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The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source

Coupling spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of carbon stock for the Wuhan metropolitan area using the PLUS-InVEST-GeoDectetor model. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang C, Wang Q, Wang W, Ke Y, Chen R, Xu X, Yang J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prohibited Plants: Converging Sustainability Transitions and Local Development in ‘Left‐Behind Places’

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between sustainability transitions and local development through the case of Colombia's medicinal cannabis industry. It highlights how neglecting place‐specific needs and development expectations can hinder equitable transitions and reinforce existing socio‐economic disparities.
Diana Morales, Mónica Ramos‐Mejía
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping stability and instability hotspots in Jiangsu's vegetation: an explainable machine learning approach to climatic and anthropogenic drivers. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Jiao F, Xu X, Gong H, Liang C, Liu J, Zhang K, Yang Y, Lin D, Lin N, Zou C, Qiu J.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asymmetric Effects of Medium‐ and High‐Tech Industries on Environmental Sustainability and the SDGs in the EU‐5: Evidence From Green Energy Transition and the Load Capacity Curve

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In advanced European economies facing persistent environmental pressures, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires aligning technological transformation with ecological constraints. This study examines the asymmetric effects of medium‐ and high‐technology (M&HTEC) industries on environmental sustainability in the EU‐5 ...
Abdullah Emre Caglar, Mustafa Naimoğlu, Mehmet Mert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation carbon sink and its driving mechanisms in the Huaihai Economic Zone, China. [PDF]

iScience
Ma C, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Zhao K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Expansion of the Brazilian Sugarcane Bioenergy System Promotes Greenhouse Emission Reductions and Sustainable Development Without Compromising Food Security

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel, Sofia M. Arantes, Luciane C. Bachion, Marcelo M. R. Moreira, Marcelo Justus, David Chiaramonti, Lee R. Lynd   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Potential for Agroforestry in Pokhara, Nepal: An Investigation of the Decline of Agricultural Land Use Along a Rural-Urban Gradient and Land Suitability Analysis. [PDF]

Plant Environ Interact
Subedi R, Gurung S, Adhikari AR, Paudel A, Poudel S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Symbols of Climate Action: Audit Labor and the Production of Carbon Credits

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are promoted as tools for financing climate mitigation, yet their effectiveness and credibility remain contested. This article examines how carbon credits are produced and destabilized as symbols of climate action, emphasizing the forms of ecological and audit labor that sustain their legitimacy.
Diego Silva Garzón
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon storage in Sichuan Province (Southwest China) from 1980 to 2050: Spatial-temporal variation, driving factors and future trends. [PDF]

PLoS One
Deng Q, Guan Y, Duan X, Chen B, Zeng K.
europepmc   +1 more source