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Impact measurement and the conflicted nature of materiality decisions Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Lisa Hehenberger, Chiara Andreoli
Impact measurement (IM) is an important tool to understand how organizations generate non-financial value, including social and environmental impact. However, if impact is to be actionable, it needs to be considered material and thus included in decision-making. Nevertheless, diverging guidelines and directives around materiality generate confusion, presenting a challenge in linking IM to materiality
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Which diversification trajectories make coffee farming more sustainable? Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Poncet Valérie, van Asten Piet, Millet Claude P, Vaast Philippe, Allinne Clémentine
Annual global coffee consumption growth (1–2%) has been largely met (>50%) mainly by Brazil and Vietnam through high-input monocrop system adoption. Smallholders account for >80% of global producers and >60% of global supply despite limited farm sizes (<2 ha), yields, and input usage. Production concentration in areas with high-yielding systems has fulfilled global demand growth while keeping coffee
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Some feminist strands and their potential for the performativity of climate regulations: a review Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Orthodoxia Kyriacou
This piece engages with strands from the literature on the ‘everyday’ [8,9], and also McGregor’s [10] point that climate change impacts can be recorded and victims can be counted. Some of the main strands in the literature are explored by way of critique and some (re)positioning of these ideas as we move into the future. The notion of ‘performativity’ as developed by Butler [11–13], is explored. I
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Potentials and limitations of complexity research for environmental sciences and modern farming applications Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Kevin Mallinger, Sebastian Raubitzek, Thomas Neubauer, Steven Lade
Open system analysis is prone to the oversimplification of dynamics due to tightly coupled variables and their nonlinear, complex, and often unpredictable behavior. By assessing the combination of different ecosystem variables (structural, chemical, and biological) and their dynamic states in time and space, individual complexity measurements can capture phase changes of ecosystem stability and enhance
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Resilience in the Anthropocene: discourses of development, climate change, and security in South Asia Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Saurabh Thakur, Dhanasree Jayaram
The climate change debate in South Asia is deeply embedded in the broader frameworks of colonialism, technonationalist pride, national sovereignty, and distributive justice. The highly diverse and climate-vulnerable geographies that stretch between the Himalayas and tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, alongside the irreconcilable geopolitical rivalries in this region, make it a critical site of inquiry
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Using the nexus approach to realise sustainable food systems Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Jianjie Zhang, Lin Ma, Zhaohai Bai, Wenqi Ma
Food systems are intricate and diverse and face unprecedented challenges owing to rising food demand and resource competition. Recent studies have highlighted that the nexus approach can unveil synergies and trade-offs among sectors, making it useful for sustainable food system studies. Our study reviews the nexus research, addresses knowledge gaps and critiques and explores innovations in nexus concepts
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From gender gaps to gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Sophia Huyer, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Nitya Chanana, Olga Spellman
This review considers climate-related vulnerability and the key issues linking gender equality and social inclusion to scaling and mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) toward achieving transformative, inclusive, and sustainable food systems, to reduce climate-related vulnerability. Recent literature continues to highlight structural barriers, biases, inequalities, and power relations impeding
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The climate-sovereign debt doom loop: what does the literature suggest? Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Stavros A Zenios
The current literature documents significant effects of climate change on the cost of sovereign debt and debt levels. These effects are due to a complex nexus of climate change systemic effects on the economy, characterized by deep uncertainty, fat tails, feedback loops, and uncertain fiscal costs of climate policies. Investors believe that climate risks have begun to materialize but are underpriced
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Insurance and climate change Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Aparna Gupta, Sreekanth Venkataraman
Climate change challenges are formidable, and especially so for the insurance sector for the economy-wide risk management role it plays. Extreme events, depicted by acute climate risk, and steady deterioration in climate elements, captured as chronic climate risk, pose specific challenges to different segments of the insurance sector. We review these challenges and mitigation, adaptation, and innovation
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Assuring the unknowable: a reflection on the evolving landscape of sustainability assurance for financial auditors Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Theresia Harrer, Othmar M Lehner
This essay delves into the evolving role of audit engagements in assuring sustainability reports. While traditional and contemporary auditing focus primarily on evaluating financial data and governance structures to foster investors’ trust and ensure financial market stability, the recent push for sustainability assurance stretches the auditors’ role much further, requiring them to guide numerous stakeholders
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Climate-related prudential regulation: emerging perspectives and policy implications Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Diego Hidalgo-Oñate, Iluminada Fuertes-Fuertes, J. David Cabedo
This article reviews the literature on climate-related prudential regulation, identifying the most relevant articles published in the last two years. The study is situated within the recent developments of this regulation in the United States and the European Union, given the high concentration of Global Systemically Important Banks in these regions. Through this critical analysis, five emerging perspectives
