S. Vikström, Erkki Mervaala, Hanna-Liisa Kangas, J. Lyytimäki
{"title":"Framing climate futures: the media representations of climate and energy policies in Finnish broadcasting company news","authors":"S. Vikström, Erkki Mervaala, Hanna-Liisa Kangas, J. Lyytimäki","doi":"10.1080/1943815x.2023.2178464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815x.2023.2178464","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77192048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers and opportunities in achieving climate and sustainable development goals in India: a multilevel analysis","authors":"Dhanapal G, Divya Gupta, A. Prakash","doi":"10.1080/1943815x.2022.2163665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815x.2022.2163665","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73186223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate change mitigation and SDGs: modelling the regional potential of promising mitigation measures and assessing their impact on other SDGs","authors":"A. Dagnachew, A. Hof","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2146137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2146137","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Measures that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions also have impacts on achieving other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Given the enormous challenge of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, insight into these impacts provides information on how to improve the feasibility of climate change mitigation measures by maximizing the co-benefits and managing the risks of possible trade-offs across SDGs. In this paper, we explore the impact of 20 promising climate mitigation measures on achieving the other SDGs for 11 world regions. Using the IMAGE modelling framework, the paper explores the GHG emission reduction potential of these measures aggregated by the sector under three scenarios. Based on peer-reviewed articles, the impact of the measures on other SDGs is assessed for the top three sectors with the highest GHG reduction potential in each region. We conclude that the number of synergies between the selected climate change mitigation measures and other SDGs dwarf the number of trade-offs in all regions. The magnitude of these synergies and trade-offs, however, varies by regional and socio-economic context. In high- and middle-income regions, the mitigation measures show few trade-offs that are generally associated with technology choices that could aggravate inequality and impact biodiversity. In low-income regions, some measures, especially land-use related ones, could interfere with efforts to reduce poverty, end hunger and improve well-being, if not complemented by additional policies that aim to protect the poor from increasing food and energy prices.","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"52 1","pages":"289 - 314"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78634156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, M. D. Simatele, O. Olowoporoku
{"title":"The influence of socioeconomic factors on individual and household adaptation strategies to climate change risks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria","authors":"Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, M. D. Simatele, O. Olowoporoku","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2143821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2143821","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more extreme weather pose severe threats for vulnerable communities, ecosystems, and livelihoods in cities of developing countries. Realizing these threats has heightened scholarly inquiry on future risk trends of climate change and adaptation strategies in the countries of Global South and North. However, most studies are based on data of North America, Europe, and Asia. There is minimal documentation of adaptation strategies to mitigate the risk of extreme weather in cities of Sub-Saharan Africa. Hence, this study addresses this need by examining the factors influencing individual and household adaptation strategies to climate risk in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria. Data was collected from 384 randomly selected household heads in different residential densities of the city. Household socioeconomic and demographic attributes, awareness of climate change and factors influencing their adaptation strategies to climate risk were assessed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study showed that adaptation strategies adopted were reactive rather than anticipatory and varied in magnitude according to the different residential densities. Recommendations emanating from the study include integrating and implementing climate change adaptation policies and embarking on a rigorous awareness campaign to ease households’ vulnerability and augment their climate change absorptive, adaptive, and transformative abilities in the city.","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"114 1","pages":"273 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77674889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Balancing the sustainability in the 2030 agenda: the OECD countries","authors":"Carmen García- Peña, Bárbara Díaz, M. Muñoz","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2143530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2143530","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT When assessing the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, the equilibrium among the dimensions of the sustainable development should be taken into account, recognizing the balanced and integrated nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To this end, we propose the use of a Balance Index to complement the performance indexes of the SDGs and the integration of sustainable development dimensions and experts’ opinions in the normalization process. The data source is the 2020 SDG Index Report proposed by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Provide and analyse the performance and the balance indexes for OECD countries. Finally, we propose a visual matrix of the two indexes with four progress scenarios to orientate the decision-making. This proposal allows a more accurate quantification of the situation of each country and is, therefore, a useful tool for evaluating the integrated nature of the sustainability (SDG 17).","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"14 1","pages":"243 - 271"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87251786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative education for wicked problems: An impact study of the Wageningen University Honours Programme","authors":"Aneeqah Tariq, Max van Deursen, Astrid Hendriksen","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2137203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2137203","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite the growing consensus that academic curricula should play a crucial role in addressing wicked problems, academic curriculum designers often find themselves entering uncharted waters. This impact study addresses a number of challenges in