Higher education’s dual role in the AI economy: Balancing foundational learning and micro-credential innovation
The global rise of micro-credentials presents an agile solution for targeted technical upskilling, yet most artificial intelligence (AI)-related micro-credentials are offered by private sector organizations and emphasize technical skills. International bodies like the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Commission have created frameworks emphasizing the critical importance of AI literacy for primary […]
Quantifying sustainability and resilience in food systems: a systematic analysis for evaluating the convergence of current methodologies and metrics
The global food system faces multiple challenges including growing demand, climate change, conflicts, economic shocks, pandemics, and disasters. Food systems aim to provide healthy and nutritious food for all, while minimizing environmental impacts, ensuring social equity and economic viability, and enhancing resilience to shocks and stresses. The fragility of the global food system has been […]
The Exposome and Cardiovascular Health: Webcast December 12 2024
This 61-minute webcast features a conversation about “The Exposome and Cardiovascular Health”—the focus of Issue 20.5. Led by the issue’s editors, the discussion engages the authors on emerging themes and lessons learned while researching and writing the articles. View the video at https://vimeo.com/1027348229 You can find the full article here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11697851/
Challenges and future actions on water‐economy‐ecology‐societynexus under changing environment
View full journal article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rvr2.111
Food for Thought: Nourishing Cardiovascular Health Amidst the Exposome
The cumulative exposures of an individual during their lifetime, known as the exposome, encompass environmental exposures and lifestyle factors that significantly impact cardiovascular health. The exposome concept aims to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how various exposures combine to influence disease risk and health outcomes over a lifetime. Diet is a well-studied aspect of […]
Mapping affordable and transferrable climate-smart technologies for smallholder farmers
In response to the pressing need for innovative solutions to address food security challenges, a tripartite cooperation agreement between FAO’s Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), initiated a comprehensive “Mapping exercise of affordable and transferrable food security related technologies.” […]
Predictive simulation of the water-energy-food nexus for the City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town (CoCT), South Africa faced a critical situation between 2015 and 2018 in which the municipal water supply was almost completely exhausted. This situation, commonly referred to as Day Zero in South Africa emanated from a decline in rainfall, resulting in one of the most severe droughts in history. The crisis was also aggravated by […]
The role of innovation and digitalization in the sustainable use of natural resources to accelerate the implementation of climate-resilient and low-emission pathways in agrifood systems – ERC/24/2
The natural resources that contribute to global agrifood systems are at risk of depletion and degradation. By 2050, the agriculture sector will need to produce 56 percent more food compared to 2010 to feed a growing global population,1,2 while crop yield could decrease by up to 30 percent.3,4 Land degradation, desertification, drought and land abandonment […]
From Agricultural Waste to Energy: Assessing the Bioenergy Potential of South-Central Texas
This paper addresses the challenge of meeting increasing energy needs by assessing the potential of bioenergy as a sustainable resource option in South Central Texas. Available agricultural crop residues suitable for bioenergy production are evaluated from the 21 counties in South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Area (Region L). The residues produced and available for […]
A Systems Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction: Exploring the Nexus of Energy, Food, and Human Mobility in the Northern Countries of Central America
Globally, disasters and their impacts have been characterized by increasing frequency and changing patterns. Global warming effects, including climate change, have exacerbated the severity and frequency of hydrometeorological and oceanographic, and other risk factors or drivers, such as population growth, urbanization, limited access to resources, inadequate infrastructure, and prevailing structural development conditions, putting additional lives […]