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{"title":"Corrigendum to “Sustainability transition frameworks: Integrating space, scale, nature, power, and justice” [Environ. Sci. Policy 177 (2026) 104327]","authors":"Chloé Nicolas-Artero , Jampel Dell'Angelo","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104347","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104347","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104347"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147400484","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":"Biodiversity monitoring as data practices: Moving beyond actor-centric science-policy interfaces","authors":"Arne Langlet-Uranüs,&nbsp;Felix Wurm,&nbsp;Alice B.M. Vadrot","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104315","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104315","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The uptake of biodiversity monitoring data for policy and decision-making has remained limited. While several studies and initiatives address the gap between science and policy-making, biodiversity monitoring frameworks such as the CBD’s Global Biodiversity Framework increasingly expect biodiversity monitoring data to directly inform reporting and subsequently decision-making frameworks. Most studies and initiatives approach this interface assuming predefined actor groups (e.g. scientists and policymakers). At the same time, a lack of knowledge persists on the actual data practices of the individuals involved in biodiversity-related monitoring, reporting and policy-making from local observation sites to research institutions, repositories and national or regional decision-making bodies. This study examines these practices by employing a latent class analysis using data from an online survey within the biodiversity monitoring community. The analysis examines shared and divergent data practices and tests whether respondents’ affiliations explain their data practices. It highlights the added value of a person- and practice-centric approach in comparison to an actor- or affiliation-centric analysis by demonstrating that certain practices transcend actor groups while also revealing differences. These findings advance the discourse on science-policy interfaces in biodiversity monitoring and environmental governance more broadly, arguing for understanding the biodiversity monitoring science-policy interface as a data-to-policy interface in which a community of individuals from different actor groups converge around and build common data practices rather than a bilateral bridging between two actor groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104315"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146171407","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":"Caring in crises – Unsettling care in soil carbon sequestration","authors":"Susanna Barrineau ,&nbsp;Stina Powell","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article investigates the European policy context of soils and carbon farming where care for soils is promoted alongside climate neutrality and economic growth goals. Through a close reading of four policy documents, we outline three discourses to explore what is done in the name of care, and what care is acceptable and promoted. We speak back to these discourses through Whyte’s (2021) conceptualization of epistemologies of crisis, where we see a concern or care for nature, where nature is not in fact the subject of concern. Instead, to care for nature is about caring for humans and human futures. A focus on care reveals important information about the challenges of translating response-able care for soils into formal decision-making systems, and we propose that concepts of care ethics that align with feminist and indigenous conceptions can inform different priorities and methods in the project to care for soils. We argue for the necessity to unsettle ways of engaging with the world that work from epistemologies of crisis which hinder diverse and relational care and lead to colonized futures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104337"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146171784","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":"Rethinking governance for the Global Biodiversity Framework: Legal gaps and lessons from Chile","authors":"María José Martínez-Harms ,&nbsp;Jessica Castillo-Mandujano ,&nbsp;Bárbara Saavedra ,&nbsp;Cecilia Smith-Ramírez ,&nbsp;Bárbara Larraín-Barrios ,&nbsp;Patricio Pliscoff ,&nbsp;Álvaro G. Gutiérrez ,&nbsp;Micaela Poutay-Broussaingaray ,&nbsp;Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda ,&nbsp;Aníbal Pauchard ,&nbsp;Olga Barbosa ,&nbsp;Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo ,&nbsp;Álvaro Salazar ,&nbsp;Matías Moreno-Faguett ,&nbsp;José Salgado-Rojas","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104313","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104313","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) calls for transformative governance to halt biodiversity loss and promote equitable, effective conservation. Yet implementation remains challenging in countries with fragmented and unequal governance systems. This Perspective introduces a place-based conceptual framework to assess and improve biodiversity governance under the GBF, integrating governance typologies, structural principles (e.g., polycentricity, resilience), and normative dimensions of good governance (e.g., legitimacy, inclusion, equity). We apply this framework to Chile, a country marked by jurisdictional fragmentation and uneven recognition of diverse governance models. Through a documentary analysis of 15 legal instruments, we examine their alignment with GBF Targets 1, 2, 3, and 22 and assess how good governance principles are formally reflected in national legal frameworks. Our findings reveal partial alignment with structural principles, stronger recognition of legitimacy and effectiveness, and persistent weaknesses in equity and accountability. The proposed framework offers a transferable perspective for identifying regulatory and institutional gaps, allowing for guidance on necessary reforms in the design of more adaptive, plural, and evidence-based conservation strategies. By revealing how legal design can enable or constrain progress, the framework supports institutional learning and highlights the need to promote the integration of community and indigenous governance into national planning. While developed through the Chilean case, the framework may inform similar efforts in other postcolonial settings. The effective implementation of the GBF requires reimagining governance, and design-based legal evaluation is crucial for diagnosing institutional architectures