(2021). Perspectives From the Anthropocene. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 2-3.

(2021). Wildfire Management in Chile: Increasing Risks Call for More Resilient Communities. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 4-14.

(2021). Green Infrastructure: Lessons in Governance and Collaboration From Tucson. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 15-24.

(2021). How Believing That Climate Change Is a Conspiracy Affects Skeptics’ Environmental Attitudes. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 25-33.

(2021). The Next Frontier—Human Development and the Anthropocene: UNDP Human Development Report 2020. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 34-40.

(2021). Fostering Holistic Ambitions in the Face of Growing Difficulty. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 2-3.

(2021). Making Space for Nature: Elephant Conservation in Mali as a Case Study in Sustainability. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 4-15.

(2021). Environmental Justice and Gentrification in New York City. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 16-27.

(2021). America’s Zero Carbon Action Plan. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 28-32.

(2021). From Global Traumas Toward a Better Phase of Modernity? Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 2-3.

(2021). Brazil in the Face of COVID-19: Tragedy and Political Choices. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 4-14.

(2021). Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 15-25.

(2021). The Arctic Depends on Cooperation. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 26-28.

(2021). On a “Just” Transition. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 29-31.

(2021). Response to Steven Kolmes. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 31-32.

In this special issue of Environment, we focus on what sustainability might look like in a post-COVID-19 era. With topics ranging from the nexus of zoonotic infectious diseases and nature, to how t...

It has become a truism that COVID-19 has impacted all countries and all people around the world, but in different ways. Yet this contextual diversity in the pandemic’s impacts, the responses by gov...

Global carbon emissions continue to rise, 1 rates of global biodiversity loss continue to increase, 2 and social and economic inequalities continue to widen. 3 Signi­ficant global social movements ...

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”—Marie Curie Viruses are some of the most mysterious and enigmatic lifef...

The phrase “building back better” is increasingly heard in calls for a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not a return to a pre-crisis normal, but rather a call for impro­vement. It invok...

(2020). Repositioning Sustainability. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 5, pp. 31-33.

There is a unifying thread to the fascinating contributions which fill this issue. Science is reaching out to communities, and communities are informing science. This is not just a democratic nicet...

The Arctic, where calving glaciers and melting sea ice are part of a larger warming trend.Sea-level rise affects coastal environments, economies, and societies. Effectively planning for and respond...

Super Typhoon Haiyan, an equivalent Category 5 hurricane and one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit land, unleashed its fury on Laguna de Bay, Philippines, on November 8, 2013.Recent climate c...

Plastic pollution affects much of the Arctic coast.Plastics are a ubiquitous feature of the modern age. Unfortunately, “ubiquitous” is not limited to our houses, workplaces, and vehicles, but inclu...

(2020). Editorial. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education, pp. 2-3.

WWW.TANDFONLINE.COM/VENV VOLUME 62 NUMBER 4 The higher education sector is working to prepare its graduates for the difficult transitions to sustainability that are now upon us. This activity reflects an expectation by the global community for substantial progress toward meeting the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals by 2030. We find these higher education moves to be promising but far

In this article we explore the role of universities in the context of the Anthropocene and of emerging transitions to sus­ tainability and how they can contribute to transformative, sustainable change through knowledge and learning. Our article makes three linked con­ tributions across two narratives where universities go from being “part of the problem” to contributing to “solutions” to the Anthropo­Capitalocene

We live in times of great global risks and problems that pose multiple wicked, interdependent challenges, such as climate change, environmental degradation, social inequalities, geopolitical tensions, and economic uncertainty. Primary responses to these issues have mostly focused on the scientific accumulation of knowledge that is applied to designing technological innovations or reshaping the economy

Universities and colleges have always been associated with graduate occupational mobility. The role of artificial intelligence will progressively transform the ways in which universities approach learning generally and sustainability in particular. There will be great scope for relearning and for emancipated learning styles. The purposes of higher education will extend to occupational variety and adaptability

(2020). Looking Back and Peering Forward. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 2-3.

(2020). Earth Day. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 4-5.

(2020). In Celebration of Earth Day 2020: How Far Have We Come? Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 6-8.

(2020). The Unfinished Agenda. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 9-16.

(2020). Earthcare: Women and the Environment. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 17-27.

(2020). Were Grandma’s Tomatoes Really Better? Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 28-29.

(2020). Digital Disruptions for Sustainability (D^2S) Agenda– Cross-Cutting Actions Agenda. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 30-41.

(2020). COVID-19 and the Environment. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 42-44.

(2020). The Fossil Fuel Industry and the Court of Public Opinion. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 2-3.

While 8.2 billion tons of plastic has been produced worldwide to date, only 9% of it has been recycled.1 Approximately 400 million tons of plastics are manufactured every year, of which about 146 m...

iStock/tuachanwatthanaAs the Americas become increasingly urbanized, the challenges of providing water supplies for domestic and industrial uses continue to multiply in number and difficulty. Simil...

