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Type of the Paper (Article The 8th World Sustainability Forum 15–17 SEPTEMBER 2020 | VIRTUAL Program and Abstract Book Organizer Sponsors soil systems resources Patronage Cooperations Partnering Societies The 8th World Sustainability Forum VIRTUAL Switzerland 15–17 September 2020 MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade Welcome message from Chairs Organizing Committees Conference Chairs Prof. Dr. Max Bergman Prof. Dr. Marlyne Sahakian Prof. Dr. Ed Constable Prof. Dr. Katharina Fromm Prof. Dr. Antoine Flahault Scientific Committee Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Ioppolo Prof. Dr. med. Evelyne Bischof Prof. Dr. Elena Cristina Rada Prof. Dr. Esther Ngumbi Dr. Ruzanna Tarverdyan Prof. Dr. Xiaosong Hu Professor Hu Jiangyong Prof. Dr. Yongrok Choi Professor Anthony Lehmann Dr. Philipp Aerni Dr. Bradley Hiller Dr. Sonia Ehrlich Sachs Organised by Conference Secretariat Ms. Charlotte Gardini Ms. Karen Gisler Ms. Géraldine Leuenberger Ms. Sara Vulovic Mr. Cédric Spinnler Mr. Matthias Burkhalter Dr. Ana Sanchis Dr. Franck Vazquez Email: [email protected] The 8th World Sustainability Forum Welcome message from Chairs Welcome from the Chairs September 2020 marks the 5th birthday of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. If it were a child and given the right circumstances, it would now have developed fine motor skills, be able to stand on one foot for 10 seconds, have long conversations, and start to develop a sense of independence and responsibility. With the 8th World Sustainability Forum, we are not only celebrating this birthday but are also taking stock of where we are in relation to a more sustainable world, what has worked, what has not yet worked, and where we need to go next. Today, the world is a different place from when we were planning this event. To remain relevant, any event must take into account the future impact of events that are unfolding in 2020: a health crisis, followed by economic, political, and social crises. Sustainability has gained considerable traction: Many countries have integrated sustainability and environmental protection as part of their national development agenda, many businesses have realized the considerable long-term potential in sustainable development, and many research agendas have aligned with sustainability goals. The challenges that mark 2020 give rise to new imaginaries on how to either return to a “new normal” or to forge ahead into a challenging and more sustainable future. The health crisis and its consequences will not guarantee a more sustainable future but it certainly provides a narrow window of opportunity to rethink outdated economic, social, and environmental arrangements. It is encouraging to note the wide-spread calls for a sustainable “new normal”. With this event, we hope to contribute to building a platform and network for sustainability agendas that fosters new partnerships among stakeholders beyond the boundaries of academic disciplines, self-serving national agendas, quarterly spreadsheets, and election cycles. The quest is to conceive of ways to assure long-term sustainable development for people, for regions, and for our planet. We, the chairs and the organization team, are very much looking forward to welcoming you at the 8th World Sustainability Forum. Let us grab this opportunity to advance the sustainability agenda! Prof. Dr. Max Bergman Prof. Dr. Marlyne Sahakian Conference Chair Conference Chair The 8th World Sustainability Forum Welcome message from Chairs Prof. Dr. Ed Constable Prof. Dr. Katharina Fromm Conference Chair Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Antoine Flahault Conference Chair Certificate of Attendance Upon request, the participants of the event, who have registered on Sciforum, will receive an electronic Certificate of Attendance by email once the event is concluded. The 8th World Sustainability Forum Table of Contents General Information 2 Keynote Speakers 4 Program at a Glance 6 Conference Program 7 Poster Lists 18 Abstracts—Session 1 30 Food Security and Agriculture Abstracts—Session 2 107 Transport and Mobility General Information General Information Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050; CODEN: SUSTDE) is an international, cross-disciplinary, scholarly, peer-reviewed and open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic, and social sustainability of human beings. It provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development, and is published semi-monthly online by MDPI. The Society for Urban Ecology (SURE) and Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) are affiliated with Sustainability and their members receive discounts of the article processing charge. Among other databases, Sustainability is indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), MEDLINE (PubMed) and other databases. Full-text available