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Broadening the perspective for sustainable artificial intelligence: sustainability criteria and indicators for Artificial Intelligence systems Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Friederike Rohde, Josephin Wagner, Andreas Meyer, Philipp Reinhard, Marcus Voss, Ulrich Petschow, Anne Mollen
The increased use of Artificial intelligence systems (AI systems) is associated with multifaceted social, environmental, and economic consequences. These include nontransparent decision-making processes, discrimination, increasing inequalities, rising energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in AI model development and application, and an increasing concentration of economic power. By considering
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Greenwashing and sustainable finance: an approach anchored in the philosophy of science Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Thomas Lagoarde-Ségot
This paper argues that certain erroneous premises upon which the mainstream finance paradigm is based are a structural cause of greenwashing. By scrutinizing the metatheoretical hypotheses of this paradigm through a critical realist lens, we aim to show that it rests upon on tacit representations that impose a distorted view of financial ‘knowledge’, financial systems, the Earth System, and society
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The need for a climate-resilient development-aligned framing of innovative climate finance Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Jessica Omukuti
The increasing recognition of the importance of climate-resilient development (CRD) for developing countries is accompanied by a further recognition of the need for financial resources to meet the need for adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development in these countries. Innovative finance sources and mechanisms are therefore recommended as a solution for scaling up climate finance to meet CRD
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Environmental, social, and governance factor and financial returns: what is the relationship? Investigating environmental, social, and governance factor models Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Karoline Bax, Eleonora Broccardo, Sandra Paterlini
Sustainable finance and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention in both industry and academia. However, the lack of consensus on these concepts has led to confusion about their impact on investors and markets, hindering the interpretation of empirical data and the development of effective regulations. This highlights the need for transparent analyses from
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Sustainability certification: multiple values of nature coexist in value chain transformations toward a common but differentiated responsibility Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Beria Leimona, Dagmar Mithöfer, Gede Wibawa, Meine van Noordwijk
Sustainability certification narratives are diverse contributing to multiperspective discourses on human–nature value systems. Certification shapes values at the human–nature interface, encompassing instrumental, relational, and intrinsic values. The sustainability certification debate involves four value systems: (1) economic, instrumental value; (2) social, relational value; (3) multiple values of
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Climate-resilient development in developing countries Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Roberto A Sánchez Rodríguez, Luis R Fernández Carril
Fostering climate-resilient development (CRD) in developing countries can provide opportunities to create efficient, equitable, and inclusive responses to climate change. However, we are concerned that CRD could become a one-size-fits-all approach in developing countries, despite the IPCC’s recognition that this concept can have multiple trajectories. We analyzed contributions in the international
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Innovation through Green Finance: a thematic review Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Danish Ahmed, Hu X Hua, Umair Saeed Bhutta
The race for economic development worldwide is being brought at the expense of the rapid depletion of natural resources and adverse environmental changes. This has brought our attention to the global urgency of climate change. To overcome this problem, drastic changes are required in our way of living, including consumption, transportation, and production. This requires green innovation flourished
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Climate stress testing in the financial industry Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Olaf Weber
Climate-related risks for the financial sector have been discussed since the then-Governor of the Bank of England mentioned these risks as the tragedy of the horizon. Shortly after, research about stress-testing the impact of climate change on the financial sector was published. They use various methods that address the climate-related Value-at Risk and other financial risks. We conducted a systematic
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Environmental impact bonds: review, challenges, and perspectives Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Annarita Trotta
Environmental impact bonds (EIBs) are innovative financial models included in the toolbox of impact investing that focus on environmental challenges. Recently, they have received an increasing amount of attention, in line with the expansion of environmental finance research. However, to date, there is no complete knowledge on this topic, either in theory or in practice. This article offers a concise
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Climate catastrophe insurance for climate change: what do we know and what lies ahead? Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Haitham Nobanee, Xuan-Hoa Nghiem
The complexities and seemingly uncontrollable nature of problems associated with climate change have intensified, giving rise to severe consequences, including rising sea levels, escalating temperatures, drought, deforestation, and heightened catastrophes such as typhoons. While long-term solutions such as energy transition and green finance are widely acknowledged, their implementation is time-consuming
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The finance perspective on fossil fuel divestment Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Auke Plantinga, Bert Scholtens
