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How Citizen Enforcement Strengthens Thrivability: A Path to Real Environmental Accountability

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What Is Citizen Enforcement in Sustainability and, better yet, thrivability? Citizen enforcement for environmental sustainability refers to the actions taken by individuals and communities to hold polluters and policymakers accountable. Unlike formal government oversight, it relies on public environmental monitoring and civic responsibility. Therefore, citizen enforcement for environmental sustainability involves people organising to ensure that […]

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Environment, Government, Society
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Emerging Solar Panel Recycling Technologies: Are They Truly Circular?

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The growing problem of solar panel waste Since their commercial introduction in the 1950s, Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have been a hallmark for clean energy innovation. They are systems that convert sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor materials. However, their growing material footprint is now testing the limits of their thrivability. Photovoltaic (PV) cells, typically

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Energy, Environment, Sustainability
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Critical Mineral Strategy: Is It Sustainable?

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Critical minerals are minerals and metals that are essential for the economic growth and national security of a country (IEA, n.d.). Globally, the demand for critical minerals, especially rare metals, has been driven by the production and consumption of highly technical devices for personal, commercial, and industrial uses. Lately, they are an essential raw material

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Energy, Environment, Science, Strategy
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Understanding CO2 Emissions: A Comparative Analysis Across Countries

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What are CO2 emissions and why do they matter Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a trace gas present in Earth’s atmosphere and one of the main greenhouse gases (GHGs) (NASA, 2025). Through absorbing and re-emitting infrared radiation, GHGs help to maintain our planet’s temperature within habitable limits. Keeping CO2 levels within natural limits (the levels of

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Energy, Environment, Science, Sustainability
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November 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar Highlights Featuring Rowan Blizzard and Vivian Dabre

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THRIVE Project is incredibly grateful to Rowan Blizzard and Vivian Dabre for their inspirational presentations during the November 2025 Thrivability Matters Webinar. This webinar focused on THRIVE Project’s November theme – Science & Technology: Energy & Material Flows. Our presenters captivated us as they shared their extensive knowledge regarding this theme, as they discussed how

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THRIVE News

COP30: Falling Short of Sustainability, Far from Thrivability

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What is COP30? COP30 (the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC) is being held from 10–21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. This global summit brings together nearly every country in the world, alongside scientists, civil society, Indigenous representatives, and business leaders, to tackle the increasingly urgent

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Why Carbon Sequestration in Forests must be Conserved

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What Is Carbon Sequestration? Carbon sequestration refers to the decarbonisation technique that captures and stores carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the environment to mitigate climate change. This can occur naturally through forests, soils, and oceans or through technological solutions like carbon capture and storage (CCS) and Direct Air Capture (DAC). During photosynthesis, trees absorb CO₂ from

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Energy, Environment, Science, Sustainability

Natural Disasters Hit Harder and More Often: Jamaica’s Winds & the Philippines’ Floods

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Disasters on opposite sides of the globe In recent weeks, the world has witnessed two stark examples of how natural disasters are not only becoming more intense but also more frequent. On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a devastating Category 5 storm, with sustained winds estimated at 185 mph (295

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Charging on the Go: France Debuts First Wireless EV Road

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Charging on the Move This might sound like science fiction, but it isn’t. There are constant conversations surrounding electric vehicles. But what if we could drive down a highway while our car silently recharges… What if there were no need for pit stops and cables, but just seamless motion? France has just made that vision

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Asthma and the Power Grid: How Clean Energy Can Help Us Breathe Easier

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Asthma is a chronic lung condition that causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways, leading to coughing, wheezing, and difficulty breathing (WHO, 2024). It affects people of all ages (262 million globally in 2019) and is the most common chronic disease among children. While genetics and health factors play a role, a variety of environmental

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Energy, Health

Smart Agriculture: AI-Powered Farming

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Emerging agriculture farming has established the use of AI technology, particularly in developed countries. However, this is not the case in all developing countries (Singh & Kaur 2022). The United Nations estimates that there will be 9.7 billion people on earth by 2050, significantly increasing the demand for food (Putterill, 2023). Hence, policymakers in both

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Environment, Innovation, Sustainability
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