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{"title":"Transformative change from below? Linking biodiversity governance with the diversity of bottom-up action","authors":"Helena Valve ,&nbsp;Dalia D'Amato ,&nbsp;Aniek Hebinck ,&nbsp;Anita Lazurko ,&nbsp;Mara de Pater ,&nbsp;Romana Jungwirth Březovská ,&nbsp;Heli Saarikoski ,&nbsp;Chrysi Laspidou ,&nbsp;Hans Keune ,&nbsp;Konstantinos Ziliaskopoulos ,&nbsp;Zuzana Veronika Harmáčková","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Individual actors and actor groups are vital catalysts of transformative change as they are able to initiate interventions that nurture and protect biodiversity. This paper analyses biodiversity-focused practices across the civil, market and public spheres to identify the modes of intervention that actors in Europe utilise when they seek to fight biodiversity loss as part of their every-day work or voluntary activism. Studying how actors locate and engage with biodiversity issues allowed us to develop a typology of intervention modes and to unravel interlinkages between biodiversity governance and bottom-up action in a new manner. The seven modes of intervention identified from the rich qualitative data demonstrate how bottom-up practices vary in terms of the tangible issues they seek to address. Practitioners and activists locate options for change in resource management practices, production and consumption systems, market conditions, and land-use, amongst others. The findings enact a Europe in which cohesion policies, land-use pressures and power lobbies controlling resource management generate resistance and spark innovation. The aspirations to affect policymaking and biodiversity governance vary from one mode to another. In some cases, governance is positioned as a target of bottom-up action. Governance can also be assigned an action-conditioning role or regarded as a critical part of the assemblage that can generate transformative change. The typology also grants visibility to potentially unrecognised modes and mediations along which transformative change is and might be further catalysed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 104000"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099367","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":"Participatory scenario planning: A social learning approach to build systems thinking and trust for sustainable environmental governance","authors":"Elson Ian Nyl Ebreo Galang ,&nbsp;Elena M. Bennett ,&nbsp;Gordon M. Hickey ,&nbsp;Julia Baird ,&nbsp;Blane Harvey ,&nbsp;Kate Sherren","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103997","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103997","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP), the collaborative process of envisioning plausible futures, is a promising approach to aid environmental management and governance in the Anthropocene. Emerging scholarship on PSP emphasizes its potential for social learning to enhance knowledge, values, and competencies for more sustainable governance. However, empirical evidence that PSP leads to social learning is limited. We explored a PSP exercise for the Bay of Fundy landscape in Nova Scotia, Canada, to assess the degree and durability of three social learning effects among participants (n = 18): changes in systems thinking (cognitive effects), rational (also known as calculative) trust (relational effects), and environmental aspirations (normative effects). We implemented a mixed-methods explanatory design, starting with a quasi-experimental study of the learning effects followed by a qualitative exploration of the influence of composition, process design, and facilitation. Our findings from our case showed that the PSP had multiple positive social learning effects. It enhanced systems thinking by expanding actors’ mental models of which parts of the landscape they perceive to be important for decision-making. It increased rational trust among those involved in the PSP. It shifted environmental aspirations from being outcomes-oriented (e.g., increasing tidal wetlands) toward being process-oriented (e.g., ensuring landscape multifunctionality). These significant learning effects lasted three months after participation in the PSP. Operational attributes, such as the diversity of participants, the activities implemented, and facilitation, were found to heavily influence these social learning effects in different ways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103997"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099385","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":"Redefining co-design for social-ecological research and practice: A systematic literature review","authors":"Mairéad O’Donnell ,&nbsp;Marcus Collier ,&nbsp;Melissa Pineda-Pinto ,&nbsp;Clair Cooper ,&nbsp;Fiona Nulty ,&nbsp;Natalia Rodriguez Castañeda","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103998","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103998","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Collaborative processes such as co-design are increasingly crucial in generating social-ecological research and practice. Fostering change within complex adaptive systems requires collaboratively working with real-world actors or stakeholders to resolve complicated issues. Co-design is a distinct and fundamental component of the co-paradigm, a collective term for co-design, co-production, and co-creation. However, scientific literature currently provides limited definitions of the key concepts within the co-paradigm, leading to misinterpretations or inconsistent usage. Improving the clarity of these definitions is essential because it permits scientific progress and better implementation of processes and engagement in practice. To address this gap, the following paper presents research which critically examines the practice of co-design through a systematic literature review. Using a systematic approach, this study identifies fifty-two papers with empirical methodologies, which are thematically analysed to understand the purpose and process of the co-design approach within social-ecological research and practice. The paper identifies effective co-design methods and discusses the implications of their utilisation within social-ecological study and practice. The review also identifies and examines definitions of co-design and the challenges of implementing a co-design approach, highlighting potential solutions. The paper concludes by proposing an integrative definition of co-design to further understand and enhance the process's implementation within social-ecological systems. The definition proposed in this paper can serve as a roadmap for researchers and practitioners aiming to use co-design as part of sustainable transformation efforts in social-ecological systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103998"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099388","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":"How to promote green energy transition in the age of geopolitical crises and international shocks: Evidence from the EU-27","authors":"Raffaele Boffardi ,&nbsp;Carlotta D’Alessandro ,&nbsp;Luisa De Simone ,&nbsp;Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The transition towards green energy systems has become a key goal for policymakers worldwide in an attempt to both reduce the environmental implications of energy generation and increase energy supply security. This objective is even more pressing in a global context characterised by the rapid succession of economic shocks, non-economic crises and geopolitical tensions. The present research aims to evaluate how international crises and geopolitical threats can influence renewable energy sector efficiency, which we measure in terms of consumption levels, in the 27 European Union Member States. We found that during the main international shocks occurring between 2000 and 2022, inefficiencies have been reduced, with a special case for the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, we identified a positive nexus between the exposure to geopolitical risk and the reduction of inefficiencies in RE consumption. Crises-specific evidence and policy implications are provided accordingly.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 104007"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143156251","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":"Evaluating riverine flood policy: Land use planning trends in Aotearoa New Zealand","authors":"Christina Hanna ,&nbsp;Pip Wallace ,&nbsp;Silvia Serrao-Neumann","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Globally, the responsibility to develop flood risk policy is often devolved to local government. However, local governments can lack the capacity to keep up with increasing and changing flood risk and information provision without external guidance and support. Central and state governments can deliver policy support and consistency by providing policy direction or standards based on best practice. Due to diverse localised modelling, plans and policies, there is often limited understanding of the nature of flood policy, the degree of variation between localities, and how authorities are improving practice and responding to increasing and changing risk. In this study, we develop and apply an evaluation tool for riverine flood planning that captures the modelling parameters, policies, and information used by regional authorities, distinguishing between traditional and emerging approaches. We examine three primary categories of regional flood policy: modelling parameters and associated planning regulations, risk-based policy approaches, and information provision processes. Our findings reveal evolving practices, policy variances, and aspects of contention, demonstrating where central and state governments can provide greater direction for policy development. Our evaluation tool therefore provides a basis to guide complex policy transitions, from static hazard-based planning towards a more comprehensive, risk-based approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 104006"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099370","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":"Principles, barriers, and challenges of Indigenous water governance around the world","authors":"Mercy O. Kehinde ,&nbsp;Lalita A. Bharadwaj ,&nbsp;Sonia Bataebo ,&nbsp;Corinne J. Schuster-Wallace","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103987","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103987","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Globally, Indigenous Nations are disproportionately faced with water challenges. This is partly because current approaches to water governance continue to systematically exclude Indigenous peoples and their worldviews from contemporary water governance structures. Given the need to reform current water governance systems to redress injustices and secure water resources for Indigenous peoples, this paper presents the findings of a scoping review designed to identify the principles, values, challenges/problems, and existing models of Indigenous water governance around the globe. Findings indicate that “water is life” is a fundamental principle of Indigenous water governance frameworks, as is “water as an interconnected whole” that forms a greater part of a community’s life and identity. The “Living Water, First Law” model and the Kistihtamahwin framework are examples of Indigenous water governance models identified. Colonization and the relegation of Indigenous knowledge remain a critical challenge to effective implementation of existing models of Indigenous water governance systems. This requires reform of contemporary water governance structures or formation of new systems that unsettle colonial legacies and privilege Indigenous worldviews and governance frameworks. These must focus on the overall health of the rivers, lakes, or freshwater entity and the holistic health of communities and be preceded by genuine nation-to-nation relationships.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103987"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099391","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":"The governance of marine and coral reef restoration, lessons and paths forward for novel interventions","authors":"Nicole Shumway ,&nbsp;Rose Foster ,&nbsp;Pedro Fidelman","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The governance of coral reefs is challenged by the proposed use of novel coral reef interventions. To address this challenge, we reviewed the literature on governance and policy frameworks for coral and marine restoration to identify recommendations around how to consider the challenges associated with novel reef interventions. Our goal was to understand governance approaches to coral reef and marine restoration and adaptation interventions in Australia and other countries to identify how they might be applied to novel reef interventions. Based on the literature reviewed, we identify three broad recommendations across governance, engagement and policy development for how to approach marine and coral reef interventions. However, our analysis suggests that the literature is yet to provide detailed information on how policy can address reef interventions, particularly given the acknowledgement that restoration and adaptation are needed to help rebuild ecosystem resilience in a changing climate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103999"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099390","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":"Does knowledge co-production influence adaptive capacity?: A framework for