in PubMed Central. Journal Webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Impact factor: 2.576 (2019) 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.798 (2019) The 8th World Sustainability 2 Program Program Program Manager Dr. Zinette Bergman University of Basel, Switzerland Keynote Speakers Dr. Lidia Borrel-Damián Prof. Dr. Felix Dapare Dakora Dr. Simeon Ehui Tshwane University of Regional Director, Sustainable Secretary General of Science Technology, Pretoria, South Development for Africa, The Europe, Brussels, Belgium Africa and President of The World Bank African Academy of Sciences Prof. Dr. Janet Hering Prof. Dr. Renato S. Maluf Prof. Dr. Michael E. Mann Director of the Swiss Federal Universidade Federal Rural do Distinguished Professor, Institute of Aquatic Science & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Department of Meteorology & Technology (Eawag) Atmospheric Science, Penn State University The 8th World Sustainability 4 Program Dr. Jing Meng Dr. Natalia Mykhaylova Dr. Antonella Santuccione Bartlett School of Construction Founder & CEO of WeavAir Chadha and Project Management, CEO and Co-founder at Women's University College London Brain Project pro bono Dr. Patrick Degeorges Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot Dr. Mathis Wackernagel Director of The Ecole normarle President of ETH Zurich Co-creator of the Ecological supérieure de Lyon’s Footprint, Antrhopocene Curriculum President of Global Footprint Network The 8th World Sustainability 5 Program Program at a Glance The 8th World Sustainability Forum 15–17 September 2020 Tuesday 15 September Wednesday 16 September Thursday 17 September 2020 Thursday 17 September 2020 2020 2020 Food Security and Agriculture Transport and Mobility Disruptive Trends and Palm Oil Session 1 Behavior and Countermeasures Inclusiveness (part 1) for Hazardous Metals in Paddy Smart Mobility and Palm Oil Session 2 Agroecosystem Digitalization Agriculture and Food Choices and Food Waste Spatial Planning and Development Management Transportation Challenges Morning African Food Systems Coffee Break Coffee Break Transformation to address the SDGs Session A Panel 1 Food Security and Covid Understanding Impacts Panel 2 Welcome from the Chairs and MDPI Agri Supply Chains Aspirations and Acceptance General opening (part 1) African Food Systems Women in Science Transformation to address Communicating Applied the SDGs Session B Can Trade Relations promote Research to Achieve the Panel 1 Food Sustainability? SDGs Panel 2 Aspiration and Acceptance Linking Research with Action (part 2) World Sustainability through Transdisciplinary Food Award Ceremony System Research Afternoon The United Nations Forum on Emerging Sustainability Sustainability Standards Sessions A and B: Synthesis Leader Awards (UNFSS): Approaches to and Summary Disruptive Trends and Ceremony Sustainable Agri-Food Trade and Inclusiveness (part 2) the 4th UNFSS Pesticide control policies and Poster Presentations recommendations Food losses and Waste Mitigation in Brazil The 8th World Sustainability 6 Poster list Conference Program Day 1: Tuesday 15 September 2020 Welcome and General Opening 13:00-13:10 Prof. Dr. Max Bergman, Prof. Dr. Katharina Fromm and Dr. Franck Vazquez Welcome from the Chairs and MDPI 13:15-13:40 Ed Constable General Opening - Science meets Sustainability: Friction or fiction? 13:40-14:00 Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich General Opening Lidia Borrel-Damián, Secretary General, Science Europe 14:00-14:30 Women in Science Janet Hering, Director EAWAG 14:30-15:00 Communicating Applied Research to Achieve the SDGs 15:15-16:15 World Sustainability Award Ceremony 15:15-15:45 World Sustainability Awardee 15:45-16:15 World Sustainability Awardee 16:30 -17:45 Emerging Sustainability Leader Awards Ceremony 16:30-16:45 Emerging Sustainability Leader Awardee 16:45-17:00 Emerging Sustainability Leader Awardee 17:00-17:15 Discussion with the Emerging Sustainability Leaders Mathis Wackernagel, President of Global Footprint Network 17:15-17:45 Is the Future already present? Poster Presentations 17:45-18:45 The 8th World Sustainability 7 Conference Program Day 2: Wednesday 16 September 2020 8:00-9:25 -- Session 1. Palm Oil: Chair: Marcel Mballa-Ekobena Dyah Mardiyaningsih, Arya Dharmawan, Faris Rahmadian sciforum-031331: Impact of Oil Palm Development for Women: Double Role of Women and Livelihoods Alternative Sources in Rural Households Audina Amanda Prameswari, Masatoshi Sasaoka, Arya Hadi Dharmawan sciforum-031349: A Study on Livelihood System of Oil Palm Farming Households under the pressure of Land-Tenure Insecurity in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia Ingrid Fromm sciforum-030449: Land use change, livelihoods and economic development policies: Implications for sustainable palm oil production in Honduras Fakhrizal
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