Identifying Climate Adjacency for Enhancing Climate Action Using Systems Thinking and Modelling

Sharma, Kabir; Mathur, Mihir

doi:10.3390/systems9040083

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“…We validate the variables and relationships by consulting the key stakeholders, that is, company managers, customers suppliers, think tanks and academicians. This approach is similar to the participatory method (Sharma and Mathur, 2021) of engaging with key stakeholders to incorporate their understanding to represent the reality.…”

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Packaging plastic waste management in the cosmetic industry

Kawdia

Gupta

et al. 2023

MEQ

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore the relationship between the various variables present in the packaging plastic waste management system in the cosmetics industry.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors deal with plastic packaging waste in the cosmetic industry with the help of system dynamics. The model broadly divides the system into six sections – Cosmetic Packaging, Waste Generation, Waste Collected, Waste Sorted, Waste Treated and Waste Dumped. Businesses have been investing in each section depending on their progress and targets. The authors are looking at case studies of two leading cosmetic brands, L'Oréal and L'Occitane en Provence, to validate the industry practices against our model.FindingsFrom a business perspective, using the case study methodology for L'Oréal and L'Occitane, the authors inferred that out of the various investment vehicles available, companies are targeting technological advancement and third-party collaborations as they have the potential to offer the greatest visible change. However, most of these investments are going toward the treatment subsection. Still, there is a scope for improvement in the collection and sorting subsystems, increasing the efficiency of the whole chain.Originality/valueThere has been a lot of research on packaging plastic waste management in the past, but only a few of them focused on the cosmetic industry. This study aims to connect all the possible variables involved in the cosmetic industry’s packaging plastic waste management system and provide a clear output variable for various businesses looking to manage their packaging waste because of their products efficiently.

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Packaging plastic waste management in the cosmetic industry

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Gupta

et al. 2023

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“…Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation worldwide have contributed to the expansion of construction land and the shrinkage of ecological land with ecological regulation functions [1][2][3][4]. This exacerbates global damage to ecosystems [5][6][7][8][9] and causes ecological security concerns [10,11]. Urbanisation is one of the most transformative trends in the 21st century [12].…”

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Using Systems Thinking and Modelling: Ecological Land Utilisation Efficiency in the Yangtze Delta in China

Zhang

Feng

Ren

et al. 2022

Systems

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Ecological land has two definitions: the broad category and the narrow category. This paper studied the narrow category, which refers to the land whose main purpose is to provide ecological services, such as environmental regulation and biological conservation. Ecological land areas are likely to decrease with the development of urbanisation all over the world, which poses potential risks to the environment, society, and public health, and low utilisation efficiency of ecological land will exacerbate this risk. Based on the actual input–output situation of ecological land utilisation, we constructed an index system in the Yangtze Delta to measure the ecological land utilisation efficiency with a Slack-Based Model (SBM) in the data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results revealed that the comprehensive efficiency exhibited an increasing trend from 2012 to 2020, and more high-efficiency cities appeared in the areas closer to Shanghai. Both the technical efficiency and scale efficiency increased over the research period. The technical efficiencies in most cities were efficient and equal to the scale efficiencies. Among the remaining cities, the technical efficiencies and scale efficiencies were inefficient and not synchronous. In addition, we found that the that poor efficiencies of some cities can mainly be attributed to low-technology, an unsuited-scale, or a combination of these. In the future, improvement should be focused on the economical and intensive use of ecological land, technical innovations, and the optimal scale. The present results can provide references for making scientific decisions regarding the efficient utilisation of ecological land in the Yangtze Delta and other similar rapid-urbanization areas.

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Vulnerability of Coastal Communities and Livelihoods Through the Experiences of Developmental Organizations: A Case Study of Kachchh, Gujarat, India

Burman

Katyaini

2022

International Handbook of Disaster Research

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Identifying Climate Adjacency for Enhancing Climate Action Using Systems Thinking and Modelling

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Packaging plastic waste management in the cosmetic industry

Packaging plastic waste management in the cosmetic industry

Using Systems Thinking and Modelling: Ecological Land Utilisation Efficiency in the Yangtze Delta in China

Vulnerability of Coastal Communities and Livelihoods Through the Experiences of Developmental Organizations: A Case Study of Kachchh, Gujarat, India

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