30 ENVIRONMENT WWW.TANDFONLINE.COM/VENV VOLUME 62 NUMBER 2 Scientists have concluded that the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) produced by fossil fuel companies causes global warming. Global warming, in turn, causes more extreme weather, droughts, wildfires, and flooding from rising sea levels, among other impacts. The impacts to infrastructure, ecosystems, and individuals are growing

Mary R. Tahan. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag, 2018The Life of Jose Maria Sobral: Scientist, Diarist, and Pioneer in Antarctica, by Mary R. Tahan, is really a first-person encounter with an ear...

WWW.TANDFONLINE.COM/VENV VOLUME 62 NUMBER 1 Estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding just tripled. What happened? A calculation error on the part of the satellite technology most commonly relied upon to measure land surface levels. In areas where actual high-quality elevation data are too expensive to obtain or not available, satellites estimate average land elevations

iStock/MlennyIn his novel “The Dark Forest,” Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin describes one of the bleak outcomes that can result from not knowing another person's intentions. When encounte...

iStock/swissmediavisionDisasters present opportunities to deliberately change development pathways, as they lay bare underlying problems, weaken dominant forces (even if only temporarily), enhance ...

David Wallace-Wells. London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 2019 (ISBN: 978-0-241-35521-3).Bill McKibben. London: Wildfire/Headline Publishing, 2019 (ISBN: 978-1250178268).This magazine has published extensiv...

China's recent rapid rise to the world's second-largest economy is often associated with its equally rapid urbanization. Its urbanization rate increased from 17.92% in 1978 to 58.52% in 2017, which...

iStock/eccolo74LITHIUM IS A KEY component of the impending new generation of batteries and a core element in any debate about renewable energy. Its governance and mining stories have a bearing on t...

W Europeans arrived on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, fish runs were plentiful beyond comprehension, described in terms that astound us today. The continent abounded with wildlife, in vast, varied habitats. Today, however, we are satisfied with a seeing a few dozen bison in a national or state park. We profess our awe at the grandeur of a mountain valley that is not bisected by a road. We

T en years ago, the city of Atlanta, Georgia, officially terminated its contract with United Water, ending an almost 20-year-long experiment of privatization of the city’s potable water services and sewer systems. Atlanta 513890290 embarked on that experiment in 1997 with United Water, a major international company, in hopes that if the city privatized its municipal water system it would see benefits

International trade, climate change, and stakeholders with different residential, commercial, and industrial needs are having major impacts on the development and redevelopment of communities, especially those in coastal zones.1 Although their physical, cultural, and biological diversity makes coastal areas particularly attractive for entrepreneurial activities that favor human development and survival

t he most memorable events are frequently the most surprising ones; indeed, surprises may be the most influential events of any era. This is certainly true of the environmental surprises of the past 25 years and those that we can anticipate over the next 25 years. Anticipate'/ Aln though, by def~ inition, genuine ill surprises are ~ always unantic~ ipated (at least :« by most of us), ~ ~ g :jl

iStock/yangphotoClimate change is a major threat to ecosystems and people around the world.1 Risk analysts, including the U.S. Department of Defense, rank climate change as one of the most serious ...

Reflecting on several works by Robert W. Kates, I argue that he contributed significantly to the evolution to what Susan Cutter and others call “natural hazard science” and more broadly to “sustainability science”1 due to three characteristics of his work. Firstly, he foregrounded the influence of environment, landscape, and biome on society and people’s welfare and their reciprocal role in shaping

As the expansion of renewable energy accelerates, the transformative potential of moving away from fossil fuel reliance is becoming increasingly clear. Around the world, individuals, communities, o...

Since the 1990s, growing comprehension of the critical regulating function of tropical rain forests and awareness of their destruction have placed the Amazon at the center of international and national environmental and climate policies.1 The case of Brazil2 demonstrated that a mix of environmental (forest) laws can help to considerably slow down the high deforestation dynamics of the previous decades

Across the United Nations, virtually all of the various programs, agencies, and affiliates have wrestled with how to address climate change as part of their work. The World Health Organization launched a special initiative on climate change and health in small-island developing states. The Department of Peacekeeping Operations has sought to “green the blue helmets” by reducing the climate, water, and

In his 1968 persistently influential work, “The Tragedy of the Commons,”1 Garrett Hardin focused his concern about the future of our society largely on overpopulation and on commonpool resource management. But his focus was misplaced; instead of blaming overpopulation for our planet’s ills, Hardin should have included overconsumption as an equal threat to humanity. Moreover, his style of writing in

Half a century after Garrett Hardin published “The Tragedy of the Commons”1 calling for “lifeboat ethics,”2 many of the central tenets of his papers are still being debated and debunked. He address...