of offering policy-relevant insights and strategies to sustain small islands in an era of global environmental change. The nine contributions in this volume cover a wide range of applications of socio-metabolic research, from flow accounts to stock analysis and their relationship to services in space and time. They offer insights into how reconfiguring patterns of resource use will allow island governments to build resilience and adapt to the challenges of climate change.

plastics --- Trinidad and Tobago --- institutional --- metabolism --- waste management --- islands --- public-private partnerships --- social metabolism --- island metabolism --- quiet sustainability --- Faroe Islands --- landesque capital --- historical political ecology --- overgrazing --- soil erosion --- rural abandonment --- sedentary extensive livestock systems --- Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) --- socio-ecological systems --- material flow analysis (MFA) --- mixed methods approach --- material stock analysis --- demolition of buildings --- GIS --- climate change --- global warming --- island sociometabolic regime --- transdisciplinary research --- real-world learning lab for sustainability transition --- livestock herding, subsidies and overgrazing --- tourism infrastructure --- UNESCO Biosphere Reserves --- MFA --- nexus approach --- industrial waste --- metabolic profile --- holarchy --- holon --- industrial ecology --- material flow analysis --- hurricane Irma --- territorial metabolism --- island waste management --- post-disaster stock and flow evolution --- Antigua and Barbuda --- tourism --- small island developing states (SIDS) --- island sustainability --- resource use and efficiency --- construction materials --- geographical information systems (GIS) --- island industrial ecology --- socio-metabolic research --- metabolic risk --- socio-metabolic collapse

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The transition towards renewable energy sources and “green” technologies for energy generation and storage is expected to mitigate the climate emergency in the coming years. However, in many cases, this progress has been hampered by our dependency on critical materials or other resources that are often processed at high environmental burdens. Yet, many studies have shown that environmental and energy issues are strictly interconnected and require a comprehensive understanding of resource management strategies and their implications. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is among the most inclusive analytical techniques to analyze sustainability benefits and trade-offs within complex systems and, in this Special Issue, it is applied to assess the mutual influences of environmental and energy dimensions. The selection of original articles, reviews, and case studies addressed covers some of the main driving applications for energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions, including power generation, bioenergy, biorefinery, building, and transportation. An insightful perspective on the current topics and technologies, and emerging research needs, is provided. Alone or in combination with integrative methodologies, LCA can be of pivotal importance and constitute the scientific foundation on which a full system understanding can be reached.

Research & information: general --- life cycle assessment --- harmonization --- photovoltaic --- perovskite solar cell --- manufacturing process --- environmental impact --- greenhouse gas --- gasification --- swine manure management --- ground-source heat pumps --- space conditioning --- environmental sustainability --- life cycle assessment (LCA) --- phase-change material (PCM) --- CED --- Eco-indicator 99 --- IPCC --- LCA --- photovoltaics panels --- recycling --- landfill --- embodied energy --- embodied carbon --- life-cycle embodied performance --- metropolitan area --- in-city --- transport energy intensity --- well to wheel --- material structure --- photovoltaics --- waste management --- EROI --- net energy --- energy scenario --- energy transition --- electricity --- grid mix --- storage --- decarbonization --- biofuel policy --- GHG mitigation --- energy security --- indirect land use change --- carbon dioxide capture --- activated carbon --- environmental impacts --- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) --- Material Flow Analysis (MFA) --- Criticality --- traction batteries --- forecast --- supply --- exergy --- sustainability --- review --- bioenergy --- geographic information system (GIS) --- harvesting residues --- energy metrics --- PHAs --- bio-based polymers --- biodegradable plastics --- pyrolysis --- volatile fatty acids --- phase change materials --- PCM --- thermal energy storage --- Storage LCA Tool --- Speicher LCA --- n/a

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The transition towards renewable energy sources and “green” technologies for energy generation and storage is expected to mitigate the climate emergency in the coming years. However, in many cases, this progress has been hampered by our dependency on critical materials or other resources that are often processed at high environmental burdens. Yet, many studies have shown that environmental and energy issues are strictly interconnected and require a comprehensive understanding of resource management strategies and their implications. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is among the most inclusive analytical techniques to analyze sustainability benefits and trade-offs within complex systems and, in this Special Issue, it is applied to assess the mutual influences of environmental and energy dimensions. The selection of original articles, reviews, and case studies addressed covers some of the main driving applications for energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions, including power generation, bioenergy, biorefinery, building, and transportation. An insightful perspective on the current topics and technologies, and emerging research needs, is provided. Alone or in combination with integrative methodologies, LCA can be of pivotal importance and constitute the scientific foundation on which a full system understanding can be reached.

Research & information: general --- life cycle assessment --- harmonization --- photovoltaic --- perovskite solar cell --- manufacturing process --- environmental impact --- greenhouse gas --- gasification --- swine manure management --- ground-source heat pumps --- space conditioning --- environmental sustainability --- life cycle assessment (LCA) --- phase-change material (PCM) --- CED --- Eco-indicator 99 --- IPCC --- LCA --- photovoltaics panels --- recycling --- landfill --- embodied energy --- embodied carbon --- life-cycle embodied performance --- metropolitan area --- in-city --- transport energy intensity --- well to wheel --- material structure --- photovoltaics --- waste management --- EROI --- net energy --- energy scenario --- energy transition --- electricity --- grid mix --- storage --- decarbonization --- biofuel policy --- GHG mitigation --- energy security --- indirect land use change --- carbon dioxide capture --- activated carbon --- environmental impacts --- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) --- Material Flow Analysis (MFA) --- Criticality --- traction batteries --- forecast --- supply --- exergy --- sustainability --- review --- bioenergy --- geographic information system (GIS) --- harvesting residues --- energy metrics --- PHAs --- bio-based polymers --- biodegradable plastics --- pyrolysis --- volatile fatty acids --- phase change materials --- PCM --- thermal energy storage --- Storage LCA Tool --- Speicher LCA --- life cycle assessment --- harmonization --- photovoltaic --- perovskite solar cell --- manufacturing process --- environmental impact --- greenhouse gas --- gasification --- swine manure management --- ground-source heat pumps --- space conditioning --- environmental sustainability --- life cycle assessment (LCA) --- phase-change material (PCM) --- CED --- Eco-indicator 99 --- IPCC --- LCA --- photovoltaics panels --- recycling --- landfill --- embodied energy --- embodied carbon --- life-cycle embodied performance --- metropolitan area --- in-city --- transport energy intensity --- well to wheel --- material structure --- photovoltaics --- waste management --- EROI --- net energy --- energy scenario --- energy transition --- electricity --- grid mix --- storage --- decarbonization --- biofuel policy --- GHG mitigation --- energy security --- indirect land use change --- carbon dioxide capture --- activated carbon --- environmental impacts --- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) --- Material Flow Analysis (MFA) --- Criticality --- traction batteries --- forecast --- supply --- exergy --- sustainability --- review --- bioenergy --- geographic information system (GIS) --- harvesting residues --- energy metrics --- PHAs --- bio-based polymers --- biodegradable plastics --- pyrolysis --- volatile fatty acids --- phase change materials --- PCM --- thermal energy storage --- Storage LCA Tool --- Speicher LCA