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The article in Forced Migration Magazine addresses the need for an insurance model to finance reparations related to climate displacement. It emphasizes the importance of repairing the damages caused by climate change, especially in vulnerable communities. It is proposed that nation states and fossil fuel companies contribute to an insurance fund to finance reparations, reflecting their responsibility in the increased risk of displacement. [Extracted from the article]

This study examines the current composition of the energy matrix in Colombia, encompassing its legal framework, configuration, impacts, and future projections. This research, based on a systematic literature review, bibliometric analysis, and text mining, reveals that hydroelectric power is the primary source of clean energy. Fossil fuels, although essential for energy availability in the territory, generate the largest carbon footprint, representing a significant environmental challenge. Despite legal efforts and projections towards clean energy, limitations persist in infrastructure, technology, and social acceptance towards energy production projects. The transition to a sustainable energy system requires overcoming these technical, regulatory, and social barriers while integrating legal, environmental, social, and technological aspects into planning to meet the goals of the current matrix's energy transition, which presents a complex landscape that demands comprehensive strategies for a sustainable energy future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Plastics derived from fossil fuels are an important part of modern life and it is the most commonly used material in every industrial sector. The use of plastics is increasing day by day and its degradation has become a great challenge. Moreover, non-degradable plastic polymers tend to accumulate as waste in the environment posing a major ecological threat and climate change issues. Therefore, the identification of microbes that can grow easily on plastic and the novel biological agents with exert degradative potential on plastic material have been reviewd herein. In light of these, the enzymatic process can lead to the conversion of plastic into water, carbon dioxide, and methane as a byproduct. Furthermore, fossil fuels utilized to make plastic items are going to be shortened, therefore scientists are finding novel biobased alternatives. In this regard, starch can be promising biopolymer for bioplastic synthesis after understanding underlysing the biological deterioration process and biotic as well as abiotic mechanisms. Hence, this review specifically presents an extensive evaluation of bioplastic from animal waste that can bring revolutionary changes in the environment to mitigate the climate changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Cities have a high environmental impact on boththe site and the surrounding area due to their energy requirements. In this article, we analyze the implementation of photovoltaic (PV) solar technology as a clean energy self-supply alternative in a mixedresidential sector in the Andean equatorial city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Based on the energy demands of the buildings in the selected area, LiDAR is used to identify rooftops that, due to their geometry, orientation, or location, are suitable for PV panel installation. Real energy consumption data are collected, and using SAM software with local climate data, the self-sufficiency capacity is simulated with the integration of PVs to achieve energy neutrality in each property. The combined electrical generation is determined and it is established that the energy demand can be met by 94.88%, with the installation of 427 PV panels of 335 Wp distributed across 29 properties and with a spatial occupation requirement of 11.95% of the available roofs. It is concluded that the entire electrical demand can be self-supplied through rooftop space, and this could even serve as an alternative to meet other demands such as cooking and transportation that are currently met with fossil fuels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Biodiesel obtained from oil of different sources of biomass is an alternative for reducing fossil fuels used for transportation. Being the larvae of black soldier fly Hermetia illucens researched for increasing their oil content through some factors during the larval stage. This review summarizes the biochemical conditions that have been identified to modify the fatty acid content in Hermetia illucens larvae during their lab rearing for biodiesel production, as well as the different technologies used for oil extraction and transesterification. One of these modifications involves the addition of non-fibrous carbohydrate content in the feed, which also affects the intestinal microbiota, increasing the presence of bacteria such as Dysgonomonas sp., and Bacteroides sp., which participate in the degradation of the food. Furthermore, during the oil extraction the reported yield percentages were 36% using 2-methyltetrahydrofuran as a solvent, and 29.5% using petroleum ether. As for oil transesterification, a conversion of 98% was achieved using methanol as a reagent combined with commercial lipases Eversa® and SMG1 as catalysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The best technological alternative known so far to reduce emissions into the atmosphere of the largest greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, in the short and medium term, is the capture, utilization and geological storage of CO2 (CCUS). This aspect allows the continued use of fossil fuels while moving towards the massive and comprehensive development of renewable energies. Achieving a significant reduction in CO2 emissions requires knowledge of the available CO2 storage capacity. This research shows a methodology for calculating the geological storage capacity in the part of the porous volume previously occupied by hydrocarbons can be occupied by an equivalent volume of CO2 at reservoir pressure and temperature conditions. The proposed calculation methodology (UCCGCO2) has an estimation efficiency between 90 and 98% was determined to the values obtained currently available methodologies, and its use is simpler than these. