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The potential of social innovation to shift the limits to climate adaptation 社会创新改变气候适应限制的潜力

IF 6.6 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2024-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101491

Gina Ziervogel , Ralph Hamann

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Monitoring, evaluation and learning requirements for climate-resilient development pathways 对气候适应型发展路径的监测、评估和学习要求

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101329

Edward Sparkes , Saskia E. Werners

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Triangulating agent-based models, role-playing games, and a stakeholder-centric approach to change scenarios 基于代理的三角模型，角色扮演游戏，以及以利益相关者为中心的方法来改变场景

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101323

Grace B. Villamor , Meine van Noordwijk , Klaus G. Troitzsch

引用次数: 2

Diversification from field to landscape to adapt Mediterranean rainfed agriculture to water scarcity in climate change context 从农田到景观的多样化，使地中海雨养农业适应气候变化背景下的水资源短缺

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101336

Jérôme Molénat , Karim Barkaoui , Salah Benyoussef , Insaf Mekki , Rim Zitouna , Frédéric Jacob

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Just transitions and resilience in contexts of conflict and fragility: the need for a transformative approach 冲突和脆弱性背景下的公正过渡和复原力:需要一种变革性方法

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101360

Erin McCandless , Alexia Faus Onbargi

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Conceptualizing resilience within environmental peacebuilding 将环境建设和平中的复原力概念化

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101362

McKenzie F Johnson , Tobias Ide , Jesann Gonzalez Cruz

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引用次数: 1

Farmer land-use decision-making from an instrumental and relational perspective 基于工具与关系视角的农民土地利用决策

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101303

Margaret Githinji , Meine van Noordwijk , Catherine Muthuri , Erika N. Speelman , Gert Jan Hofstede

引用次数: 9

Security risks from climate change and environmental degradation: implications for sustainable land use transformation in the Global South 气候变化和环境退化带来的安全风险:对发展中国家可持续土地利用转型的影响

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101322

Trung Thanh Nguyen , Ulrike Grote , Frank Neubacher , Dil B. Rahut , Manh Hung Do , Gokul P. Paudel

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引用次数: 9

Contents component 内容组件

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101348

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Who or what makes rainfall? Relational and instrumental paradigms for human impacts on atmospheric water cycling 谁或什么造成了降雨?人类对大气水循环影响的关系和工具范例

IF 7.2 2区环境科学与生态学

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101300

Lisa Tanika , Charles Wamucii , Lisa Best , Elisabeth G Lagneaux , Margaret Githinji , Meine van Noordwijk

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