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{"title":"Exploring the impacts of housing wealth on the evolution of household carbon emissions in China","authors":"Min Zhao ,&nbsp;Rong Yuan ,&nbsp;Xiaosong Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Our study explores the nexus between housing wealth and household carbon emissions (HCEs) in China, using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) spanning 2014 to 2020. We find housing wealth positively correlates with HCEs, with stronger effects in households with agricultural hukou, young heads, low education, low income, multiple dwellings, and those in central or resource-based regions. The mechanism analysis shows that housing wealth drives HCEs through higher consumption, particularly in carbon-intensive goods like appliances and transportation, without altering overall consumption structure. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition reveals that housing wealth explains less than 20 % of the increase in HCEs during economic growth (2014–2018) but accounts for 68.5 % of the reduction in HCEs during the post-COVID economic downturn (2018–2020). These findings provide valuable insights for understanding the emissions impact of housing wealth, offering guidance for predicting future emission trends in China and other developing regions experiencing housing booms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107926"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synergy of carbon - pollution - ecology ——The future of synergetic reduction of pollution and carbon emissions","authors":"Huanzhi Wang ,&nbsp;Ting Liu ,&nbsp;He Xu ,&nbsp;Erfu Dai ,&nbsp;Huimin Hou","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107931","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of intensifying global climate change and environmental pollution, the synergetic reduction of pollution and carbon emissions (SRPCE) has become a pivotal focus in environmental governance and policy-making. The integration of ecosystem services into this framework offers a promising approach to simultaneously enhance ecosystem quality, improve human well-being, and achieve dual objectives of environmental quality improvement and climate change mitigation. Nevertheless, current research and practical applications have largely neglected the collaborative dimension of ecosystem services in SRPCE strategies. This study, focusing on the Yellow River Basin and Haihe River Basin, investigates the spatial synergies among regional pollutants, carbon emissions, and ecosystem services through the development of a novel Carbon-Pollution-Ecology Synergy Index (CPESI). Our findings demonstrate substantial spatial heterogeneity in achieving the intertwined goals of pollution reduction, carbon mitigation, and ecosystem service maintenance, primarily driven by land use changes. Based on the analysis of CPESI results, only 4.1 % of areas achieve triple synergistic enhancement in ecosystem services, pollution carbon emission control. The area proportions of Double synergistic increased, Double synergistic descended, and Triple synergistic descended are 89.6 %, 5.9 %, and 0.4 %. Meanwhile,19.82 % of regions demonstrate a “dual synergy” pattern where pollution reduction coexists with carbon emission, highlighting systemic neglect of ecological service valuation in current governance. Through systematic quantification of the synergistic benefits between emission reduction (both pollutants and carbon) and ecosystem service enhancement, this research develops a comprehensive assessment methodology that effectively integrates environmental and ecological objectives, which serves as a valuable decision-support tool for optimization of cross-regional ecological and environmental governance policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107931"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of international agreements and government policies on collaborative management of environmental pollution and carbon emissions in the transportation sector","authors":"Chukwuemeka Kingsley John ,&nbsp;Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade ,&nbsp;Temitope Fausat Ajibade ,&nbsp;Pankaj Kumar ,&nbsp;Olaolu George Fadugba ,&nbsp;Bashir Adelodun","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to global carbon emissions and environmental pollution, posing a significant challenge to climate change mitigation efforts. Addressing this issue requires a comprehensive evaluation of how international agreements and national policies influence collaborative approaches to reducing emissions. This study systematically reviews the impact of key international frameworks, such as the Paris Agreement, on shaping national policies and fostering cooperative management strategies in the transportation sector. The review employs a qualitative analysis of policy documents, case studies, and international reports to assess the effectiveness of mechanisms such as carbon pricing, renewable energy incentives, and regulatory frameworks in curbing transportation-related emissions. The findings show that while these agreements foster innovative policies and multi-stakeholder collaborations, implementation challenges remain. Case studies highlight both successful and unsuccessful policy applications, emphasizing the role of regional initiatives and public-private partnerships in scaling sustainable transport solutions. However, barriers such as technological limitations, political and economic constraints, and weak enforcement mechanisms continue to hinder progress. This study underscores the need for enhanced international cooperation, continuous policy innovation, and investments in low-carbon transportation technologies to achieve long-term environmental sustainability. Strengthening global agreements and aligning national policies with international objectives will be crucial for realizing significant and lasting reductions in carbon emissions from the transportation sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107930"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment","authors":"Sif de Visser ,&nbsp;Valerio Barbarossa ,&nbsp;Tamara Keijzer ,&nbsp;Francesca Verones ,&nbsp;Martin Dorber","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Damming-induced fragmentation hinders crucial fish migration for feeding and spawning and alters habitat quality. However, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework lacks a model to quantify the impacts of freshwater habitat fragmentation. Our proposed methodology addresses this gap by developing characterization factors (CFs) with global coverage for the isolation risk of 7369 freshwater fish species. We use a macroecological range size-body size relationship to determine species' Minimum Viable Range Size (MVRS) and apply it to assess range fragmentation caused