1st Edition
Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals Implementation and Integration
1. Climate Action and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Gowhar Meraj
2. Environmental Leadership: Insights from India’s Most Valuable Family Firms
Ahmad Mohd Khalid
3. Time to Sound the Alarm: Why May the UN Sustainable Development Goals Not Be Achieved by 2030 in the MENA Region?
Tarek Ben Hassen, Hamid El Bilali, and Abdo Hassoun
4. Urban Heat, District Cooling, and Thermal Storage: G7/G20 Tools to Triple Renewables and Cut Peak Demand in UAE and MENA
Gowhar Meraj
5. The Global Economic Tapestry: Connectedness of ESG, Climate, Geopolitical Risk, and Equity Indices
Yedhu Harikumar, S. Aiswarya, and M. Muthumeenakshi
6. Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Life Expectancy and Youth Death in BRICS Countries: Empirical Evidence Through Pooled Mean Group Approach
Karnati Kiran Kumar, Naveen Kumar and P. Raja Lingam Goud
7. The Corporate Sector’s Contribution to Achieving SDGs and Climate Action Goals
Pankaj Singh Rawat
8. Status of Data Reporting and Required Reforms for Effective Monitoring and Verification
Shailendra Singh
9. A Policy Framework for AI-Centric Climate Resilience Action Plans
Tamika Ramkissoon, Abdullah Ali, Deepak Ramsubhag, Letetia Addison, and Patrick Hosein
10. Building Economically Robust, Technologically Advanced, and Environmentally Sustainable Higher Education Institutions: A Glimpse into the Case of a Turkish Private University
Mahfoozur Rahman, Mehmet Akın Bulut, and Adem Yurdunkulu
11. Harmonising Goals of Sustainable Development and Climate Action: The Function of Legal and Policy Frameworks
Siti Hafsyah Idris
12. Aligning Multilateral Coal Transition Initiatives: A Case Study of Indonesia and Vietnam
E. M. Gui, C. Ayas, and M. R. Kresnawan
13. Governance in Climate and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Gulf Council Countries (GCC)—An Overview
Gowhar Meraj
14. Empowering Communities for Climate Action: Lessons from South Africa’s Participatory Sustainability Models
L. Gaegane and V. Molose
15. The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Achieving SDGs and Climate Action
Lone Rafiya Majeed
16. Exploring the Role of Gender and Technology in Shaping Climate Action Strategies
Charlotte Remteng
17. Sustainable Aviation and SDGs in BRICS+ Countries: A Comprehensive Review and Bibliometric Study
Reshma Sucheran
Biography
Dr. Gowhar Meraj is currently working as an invited Postdoctoral Fellow at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). He works in the field of ecosystem services, climate adaptation, SDGs, remote sensing, GIS, hydrology, disaster risk assessment and mitigation, simulation modeling, and spatial analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, specializing in climate change and water research. He has published his works in reputed journals and has presented his research at various international conferences in countries like Thailand, Japan, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. He is a recipient of the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japan, at the University of Tokyo, Young Scientist Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and the BRICS Young Scientist.
Dr. Ahmad Mohd Khalid is a faculty of Economics at Pravin Dalal School of Entrepreneurship and Family Business Management, NMIMS Mumbai. He holds a PhD in Management from IIT Delhi. His research focuses on sustainable development goals, climate change, corporate environmental management and policy issues, in developing countries. He has published his works in reputed journals and has participated in several international conferences in countries such as India, Sri-Lanka, Japan, South-Korea, and USA. He is also a recipient of the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japan in 2021 and received IIT Delhi’s Research Excellence Award in 2019.
