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Asia Pacific Academy of Science Pte. Ltd. (APACSCI) specializes in international journal publishing. APACSCI adopts the open access publishing model and provides an important communication bridge for academic groups whose interest fields include engineering, technology, medicine, computer, mathematics, agriculture and forestry, and environment.

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2025

2024

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Synergizing climate action: Integrating renewable energy, and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development

Coordinated actions to protect biodiversity, incorporate renewable energy, and implement climate action are needed for sustainable development to be achieved in the context of global challenges like climate change, ecosystem destruction, and resource depletion. Climate action seeks to reduce the negative impact and strengthen the adaptive capacity of natural and human society. Climate action includes both adaptation and mitigation strategies. The transition to renewable power sources is of utmost importance to climate action because it helps to slow environmental degradation, curtail fossil fuel dependence, and significantly diminish greenhouse gas emissions. The adoption of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and hydropower, is more environmentally friendly than conventional energy sources, but it may also pose potential risks towards biodiversity, so measures should be taken in planning to avoid negative environmental impacts. It is crucial to protect biodiversity around the world because it plays an important role in the delivery of ecosystem services such as soil fertility, pollination, water purification, and the sequestration of carbon that are vital to people’s existence. In addition, strong ecosystems reduce the severity of climate change impacts, such as storms, droughts, and flooding. However, there may be trade-offs when striving for the increase of renewable energy and biodiversity conservation. Renewable energy development should always be complemented with biodiversity protection. This approach preserves the environmentally delicate ecosystems that are crucial to achieving climate action targets. The combination of climate action, renewable energy, and the need for biodiversity makes it possible to reap many benefits. These include stronger ecosystems and better human health, as well as economic growth and job creation. One example of such a nature-based solution is agrovoltaics, which combines solar energy production and farming. Restoring ecosystems, like forests or wetlands, can also greatly enhance carbon sequestration, reduce global warming, and protect endangered wildlife. This strategy aligns with international initiatives such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), specifically SDGs 7, 13, and 15. It serves as a building block towards a more sustainable future. Despite the clear possibilities of synergy, there are still barriers that must be tackled. Policy fragmentation, resource competition, and lack of inter-sector cooperation are some of the challenges that inhibit effective integration. Therefore, equitable governance and the adoption of nature-based techniques are essential.

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Eledon Lim

Asia Pacific Academy of Science Pte. Ltd.

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Prof. Kittisak Jermsittiparsert

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News & Announcements

2025-05-19

Cancellation of Forum on Sustainable Social Development & Computing and Artificial Intelligence

It is with deep regret that we announce the cancellation of the Forum on Sustainable Social Development & Computing and Artificial Intelligence, originally scheduled for June 15, 2025.

2024-04-13

New Editorial Board Member: Dr. Jiabo Yin

We are pleased to invite Dr. Jiabo Yin to join the Editorial Board of the journal Sustainable Social Development (eISSN: 2972-4880). This is the second year that Sustainable Social Development has been published. We are confident that the contribution of Dr. Jiabo Yin to the journal will bring new vigor to the study of sustainable development in earth science-related fields.

2024-03-05

Volume 2 Issue 1, 2024 is live

The full issue of Volume 2, Issue 1, 2024 is now available online at here! We are pleased to invite our editorial board member Prof. Francesca Latino to write an editorial on this issue. We sincerely welcome researchers working on sustainable development research to read this issue and draw inspiration from its findings.

2024-02-22

Research news: A survey of sustainable development of intelligent transportation system based on urban travel demand

In Volume 2, Issue 1 of this journal, we published an article entitled “A survey of sustainable development of intelligent transportation system based on urban travel demand”, which is authored by Hongyu Yan and Zhiqiang Lv from Qingdao University, China.

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