ID: 65765
Title: Modeling the climate of he last Glacial maximum from PM1P1 to PM1P4
Author: Masa Kageyama, A.Abe-Ouchi, T.Obase, G.Ramstein and P.J.Valdes
Editor: Paul J.Valdes, Pascale Braconnot, Katrin J. Meissner and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2022
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Nov. 2021 Vol. 29 (2) 80- 81 (2021)
Subject: Modeling the climate of he last Glacial maximum from PM1P1 to PM1P4
Keywords: Modeling the climate, Last glacial maximum , PMIP1 to PMIP4
Abstract: The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, ~21,000 years ago), a period during which the global ice volume was a t a maximum and global eustatic sea level at a minimum, inspired some of the first simulations of past atmospheric circulation and climates 9Gates 1976; Manabe and Broccoli 1985a; Manabe and Broccoli 1985b; Kutzbach and Wright 1985).Because of the extreme conditions during this period, the LGM was documented quite early, notably through the CLIMAP project (e.g CLIMAP Project Members 1981.).
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Literature cited 1: Abe-Ouchi A et al. (2015).Geophys Model Dev8:3621-3637.
Argus DF et al. (2014).Geophys J Int 198:537-563.
Literature cited 2: Peltier WR et al. (2015) J Geophys Res Solid Earth 120: 450-487.
Gates WL (1976) Science 191:1138-1144.
ID: 65764
Title: Paleoclimatic data synthese from the terrestrial realm: History and prospects
Author: Patrick J. Bartlein and Thompson Webb III
Editor: Paul J.Valdes, Pascale Braconnot, Katrin J. Meissner and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2022
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Nov. 2021 Vol. 29 (2) 70- 71 (2021)
Subject: Paleoclimatic data synthese from the terrestrial realm: History and prospects
Keywords: Paleoclimatic data synthese,terrestrial realm, history and prospects
Abstract: One of the basic tasks of PMIP ( and its predecessor studies) is the comparison of climate-model simulations with paleoenvironmental observations. This is motivated by the dual objectives of using the observations to "benchmark" or test the models, and using the physically based models to provide mechanistic explanations for he observed patterns in the data ( Braconnot et al 2012); Harrison et al 29015).These objectives have it turn motivated by the synthesis of paleoenvironmental data from both terrestrial and marine sources and their interpretation. Here we review some of the past terrestrial syntheses, and their evolution over time.
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Literature cited 1: Bernado JC, Webb T iii (1977) Quat Res. 8: 64-96.
Braconnot p et al. (2012) Nat Clim Change 2: 417-424.
Literature cited 2: Cleator SF et al. (2020). Clim Past 16: 699-712
Data: doi.org/10.17864/1947.244
ID: 65763
Title: Paleocimate modelling intercomparison project
Author: Paul J.Valdes, P.Braconnot and K.J.Meissner
Editor: Paul J.Valdes, Pascale Braconnot, Katrin J. Meissner and Sarah Eggleston
Year: 2022
Publisher: PAGES
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Past Global Changes Nov. 2021 Vol. 29 (2) 63- 63 (2021)
Subject: Paleocimate modelling intercomparison project
Keywords: Paleocimate modelling intercomparison project
Abstract: Thirty years is a long time in science. New data leads to revisions of old theories, and new theories challenge interpretations. Thirty years is a particularly long time in climate research, with huge advances in our understanding and ability to predict climate change and its impacts. Throughout this time, the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) has been at the forefront of testing the latest generation of climate and Earth system models against paleoclimate data, acting as an important conduit between the paleodata community and the climate modelers involved in future projections.t has also acted as an important motivator of paleo database development, which is so essential for rigorous model-data comparisons.
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ID: 65762
Title: Assessing BIM Value Impact
Author: Titas Roy
Editor: Sanjay Kumar
Year: 2022
Publisher: Sanjay Kumar
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Geospatial Artha Vol. 1 (3) Sep-Oct 2022 page No. 30-33 (22)
Subject: Assessing BIM Value Impact
Keywords: BIM Value Impact
Abstract: By 2025, India is expected to be world's third largest construction market. It stands at the cusp of immense transformation spurred by infrastructural developments. The government plans to invest US $ 1.4 trillion on infrastructure projects to ensure sustainable development through the National infrastructure pipeline (nip) till 2023.