and highlighting where reforms are needed to achieve that dynamic and inclusive process, rooted in both legal mandates and diverse knowledge systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104313"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146076856","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":"EU policy on forest carbon sinks revisited","authors":"A. Maarit I. Kallio,&nbsp;Elias Garvik","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104332","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104332","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The European Union’s (EU) policy for Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sets carbon sink targets for LULUCF for 2021–2030. Managed forests play a key role in achieving them. Using a global forest sector model, we projected forest sector development with and without meeting the sink target during 2026–2030 under the LULUCF regulation. We also assessed changes in the global harvested wood product sink and greenhouse gas effects from material substitution that could result if the targets were met. Moreover, we examined the combined impact of meeting LULUCF goals and one possible implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which seeks to conserve 30 % of EU land by 2030. Constant changes in emission statistics and other factors affecting LULUCF sinks complicate impact assessments, introducing uncertainty into our results. Under the assumptions made in this study, achieving sink targets, with or without additional forest conservation, requires an immediate and steep reduction in roundwood harvesting in EU member states and Norway (EU+N). This cut could reach 113–117 million m³ in 2030–2035 compared to a market-driven scenario, assuming no further policy tightening after 2030. Two-thirds of this decrease is projected to be offset by higher harvesting elsewhere, shifting income from EU+N to other regions and reducing the climate gains. Our indicative calculation suggests that the emission reduction costs could exceed €700/t CO₂. Given the high economic burden and availability of more cost-effective alternatives, the role of managed forests in EU climate policy warrants a reconsideration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104332"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146171783","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":"Indigenous engagement in oilfield remediation: a case study of the Norman Wells Oilfield, Northwest Territories, Canada","authors":"Annie King ,&nbsp;Tristan Pearce ,&nbsp;Paul Dixon ,&nbsp;Sinead Earley ,&nbsp;Carly Dokis","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104339","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104339","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Trust and mutual understanding are critical to meaningful engagement in natural resource development projects, yet a lack of intercultural competency, trust, and culturally appropriate methods continues to limit effective engagement with Indigenous communities in northern Canada. This paper responds to the need for a greater understanding of how community engagement processes include Indigenous perspectives in Northern Canada particularly in reclamation and closure planning. It focuses on the Indigenous people of the Sahtú region’s experience with the closure and reclamation of the Norman Wells Oilfield in the Northwest Territories. Data were collected through 42 semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions with Sahtú people, and an analysis of past engagement records. Findings reveal that past engagement approaches taken by Imperial Oil to engage are perceived by interviewees to have been ineffective due to misalignment with relational values and norms of governance and communication. The format of engagement has been incompatible with local cultural expectations, resulting in limited dialogue and limited diversity of perspectives. Infrequent and unidirectional engagement have resulted in a loss of trust, violation of Dene principles of reciprocity and respect, and overall ineffective engagement. Meaningful future engagement rooted in local Indigenous ontological frameworks and epistemes can enable relational healing through reclamation and advance reconciliation in environmental governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104339"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147400536","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":"Reassessing nature-based solutions in global climate governance: Uncovering inequity in the construction of knowledge","authors":"Yousuf Mahid","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104336","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104336","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The conceptualization of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) problematically creates a dichotomy between natural and unnatural climate change solutions. This dichotomization raises concerns about how the concept perceives human-environment relations and embeds climate solutions in its strategic approaches to environmental management. Despite the growing concerns, many conservation organizations and multilateral agencies are advocating for NbS in policy and funding, thus gaining the power to establish themselves as experts in this field. This research addresses the power dynamics of NbS knowledge construction by examining two interrelated questions: (1) How have international organizations conceptualized climate solutions and human-environment relations within the evolution of NbS in the global climate change discussion? (2) Who are the key actors promoting NbS, who opposes these solutions, and how does their participation intersect with NbS discourse? This study uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyze data from documents outside of the academic world and key informant interviews. The study results show that the underlying principles of NbS embody an anthropocentric view of Nature, where humans possess the knowledge to manage the environment through quantifiable metrics, reinforcing human-environment separation and controlling ecosystem access under the guise of solutions. The global promotion of NbS also imposes a dominant perspective on the formulation of climate change problems and their solutions, effectively perpetuating the colonial legacy of knowledge construction. This research calls for a critical reevaluation of NbS, urging not only a reconsideration of the concept but also a thorough deconstruction of the prevailing climate change narratives that propel the adoption of NbS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104336"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147400482","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":"Homeowner