evaluation","authors":"Rebecca Witinok-Huber ,&nbsp;Corrine N. Knapp ,&nbsp;Jewell Lund ,&nbsp;Weston Eaton ,&nbsp;Brent E. Ewers ,&nbsp;Anderson R. de Figueiredo ,&nbsp;Bart Geerts ,&nbsp;Clare I. Gunshenan ,&nbsp;Martha C. Inouye ,&nbsp;Mary L. Keller ,&nbsp;Nichole M. Lumadue ,&nbsp;Caitlin M. Ryan ,&nbsp;Bryan N. Shuman ,&nbsp;Tarissa Spoonhunter ,&nbsp;David G. Williams","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change impacts vary depending on social and biophysical vulnerabilities, and the ability of society to respond, resist, or adapt to change/stress (i.e. adaptive capacity). In the field of climate science, funding for applied and engaged research is growing rapidly. Variously termed ‘knowledge co-production,’ ‘collaborative,’ ‘convergent,’ or ‘transdisciplinary’ research is hoped to improve outcomes in complex and dynamic social-ecological systems. Collaborative processes like knowledge co-production (KCP) may enhance adaptive capacity by facilitating social learning and engaging diverse worldviews. However, to date there is limited evaluation connecting processes of KCP to indicators of adaptive capacity. We use an interdisciplinary research approach to determine measurable dimensions of adaptive capacity and iterate between adaptive capacity and KCP literatures to expand the dimensions to more effectively encompass processes, outcomes, and associations. We also identify a gap related to identity and relationality and include this as a new dimension of adaptive capacity. Lastly, we present a new framework to evaluate the efficacy of engaged research, aimed at enhancing the adaptive capacity of individuals and groups, we call it the Wheel. We also share how the Wheel can be tailored to various contexts and makes strides to weave in power and different ways of knowing, although there is room to expand consideration of these elements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 104008"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099470","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":"Identifying leverage points for sustainable transitions in urban – rural systems: Application of graph theory to participatory causal loop diagramming","authors":"Anton Rozhkov ,&nbsp;Moira Zellner ,&nbsp;John T. Murphy ,&nbsp;Dean Massey","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103996","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103996","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Socio-ecological systems are vital for integrated urban and rural environments. Causal loop diagrams (CLDs) help identify system connections and future planning and policy interventions. This article applies graph theory to the assessment of a CLD of the Food – Energy – Water nexus in integrated urban – rural regions, drawn within a participatory modeling effort with domain experts. We applied well-known measures and developed a new method that considers the loop-based structure of the system. The loop-based structure complements well-established node- and network-based metrics by identifying hidden leverage points that may play a crucial role in disseminating systemic change. Our multi-method approach allows us to identify the most transformative lever points, distinguishing between initiators (e.g., non-commodity local food products, urbanization, and local budgets) from reinforcers of change capable of cementing these transitions by bridging across the system (e.g., climate activism, recreational space, and water pollution). Our analysis confirms some insights derived through the conversations shaping and shaped by the collaborative causal loop diagramming. With our approach, we also find that some policies, while popular in the literature and professional circles, may not be transformative due to their location within the interconnected system. Our approach thus strengthens the contribution of participatory CLD processes to complex problem-solving and policy design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103996"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099366","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":"Climate change assemblies as spaces for the potential mitigation of climate policy misperceptions: A survey experiment","authors":"Jane Suiter ,&nbsp;Kevin Saude ,&nbsp;Brenda McNally","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103995","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.103995","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate action stands as one of the paramount challenges in contemporary society. A significant impediment lies in the prevalence of misperceptions, notably the dissemination of narratives that either endorse climate policy delay or outright climate denial, often perpetuated by vested interests. The World Economic Forum, recognising the gravity of this issue, has underscored” misinformation and disinformation” as the preeminent global risk in the coming biennium, while the UN IPCC has stated that rampant disinformation is delaying climate action. Significantly, misinformation has been linked to climate misperceptions, for example, the belief in technological utopianism, for example, that climate change policies are ineffective and technological solutions will fix the problem in the future, which normalises acceptance of the status quo despite the urgent need for transformative actions. Recent scholarly literature posits that deliberative forums, commonly referred to as mini-publics, can contribute to mitigating such misperceptions while ensuring democratic legitimacy (Muradova <em>et al.</em> 2023) by informing the public. This paper contributes to the special issue on how Climate Change Assemblies (CAs) can contribute to reflexive environmental governance and help societies address the climate emergency, by exploring how CAs perform for the mitigation of climate policy misperceptions. In particular, we focus on whether communication about the procedural, aspects of citizen assemblies to the broader public emerges as a critical component. We understand these mechanisms to be contingent upon complex institutional dynamics, including mechanisms integral to their functioning such as the roles of representation, competence, and voice within assemblies. This empirical inquiry is situated within the framework of a survey experiment conducted across five European countries with varying climate policy salience and emissions levels. We find for most people reading about a climate citizens’ assembly makes little difference. We do find some minimal effects for the wider citizenry in general related to voice, although there are larger effects for some more sceptical cohorts, particularly for representation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103995"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143099372","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}