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How civil society organizations influence environmental governance in the Global South 民间社会组织如何影响发展中国家的环境治理

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101556

Yaohui Wang, Yang Qiu

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Off the charts? Reasons to be skeptical of the growth in biodiversity finance 打破排行榜？对生物多样性金融增长持怀疑态度的理由

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101544

Jens Christiansen , Audrey Irvine-Broque , Jessica Dempsey , Sara Nelson , Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza , Patrick Bigger , Mine Islar

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The need for transnational networks and transdisciplinary education for sustainable development in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in the Global South 在教科文组织全球南方生物圈保护区建立可持续发展的跨国网络和跨学科教育的必要性

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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101553

Denise Margaret Matias , Mukona Kone , Paulina G Karim , Diana San Jose , Bryan Joel Mariano , Andrea Monica Ortiz , Pradeep K Dubey , Gino Garcia

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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

{"title":"Cash for conservation? Integrating basic income support into biodiversity and climate finance","authors":"Robert Fletcher , Emiel de Lange , Isabel Felandro , Munib Khanyari , Omar Saif , Jocelyne Sze , Ben West","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article outlines the idea of a Basic Income for Nature and Climate (BINC) as a novel mechanism for funding biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation activities. This proposal responds to two important empirical developments. The first concerns growing discussions around cash transfer programs and universal basic income within international development discussions. While these are increasingly implemented or piloted, they do not usually take into account environmental issues including biodiversity conservation. The second relates to market-based instruments like payments for ecosystem services and REDD+ (reduced emissions through avoided deforestation and forest degradation). In practice, these programs have commonly failed to halt biodiversity loss and alleviate poverty. The BINC proposal aims to integrate and transcend these existing mechanisms as part of a broader program of transformative change in conservation policy and practice that foregrounds concerns for social justice and equity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101554"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}

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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

{"title":"Contributions of Net-Map to sustainability action research","authors":"Sofía Valeria Cortés-Calderón , María D. López-Rodríguez , Amanda Jiménez-Aceituno , Antonio J. Castro , María Mancilla-García","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101542","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Net-Map, an interview-based network mapping tool, has been applied across various scientific fields and purposes since its inception to study networks of influence. In this article, we first review the general uses and limitations of Net-Map and then share experiential knowledge gained from using Net-Map to develop an action-oriented research process focused on envisioning pathways to sustainable futures in Spanish drylands. Drawing from the literature and reflecting on our experience, we identified four practical contributions of Net-Map that support our action-oriented research process, including: 1) creating socially inclusive participatory spaces that capture a diversity of influential capacities for promoting sustainability transformations, 2) understanding how to articulate transformative changes at multiple scales, 3) anticipating conflicts and managing power imbalances across scales, and 4) building shared agency and capabilities for fostering collective action, while respecting differences between participants’ perspectives. This paper argues how Net-Map can help overcome common barriers in action-oriented research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101542"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144147925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}

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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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