by 31,870 dams. To consider multipurpose reservoirs, we allocate the quantified impact in Potentially Disappeared Fraction of species (PDF) based on a ranking approach. The CFs express global quantified impact and range from 0 to 2.39·10⁻¹² PDF·yr·m⁻³ for hydropower for 524 basins, and from 0 to 3.17·10⁻⁰⁷ PDF·yr·m⁻³ for irrigation for 1355 basins worldwide. We calculate a weighted mean from the CFs per basin to obtain a global CF. This CF is 3.89·10⁻¹⁵ PDF·yr·m⁻³ (± 2.01·10⁻¹⁴ weighted standard deviation) for hydropower and 7.66·10⁻¹⁴ PDF·yr·m⁻³ (± 2.27·10⁻¹² weighted standard deviation) for irrigation. Applying the hydropower and irrigation CFs to a global case study for the operation of a hydropower plant and the production of basmati rice shows that the impact scores for fragmentation exceed those for land inundation and global warming but not for water consumption. In the case of Norway, the hydropower-induced fragmentation impact scores are the highest. This shows the importance of including freshwater fragmentation in decision-making tools such as LCA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107929"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can the use of aquatic non-native species across Europe mitigate their environmental impact?","authors":"Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel ,&nbsp;Cristina Román-Hidalgo","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107932","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107932","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>According to conservation science, non-native species in aquatic environments are species that are introduced by humans outside of their natural habitats. They alter ecosystem and biodiversity. In particular, invasive non-native species constitute a major risk that can threaten not only biodiversity and ecosystem, but also the economy and human health. The consequences of this invasive species presence require positive management actions including utilization of these species. The usual practice adopted against the unwanted presence of invasive non-native aquatic species in the environment is their eradication. However, non-native aquatic species, often dangerous to other species or to the environment, may be beneficial to humans. Controlling non-native aquatic species populations by reducing their numbers via utilization is an economically viable way by turning the species into resources rather than simply trying to eradicate them. The harnessing of non-native aquatic species (especially invasive non-native aquatic species) is still limited and needs to be extensively researched. Therefore, the aim of this work is to discuss the favorable and responsible use of non-native aquatic species for human consumption and industry as an alternative to their elimination. In this respect, different approaches to the use of these species are described and reviewed, and their potential for future applications in the context of mitigation of environmental impact is additionally analyzed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107932"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Low-carbon economy and innovative pilot program on trade in services: Quasi-experimental evidence from Chinese cities","authors":"Yichen Yang ,&nbsp;Penghu Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Trade in services is an important driver of the low-carbon economy, but related causal evidence is limited. To fill this gap, this paper uses China's innovative pilot program on trade in services (TSP) as a quasi-experiment and employs the staggered DID method to quantify the impact of this policy on carbon total factor productivity (CTFP). The empirical evidence shows that the TSP policy causes a 6.82 % increase in CTFP in pilot cities, primarily driven by technical innovation effects. However, it also results in a decline in environmental emission efficiency. Moreover, the policy exerts significant siphoning effects on nearby cities within a 150-km radius of the pilot cities, with the effects diminishing as physical distance increases. By considering the energy-saving targets from the 13th Five-Year Plan to identify the moderating role of environmental policy, high-intensity energy-saving targets are demonstrated to effectively mitigate the reduction of emission efficiency caused by the TSP policy. Our findings highlight the key role of service trade in promoting cities' low-carbon growth. Relevant authorities should continue to deepen the TSP policy and adopt diversified policy mixes to achieve a win-win outcome for both the economy and the environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107928"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social vulnerability assessment for air pollution in China","authors":"Qingnan Cai ,&nbsp;Delin Fang ,&nbsp;Bin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107925","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107925","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ambient fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) is one of the most serious health risk factors. Provinces should not only reduce emission sources but also improve the social comprehensive ability to alleviate the air pollution health risk. This study established a social vulnerability index (SVI) for air pollution containing three dimensions (exposure, sensitivity, adaptability), which considered PM_2.5 health impact and social comprehensive ability. The global exposure mortality model and generalized principal component analysis method were applied to calculate these three dimensions values of SVI. PM_2.5 concentration in China increased during 2000–2013 and decreased significantly after 2013 due to the strict air control measures, and the national average level of exposure to air pollution showed the same trend correspondingly during 2000–2015. The national average level of sensitivity showed a continuously decreasing trend while adaptability showed an increasing trend. Provinces in central and western China had higher SVI showing a cluster spatial distribution. Tibet always exhibited a high SVI predominantly due to its pronounced sensitivity coupled with a lack of adaptability, while the high exposure and low adaptability level result in a similarly high SVI in Henan. In contrast, Beijing was always in the lowest five groups of SVI mainly because of its weak sensitivity and strong adaptability. Findings in this study help regions enact specific policies through exposure, sensitivity and adaptability dimensions to reduce health risk and mitigate social vulnerability of air pollution in China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107925"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Eliciting farmer households' preferences for attributes of insurance schemes addressing wildlife conflict: A choice experiment study","authors":"Hengtong Shi ,&nbsp;Han Sun ,&nbsp;Yan Song ,&nbsp;Muhammad Abu Sufyan Ali","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107927","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107927","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a global challenge that jeopardizes both farmers' livelihoods and wildlife conservation. Providing economic incentives, such as compensation programs, has been a common strategy to address this challenge. However, the effectiveness of these programs is debated, as mishandling and inadequate payments can escalate animosity and financial liabilities for governments. To alleviate future financial burdens and enhance compensation, adopting subsidized insurance schemes for subsistence farmers is proposed as a long-term solution. Such initiatives have shown promise in mitigating HWC in various regions but challenges remain in aligning insurance offerings with the needs of farmers. This paper addresses the scarcity of research on public demand for HWC insurance, with a focus on individual insurance attributes related to HWC. It employs the Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) methodology to analyze essential insurance elements, such as waiting times for indemnity, minimum coverage, and premiums, that influence farmers' decisions. Additionally, it explores integrating preventative measures into insurance, encouraging risk-reduction strategies. The findings contribute to understanding the challenges and opportunities in implementing insurance-based solutions to mitigate HWC. This promotes coexistence between communities and wildlife, safeguarding endangered species while addressing the conflict's economic and social dimensions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107927"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Combining protection and restoration strategies enables cost-effective compensation with ecological equivalence in Brazil","authors":"Clarice Borges-Matos ,&nbsp;Francisco d'Albertas ,&nbsp;Mariana Eiko Mendes ,&nbsp;Rafael Loyola ,&nbsp;Jean Paul Metzger","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107922","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107922","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ecological compensation and offsets have been used worldwide to repair the residual impacts caused by human activities. Achieving ecological equivalence in them has been challenging, and conflicts between development and environmental sectors commonly arise. We addressed this issue by testing an approach that is cost-effective and includes equivalence in compensation. We used the Brazilian Native Vegetation Protection Law's Legal Reserve (a native vegetation percentage of every rural property that must be conserved) compensation scheme as a study case. We created scenarios to test the law's three main compensation strategies (vegetation protection, restoration, and regularization of private lands inside public protected areas) separately and combined. We used a recently developed framework to assess ecological equivalence, including biodiversity, landscape, and ecosystem attributes measured and exchanged in a disaggregated manner. Cost-effectiveness was evaluated regarding deficit resolution (deficit in Legal Reserve needing compensation), economic costs, and native vegetation gained (additionality). The most effective strategy for deficit resolution was restoration (98.99 % of resolution), followed by protection (40.22 %) and regularization (0.15 %). Restoration was the most expensive strategy, but it also had the highest additionality. Combined scenarios resulted in balanced cost-effectiveness. The combination of protection followed by restoration was the best strategy, since its deficit resolution was high (99.47 %), with an intermediate cost and additionality. It is thus possible to make cost-effective compensation exchanges accounting for ecological equivalence adequately. We also used simple calculations in a new spatial optimization automated deficit and compensation prioritization path to generate spatially explicit results. Considering ecological equivalence guarantees additionality and more equitable spatial distribution of ecological benefits. These findings underscore the importance of incorporating equivalence in compensation, offering a promising avenue for bolstering efforts in compensation and offset schemes to address the ongoing climate and environmental global crisis by proposing a new approach to achieve this.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107922"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Non-linear responses and critical thresholds of human well-being to ecosystem services across land-use intensities in urbanizing areas","authors":"Runmiao Zhu ,&nbsp;Zheyi Xia ,&nbsp;Fachao Liang ,&nbsp;Chengcheng Yuan ,&nbsp;Liming Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107921","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107921","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Human well-being (HWB) cannot be sustained without ecosystem services (ESs). While many studies have explored the complex relationship between ESs and HWB, few have focused on their non-linear relationships and threshold effects, and how these vary under different land-use intensities. This study quantified and mapped ESs and HWB from 2000 to 2020 in the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou area in China. To examine how each ES contributed to HWB and their variation across land-use intensities, the random forest was employed. Restricted cubic splines were applied to identify non-linear relationships and critical thresholds, examining how these relationships changed with varying land-use intensity. The findings show that among different ESs, grain production had the greatest impact on HWB throughout the entire area, as well as in both areas with low and high land-use intensities. ESs and HWB had a significant variation of relationships, most of which displayed non-linear patterns and threshold effects. Many associations followed an inverted “U” shape, with a maximum threshold. The non-linear relationship between ESs and HWB differed across land-use intensities. It is manifest mostly from a significant nonlinear relationship in the low land-use intensity areas to a non-significant one in the high land-use intensity areas. HWB was less dependent on local ESs in areas with high land-use intensity than low land-use intensity, revealing a social-ecological system archetype of change. Critical threshold identification of how ESs and HWB interact can help guide social-ecological systems toward sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107921"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143687621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}