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Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals showcases the roles that STI solutions can play in meeting on-the-ground socio-economic and environmental challenges among domestic and international organizations concerned with the SDGs in three overlapping areas: agriculture, health, and environment/energy.
List of contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by Olusegun Obasanjo
- Foreword by Mahmoud Mohieldin
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. What Can Science, Technology, and Innovation Offer in the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals?
- Ademola A. Adenle, Marian R. Chertow, Ellen H.M. Moors, and David J. Pannell
- THEME I: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
- 2. Learning to Innovate: The Global Institutions for Biodiversity Innovation in the Sustainable Development Goals
- Casey Stevens
- 3. Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development Goal 7
- Govinda Timilsina and Kalim U. Shah
- 4. Linking Solar Energy Systems to Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Recent Findings from Kenya and South Africa
- Ademola A. Adenle
- 5. Comparing Renewable Energy Micro- Grids in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos: A Technological Innovation Systems Approach
- Tobias S. Schmidt, Nicola U. Blum, and Catharina R. Bening
- 6. Fostering Sustainable Development Goals Through an Integrated Approach: Phasing in Green Energy Technologies in India and China
- René Kemp, Babette Never, and Serdar Türkeli
- 7. Financing Environmental Science and Technological Innovation to Meet Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil
- Mariana Machado and Carlos Eduardo F. Young
- 8. The Systems Science of Industrial Ecology: Tools and Strategies Toward Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
- Marian R. Chertow, Koichi S. Kanaoka, T. Reed Miller, Peter Berrill, Paul Wolfram, Niko Heeren, and Tomer Fishman
- 9. Automated Vehicles and Sustainable Cities: A Realistic Outlook to 2030
- Rui Wang and Christopher Oster
- 10. The Role of Technology and Rebound Effects in the Success of the Sustainable Development Goals Framework
- David Font Vivanco and Tamar Makov
- THEME II: HEALTH
- 11. Vaccine Innovation and Global Sustainability: Governance Challenges for Sustainable Development Goals
- Cristina Possas, Reinaldo M. Martins, and Akira Homma
- 12. The Role of Development- Focused Health Technology Assessment in Optimizing Science, Technology, and Innovation to Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3
- Janet Bouttell, Eleanor Grieve, and Neil Hawkins
- 13. Anti- Malarial Drug Development and Diffusion in an Era of Multidrug Resistance: How Can an Integrated Health Framework Contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 3?
- Freek de Haan and Ellen H.M. Moors
- 14. Digital Health: How Can It Facilitate Progress on Meeting Sustainable Development Goals in China?
- Simon K. Poon, Yiren Liu, Ruihua Guo, and Mu Li
- 15. Responsive and Responsible Science, Technology, and Innovation for Global Health
- Nora Engel, Agnes Meershoek, and Anja Krumeich
- 16. A Systemic Perspective on the Global Sanitation Challenge: Insights from Sociotechnical Dynamics in Nairobi's Informal Settlements
- Mara J. van Welie and Bernhard Truffer
- 17. The Role of Animal- Source Foods in Sustainable, Ethical, and Optimal Human Diets
- Julia de Bruyn, Brigitte Bagnol, Hilary H. Chan, Delia Grace, Marisa E. V. Mitchell, Michael J. Nunn, Kate Wingett, Johanna T. Wong, and Robyn G. Alders
- THEME III: AGRICULTURE
- 18. Optimal Nitrogen Management for Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 2
- Kshama Harpankar
- 19. Adoption of Integrated Crop Management Technology for Poverty Reduction and Food Security: The Case of Smallholder Rice Production in Timor Leste
- Maria Fay Rola- Rubzen, Renato Villano, Marcolino Estevão Fernandes E. Brito, J. Brian Hardaker, and John Dixon
- 20. Two Decades of GMOs: How Modern Agricultural Biotechnology Can Help Meet Sustainable Development Goals
- Ademola A. Adenle, Hans De Steur, Kathleen Hefferon, and Justus Wesseler
- 21. Farmer-Prioritized Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies: Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in East Africa
- Caroline Mwongera, Chris M. Mwungu, Mercy Lungaho, and Steve Twomlow
- 22. Toward Sustainable Agri- Food Systems in Brazil: The Soybean Production Complex as a Case Study
- Cecilia G. Flocco
- 23. Transformation Governance for Sustainable Development: Making Science, Technology, and Innovation Work for Small- Scale Fisheries
- Karin Wedig
- 24. Value Network Analysis for (Re)Organizing Business Models Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of the Agricultural Commodity Exchange in Malawi
- Domenico Dentoni, Laurens Klerkx, and Felix Krussmann
- 25. Making Scale Work for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Responsible Scaling of Agricultural Innovations
- Seerp Wigboldus, Laurens Klerkx, and Cees Leeuwis
- CONCLUSION
- 26. Conclusions and Future Policies for Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
- Ademola A. Adenle, Marian R. Chertow, Ellen H.M. Moors, and David J. Pannell
- Index
About the author
Ademola A. Adenle is the founder of the Africa Sustainability Innovation Academy and was a research fellow and principal investigator at the United Nations University Headquarters, Japan. He specializes in science and technology policy in addressing sustainable development challenges including climate change, food security, energy, health, sustainable agriculture, and biodiversity conservation.
Marian R. Chertow is Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management at the Yale University School of the Environment. Her research and teaching focus on industrial ecology, circular economy, business/environment issues, and reuse of waste and materials.
Ellen H.M. Moors is Professor of Innovation and Sustainability at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht University. Her research focuses on the dynamics and governance of technological innovations in health- and food-related sectors in which emergent technology development occurs.
David J. Pannell
is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. His research includes the economics of agricultural research and innovation, farmers' adoption of new technologies and innovations, economics of land and water conservation, and environmental policy.
Summary
Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals showcases the roles that STI solutions can play in meeting on-the-ground socio-economic and environmental challenges among domestic and international organizations concerned with the SDGs in three overlapping areas: agriculture, health, and environment/energy.
