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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

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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

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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

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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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Integrity challenges in carbon markets: Comparing UNFCCC and voluntary REDD+ verification in the Amazon Biome 碳市场的诚信挑战：比较《联合国气候变化框架公约》和亚马逊生物群自愿REDD+核查

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104080

Dahye Yang, HyeMin Park

{"title":"Integrity challenges in carbon markets: Comparing UNFCCC and voluntary REDD+ verification in the Amazon Biome","authors":"Dahye Yang, HyeMin Park","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104080","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbon market integrity issues, such as leakage, double counting, and over-counting of reductions, lead to reputation, conversion, and carbon credit invalidation risks of market mechanisms. This study identified the risk factors for carbon markets by comparing the verification methodologies for emission reductions of the UNFCCC, Verra, and Gold Standard (GS). The verification methodologies for high-profile Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) projects were analyzed, targeting the Amazon biome, which holds the largest carbon credits from REDD+ projects. We used Brazil’s 2024 submission of the Forest Reference Emission Level and the REDD+ project descriptions of Verra and GS. Based on the Code of Practice and Core Carbon Principles, this study found that the baseline, leakage, and carbon pools are the main elements affecting the quality of carbon credits. The UNFCCC uses a results-based approach, subtracting current emissions from historical emissions, whereas Verra and GS use a business-as-usual approach, subtracting projected emissions from a baseline scenario. While the UNFCCC considers national emissions to prevent leakage within a country, Verra and GS exclude the estimated leakage near project sites from their reductions. Based on these results, this study estimated the carbon stocks for deforested and degraded areas in the Amazon in 2021 to be 910,900,983 tCO<sub>2</sub>eq for UNFCCC; 757,123,531 tCO<sub>2</sub>eq for Verra; and 817,150,150 tCO<sub>2</sub>eq for GS. To ensure integrity within carbon markets, we suggest standardizing verification bodies’ methodologies, using results-based reduction methodology, establishing project sites in legal jurisdictions, and calculating carbon pools in emissions consistent with the host country’s data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 104080"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143882108","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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Integrative literature review on co-concepts in connection with nature-based solutions 基于自然的解决方案中共同概念的综合文献综述

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104073

Simo Sarkki , Mia Pihlajamäki , Katriina Soini , Ann Ojala , Tatiana Kluvankova , Martin Spacek , Himansu Mishra , Juha Hiedanpää

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From fragmentation to consolidation: An integrated approach for multidimensional analysis of water security in Langat River Basin, Malaysia 从破碎到巩固：马来西亚兰加特河流域水安全多维分析的综合方法

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Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104067

Nur Hairunnisa Rafaai , Khai Ern Lee , Noor Zarina Mohd Nazir , Amirruddin Abdul Kadir , Ainul Rasyidah Ab Rahim , Mazlin Mokhtar , Thian Lai Goh

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