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cuba has worked on the development of photovoltaic energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The residential sector has embraced the modality of installing solar panels on the roofs of their homes in order to reduce their rates. Unconsumed energy can be sold to the national electrical grid. In the study, through scenario analysis, with the Homer Pro, the approximate time to recover the initial investment and obtain profits was determined by evaluating its technical-economic viability with the objective of recovering the investment in 7 to 8 years. At provide a clear vision of how the study, when considering local conditions and needs, offers specific recommendations on adjusting tariffs to encourage investment in solar energy and highlights its relevance within the Havana context, so that prosumers can recover their investment in solar energy less time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Atmospheric pollution and accelerated environmental deterioration for the increasing use of fossil fuels have directed research in the energy field towards the search for alternative, renewable, efficient and, above all, more environmentally friendly sources. Among the raw materials that are of great interest in the generation of biofuels are lignocellulosic residues, which are currently produced in abundant quantities, either by the simple action of nature or because they are part of the agro-industrial chain of a given region. For this reason in the present work, the biomass of Eucalyptus globulus was evaluated as a low-cost and widely available source for obtaining liquid biofuel, for which a preliminary physical and chemical characterization was carried out, by considering established standard specifications. Thermochemical conversion tests were carried out by pyrolysis in an N2 atmosphere and through the application of a factorial experimental design (22) contemplating the influence of experimental variables such as residence time and temperature, it was possible to obtain at 550 °C and during 20 min of reaction, a bio-oil with a maximum yield of 45,2 % and whose physical and chemical properties are within the range estimated in the literature for biofuels of lignocellulosic origin, such as the calorific value (16,7 MJ/kg). Therefore, the biomass of Eucalyptus globulus can be considered as a raw material with potential to be explored in the generation of energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the concept of "petroculture," which highlights the cultural significance of petroleum beyond its economic value, particularly examining its ties to nationalism and national identity in Mexico from 1914 to 1937. Topics include the development of petroculture within the context of Mexican nationalism, the political policies surrounding petroleum, and the establishment and dissolution of the state-owned petroleum company Petromex.

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In 2021, the Canadian federal government under Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to Canada's beginning to gradually reduce its pollutant emissions until reaching zero in 2050. This means that the country's ten provinces and three territories must autonomously adjust their strategies to achieve the goal in a common exercise established by the central government. In the particular case of the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, the federal mandate is an enormous challenge because its infrastructure, developed since the seventeenth century, has operated to a great extent around the generation of fossil fuel. This article points out the cultural and corporate obstacles, the potentials for alternative energy, and the political strategies that provincial leaders have had to develop to find the most appropriate way to include Nova Scotia in the dynamic that all the other regions have already undertaken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the growing global concern about the high rates of environmental pollution and global warming as a result of human activities, restrictions have begun to be generated for the use of fossil fuels, including coal. Colombia, being a country rich in this mineral resource, needs to evaluate its potential use in other fields and to know in detail the possible environmental implications associated with its chemical composition. Currently, the Colombian Geological Service has been developing various projects aimed at this purpose. This work presents the geological, physicochemical and petrographic characterization of the thermal coals of Norte de Santander, emphasizing the composition of elements of environmental interest. 87 coal samples were taken from mine fronts in the municipalities of Arboledas, Salazar, San Cayetano, Sardinata, Toledo and Tibú in the department of Norte de Santander. The samples were prepared and the following analyzes were carried out: equilibrium humidity, proximate analysis, determination of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, total sulfur, forms of sulfur, calorific value, swelling index (FSI), grinding index (HGI), mercury, major, minor and trace elements and average reflectance of vitrinite. The coal seams, taking into account their classification according to the average reflectance values of the vitrinite, correspond to low and medium range coals that correspond to subbituminous and bituminous, which indicates that they are not coals with high thermal maturity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Solar Photovoltaic Systems (SSFV) are part of the Cuban Government'sdevelopment strategy to diversify the energy matrix by reducing dependence on fossil fuels and introducing environmentally friendly technologies. Its implementation at the residential levelhas been entrusted to the company COPEXTEL. One of the main problems it faces is the current condition of the electrical systems in Cuban residences, most of which do not have grounding or differential protection to protect against leakage currents. Another problem, no less important, is the requirement that the SSFV can be used when there is no connection to the network, which is currently not possible. It is necessary to define the required grounding levels as well as a solution that allows considering an electrical service with high vitality, even when there is no power supply from the conventional electrical grid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Supreme Court Judgment of January 30, 2023 resolves an appeal filed by a commercial company against a judgment issued by the High Court of Justice of Castilla y León. The appeal refers to the exemption of taxes on hydrocarbons for the production of electricity from biogas. The Supreme Court determines that the production of electricity from biogas falls within the framework of promoting renewable energies and, therefore, enjoys direct exemption, while the production of energy from fossil sources may establish exceptions for environmental reasons. [Extracted from the article]

