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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

Radical Listening as a Governance Innovation: Integrating Planetary Health and Community‐Led Forest Conservation in Indonesia

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While REDD+ prioritizes carbon sequestration, its narrow focus often overlooks forest‐health linkages critical to community well‐being. This paper examines the holistic model of Health in Harmony (HIH) and Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), which integrates forest conservation with healthcare through radical listening—a decolonial community engagement
Angie Hsu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Comprehensive Climate Action: Assessing Mitigation Approaches Across Canadian Municipalities

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local governments are widely regarded as key leaders in the global response to climate change. Understanding if and how municipalities commit to climate mitigation is crucial for assessing their contribution to global emission‐reduction goals and identifying barriers to effective climate transitions.
Aryana Soliz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing Barriers to Fair Community Participation in Mangrove Carbon Credit Projects: Insights From Thailand

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thailand has announced ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a programme that allows private companies to earn carbon credits from protecting and restoring mangroves. In 2023, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) began enrolling local communities and private firms in this scheme.
Danny Marks, Kittima Leeruttanawisut
wiley   +1 more source

The Public Health Approach to Preventing Community Violence. [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Rep
D'Inverno AS   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“We Are Willing to Change, If…”: Potential Impacts of Citizens' Assemblies on the Willingness to Change for Sustainability in Rural East German Municipalities

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of the democratic and social‐ecological crises, deliberative minipublics such as citizens' assemblies are increasingly implemented and discussed by scholars as a means for sound decision‐making and to enhance public support for sustainability transformations.
Lea Findeis, Nicolas Jager
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Minds in Times of War: An Intervention Tournament to Increase Public Support for Ending the Israel–Gaza War

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public opinion plays a central role in shaping conflict dynamics and influencing wartime policy. In this work, we examined which psychological intergroup interventions could increase public opposition to war. Building on research showing that instrumental reasoning and social identification are central, though not exhaustive, predictors of war‐
Ilana Ushomirsky   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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