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ID: 65761
Title: Evolving role of geospatial information in AEC
Author: Prof. Arup Dasgupta
Editor: Sanjay Kumar
Year: 2022
Publisher: Sanjay Kumar
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Geospatial Artha Vol. 1 (3) Sep-Oct 2022 page No. 22-27 (22)
Subject: Evolving role of geospatial information in AEC
Keywords: Geospatial information, AEC
Abstract: The abbreviation AEC which stands for Architecture, engineering and construction applies to human-made environments like habitations and infrastructure such as roads, railways, airports, dams, parks, gardens, etc. AEC requires information for planning, design, implementation and management. This information can be graphical like engineering like engineering drawings, site maps and alpha numeric like bills of mate-rial, cost and project schedules.
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ID: 65760
Title: BIM and digital twin dynamism reinventing India's infrastructure.
Author: Ananya Narain
Editor: Sanjay Kumar
Year: 2022
Publisher: Sanjay Kumar
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Geospatial Artha Vol. 1 (3) Sep-Oct 2022 page No. 12-18 (22)
Subject: BIM and digital twin dynamism reinventing India's infrastructure.
Keywords: BIM, digital twin dynamism, reinventing India's infrastructure.
Abstract: Infrastructure is a core component of India's vision to be a five trillion-dollar economy as well as an illustration of its national ambition and growth trajectory. The sector is a t an infection point of creating economic prosperity, with drastically increased investments in recent years.
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ID: 65759
Title: Reimaging urban planning
Author: Prof. Arup Dasgupta
Editor: Sanjay Kumar
Year: 2022
Publisher: Sanjay Kumar
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Geospatial Artha Vol. 1 (3) Sep-Oct 2022 page No. 4-4 (22)
Subject: Reimaging urban planning
Keywords: Urban Planning
Abstract: The recent rains in Bangalore and the havoc wreaked have brought to the fore a few issues. The first is that India is totally unprepared for Climate change. The second is that the local administration has no clue about the features of natural topography that controls drainage and provides rainwater storage. It has failed to protect these natural features and control urbanisation by creating safe building zones with proper provision of utilities like electric power, potable water and wastewater management. The third is the rampant industrialization of cities like Bangalore and the resultant population explosion, leading to a building boom that ignores these natural features.
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ID: 65758
Title: Lighthouse Initiatives for Decentralised Urban Water Management
Author: Vasco Schelbert Anant Mitra, Christian Binz, Christoph Lüthi
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 38-39 (2022)
Subject: Lighthouse Initiatives for Decentralised Urban Water Management
Keywords: None
Abstract: Increases in urban population density, climate change and the
ensuing competition for scarce water resources all expose the
inherent limits of conventional, centralised water and sanitation
infrastructure. It is increasingly acknowledged that resource-oriented
decentralised urban
water
management
systems
(DUWMS)
will
play
a key
role in enabling sustainability
transitions in the water
and
sanitation
sector.
DUWMS close loops, recover
valuable
resources,
produce marketable
products,
reduce
the energy
and
water
demands of wastewater
treatment systems
and can quickly
be
adapted to changing
conditions, such
as population size.
Despite
increasing
evidence
of the potential benefits of DUWMS in improving
the flexibility,
resilience and sustainability
of water
and sanitation
infrastructure,
only a few
cities worldwide
have
successfully
implemented
them at scale. We
call these successful examples
“lighthouse
initiatives”
(LHs). Systematic
evidence
of the key
factors
that make
LHs a success and how
they
can best be implemented
in cities in developed
and emerging economies is lacking.
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ID: 65757
Title: Five Years of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation
Author: Abishek S Narayan Christoph Lüthi
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 32-33 (2022)
Subject: Five Years of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation
Keywords: None
Abstract: The acknowledgement of the global sanitation challenge and the
need for a radical shift in urban sanitation practices led to the launch
of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation as a call to action at the Stockholm
World Water Week in 2017 by key sector players. Since then,
CWIS has gained significant acceptance in the sanitation sector and
has developed into a unified concept for collaboration to achieve the
SDGs. Currently, several urban sanitation projects are mainstreaming
the CWIS approach
globally.
Academic
research
and training,
and
the development
of tools and guidelines are helping to scale
CWIS
implementation.
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Literature cited 1: Citywide inclusive sanitation: A call to action (BMGF, Emory
University, Plan International, University of Leeds, WaterAid,
and World Bank, 2017).
