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      Are we on the right path? Measuring progress towards environmental sustainability in European countries 

      Usubiaga-Liaño, A.; Ekins, P. (Sustainability Science, 2022-01-01)
      Current environmental and sustainable development metrics fail to capture environmental sustainability from a strong sustainability perspective, which can lead to misleading messages around the urgency to reduce environmental ...
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      Double accounting in energy footprint and related assessments: How common is it and what are the consequences? 

      Usubiaga-Liaño, A.; Arto, I.; Acosta-Fernández, J. (ENERGY, 2021)
      The number of input-output assessments focused on energy has grown considerably in the last years. Many of these assessments combine data from multi-regional input-output (MRIO) databases with energy extensions that ...
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      Methodological choices for reflecting strong sustainability in composite indices 

      Usubiaga-Liaño, A.; Ekins, P. (Ecological Economics, 2024-07-01)
      Composite indicators are widely used to represent sustainability or its underlying dimensions. Nonetheless, an alignment between the multiple choices made during their construction and the underlying conceptual framework ...
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      Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment 

      Sato, M.; Usubiaga-Liaño, A.; Fairbrass, A.; Ekins, P.; Asuka, J. (Sustainability Science, 2024-01-01)
      This paper assesses the environmental sustainability of Japan by applying the environmental sustainability gap (ESGAP) framework, which builds on the concepts of strong sustainability, critical natural capital, environmental ...
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      Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation 

      Chrysafi, A.; Virkki, V.; Jalava, M; Sandström, V.; Piipponen, J.; Porkka, M.; Lade, S.J.; La Mere, K.; Wang-Erlandsson, L.; Andersen, L.S.; Bennett, E.; Brauman, K.A.; Cooper, G.S.; De Palma, A.; Döll, P.; Downing, A.S.; DuBois, T.C.; Fetzer, I.; Fulton, E.A.; Gerten, D.; Jaafar, H.; Jägermeyr, J.; Jaramillo, F.; Jung, M.; Kahiluoto, H.; Lassaletta, L.; Mackay, A.W.; Mason-D’Croz, D.; Mekonnen, M.M.; Nash, K.L.; Pastor, A.V.; Ramankutty, N.; Ridoutt, B.; Siebert, S.; Simmons, B.I.; Staal, A.; Sun, Z.; Tobian, A.; Usubiaga-Liaño, A.; van der Ent, R.J.; van Soesbergen, A.; Verburg, P.H.; Wada, Y.; Zipper, S.; Kummu, M. (Nature Sustainability, 2022)
      Several safe boundaries of critical Earth system processes have already been crossed due to human perturbations; not accounting for their interactions may further narrow the safe operating space for humanity. Using expert ...