Background Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing,
yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats …

On 3 April 2020, the Director-General of the WHO stated: “[COVID-19] is much more than a
health crisis. We are all aware of the profound social and economic consequences of the …

Smart hydrogels with multistimuli responsiveness have been increasingly exploited as soft
matters for biomedical applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and bioactuators. …

Food trade plays a key role in achieving global food security. With a growing consumer demand
for diverse food products, transportation has emerged as a key link in food supply chains…

Controversy exists regarding the scale of the impacts caused by fast fashion. This article aims
to provide a robust basis for discussion about the geography, the scale and the temporal …

Sustainable development depends on decoupling economic growth from resource use. The
material footprint indicator accounts for environmental pressure related to a country’s final …

Sepsis often leads to multiple organ failure or even death and is a significant health problem
that contributes to a heavy economic burden. The lung is the first organ to be affected by …

The current carbon-based energy system is undergoing a profound change driven by the
increased concerns over the longevity and security of energy supply, as well as energy-related …

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vulnerability of tourism workers, but no detailed
job loss figures are available that links tourism vulnerability with income inequality. This …

Formate can be synthesized electrochemically by CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) or
formaldehyde oxidation reaction (FOR). The CO 2 RR approach suffers from kinetic-sluggish …