Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability最新文献

{"title":"Climate change and biodiversity loss: new territories for financial authorities","authors":"Hugues Chenet","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101449","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change became a central issue in 1988 with the creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Financial authorities only started to take up the subject in 2015. Since then, they have continuously accelerated their endeavour in this regard and have quickly added biodiversity loss to the environmental issues to deal with. Unfortunately, despite the very fast learning curve they follow, financial authorities have taken a path that may not succeed. But moving beyond approaches solely based on a financial risk paradigm and fostering transdisciplinary research to address broad systemic questions at the interface of the natural and socioeconomic worlds, central banks and supervisory authorities could enter a new era, where the impact of their decisions would contribute materially to solve the challenges of our time.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101449"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000368/pdfft?md5=a0905b3e5c18a5be07df4a64498a2f26&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000368-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140537072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biodiversity reporting: standardization, materiality, and assurance","authors":"Viktor Elliot ,&nbsp;Kristina Jonäll ,&nbsp;Mari Paananen ,&nbsp;Jan Bebbington ,&nbsp;Giovanna Michelon","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines the evolving landscape of biodiversity reporting standards, describes their underlying rationale and anticipated effects, and highlights unresolved issues that impede the provision of ‘good’ information to markets and other report users. While a variety of reporting regulations exist, they do not point to a common ground for reporting. They address different aspects of corporate biodiversity impact and adopt different conceptions of assurance and materiality. Given the early stage of this field, further research is needed on what best practice informational governance may entail.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101435"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000228/pdfft?md5=87797ea287bef4bc6cd955b1c12a17b5&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000228-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140533812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing marine plastic pollution: a systematic literature review","authors":"Stefania Bertolazzi ,&nbsp;Angela Cuttitta ,&nbsp;Vito Pipitone","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101428","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;After being for a long time disregarded, marine plastic pollution is now a growing topic among scholars, industry and government. It represents an enormous pressing threat to the integrity of the marine ecosystem, influencing its ability to provide socio-economic benefits on which human well-being is based &lt;span&gt;[1]&lt;/span&gt;. The need to react is clear: the annual discharge of plastic into the ocean is estimated to be 11 million tons &lt;span&gt;[2]&lt;/span&gt;. Projections indicate that by 2040, plastic leakage into the ocean will nearly triple &lt;span&gt;[2]&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This article aims to perform a systematic literature review on marine plastic pollution, approaching it from a problem-solving perspective. The study provides readers with an overview of how the issue is generally perceived and the potential solutions implemented and proposed thus far. Indeed, as a multi-sectoral problem, marine plastic pollution does not have a single solution. An appropriate approach to the problem should involve several levels of action: governmental (at local and global levels) and community-based (consumer and industry commitment and local initiatives). To conduct our systematic review, we decided to narrow our research to three aspects essential for effectively addressing the issue: consumer perception of marine plastic pollution, best local practices of plastic pollution management and global governance of marine plastic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consumer perception of the issue is crucial in the fight against marine plastic pollution. In this regard, many authors highlight the important role that the general public can play in influencing patterns of industrial and government choice of actions. Sharing knowledge and raising the level of awareness about the issue appears essential. Many authors also stress the importance of bottom-up approaches to implement sustainable waste management. In this sense, local management of marine plastic debris can be seen as an opportunity for communities to drive economic development based on innovative use and disposal of plastic waste. As for the governance level, this study tries to collect research on marine plastics devoted to the study of the ongoing and future possible actions that global decision-makers can take to address the issue. Notwithstanding the high relevance of local governance of marine plastic pollution, we have decided to focus our attention on the global governance level. Indeed, marine plastic pollution, as a global problem, necessarily needs a coordinated international response. Despite the optimistic expectations stemming from the ongoing negotiations for a global plastics-binding treaty since March 2022, the reviewed authors denounce the current international marine plastic legal framework as incomplete and fragmented, characterised by a shortage of effective and binding instruments to reduce marine plastic pollution. Overall, from the analysis of our selected articles, it is possible to observe a rising widespread consens","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101428"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140195933","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}

