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Climate action from a gender perspective: A systematic review of the impact of climate policies on inequality
(Energy Research and Social Science, 2024-06-01)
In 1992 the United Nations committed to promoting a gender perspective in all environmental and development programs and to establishing mechanisms for assessing the impact of environmental policies on women. However, 30 ...
Securing Nature's Contributions to People requires at least 20%–25% (semi-)natural habitat in human-modified landscapes
(One Earth, 2024-01-19)
The cascading effects of biodiversity decline on human well-being present a pressing challenge for sustainable development. Conservation efforts often prioritize safeguarding specific species, habitats, or intact ecosystems ...
Climate change as a veiled driver of migration in Bangladesh and Ghana
(Science of the Total Environment, 2024-04-20)
People living in deltaic areas in developing countries are especially prone to suffer the effects from natural disasters due to their geographical and economic structure. Climate change is contributing to an increase in ...
Influence of methodological choices in farm sustainability assessments: A word of caution from a case study analysis of European dairy farms
(Environmental Science and Policy, 2024-06-01)
In a context where sustainability assessments are increasingly popular, this perspective article discusses the influence of methodological choices on measurements of farm sustainability. We build the argumentation on the ...
Integrating science and the arts to deglobalise climate change adaptation
(Nature Communications, 2024-12-12)
Setting goals that are context-specific, relevant, and collectively shared is critical in adaptation. As necessary elements in target setting, imaginaries for adaptation and the language connected to them remain vague. ...
Ecosystem service mismatches evidence inequalities in urban heat vulnerability
(Science of the Total Environment, 2024-04-20)
Exposure to heat poses a pressing challenge in cities, with uneven health and environmental impacts across the urban fabric. To assess disparities in heat vulnerability and its environmental justice implications, we model ...
Consumer Insights to Eco-Design a Hot Sauce: Understanding Household Use for Product Optimization through Focus Groups and a Home-Use-Test Study
(Foods, 2024-03-01)
Promoting sustainable choices requires making food with proper environmental performance readily available to consumers, but these products must be appealing to ensure market success. The aim of the present study was to ...
Hidden Energy Flow indicator to reflect the outsourced energy requirements of countries
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021-01-01)
Globalisation and the outsourcing of industrial manufacturing from developed to less developed countries has an increasing effect on the national energy balances of most developed economies. The current standard metric ...
Century-long recovery of mycorrhizal interactions in European beech forests after mining
(Plant and Soil, 2024-01-01)
Background and aims: Ecological restoration strategies are emerging globally to counteract biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. However, restored ecosystems may not reach undisturbed biodiversity and functionality. ...
Developing countries can adapt to climate change effectively using nature-based solutions
(Communications Earth and Environment, 2024-12-01)
Evidence on the effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in low- and middle-income countries has been rapidly growing in recent years, particularly in the agricultural and coastal sectors. Here we address ...