This paper reviews the fossil fuel divestment literature. It argues that the origin of climate change is in the ‘carbon shield’, meaning that fossil fuel firms are not held sufficiently responsible for their externalities. By divesting from these firms, investors do not want to be complicit. The literature differentiates three dimensions in the fossil fuel divestment debate: Justification, Impact,
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Accounting digitalization in the quest for environmental sustainability Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Carla Antonini
The paper presents the state of the art of accounting digitalization focused on sustainability issues. The paper reviewed recent literature in this area and identified that the most prevailing assumption is related to the capacity of digitalized sustainability accounting to improve decision-making and support environmental protection. However, there are also concerns about the difficulties of accounting
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A resilience-based transformations approach to peacebuilding and transformative justice Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Per Olsson, Michele-Lee Moore
Moving from a state of war or violent conflict will require a transformation, but there are no guarantees that transformations automatically lead to peace, sustainability, and justice. This review focuses on the temporary phase when a system is in limbo between the existing, dominant state and a new alternative state. We combine insights from a resilience approach to transformations with peacebuilding
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Climate change, environmental sustainability, and financial risks: are we close to an understanding? Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Marco Migliorelli
Climate change and other threats to environmental sustainability will have an increasingly material impact on financial actors. However, transmission channels and possible spillover effects remain understudied. This review paper summarizes recent works published on these intersections and portraits venues for further research. In this respect, late advances on the control of the impact of climate change-related
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Fiscal sustainability in times of climate challenges: a multidimensional approach of the interlinkages between climate change and sovereign debt Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Iustina Alina Boitan
Recent literature is paying increasing attention to how the physical and transition dimensions of climate change can influence the sovereign debt market (sovereign creditworthiness, the cost of public borrowing), with direct implications for the fiscal sustainability of a country. A systematic review and analysis of the literature and policy documents published in the last three years has revealed
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Challenges and opportunities of Internet-of-Things in occupant-centric building operations: towards a life cycle assessment framework Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Donna Vakalis, Runa T. Hellwig, Marcel Schweiker, Stephanie Gauthier
The urgency to address the environmental impacts of the building sector, particularly emissions allocated to building operation, necessitates immediate, informed action. Occupant behaviour is a known driver of building operational emissions. Use of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices holds great potential in mitigating and distributing occupancy-driven energy demand, ultimately aiming for net-zero emissions
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Climate-related financial risks: exploring the known and charting the future Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Rosella Carè
The global financial landscape is currently undergoing a transformation in policy priorities as a result of climate change and environmental challenges. This paper presents findings from a systematic review of the literature that examines the current state of knowledge regarding climate-related financial risks. Four main research areas are identified that vary in terms of development and interconnectedness
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Harnessing indigenous knowledge and practices for effective adaptation in the Sahel Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Robert Zougmoré, Alcade C Segnon, Philip Thornton
The Sahel region of West Africa has experienced some of the most severe multidecadal rainfall variability over the past 50 years. Based on recollections of the past and observations of the present, local communities in the Sahel have developed extensive knowledge and understanding of their environment and climate that enables them to harness ecosystem services to support their livelihoods and survive
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Navigating financial stability through the dual challenges of climate change and pandemics Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Paola D’Orazio
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, financial institutions had started integrating climate risks into their operations, fostering sustainable finance through green policies and disclosure requirements. However, with the onset of the pandemic, strategic focus necessarily pivoted toward immediate crisis management. This shift inadvertently relegated the imperatives of climate risk to a position of lesser priority
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Mapping the automation of Twitter communications on climate change, sustainability, and environmental crises — a review of current research Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Stefan Daume, Petter Bjersér, Victor Galaz
Online social media such as the microblog Twitter are key digital arenas shaping the public discourse on important societal topics. Automated social media accounts, so-called ‘social bots,’ have emerged as a controversial phenomenon, proven to both disrupt and support online communications on topics such as political elections and public health. To what extent social bots also impact online conversations
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Governance challenges for sustainable food systems: the return of politics and territories Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Pierre Janin, Eric-Joël Fofiri Nzossié, Sylvain Racaud
Sustainability is a powerful global framework for implementing transformations in agricultural and food systems. The complexity of the challenges involved leads to giving more importance to questions related to governance. The two recent globalization crises have accelerated this evolution. Experiments in the local governance of systems, carried out on the scale of cities and regions, contribute to
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From dialogues to action: commitments by African governments to transform their food systems and assure sustainable healthy diets Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-11 Amos Laar, Julia Tagwireyi, Habiba Hassan-Wassef
