The Anthropocene is a new phase in the development of planet. transformations on Earth System that are already visible terms droughts, heat waves, dying oceans, unbreathable air, wildfires, among other disruptive events increased by impact actions led to definition phase, call for consistent action all fronts human activity. To address effectively climate crisis requires structural changes our ...

This paper provides an overview on Lithuania’s environment and environmental policy. Environmental performance has improved since the mid-2000s. Greenhouse gas emissions declined decoupled from growth over past decade, yet per capita increased. Transport energy are main sources of pollution, followed by agriculture industry. There was much improvement in waste management practices, with a signi...

Over many decades our understanding of the impacts of intermittent drought in water-limited environments like the West African Sahel has been influenced by a narrative of overgrazing and human-induced desertification. The desertification narrative has persisted in both scientific and popular conception, such that recent regional-scale recovery ("regreening") and local success stories (community...

Sustainable IT is the design, production, operation, and disposal of IT and IT-enabled products and services in a manner that is not harmful and may be positively beneficial to the environment during the course of its whole-of-life [1]. Sustainable IT requires the responsible management of resources (both IT and non-IT) encompassing environmental, economic, and social dimensions. The first wave...