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Setting global deadlines for the elimination of major groups of persistent organic pollutants 为消除主要类别的持久性有机污染物设定全球最后期限

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104090

Ishmail Sheriff

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Cultivating collective imagination beyond crisis 培养超越危机的集体想象力

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104074

Rose Cairns

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From soil sciences to soil economics: A cross-analysis of natural capital and soil ecosystem service provision 从土壤科学到土壤经济学：自然资本和土壤生态系统服务提供的交叉分析

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104088

Toho Hien , Christophe Schwartz , Serge Garcia

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Unchecking the box: Overcoming barriers to meaningful consultation 取消勾选：克服进行有意义磋商的障碍

IF 4.9 2区环境科学与生态学

Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104085

Jeremy Sorgen , Peter Nelson , Van Butsic , Seth LaRosa , Shasta Gaughen , Earl Crosby , Robert Geary , Jennifer Sowerwine

{"title":"Unchecking the box: Overcoming barriers to meaningful consultation","authors":"Jeremy Sorgen , Peter Nelson , Van Butsic , Seth LaRosa , Shasta Gaughen , Earl Crosby , Robert Geary , Jennifer Sowerwine","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104085","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104085","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intergovernmental consultation between public agencies and Tribal governments is a critical component of affirming Indigenous land sovereignty and protecting sacred sites and cultural resources in land use and decision making. However, despite the growing prevalence locally and nationally of natural and cultural resource laws that mandate government to government consultation, achieving “meaningful consultation” remains elusive. This article analyzes barriers to meaningful consultation through a case study analysis of intergovernmental consultation around cultural resources and cannabis permitting on Tribal ancestral lands in California. This study argues that cultural resource laws in general suffer from asymmetrical power relations, which are codified into policy through provisions such as “agency discretion” and unfunded mandates. We differentiate between “structural” barriers to consultation as those which embody exclusionary mechanisms of settler colonialism and “soft” barriers such as cultural differences, knowledge gaps, and relationships, all of which undermine the consultation process. Meaningful consultation requires equitable Tribal-agency relations, which depend on policies that affirm Tribal authority in land use decision making, as well as agency and Tribal capacity building, with equitable funding for Tribal staff time, Tribal-agency trust and relationship building, and agency training in Tribal culture, history, and cultural resource policy. Cultural resource laws and consultation policies that affirm Tribal sovereignty demonstrate awareness of and incorporate measures intended to eliminate these barriers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 104085"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143899033","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 rationales of managing public space: Changing values in a developing discipline 公共空间管理的基本原理：发展中的学科中不断变化的价值观

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104078

Eva Duivenvoorden , Marlies Brinkhuijsen , Ton Hesselmans , Thomas Hartmann

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Why history matters to planning: Climate change, colonialism & maladaptation 为什么历史对规划很重要：气候变化、殖民主义和适应不良

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104076

Sarah Kehler, S. Jeff Birchall

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Exploring the urban systemic scenarios of improving socioecological conditions in an informal settlement of a developing country with a system dynamics model 用系统动力学模型探讨发展中国家非正式住区改善社会生态条件的城市系统情景

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104079

Alejandra Acevedo-De-los-Ríos , Favio R. Chumpitaz-Requena , Daniel R. Rondinel-Oviedo , Úrsula Cárdenas-Mamani , Johan Manuel Redondo

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Inclusive policy development from the ground up: Insights from the household water-energy-food nexus 包容性政策从头制定：来自家庭水-能源-食物关系的见解

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104084

Maha Al-Zu’bi , Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi , Bassel Daher , Youssef Brouziyne

{"title":"Inclusive policy development from the ground up: Insights from the household water-energy-food nexus","authors":"Maha Al-Zu’bi , Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi , Bassel Daher , Youssef Brouziyne","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite substantial contemporary research and a growing trend in exploring the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, most research efforts have been invested in macro-level supply-side infrastructure and policies. However, prioritizing demand-side management policies can provide new opportunities and untapped potential for addressing interconnected resource challenges. Demand management inherently encompasses users’ consumption patterns, behaviors, socio-economic conditions, and choices, thereby necessitating active engagement and participation. Understanding household-level demands is fundamental to assess the demand for and consumption of water, energy, and food, as well as to inform policy decisions. In this context, our study investigated household consumption patterns within the interconnected WEF nexus, including daily practices such as cooking and washing, conservation measures, household governance, and their cross-cutting relationships with climate change. As a case study, we conducted our research in the Jabal Al Natheef neighborhood of Amman City, Jordan. Our findings reveal that households can propose and enact climate-friendly decisions. Significant gender-related differences were also observed in decisions made across WEF household practices. Additionally, households’ perspectives highlighted governance issues and revealed gaps in policy implementation along with the need for more inclusive decision-making processes. Our results underscore the importance of understanding household-level WEF nexus dynamics and daily practices in informing environmental policies, particularly those related to climate action. Such policies are best developed from the bottom-up by incorporating household insights, rather than relying solely on top-down, one-size-fits-all solutions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 104084"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143886658","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 integration of peatlands into the EU Common Agricultural Policy: Recent progress and remaining challenges 将泥炭地纳入欧盟共同农业政策：最近的进展和仍然存在的挑战

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104077

Ralf Nordbeck , Karl Hogl , Lena Schaller

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How do stakeholders engage with critical cartography in planning? Analysis of a decision-making process in marine governance 利益相关者如何参与规划中的关键制图？海洋治理决策过程分析

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104083

Juliette Davret, Brice Trouillet

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