The 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and associated dialogues brought together diverse food system actors and stakeholders from across the globe to take action on transforming food systems. These actions included pledges and expression of commitments from both state and nonstate actors to transform their food systems. State actor commitments are visions of what governments expect of
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Disaster resilience in conflict-affected areas: a review of how armed conflicts impact disaster resilience Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Elisabeth Lio Rosvold
The geographic overlap between disasters and armed conflict is substantial, making disaster resilience intrinsically linked to conflict exposure. Despite this, there is only a very small literature investigating how armed conflict impacts disaster risk and resilience in affected areas. This article reviews the most recent literature on armed conflict and disaster resilience and shows that while disasters
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Review of policy action for healthy environmentally sustainable food systems in sub-Saharan Africa Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Michelle Holdsworth, Simon Kimenju, Greg Hallen, Amos Laar, Samuel O Oti
Many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries are experiencing multiple burdens of malnutrition. Rising overweight/obesity coexist alongside persistent burdens of under-nutrition and multiple micronutrient deficiencies. Poverty and social inequity remain key drivers of unhealthy diets and malnutrition. Diets in SSA are increasingly transitioning towards unhealthy (energy-dense, nutrient-poor and unsafe)
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Monitoring agroecological transitions: how to measure complexity in an agile manner Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Mark T van Wijk, James Hammond, Carlos Barahona
Recently, a series of frameworks have been developed that aim to assess the agroecological performance of farming systems. These frameworks are characterized by a heavy load of dimensions and indicators, making application of these frameworks in the practical setting of agricultural development projects difficult as well as expensive. In this position paper, we look at recent developments in agile
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The role of demand in the agroecological transition: an analysis of recent literature Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Trent Blare, Soraya Roman, Cesar del Pozo Loayza, Ross Mary Borja, Pedro J. Oyarzun, Mariana Alem Zabalaga
Much of the attention of the agroecological (AE) movement has focused on the adoption of AE farming practices. While the utilization of these practices is essential to the AE transition, AE food systems will only arise when the demand for AE products emerges. This review synthesizes the research that has examined the role of demand in the AE transition. We explore what lessons have been learned in
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Relational versus instrumental perspectives on values of nature and resource management decisions Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Meine van Noordwijk, Grace B Villamor, Gert Jan Hofstede, Erika N Speelman
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Serious games in natural resource management: steps toward assessment of their contextualized impacts Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Romina Rodela, Erika N. Speelman
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Aquaculture governance: five engagement arenas for sustainability transformation Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Stefan Partelow, Furqan Asif, Christophe Béné, Simon Bush, Aisa O Manlosa, Ben Nagel, Achim Schlüter, Vishnumurthy M Chadag, Afrina Choudhury, Steven M Cole, Richard S Cottrell, Stefan Gelcich, Rebecca Gentry, Jessica A Gephart, Marion Glaser, Teresa R Johnson, Malin Jonell, Geshe Krause, Andreas Kunzmann, Holger Kühnhold, Giovanni M Turchini
A greater focus on governance is needed to facilitate effective and substantive progress toward sustainability transformations in the aquaculture sector. Concerted governance efforts can help move the sector beyond fragmented technical questions associated with intensification and expansion, social and environmental impacts, and toward system-based approaches that address interconnected sustainability
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Editorial overview: Values and decisions: How can development trajectories transform Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Meine van Noordwijk, Grace B Villamor, Gert Jan Hofstede, Erika N Speelman
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Capturing the moment: a snapshot review of contemporary food environment research featuring participatory photography methods Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Christopher Turner, Leah Salm, Mark Spires, Amos Laar, Michelle Holdsworth
This snapshot review captures recent advances in the use of participatory photography methods within food environment research, featuring 28 peer-reviewed articles published between 2020 and 2022. Records were retrieved from a systematic search of the databases PubMed and Scopus. Studies featured high-income (64%) and low- and middle-income countries (36%). Local and school food environments were common
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Relational values in locally adaptive farmer-to-farmer extension: how important? Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Endri Martini, Tim Pagella, Eefke Mollee, Meine van Noordwijk
Values held in agricultural extension systems determine which extension goals can be reached. Globally changing socio-ecological contexts require a paradigm shift in agricultural extension systems from a top-down approach dominated by instrumental values to achieve the primary goal of increasing yields, to a more site-specific relational and participatory approach that induces locally adaptive use
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Conceptualizing resilience within environmental peacebuilding Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 McKenzie F Johnson, Tobias Ide, Jesann Gonzalez Cruz
Environmental peacebuilding integrates sustainable natural resource management into peacebuilding processes to promote peace and stability. Environmental peacebuilding scholars increasingly view resilience as an important concept. Yet, the ways in which they understand resilience and its relationship to the environment, conflict, and peacebuilding remain unclear. Much of the research vaguely argues
