Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals in Environmental Quality Management

Abstract

Providing better standard of living for everyone is the ultimate and implicit goal that drives us to make advances in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. However, this pursuit along with population growth, urbanization, and climate change produce adverse effects on the environment. My intention in this editorial is not to explore the interrelationships among the above but to discuss the deterioration caused by them in all the environments, namely air, water, and soil, which then affects the earth's biosphere.If we consider the water environment, shrinking water reserves, and impairment of water force us to think about integrated water management through monitoring, innovating, and applying appropriate and advanced technologies and developing novel system designs to restore and sustain the freshwater reserves, which are essential for better

Greenhouse gas emissions and poverty alleviation nexus in the Economic Commission of West African States

“…The Johannesburg sustainable development declaration unveils that the unpleasant impacts of climate change are observable, natural disasters are recurrent and distressing vulnerable developing nations. While climate change is a global challenge, the negative effects are severe on poor counties’ population (Charles et al., 2019; Jegatheesan, 2021). The poor populace is vulnerable due to high natural resources dependence and limited climate variability coping capacity.…”