Search Results - "Global sustainability"

Discourses of climate delay by Lamb, William F., Mattioli, Giulio, Levi, Sebastian, Roberts, J. Timmons, Capstick, Stuart, Creutzig, Felix, Minx, Jan C., Müller-Hansen, Finn, Culhane, Trevor, Steinberger, Julia K.

“…Non-technical summary ‘Discourses of climate delay’ pervade current debates on climate action. These discourses accept the existence of climate change, but…”
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Equity and sustainability in the Anthropocene: a social–ecological systems perspective on their intertwined futures by Leach, Melissa, Reyers, Belinda, Bai, Xuemei, Brondizio, Eduardo S., Cook, Christina, Díaz, Sandra, Espindola, Giovana, Scobie, Michelle, Stafford-Smith, Mark, Subramanian, Suneetha M

“…Non-technical summary It is no longer possible nor desirable to address the dual challenges of equity and sustainability separately. Instead, they require new…”
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Operationalising positive tipping points towards global sustainability by Lenton, Timothy M., Benson, Scarlett, Smith, Talia, Ewer, Theodora, Lanel, Victor, Petykowski, Elizabeth, Powell, Thomas W. R., Abrams, Jesse F., Blomsma, Fenna, Sharpe, Simon

“…Non-technical summary Transforming towards global sustainability requires a dramatic acceleration of social change. Hence, there is growing interest in finding…”
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Is the future of agriculture perennial? Imperatives and opportunities to reinvent agriculture by shifting from annual monocultures to perennial polycultures by Crews, Timothy E., Carton, Wim, Olsson, Lennart

“…Non-technical summary Modern agriculture is associated with numerous environmental predicaments, such as land degradation, water pollution, and greenhouse gas…”
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Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change by Seddon, Nathalie, Daniels, Elizabeth, Davis, Rowan, Chausson, Alexandre, Harris, Rian, Hou-Jones, Xiaoting, Huq, Saleemul, Kapos, Valerie, Mace, Georgina M., Rizvi, Ali Raza, Reid, Hannah, Roe, Dilys, Turner, Beth, Wicander, Sylvia

“…Non-technical summary Ecosystems across the globe are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, as are the communities that depend on them. However,…”
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The unequal distribution of household carbon footprints in Europe and its link to sustainability by Ivanova, Diana, Wood, Richard

“…Non-technical summary The distribution of household carbon footprints is largely unequal within and across countries. Here, we explore household-level…”
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Global polycrisis: the causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement by Lawrence, Michael, Homer-Dixon, Thomas, Janzwood, Scott, Rockstöm, Johan, Renn, Ortwin, Donges, Jonathan F.

“…Abstract Multiple global crises – including the pandemic, climate change, and Russia's war on Ukraine – have recently linked together in ways that are…”
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Upscaling urban data science for global climate solutions by Creutzig, Felix, Lohrey, Steffen, Bai, Xuemei, Baklanov, Alexander, Dawson, Richard, Dhakal, Shobhakar, Lamb, William F., McPhearson, Timon, Minx, Jan, Munoz, Esteban, Walsh, Brenna

“…Non-technical summary Manhattan, Berlin and New Delhi all need to take action to adapt to climate change and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While case…”
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Use your power for good: plural valuation of nature – the Oaxaca statement by Jacobs, Sander, Zafra-Calvo, Noelia, Gonzalez-Jimenez, David, Guibrunet, Louise, Benessaiah, Karina, Berghöfer, Augustin, Chaves-Chaparro, Juliana, Díaz, Sandra, Gomez-Baggethun, Erik, Lele, Sharachchandra, Martín-López, Berta, Masterson, Vanessa Anne, Merçon, Juliana, Moersberger, Hannah, Muraca, Barbara, Norström, Albert, O'Farrell, Patrick, Ordonez, Jenny C., Prieur-Richard, Anne-Hélène, Rincón-Ruiz, Alexander, Sitas, Nadia, Subramanian, Suneetha M., Tadesse, Wubalem, van Noordwijk, Meine, Pascual, Unai, Balvanera, Patricia