Schrecongost A. et al., ‘Citywide Inclusive Sanitation: A Public
Service Approach for Reaching the Urban Sanitation SDGs’,
Front. Environ. Sci., 8/19 (2020), 1 – 8.
Literature cited 2: Gambrill M. et al., ‘Citywide Inclusive Sanitation – Business
as Unusual: Shifting the Paradigm by Shifting Minds’, Front.
Environ. Sci., 7201 (2020), 1 – 10.
What Is Citywide Inclusive Sanitation and Why Is It Needed?
Guidance Note (ADB, 2021
ID: 65756
Title: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Savings from Container-based Sanitation
Author: Nienke Andriessen,Daniela Seitz , Raluca Anisie , Mona Mijthab , Linda Strande
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 22-32 (2022)
Subject: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Savings from Container-based Sanitation
Keywords: None
Abstract: Container-based sanitation (CBS) is a sanitation solution where human
excreta
is collected in sealable, removable
containers,
which
are
then collected on a regular basis by
a service
provider,
who safely
treats the excreta
for
end use or disposal. CBS provides
safe
sanitation
if the entire service
chain
is managed adequately.
Currently,
there
are nine CBS service
providers
worldwide,
who are members
of
the
umbrella
organisation:
the
Container
Based
Sanitation
Alliance
(CBSA).
Because
excreta
is only briefly stored in the containers
and then processed into reusable products, CBS systems
could
avoid
the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are associated with
other
common onsite sanitation
technologies
. Reporting
such
GHG
savings
on
the
carbon
market
could
generate
revenue
from
selling
carbon credits.
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Literature cited 1: Johnson J. et al., ‘Whole-system analysis reveals high
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greenhouse-gas emissions from citywide sanitation in
Kampala, Uganda’, Communications Earth & Environment,
3/1, (2022) 80.
Seitz D., ‘A Methodological Approach to the Assessment of
the Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of Container-Based
Sanitation Systems’, MSc Thesis (ETH Zurich, 2021).
Literature cited 2: Trondsen L. et al., ‘Calculating the Climate Change Mitigation
Potential of Container-based Sanitation Systems’, UNC Poster
Presentation (Container Based Sanitation Alliance 2019).
ID: 65755
Title: Open Datasets of Faecal Sludge Characteristics
Author: BJ Ward,Stanley Sam,Linda Strande Nienke Andriessen
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 21-21 (2022)
Subject: Open Datasets of Faecal Sludge Characteristics
Keywords: None
Abstract: Historically, information on the characteristics of faecal sludge has
been difficult to access or simply lacking. Faecal sludge characterisation
campaigns are resource intensive
and expensive.
Generating
quality
data
requires infrastructure,
experienced
technical
staff,
and
standard
methods,
which
are
only
recently
being
developed
for
faecal
sludge. The
Management of Excreta
Wastewater
and Sludge
(MEWS)
research
group
is
contributing
to
filling
this
information
gap
by
sharing open
data.
MEWS
has
produced
extensive
characterisation
of 850 faecal
sludge samples from Uganda, Vietnam,
Zambia,
India, Senegal, and Tanzania,
with an additional 212
characterisation
samples to be released next
year.
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Literature cited 1: Englund M. et al., ‘Modelling quantities and qualities (Q&Q)
of f
aecal sludge in Hanoi, Vietnam and Kampala, Uganda for
improved management solutions’, Journal of Environmental
Management, 261, (2020) 110202.
Literature cited 2: Strande L. et al., ’Estimating quantities and qualities (Q&Q)
of f
aecal sludge at community to city-wide scales‘, in
Velkushanova K. et al. (eds), Methods for Faecal Sludge
Analysis. (IWA Publishing, 2021), 115
–
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ID: 65754
Title: A Technology Evaluation Tool for Effective Organic Waste Recovery
Author: Dorian Tosi Robinson, Adeline Mertenat, Christian Zurbrügg
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 17-17(2022)
Subject: A Technology Evaluation Tool for Effective Organic Waste Recovery
Keywords: None
Abstract: Numerous options exist to treat organic waste – the highest share
of waste produced in low- and middle-income settings. From our
experience, a decision on which technology to use is often made
without evaluating the specific local context and knowing the full
spectrum of technology options. To overcome this knowledge gap
and support practitioners in making technology decisions, MSWM
developed the SOWATT – Selecting Organic Waste Treatment Technologies
decision support manual. SOWATT
helps in the identification
of the technical,
economic, and social parameters that
influence
the performance
of treatment technologies,
and assists
in
making comparisons and rankings among treatment options for
a
given
location.