the search for how innovative ways of learning affect students’ ability to deal with wicked problems. The empirical research focuses on the case study of the Honours Programme of Wageningen University and draws on interviews with early career alumni. The concepts “agency” and “boundary spanning” are considered guiding principles to prepare students to cope with complexity and uncertainty, unreliable information, conflicting interpretations and non-transparent cause–effect relationships. This study finds that participation in the Honours Programme resulted in students developing agency in (1) ownership; (2) self-reflexivity and (3) shaping focus and boundary spanning between (1) disciplines; (2) people and (3) theory & practice. The study concludes that innovative education characterized by freedom, long-term projects, and real-life challenges can contribute to students developing agency and boundary spanning capacities.","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":"227 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80350296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The climate change – inequality nexus: towards environmental and socio-ecological inequalities with a focus on human capabilities","authors":"Alexia Faus Onbargi","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2131828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2131828","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The climate change – inequality nexus has become an increasingly important concept advanced by inequality and sustainability experts as well as international organisations like the United Nations. In this perspective paper, two arguments are made to further our understanding of the nexus and to promote action on SDG 10 (”Reducing inequalities within and among countries”) and SDG 13 (”Climate action”). First, climate change’s status as a “core” planetary boundary as well as its embeddedness in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, calls for a wider discussion on environmental and ecological degradation in the context of inequality. Second, the concept of inequalities of opportunity freedoms, under the guise of the influential human capabilities framework, is well suited to make sense of the complexity and multidimensionality of the climate change – inequality nexus. To this end, some (and by no means all) causal links between climate change, wider environmental and ecological degradations, and inequality are analysed. The paper concludes by arguing in favour of a framework that can aptly capture the full complexity and multidimensionality of the climate change – inequality nexus.","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"352 1","pages":"163 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83459012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating possibility spaces for the development of circular bioeconomy initiatives","authors":"Per-Anders Langendahl, C. Mark-Herbert, M. Cook","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2137202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2137202","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To help move society towards more sustainable states, policies have been developed in various countries to create a circular bioeconomy (CBE) in biobased sectors such as forestry and agriculture. In operationalizing CBE, initiatives must be created in which feedback loops between life-cycle stages are established to enable a “stock” of resources to be recirculated in the economy. By creating such feedback loops, CBE aims to decouple economic growth from natural resource depletion and degradation. However, few CBE initiatives have been developed. This implementation gap has partly arisen because policies to promote CBE are somewhat theoretical and do not seem to be informed by the practical realities of implementing CBE initiatives on the ground. While CBE policies do not and should not set out detailed implementation plans to address these issues, they do need to better account for how favourable circumstances and contexts can be created for the development of CBE initiatives. In response, this paper critically examines how possibility spaces can be created for the development of CBE initiatives. Assemblage thinking is used in longitudinal case study research focused on a major CBE initiative situated in the south of Sweden: Foodhills. Assemblage thinking is both an approach and method widely used in geography to study how spaces for action such as the construction of CBE initiatives are created. As such, the paper identifies and unpacks multiple issues arising in the development of CBE initiatives on the ground including geographical relations, actor networks and power.","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"30 1","pages":"209 - 225"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83396163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John Robinson, Ayako Ariga, Sean Cameron, Ryan Wang
{"title":"Reaching the Rest: Embedding Sustainability in Undergraduate Student Learning","authors":"John Robinson, Ayako Ariga, Sean Cameron, Ryan Wang","doi":"10.1080/1943815X.2022.2131829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2022.2131829","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There exists a substantial literature on sustainability pedagogy. Much of it addresses individual courses, sustainability programs, or the learning competencies that are encouraged. The implicit focus is on students who have chosen to specialize on sustainability topics by obtaining a degree in programs such as , sustainability management, environmental science or studies. More recently, there has been emerging literature calling for embedding sustainability into entire university curricula as sustainability becomes a more prominent issue for higher education institutions. Four key themes have emerged in this literature that are relevant to the goal of developing sustainability pedagogy relevant to all students: (i) the organizational framework for the content of sustainability pedagogy, (ii) the conceptualisation and teaching of inter-transdisciplinarity, (iii) the relative merits of compulsory or voluntary sustainability programming, and (iv) the role of course inventories. In this paper, we examine the University of Toronto’s introduction of a new model of sustainability learning and evaluate it against the themes and recommendations found in the literature. This model aims to establish university-wide sustainability learning trajectories, called Sustainability Pathways whose novelty is in its offer to reach many more students than other approaches. The key themes emerging from the literature will serve as a basis for program evaluation. It is found that the Pathways program does embody some of these themes but that further development would be desirable. The program and the course inventories at its foundation will go through periodic evaluation to assess progress on program goals and objectives.","PeriodicalId":16194,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"171 - 187"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76494854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}