{"title":"Unpacking the informal midstream: how the informal economy could contribute to enhanced food system outcomes","authors":"Emma Termeer,&nbsp;Siemen van Berkum,&nbsp;Youri Dijkxhoorn,&nbsp;Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101433","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Informal traders, street vendors, and transporters — known as midstream businesses — play a critical role in food systems in the Global South, providing affordable food to low-income households. However, negative impacts relating to these businesses may occur because of unregulated activities, for example, poor working conditions, operating outside of regulation food safety policies, and lack of knowledge around and incentives to enforce adequate hygiene standards. Knowledge on effective approaches to reach out and include informal businesses in enhancing food system outcomes and reducing negative impacts is lacking. This is leading to missed opportunities in achieving zero hunger — Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 — and other SDGs. There is a need for improved understanding of the motivations, organization, and governance of informal businesses, so policies and interventions can be adjusted to their realities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101433"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000204/pdfft?md5=3e363f47a2847080fa2b1060fdbed915&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000204-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140181090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research","authors":"Karoline Augenstein ,&nbsp;David PM Lam ,&nbsp;Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu ,&nbsp;Philip Bernert ,&nbsp;Lakshmi Charli-Joseph ,&nbsp;Jessica Cockburn ,&nbsp;Teresa Kampfmann ,&nbsp;Laura M Pereira ,&nbsp;My M Sellberg","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101438","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101438","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In response to the climate and biodiversity crisis, the number of transdisciplinary research projects in which researchers partner with sustainability initiatives to foster transformative change is increasing globally. To enable and catalyze substantial transformative change, transformative transdisciplinary research (TTDR) is urgently needed to provide knowledge and guidance for actions. We review prominent discussions on TTDR and draw on our experiences from research projects in the Global South and North. Drawing on this, we identify key gaps and stimulate debate on how sustainability researchers can enable and catalyze transformative change by advancing five priority areas: clarify what TTDR is, conduct meaningful people-centric research, unpack how to act at deep leverage points, improve engagement with diverse knowledge systems, and explore potentials and risks of global digitalization for transformative change.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101438"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000253/pdfft?md5=e65b3565b2829ce4553a5ded4097748c&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000253-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140181089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Restoring trust in sustainability reporting: the enabling role of the external assurance","authors":"Simone Pizzi,&nbsp;Andrea Venturelli,&nbsp;Fabio Caputo","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101437","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the current scenario characterized by distrust about business contributions to sustainable development, it is necessary to identify new tools to legitimate companies’ operations. The main initiatives launched by supranational institutions and standard setters contributed to this goal by providing new reporting standards to encourage companies to disclose their environmental, social, and governance information on a mandatory or voluntary basis. However, the proliferation of reports prepared by companies with different attitudes toward sustainable development underlined the need to identify alternative accountability mechanisms to restore the signaling effects of adopting these technologies. In particular, a key role is covered by external assurance mechanisms, which represent an emerging research stream in accounting research. According to this evidence, our contribution aims to contribute to this debate through a science mapping of the existing knowledge about external assurance. The insights collected revealed that academics identified a set of information about the main constraints and opportunities related to adopting external assurance mechanisms that could support the recent initiatives launched by international organizations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101437"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000241/pdfft?md5=1a8ae47524db3f187781d9e1ba15effa&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000241-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biodiversity, peace and conflict: understanding the connections","authors":"Lucy Rist ,&nbsp;Albert Norström ,&nbsp;Cibele Queiroz","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101431","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Trajectories of human conflict have direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function. These occur across terrestrial, marine and freshwater systems via the well-established drivers of biodiversity loss: land and sea-use change, climate change, overexploitation, pollution and invasive species. However, the mechanisms underlying the nature of some of these connections are still poorly explored, as is the compilation of existing evidence. Furthermore, indirect drivers, spillover effects, and synergistic relationships between drivers are additional knowledge gaps. Building a full picture requires exploring the magnitude and directionality of impacts within the wider context of socioeconomic change and geopolitics with which conflict is associated. As this knowledge advances, conflict in its diverse forms is likely to emerge as the most overlooked and significant indirect driver of biodiversity loss internationally. Additionally, it is our greatest challenge in achieving sustainable development, specifically due to the primacy of its influence on all other sustainability challenges.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101431"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000186/pdfft?md5=ee576aaaa708eb816f66d9987ead9cee&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000186-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140142040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact measurement and the conflicted nature of materiality decisions","authors":"Lisa Hehenberger ,&nbsp;Chiara Andreoli","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101436","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Impact measurement (IM) is an important tool to understand how organizations generate non-financial value, including social and environmental impact. However, if impact is to be actionable, it needs to be considered material and thus included in decision-making. Nevertheless, diverging guidelines and directives around materiality generate confusion, presenting a challenge in linking IM to materiality decisions. This challenge becomes increasingly complex when we consider factors related to sustainability, as it involves the presence of numerous stakeholders, each with their unique perspectives. Understanding what holds significance for these stakeholders through active dialogue and engagement is paramount for meaningful IM. While the intricate nature of materiality has been widely acknowledged in the sustainability reporting literature, a dearth of studies explored the drivers of tensions related to impact materiality in the context of IM. Our study proposes four critical research directions to shed light on these tensions and provide valuable insights into this complex area. For instance, additional empirical studies are needed to assess how impact materiality from a multistakeholder perspective has been embedded in the organizational decision-making process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101436"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140134414","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}

{"title":"Which diversification trajectories make coffee farming more sustainable?","authors":"Poncet Valérie ,&nbsp;van Asten Piet ,&nbsp;Millet Claude P ,&nbsp;Vaast Philippe ,&nbsp;Allinne Clémentine","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101432","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Annual global coffee consumption growth (1–2%) has been largely met (&gt;50%) mainly by Brazil and Vietnam through high-input monocrop system adoption. Smallholders account for &gt;80% of global producers and &gt;60% of global supply despite limited farm sizes (&lt;2 ha), yields, and input usage. Production concentration in areas with high-yielding systems has fulfilled global demand growth while keeping coffee prices low. However, climate shocks demonstrate the vulnerability of all supply models, strengthening the voice of those advocating more resilient and diversified systems. We review current agroforestry knowledge to identify key trade-offs and synergies between sustainability/performance indicators (i.e. economic, environmental, and social) and explore pathways for a more sustainable coffee future with three examples representative of global coffee production system diversity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101432"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343524000198/pdfft?md5=4abddd290cd93a73aec0aee38e021e3c&pid=1-s2.0-S1877343524000198-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140121964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Some feminist strands and their potential for the performativity of climate regulations: a review","authors":"Orthodoxia Kyriacou","doi":"10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2024.101434","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This piece engages with strands from the literature on the ‘everyday’ [8,9], and also McGregor’s [10] point that climate change impacts can be recorded and victims can be counted. Some of the main strands in the literature are explored by way of critique and some (re)positioning of these ideas as we move into the future. The notion of ‘performativity’ as developed by Butler [11–13], is explored. I offer insights into utilising the notion of acknowledging experience [18] and its connection with giving voice to the silenced in the climate debate. The current debate focuses on the language of risk and calculability [19]. I explore how this might be shifted to focus more positively on opportunities rather than risk [20]. Finally, the notions of futures [21,22], anticipation [23] and agency [24], which might advance and enhance our understanding by being reflective and reflexive with regard to climate change, are presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":294,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 101434"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140103867","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}