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Tackling Climate Change through Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: Promoting SDG 17 to Combat Climate Change
Poster Session Elena Bulmer
Sustainable Development Goal 17 (SDG 17) aims to build global partnerships for development. It makes specific reference to multi-stakeholder collaboration between all sectors of society. While the first sixteen SDGs are dedicated to concrete actions, SDG 17 Partnerships for Development coordinates and facilitates the implementation of the other goals. SDG 17 promotes the “right way” of collaboration between different actors, through the formation of multi-stakeholder partnerships, which are essential to foster sustainable development. Although SDG 17 has it multiple advantage, it also does have its limitations such as the generation of a lessons learned repository to learn how multi-partnerships can become more effective to promote the rest of the SDGs, and that at the moment SDG 17 seems to presently still be more inclined towards the achievement of the economic pillar of sustainability. We analysed two case studies located in the southern western part of France, where it is possible to observe how multi-stakeholder partnerships are important in implementing wind farm development projects, and how the latter can bring about different outcomes; in one instance, the project was rejected as was the case in Liglet, however went forward in the communes of Thollet-Coulonges.
Reflecting on Sustainable Design as a “Home Solution” from Developing Countries while Exploring the American Culture of Single-use Plastics View Digital Media
Poster Session Marjan Khatibi, Shaza Jendi, Samira Shiridevich
This study examines how the future of packaging design will be shaped by sustainability, analyzing perspectives from the Middle East, where the researchers originate. With growing ecological awareness worldwide, multi-dimensional sustainability features are redefining packaging’s evolution. Eco-materials, innovative production, reuse, waste reduction, and repurposing are uncommon techniques that emerge from communities’ efforts against plastic pollution in the researchers’ home countries. The study advocates community-driven educational projects as the foundation for sustainability, emphasizing packaging’s ecological recalibration based on resource-consciousness and ground-up promotion. The dynamic role of emerging technologies is also interrogated regarding transforming the packaging ecosystem sustainably. Optimizing material use and production processes proposes a symbiotic relationship between innovation and sustainability. The study supports individual design solutions that balance ecology and society by examining sustainability’s social and cultural foundations and incorporating diverse viewpoints. Ultimately, a roadmap that combines conventional methods rooted in local cultural wisdom with cutting-edge approaches is proposed. This matches design to the changing technological landscape while upholding sustainability. The result provides equitable packaging design strategies that acknowledge cross-cultural limitations. By thoroughly analyzing sustainability from multiple lenses, this study strengthens the appeal for sustainable packaging based on collective well-being rather than just profits.
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Participation in the Separate Collection of Used Cooking Oil in Japan View Digital Media
Poster Session Hyunyoung Lee, Yuka Sakamoto, Yasuyo Yoshizawa
Used cooking oil (UCO) has long been recycled as an additive to soaps, paints, and animal feed. In recent years, recycling of UCO into biodiesel has been gaining attention around the world. Recycling UCO into biodiesel has great significance from the perspective of not only reducing waste, but also curbing the use of fossil fuel. In Japan, approximately 95% of the amount of UCO collected from commercial facilities is recycled, On the other hand, households generate about 100,000 tons of UCO, of which less than 10% is collected and 90% is disposed of, thus the separate collection and recycling of UCO from households is urgently needed in Japan. To increase the number of people who participate in the separate collection of UCO, it is essential to identify factors that influence current participation in the collection of UCO. This study analyzed the impact of different collection program, awareness of collection programs, and awareness of post-collection recycling uses on participation in the separate collection of UCOs among 4.160 households that fry their own food at home. Through this study, the following policy suggestions were obtained to improve the collection rate of UCO: (1) increase awareness of the separate collection of UCO, (2) inform the public about the use of the collected UCO, and (3) collect the waste cooking oil at the same location as combustible waste.
The Behavioral Economics of Climate Change: Nudging Towards Net-zero View Digital Media
Poster Session Maria Alexandra Craciun, Elena Chita, Ioana-Silvia Dumitrescu-Popa
This paper delves into how environmental policies are shaped, with a specific focus on Behavioral Economics, and its profound impact designing and implementing them, especially in the context of climate change and energy regulation. The core premise is to highlight how understanding and influencing human behavior can lead to more effective and sustainable solutions for combating climate change. Economics, encompassing productive, commercial, and service-oriented activities aimed at consumer satisfaction, provides a rich landscape for multidisciplinary exploration. Behavioral Economics, which examines consumer decision-making through the lens of human behavior, has emerged as a key driver in shaping public policies over the past four decades, including those pertaining to energy. Given the paramount importance of behavioral change in addressing environmental degradation and climate change, this paper seeks to demonstrate how Behavioral Economics has been integrated into the development of environmental policies, offering valuable insights and practical approaches. This investigation underscores the significance of Behavioral Economics in effecting profound change in human behavior patterns, enabling the formulation of policies that are both impactful and sustainable. As society confronts one of its most pressing challenges, the knowledge derived from this research may serve as a foundation for strategies that pave the way toward a greener and more environmentally resilient future. The paper critically examines existing research, providing a comprehensive overview of the field and its application in environmental policy development.
Sustaining Commercial Aviation by Mitigating Pilot Fatigue View Digital Media
Poster Session Tyler Spence, Rachel Siegel
The aviation industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has struggled to keep up with intense public demand for passenger travel. This demand is further exacerbated by the ongoing pilot shortage. To meet the needs of an increasingly connected global population, pilots are expected to work long duty days in a time-critical, high-stress environment. With a workforce operating at or near maximum regulatory on-duty limits, pressures to keep up with the demands of increased passenger travel reinforce motivations to fly fatigued. Without considering the need for current workforce optimization strategies, a cycle of fatigue-related impaired decision making will lead to mistakes with potentially fatal consequences. Most recent efforts focus on how to resolve the pilot shortage; however, little has been done to examine impacts of current workforce expectations within aviation organizations and the resulting safety trends. Thus, research is needed to explore how the present-day pilot workforce could be optimized in the interest of safety while the shortage continues. This study explores the relationship between current regulatory maximums/duty day limitations within different sectors of the aviation industry and previous fatigue-specific aviation accidents and incidents in the United States since 2008. By analyzing pilot performance in relation to contributing accident factors, we investigate emerging links between accident pilots operating at or beyond regulatory maximums, systemic performance expectations in the aviation workforce, and the future ramifications for pilot workforce sustainability.
Belize Food Security: Influence of the Institutional Strength of Agricultural Actors in the Year 2023 View Digital Media
Poster Session Carlos Itza
The issue of food security is critical worldwide, and Belize is no different. Thus, logically speaking, food security is not just a question of production but also the institutional strength of agricultural actors. This study examines how the institutional strength of these actors has affected food security in Belize this year. Institutional strength here is assessed by the ability of agricultural actors 'organizations and institutions to build up policy implementation might, resource management capability, and farmers' mobilization capacity. This also refers to how organizations can respond to technological, economic, and climatic developments. Agricultural institutional strength has been an essential factor in maintaining food security even as far away from home as Belize. The key factors in food security are access to and safety of food. Is the production level adequate, does it fluctuate too much, is distribution sufficient? However, the institutional strength of agricultural actors has been important in this process. It is 2023, and the institutional strength of agricultural actors in Belize has affected food security. These include such things as encouraging sustainable methods of farming, optimizing the use of resources, and fostering agricultural technology transfer. Finally, the institutional strength of actors within agriculture has played an important role in Belize's food security this year. In an age of climate change and rising food demand, it looks as though we will need to build up our institutions of agriculture even more if we are all ever going to get any dinner.