responsibility in flood risk management – The fairness of financial support for property-level flood resilience","authors":"Mandy Paauw ,&nbsp;Sally Priest ,&nbsp;Ann Crabbé","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104341","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104341","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Governments worldwide are diversifying their flood risk management (FRM) strategies to deal with flood risks. This requires the involvement of multiple policy domains as well as non-state actors – including homeowners. Homeowners can get involved in FRM through property-level flood resilience (PFR) measures. Various initiatives have been launched to financially support homeowners in the implementation of these measures, such as government grants and insurance mechanisms. However, even with financial support, transferring responsibility to homeowners has justice implications: many may lack the economic, social, or cultural capacity to implement PFR, and strict eligibility criteria can exclude certain groups from benefiting. This paper examines the justice implications of financial support for PFR by analysing how different mechanisms align with four conceptualisations of distributive justice: libertarian, utilitarian, Rawlsian, and egalitarian. England and Flanders serve as illustrative cases. England has developed multiple types of financial support and has a longer history of working with PFR, while in Flanders support remains limited and highly localised. By focusing on the justice dimensions of financial support for PFR – rather than a strict comparison of the two contexts – the analysis reveals how the presence of absence of support mechanisms can reinforce or mitigate inequality. These insights are important if PFR is to become mainstreamed and integrated into FRM.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104341"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147400535","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":"Starting points for navigating the maze of SDG interactions","authors":"Yizhong Huan ,&nbsp;Yang Lan ,&nbsp;Yiming Su ,&nbsp;Jianhui Wang ,&nbsp;Siyu Wang ,&nbsp;Tian-Yuan Huang ,&nbsp;Lingqing Wang ,&nbsp;Xiao Yang ,&nbsp;Zhaohui Feng ,&nbsp;Meili Huan ,&nbsp;Lijun Dai ,&nbsp;Xiaoyun Li ,&nbsp;Tao Liang ,&nbsp;Guangjin Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the complex interactions among the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) is crucial to identify transformative and effective actions for rescuing the 2030 Agenda. However, the extensive volume and dispersed focus of related research since 2016 make systematic reviews in this area both challenging and rare. This study screened 2662 articles on SDG interactions and conducted a systematic review using CiteSpace-based bibliometrics, network analysis, and a random forest-based text mining algorithm. A total of 61 authors (e.g., Bojie Fu), 111 institutions (e.g., Chinese Academy of Sciences), and 55 countries (e.g., China) were identified as core contributors, with significant regional differences in total research output. We also inferred the prospective closeness of collaborations between currently partnered institutions or countries, for example, Fiji and Grenada show the strongest collaboration. Additionally, we assessed the likelihood of potential collaborations between institutions or countries without existing partnerships, with Switzerland and Burkina Faso showing high collaboration potential. Furthermore, based on the analysis of keyword networks, burst keywords, hotspot SDGs, and frequently co-occurring SDGs, we identified the main focus areas, research frontiers, and changing trends. Overall, we highlight three future research directions: enhancing quantitative evaluations of SDG causal relationships, including their spatio-temporal changes and driving forces; strengthening analyses of interactions among six SDGs, namely food (2), water (6), energy (7), economy (8), climate (13), and ecology (15), which reflect human-nature relationships; and emphasizing the policy implications of SDG interaction analyses. Our study advances understanding of the current SDG interaction research landscape and provides new insights into determining the starting points of related research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104329"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146171405","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":"“The Atom as National Heritage”: National energy identity and energy justice in French media narratives","authors":"Julie Schweitzer,&nbsp;Tamara L. Mix","doi":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104333","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsci.2026.104333","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of the climate crisis and transitions to low-carbon energy production, energy choices are associated with political, economic, and national interests. Energy discourse in the media often reflects dominant ideas about energy production, shaping public perceptions of available energy transition pathways. Drawing from literatures on collective identity and energy justice, we employ a qualitative content analysis of two newspaper datasets published during key periods in two of the primary daily national print and digital media newspapers in France, <em>Le Monde</em> and <em>Le Figaro</em>. We explore temporal contexts in the construction of a national energy identity and the communication of energy justice in mainstream media narratives. France’s historic reliance on nuclear energy encouraged development of a national energy identity, centering the benefits of nuclear energy over alternatives and influencing debates about future energy production. Employing a sociological perspective, we articulate how collective identity is shaped by a national interest for energy independence and sovereignty through the use of historic and normative symbols and voices to connect the nuclear program to national and technological pride. We further explore and expand on components of the energy justice framework to highlight the discursive processes through which national energy identity messages are deployed in mainstream media, outlining dimensions of transparency and acceptable pathways to energy production for a just energy transition in the French context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":313,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Science & Policy","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 104333"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146171792","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}