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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Within the Constraints of Carbon Budgets: Regional Insights From Sweden

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Staying within the limits of a rapidly shrinking global carbon budget while avoiding dependency on negative emissions technologies and carbon dioxide removal remains a significant challenge in a multi‐level governance system, where resources and responsibilities are dispersed among different actors.
Paula Lenninger, Magdalena Kuchler
wiley   +1 more source

Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China's Community Gardens

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Governing Positive Energy Districts: The Role of Legitimation and Identity Across Residential and Industrial Contexts

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing electricity demand from data centres, industrial applications, electric vehicles and domestic heating is creating pressure to develop electricity systems in many parts of the world, but especially in Western countries. In response to challenges such as grid congestion, interconnection queues and climate‐related hazards, network ...
Jussi Valta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orchestration of Climate Action in Municipalities: A Collective Capacity Approach

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

AI‐driven circular economy optimization in waste management: A review of current evidence

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in waste management has the potential to significantly advance circular economy objectives by enhancing efficiency, reducing waste, and optimizing resource recovery. However, realising these benefits depends on addressing significant technical, economic, and systemic ...
David Bamidele Olawade   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk assessment using IEUBK model for the Naica mine tailings

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Mexico has a long history of mineral extraction, during which limited environmental regulations allowed the accumulation of toxic waste near communities, primarily in rural or undeveloped areas. Some of these toxic substances, such as lead, pose significant risks to vulnerable populations, particularly children aged 0 to 7 years.
A. Contreras‐Guardiola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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