The “Magic” of Conflict: How Participatory Governance Can Enable Transformative Climate Adaptation
ABSTRACT In many cases, addressing climate risks requires transformative climate adaptation (TCA) that goes beyond small adjustments to existing systems. While scholars increasingly argue that participatory governance is key and should embrace conflict rather than push for consensus to enable TCA, this assumption remains underexplored.
Dore Engbersen +2 more
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Scientific Ritual: The Institutional Review Boards for Human Clinical Trials in Israel. [PDF]
Eyal H.
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ABSTRACT Land is fundamental to livelihoods and ecosystem health but faces mounting pressure from human activities, climate change, and competing development demands. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs)—platforms that connect experts and policymakers—are vital for co‐producing knowledge to inform coherent, sustainable land‐use governance.
Sara Velander +1 more
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Stakeholder-Driven Cost Management Approaches in Iranian Hospitals: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis. [PDF]
Tolouei Rakhshan S +3 more
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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil
ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
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Satisfaction and retention among NHIS enrollees at a tertiary hospital in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: facility-based insights for community-based health insurance policy. [PDF]
Ibeneme GC +6 more
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ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
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Contrasting organizational responses to femicide in Mexico's public health crisis. [PDF]
Gonzalez VV.
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Orchestration of Climate Action in Municipalities: A Collective Capacity Approach
ABSTRACT Municipalities are increasingly positioned as key actors in enabling local climate action, yet their ability to mobilise societal actors remains insufficiently understood. This study examines how municipal officials in six Finnish municipalities from different local contexts understand and operationalise collective capacity for climate action,
Maija Faehnle +2 more
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Redefining social medicine from Latin America: Historical foundations and contemporary directions. [PDF]
Ortega F, Abarca-Brown G.
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