“…Non-technical abstract Decisions on the use of nature reflect the values and rights of individuals, communities and society at large. The values of nature are…”
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The paradox of productivity: agricultural productivity promotes food system inefficiency by Benton, Tim G., Bailey, Rob

“…Non-technical summary The principal policy focus for food has been to increase agricultural productivity and to liberalize markets allowing globalized trade…”
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The politics of anticipation: the IPCC and the negative emissions technologies experience by Beck, Silke, Mahony, Martin

“…Non-technical summary In the post-Paris political landscape, the relationship between science and politics is changing. We discuss what this means for the…”
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Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals within 9 planetary boundaries by Randers, Jorgen, Rockström, Johan, Stoknes, Per-Espen, Goluke, Ulrich, Collste, David, Cornell, Sarah E., Donges, Jonathan

“…Non-technical abstract The world agreed to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Nine planetary boundaries set an upper limit to Earth system…”
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Scaling behaviour change for a 1.5 degree world: Challenges and opportunities by Newell, Peter, Twena, Michelle, Daley, Freddie

“…Non-technical summaryScaling sustainable behaviour change means addressing politics, power and social justice to tackle the uneven distribution of…”
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From local landscapes to international policy: contributions of the biocultural paradigm to global sustainability by Merçon, Juliana, Vetter, Susanne, Tengö, Maria, Cocks, Michelle, Balvanera, Patricia, Rosell, Julieta A., Ayala-Orozco, Bárbara

“…Non-technical summary Nature and culture are intricately linked and the rapid loss of both biological and cultural diversity around the globe has led to…”
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Towards a cultural political economy of mitigation deterrence by negative emissions technologies (NETs) by Markusson, Nils, McLaren, Duncan, Tyfield, David

“…Non-technical summary In the face of limited carbon budgets, negative emissions technologies (NETs) offer hopes of removing greenhouse gases from the…”
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Global redistribution of income and household energy footprints: a computational thought experiment by Oswald, Y., Steinberger, J.K., Ivanova, D., Millward-Hopkins, J.

“…Non-technical summary Global income inequality and energy consumption inequality are related. High-income households consume more energy than low-income ones,…”
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Navigating trade-offs between dams and river conservation by Thieme, M.L., Tickner, D., Grill, G., Carvallo, J.P., Goichot, M., Hartmann, J., Higgins, J., Lehner, B., Mulligan, M., Nilsson, C., Tockner, K., Zarfl, C., Opperman, J.

“…Non-technical summary There has been a long history of conflicts, studies, and debate over how to both protect rivers and develop them sustainably. With a…”
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Overcoming undesirable resilience in the global food system by Oliver, Tom H., Boyd, Emily, Balcombe, Kelvin, Benton, Tim G., Bullock, James M., Donovan, Deanna, Feola, Giuseppe, Heard, Matthew, Mace, Georgina M., Mortimer, Simon R., Nunes, Richard J., Pywell, Richard F., Zaum, Dominik

“…Non-technical summary Our current global food system – from food production to consumption, including manufacture, packaging, transport, retail and associated…”
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Multispecies sustainability by Rupprecht, Christoph D. D., Vervoort, Joost, Berthelsen, Chris, Mangnus, Astrid, Osborne, Natalie, Thompson, Kyle, Urushima, Andrea Y. F., Kóvskaya, Maya, Spiegelberg, Maximilian, Cristiano, Silvio, Springett, Jay, Marschütz, Benedikt, Flies, Emily J., McGreevy, Steven R., Droz, Laÿna, Breed, Martin F., Gan, Jingchao, Shinkai, Rika, Kawai, Ayako

“…Non-technical summary The sustainability concept seeks to balance how present and future generations of humans meet their needs. But because nature is viewed…”
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How to assess sustainability transformations: a review by Salomaa, Anna, Juhola, Sirkku

“…Non-technical summary There is a call to change societies to become more sustainable. We examine how the concept of sustainability transformation has been used…”
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