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Just transitions and resilience in contexts of conflict and fragility: the need for a transformative approach Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Erin McCandless, Alexia Faus Onbargi
Countries affected by conflict and fragility are disproportionately affected by climate crises that are not of their making. Calls for Just Transitions (JTs) to post-carbon societies are accelerating, with scholarly attention to these contexts. This article critically reviews literature on JTs and environmental peacebuilding for insights and evidence to build a foundation for more informed analysis
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Diversification from field to landscape to adapt Mediterranean rainfed agriculture to water scarcity in climate change context Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-09 Jérôme Molénat, Karim Barkaoui, Salah Benyoussef, Insaf Mekki, Rim Zitouna, Frédéric Jacob
Rainfed Mediterranean agriculture (MA) must adapt to water scarcity due to climate change and pressures on water resources. According to recent literature, two adaptation solutions based on the concept of diversification can be explored. The first solution is crop diversification at the field level. Three main cropping systems, namely agroforestry, intercropping, and service crops, have been shown
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Auctions in payments for ecosystem services and the plural values of nature Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Beria Leimona, Logan R Bingham, Rawadee Jarungrattanapong, Meine van Noordwijk
Payment for ecosystem service (PES) contracts encounters several challenges, encompassing information asymmetry in determining appropriate pricing, communication gaps involving multiple motivations and the evolving societal norms surrounding sustainability for voluntary contracts. Auctions serve as mechanisms for competitively awarding such contracts. However, their application and analysis have predominantly
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The potential for mangrove and seagrass blue carbon in Small Island States Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Daniel A Friess
Blue carbon is attracting substantial interest as a natural climate solution. Focus has been on countries with large blue carbon stocks, though the high carbon densities of blue carbon ecosystems make them suitable for Small Island States with small coastal habitats. Small Island States hold 1806–2892 Tg of blue carbon, and mangroves alone offset >10% of land use emissions for 11 Small Island States
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Transdisciplinary learning as a key leverage for sustainability transformations Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Matthias Barth, Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno, David PM Lam, Lina Bürgener, Daniel J Lang
Learning and transdisciplinary research are widely acknowledged as key components for achieving sustainability; however, the links between these concepts remain vague in the sustainability literature. Recently, emphasis has been given to transdisciplinary learning, highlighting its potential as an approach that contributes to solving real-world problems. To better understand and foster transdisciplinary
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Urban growth, resilience, and violence Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Emma Elfversson, Kristine Höglund
Cities undergoing rapid growth are at risk of outbreaks of violence as competition over scarce resources and space intensifies. In this context, it is critical to identify conditions that make cities and their inhabitants resilient to violence. We review research findings about the general relationship between urban growth and the violence-proneness of cities, as well as insights about the factors
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Triangulating agent-based models, role-playing games, and a stakeholder-centric approach to change scenarios Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Grace B. Villamor, Meine van Noordwijk, Klaus G. Troitzsch
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Accelerating subnational deforestation and forest degradation reduction efforts (REDD+): need for recognition of instrumental and relational value interactions Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Trong Hoan Do, Meine van Noordwijk
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Relational values within landscape restoration: a review Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Priscilla Wainaina, Peter A Minang, Kennedy Muthee
Instrumental values have mostly informed the assessment of viability and decision-making in landscape restoration literature — especially cost–benefit analysis. Yet, relational and intrinsic values have also been suggested as important values to enable holistic approaches to land restoration. We review articles that include relational values in landscape restoration to assess differences in values
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Integrating relational and instrumental values of nature in planning land use for multiple ecosystem services (LUMENS): tools and process Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Sonya Dewi, Rachmat Mulia, Feri Johana, Andree Ekadinata, Meine van Noordwijk
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Editorial overview: On the environmental sustainability of small island states Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Kalim U Shah
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Transformative finance for climate-resilient development Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Architesh Panda
Despite recent advances in global climate finance architecture, the amount of funds available for risk reduction and build resilience in the world’s most vulnerable countries is still insufficient. There is an urgent need to overhaul the climate and disaster risk finance landscape in order to safeguard the most vulnerable people in the world from growing loss and damage from climate change and reduce
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Monitoring, evaluation and learning requirements for climate-resilient development pathways Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain (IF 7.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Edward Sparkes, Saskia E. Werners
For today’s decisions to be sustainable, they need to include choices and actions that reduce poverty and improve livelihoods, counteract climate change and are equitable towards the vulnerable. Climate-resilient development pathways are a practice that aims to achieve these goals, enabling decision-makers to identify, consolidate and implement climate action and development decisions towards sustainable