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Local and Global Environmental Sustainability

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Affordable and Clean Energy

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Economic Development; Environmental Sustainability; Global; Local; Renewable Energy; Sustainable Environment

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Environmental Sustainability:

Environmental sustainability is defined as a cooperative relationship with the environment to prevent loss or destruction of natural resources and ensure long-term environmental quality. The practice of environmental sustainability helps to ensure that today’s population needs are met without jeopardizing future generations’ ability to meet their needs. Thus, environmental sustainability means avoiding ecosystems becoming irreparably damaged and protect health of ecosystems; avoiding excess pollution and prevent the consequences of man-made global warming as it causes damage to health and the earth’s atmosphere; limiting consumption of nonrenewable energy resources and diversifying uses of energy to renewable energy sources; and to make economic decisions based on long-term consequences (i.e., focusing on implications for future...

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  1. Department of Economics, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

    Md Nazmus Sadekin

  2. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Md Muhibbullah

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

    Md. Mahmudul Alam Ph.D.

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Md Nazmus Sadekin, Md Muhibbullah (2020). Local and Global Environmental Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_46-1

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