The transition towards a more sustainable energy supply becomes relevant in the face of a critical climate scenario. Since the 1970s, there has been concern among academics, governments and non-governmental organisations about the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The tourism sector is not exempt from these challenges, and for this reason, this paper aims to analyse the situation of tourism in the context of energy transition, in order to identify the challenges for its decarbonisation. In order to achieve this, this exploratory-descriptive study is based on secondary sources of information from specialised literature, statistical and regulatory documents. The results show that academic-scientific studies have gradually increased in recent years, detecting socio-cultural, economic-financial, political-regulatory, technical and environmental challenges that each of the components of the tourism sector must face for a transition to a low-carbon economy. However, it is necessary to deepen the analyses from holistic approaches that critically address energy appropriation in the tourism sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the growing production and storage of urban solid waste, there have been impacts in the environmental, social and economic spheres around the world. For this reason, the theoretical compilation of the energy recovery alternatives present for the waste is carried out, which are established as a possible mitigation of the present problems, in the same way, the use of the waste in the Doña Juana landfill is focused, where it is feasible to generate great benefits such as the gradual substitution of fossil fuels for alternative fuels, reduce damage to the environment and society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article highlights the need for a responsible energy transition in Colombia and the challenges that this implies. It emphasizes the importance of ensuring energy resources for present and future generations, despite the high dependence on fossil fuels. The importance of energy justice in the transition is also mentioned, including distributive, recognition, and procedural justice. The article mentions the Energy Sector Transformation Strategy 2030 Program in Colombia and the project to implement a co-creation and social appropriation laboratory for science, technology, and innovation in Isla Fuerte. The purpose of Project P10 of the Scientific Energy Ecosystem 2030 in Colombia is to achieve a just energy transition that recognizes vulnerable communities as key actors and appropriates scientific developments to generate sustainable well-being. The Colombian government has supported this effort to consolidate a knowledge-based society that respects the diversity and knowledge of the communities involved. [Extracted from the article]

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This study reviews the situation that the world’s cities will face in the coming decades as a consequence of anthropogenic global warming. It is proposed their incorporation into the movement of Transition Towns and, in such a way, become communities resilient to climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The emissions of pollutant gases into the atmosphere from steam generation systems are determined by the type and composition of the fuel. High sulfur fuel oil is responsible for sulfur dioxide emissions. It is necessary to know the impact on air quality of this pollutant from a stationary source, such as a recapping industry, in the sanitary hygienic radius. Objective: To quantify the sulfur dioxide generated in a tire recapping plant by means of emission and immission measurements in the hygienic-sanitary area of the same. Materials and Methods: A methodology was developed that includes the inventory of SO2 emissions as a function of fuel consumption for steam generation, dispersion modeling and immission assessment by low-cost sensor monitoring. Results and Discussion: The results evidence that SO2 in ambient air determined by emission modeling and monitored with low-cost sensors are similar and do not exceed the established limit value. Conclusions: The results of SO2 concentration evaluated with emission and immission measurements, show that it is the recapping industry the main source contributing to the air quality by the effect of this pollutant and in this study it is acceptable. In addition, the similarity of the immission values and the emission modeling justify the feasibility of using low-cost sensors to measure air quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Biomass for energy generation is an attractive alternative to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and their environmental impact. Thus, the geographical location of the production and consumption sites, logistics, as well as the planning of the supply chain are crucial factors for the assessment and implementation of bioenergy projects. Although several studies have addressed these problems separately, there are few papers that integrate all these aspects. This study focuses on the integration of geographic information systems, transport modelling, and transportation costs optimization through the use of a web platform to determine biomass production and consumption sites for energy purposes. Through a case study and the analysis of different supply and demand scenarios, the operation of the optimization module is evaluated. The results allow optimally estimating the distribution of biomass from different supply centers (storage nodes), towards different users (demand nodes), taking the cost of transport as an objective function. The optimal distribution of biomass allows planning its use for different regions of interest at the national level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the Chinese energy security strategy from 2000 to 2020. To do this, it uses the concept of the International Energy Agency, which establishes the need for investments and a stable supply. Through the study of the Five-Year Plans formulated by the Communist Party of China, energy statistics, and reports from international agencies, the authors conclude that although the country plans to increase its endowment of renewable sources, it does not intend to abandon the use of fossil fuels in the next decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]