Showing papers in "Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability in 2021"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that only when these four governance approaches are implemented in conjunction, operationalized in a specific manner, and focused on addressing the indirect drivers underlying sustainability issues, governance becomes transformative.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review existing research on how droughts affect land degradation-migration dynamics, and illustrate the pathways by which migration is affected by and responds to the climatic driver.

TL;DR: In this article, the current research status of drylands globally was reviewed together with a conceptual framework that included four key themes: (1) dryland social-ecological system dynamics and driving forces.

TL;DR: The global green bond market has developed rapidly since the first green bond was issued by European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2007 as discussed by the authors, which has been a promising financing tool for mitigating global climate change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a set of equations that integrate analysis of energy and materials, provide a framework for a new carbon neutrality science, and lead to three carbon neutrality conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an insight into the widespread soil salinity phenomenon and highlight the need to tackle the issue urgently keeping food security and economic status of agricultural ecosystem dependent population in consideration.

TL;DR: In this article, a review assesses literature on key emerging topics in sea level rise including: the lasting impact of near-term mitigation on long-term sea-level rise; new global coastal vertical elevation data and their impact on existing sea-layer rise projections; and the interaction of sea-water rise with other hazards, including salinization, tropical cyclones and extreme precipitation.

TL;DR: The CONVIVA (Towards Convivial Conservation: Governing Human-Wildlife Interactions in the Anthropocene) project as mentioned in this paper aims to transform biodiversity conservation.

TL;DR: In this paper, an in-depth systematic review of literature from the frontlines of the Pacific Islands to ascertain the complexities of non-economic loss and damage from climate change is conducted.

TL;DR: This paper reviewed the available literature on farmers' reports of climate-driven crop changes and found that small-scale farmers tend to adopt water-demanding crops, even in areas where models predict that reduced rainfall will reduce yields.

TL;DR: In this article, a sociotechnical imaginaries (STI) framework is used to expose crucial but neglected governance issues in socio-technical areas of key relevance to sustainability transformations such as energy systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the current adaptation pathways of Asian deltaic cities to flooding induced by slow onset events such as urbanization-induced land subsidence and sea level rise, by looking at Tokyo, Jakarta, Manila, and Ho Chi Minh City as case studies.

TL;DR: This work document 186 different local strategies to adapt to climate change impacts, which involve modifying existing livelihood systems and differ more within than across climate zones.

TL;DR: This paper explored how criteria for socially just climate change adaptation and resilience-building are articulated and embedded within urban planning and decision-making, and found that cities are variably operationalizing equity, inclusion, and justice criteria across four key decision making stages: designing institutional arrangements, participatory practices, policy integration, and strategic implementation processes.

TL;DR: In this article, a research framework is proposed considering dryland sustainability goals, ecosystems, socioeconomic systems, and the multidimensional systematic interactions for advancing a sustainability oriented ecosystem service science for drylands.

TL;DR: The second sustainable development goal (SDG2) has not yet been achieved and the negative environmental and social consequences of industrial agriculture have become impossible to ignore as discussed by the authors, and it is important to frame industrial agriculture as unsustainable by design and distinguish more clearly between extractive and regenerative farming systems, in particular those capable of simultaneously sequestering more carbon, enhancing public health and promoting community well-being.

TL;DR: The authors reviewed the history of development interventions influencing the emergence of place-based initiatives and their potential to promoting changes in productive systems, value-aggregation and market access, and governance arrangements improving living standards and environmental sustainability.

TL;DR: A strategic tool called the ‘network compass’ is introduced which highlights four generic, interrelated fields of action through which networks can strive to foster co-production and foster self-reflection and learning within and between networks in the process of developing strategies and activity plans and effectively contributing to sustainability transformations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize recent empirical literature on human mobility linked to slow-onset impacts of climate change through a review of the CLIMIG database from 2015 to 2020.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on losses and damages associated with urban drought and water insecurity through a review of interventions and policies in seven Asian countries and find evidence of urban droughts leading to tangible losses (e.g., groundwater over-extraction, economic impacts) and intangible losses such as conflict, increased drudgery).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the state-of-the-art debates on incentivizing sustainable innovations and the role of IPR for sustainable manufacturing industries, summarizing three main debates, including incumbents versus new entrants, cross-industry collaboration, and IPR obstacles to the circular economy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a driver-based framework for managing the mismatches between supply and demand of ecosystem services (ESs), which has serious implications for both human wellbeing and environmental sustainability, particularly in drylands.

TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of grazing on multiple biodiversity (MBD) and ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) in drylands were synthesized and the response of MBD depends on the interactions of grazing intensity, livestock type and aridity.

TL;DR: In a world of resource constraints and value preferences, trade-offs are everywhere as discussed by the authors, and the meaning of this term is sometimes confused when it is used in different contexts, sometimes mixed with other issues such as mismatches.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show how traditional and local knowledge (TLK) systems can collaborate with scientific knowledge to advance understanding of the slow-onset effects of climate change adaptation in Latin America and the Caribbean.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors described the latest progress of dryland ecosystem dynamic change in the Mediterranean region and showed that the extent of dry land in Mediterranean region has been expanding in the past decades and will continue to expand in the coming decades due to the stronger warming effect than other regions.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated research frontier that examines inter-level feedback processes, the role of individuals and organizations in promoting trust within and across levels, the importance of establishing and communicating norms, and inclusion of worldviews to situate decision makers within narratives of climate change is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use cases drawn from tribal forestry in the US and government forestry in India to illustrate how carbon finance relies on the presence of enforceable rights, representative and accountable institutions, clear incentives, and symmetrical power relations.

TL;DR: In this paper, the main reasons why governments pursue policy integration, identifies key enabling and constraining conditions, and discusses evaluation of policy integration in the context of climate change adaptation, and concludes that policy integration is an important mode to govern cross-cutting policy problems effectively.

TL;DR: The Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIMD) has identified increasing temperatures as a key slow onset event. as mentioned in this paper reviewed recent analyses of intensifying seasonal and year-round extreme heat exposures and how this affects daily life.