Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability最新文献

Cash for conservation? Integrating basic income support into biodiversity and climate finance 保育用现金？将基本收入支持纳入生物多样性和气候融资

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101554

Robert Fletcher , Emiel de Lange , Isabel Felandro , Munib Khanyari , Omar Saif , Jocelyne Sze , Ben West

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The role of circular economy in reducing corporate default probability: insights from recent research 循环经济在降低企业违约概率中的作用：来自近期研究的见解

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101555

Beatrice Bertelli , Ulpiana Kocollari , Laura Merzi , Costanza Torricelli

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Unlocking the potential of biosphere reserves: a review of structural, institutional, and ideational challenges to transformational learning 释放生物圈保护区的潜力：对转型学习的结构、制度和理念挑战的回顾

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101543

Camilla Sandström , Irina Mancheva , Hjalmar Laudon

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What functions for city networks in local climate governance? Conceptualising cross-site interactions as learning, moulding and steering 城市网络在地方气候治理中的作用是什么？将跨站点的交互概念化为学习、塑造和指导

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101540

Jesse Schrage , Subina Shrestha

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What do we (not) know about biodiversity finance governance? 我们对生物多样性金融治理了解（不了解）什么？

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101541

Jesper Svensson, Julia Mao, Nils Droste

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Contributions of Net-Map to sustainability action research Net-Map对可持续发展行动研究的贡献

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101542

Sofía Valeria Cortés-Calderón , María D. López-Rodríguez , Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno , Antonio J. Castro , María Mancilla-García

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Applying the ecosystem services framework in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves: lessons learned and ways forward 在教科文组织世界生物圈保护区网络中应用生态系统服务框架：经验教训和前进方向

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101539

Janne K Thomsen , Inger E Måren , Jarrod Cusens

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Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation 揭示普遍存在的假设：在保护中超越贫困-生物多样性丧失的关联

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101537

Rachel Carmenta , Mairon G. Bastos Lima , Shofwan A.B. Choiruzzad , Neil Dawson , Natalia Estrada-Carmona , Christina Hicks , Giorgos Kallis , Eric Nana , Evan Killick , Alexander Lees , Adria Martin , Unai Pascual , Nathalie Pettorelli , James Reed , Esther Turnhout , Bhaskar Vira , Julie G. Zaehringer , Jos Barlow

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Leveraging place-based identities and senses of belonging to mobilize for action-oriented research in UNESCO sites 利用基于地点的身份和归属感，动员在教科文组织遗址开展面向行动的研究

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101536

Katja Malmborg , Jacqueline Hamilton , Carolin Seiferth

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Current perspectives on debt-for-nature swaps: moving from exploratory to empirical research 当前关于债务换自然的观点：从探索性研究转向实证研究

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101538

Christoph Nedopil , Tianshu Sun

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