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Literature cited 1: Kaza S. et al., What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid
Waste Management to 2050 (Washington, DC, World Bank,
2018).
Literature cited 2: Zabaleta I. et al., Selecting Organic Waste Treatment
Technologies: SOWATT (Eawag, Switzerland, 2020).
ID: 65753
Title: Food Waste Recycling at Household Level with Black Soldier Fly Larvae
Author: Saleha Mahmood Background sandec news 23 / 2022 , Christian Zurbrügg
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 16-16 (2022)
Subject: Food Waste Recycling at Household Level with Black Soldier Fly Larvae
Keywords: None
Abstract: Food waste is the largest fraction of municipal household waste in
Pakistan. Whereas other waste types are scavenged and recycled
by the informal sector, food waste is currently not perceived as having
sufficient
economic value
to warrant
segregation. Therefore,
it
generally
ends up in the waste
bin, mixed
with other low
value
materials,
and is either disposed of indiscriminately in open spaces or
at
disposal sites, causing serious environmental
and health threats.
The
heterogeneous nutritious
nature
of household food
waste
makes
it an ideal feeding
substrate for
the growth
of Black
Soldier
Fly
Larvae
(BSFL). Recycling
food
waste
at household level
with
BSFL,
thereby
generating valuable
products, such
as protein rich
animal
feed
and soil conditioner,
can provide
a promising incentive
to
segregate food
waste
at source, relieve
the burden on waste
collection
services
by
diverting
organics from disposal sites and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
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Literature cited 1: Diener S. et al., Opportunities and constraints for
medium-scale organic waste treatment with fly larvae
composting, (15
the
International Waste Management and
Landfill Symposium, 2015).
Literature cited 2: Mahmood S., ‘Sustainable Waste Management at
Household Level with Black Soldier Fly Larvae
(Hermetia illucens)’, Sustainability, 13/17, (2021) 9722.
ID: 65752
Title: Waste Flow Diagram: Identifying Waste Management System Leakages
Author: Christian Zurbrügg, Dorian Tosi Robinson, representing the WFD project team
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 14-15 (2022)
Subject: Waste Flow Diagram: Identifying Waste Management System Leakages
Keywords: None
Abstract: Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a global challenge,
particularly impacting low- and middle-income countries, as recognised by its inclusion in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 11 “Sustainable cities and communities”).
Indicator 11.6.1 aims to monitor the “proportion of municipal solid
waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal solid waste generated by cities”. Mismanaged waste has severe impacts both on human health and the environment, with one
rapidly emerging problem being plastic pollution.
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Literature cited 1: WaCT Tool: https://unhabitat.org/wwc-tool
WFD user manual:
https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/751/
Literature cited 2: ] WFD online tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_jLS2lMpqc and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCu6YaUANbY
ID: 65751
Title: South-South Knowledge Exchange for Plastic & Biomedical Waste Management
Author: Adeline Mertenat, Pia Hollenbach, Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Jayanthi TA, Babu Ambat, Damitha Samarakoon, René Véron, Christian Zurbrügg
Editor: Paul Donahule and Christoph Luthi, Eawag
Year: 2022
Publisher: Eawag, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Sandec news, Issue No.23 9/22 13-13 (2022)
Subject: South-South Knowledge Exchange for Plastic & Biomedical Waste Management
Keywords: None
Abstract: The Transformation Accelerating Grant (TAG) project entitled “Participatory Training 4 Sustainable Waste Governance: South-South Knowledge Transfer Program” is a one-year project that started in June 2021,
funded by the SNSF Research for Development (r4d) programme1.
This project grew out of an ongoing R4D project that started in November 2018 focusing on learning from post-crisis municipal solid waste
governance initiatives in South Asia2. The overarching objective of the
TAG project was to transfer and adapt successful waste technologies
and governance practices from Kerala, India, to the sociocultural and
political contexts in Nepal and Sri Lanka, using co-creation of knowledge, capacity building and local stakeholder involvement. As part of
the team, Sandec supported the knowledge exchange by providing
technical know-how and assisted coordination of the activities.
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