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{"title":"Toward climate resilient land-use planning: Indicators for adaptation and mitigation","authors":"Yinuo Zhou,&nbsp;Shahryar Sarabi,&nbsp;Qi Han","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As climate and land-use pressures intensify, Climate resilient land-use (CRLU) planning is becoming increasingly essential. This study conducts a scoping review of 115 studies to examine how adaptation and mitigation are addressed in CRLU planning, focusing on the indicators used to measure these goals. The review analyzes indicators across agriculture, forestry, and urban planning sectors, revealing an imbalance emphasizing climate mitigation over adaptation indicators. It also distinguishes urban and rural contexts, highlighting the need for region-specific indicators. Synergies and trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation indicators are then discussed to inform integrated planning and avoid unintended negative consequences. The review also evaluates CRLU modeling approaches, from pattern-based to process-based, and finds that their effectiveness depends on selecting indicators closely aligned with planning objectives. A conceptual framework is finally proposed to guide the selection of targeted, context-sensitive, comprehensive indicators, supporting more effective CRLU planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100819"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advancing climate-resilient rhizomicrobiome engineering for enhancing productivity and sustainability of strategic crop farming in Indonesia's problematic soils","authors":"Tualar Simarmata ,&nbsp;Fairus Hisanah Hibatullah ,&nbsp;Fiqriah Hanum Khumairah ,&nbsp;Irwandhi ,&nbsp;Debora D.M. Ambarita ,&nbsp;Anne Nurbaity ,&nbsp;Diyan Herdiyantoro ,&nbsp;Nadia Nuraniya Kamaluddin","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Indonesia's agricultural soils face severe degradation characterized by low organic carbon, high acidity, and nutrient deficiencies, limiting crop productivity. In 2022, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported approximately 4.04 million hectares of such degraded land. Climate change further accelerates degradation by intensifying drought and heat stress, which deplete soil organic matter and essential nutrients critical for fertility and food security. This article reviews recent advances in climate-resilient rhizomicrobiome engineering (CRRE) to address these challenges, with a focus on sustainable rice farming. Through bibliometric analysis and the PRISMA framework, it synthesizes current evidence and identifies key research gaps. CRRE involves manipulating root-associated microbial communities to improve nutrient cycling, suppress pathogens, and enhance plant resilience to stress. Techniques include the application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) like Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas fluorescens, which solubilize nutrients and boost plant immunity, as well as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that improve water and nutrient uptake under stress. Field trials show that these strategies improve drought tolerance and boost crop performance while also enhancing microbial biodiversity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving water availability. Successful implementation depends on interdisciplinary collaboration across microbiology, soil science, and agronomy, supported by coordinated efforts among institutions, extension services, and policymakers. However, adoption remains limited due to regulatory inconsistencies, low farmer awareness, and research gaps. Scaling up CRRE in Indonesia will require integrated policy support, education, and research to promote sustainable agriculture and strengthen food security under climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100821"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Habitat identification and fragmentation risk assessment of key species in the Altai Mountains transboundary region","authors":"Shuaifei Duan ,&nbsp;Zhaoping Yang ,&nbsp;Fang Han ,&nbsp;Tao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100816","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100816","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>National boundaries partition transboundary mountains in geographical space, making the process of habitat fragmentation more complex and difficult to coordinate. Biodiversity conservation and maintaining habitat integrity in transboundary mountain regions require global attention and international collaboration. The Altai Mountains are a highly representative transboundary mountain range and one of the global biodiversity hotspots. Finding out the spatial change trends and potential risks of suitable habitats for key species is urgent. This paper applies the MaxEnt model to predict potential habitats and hotspots for flagship species, umbrella species, and representative species with transboundary distribution in the Altai Mountains. A quantitative assessment of the transformation in suitable habitats in the Altai Mountains transboundary region over the past 20 years found that habitat fragmentation and loss showed an increasing trend. This paper argues that enhancing the habitat connectivity of the Altai Mountains can achieve minimum cost conservation and proposes establishing transboundary ecological corridors and networks through international cooperation to promote the coordinated sustainability of the ecological-social system. Our research is significant for global biodiversity conservation and improving human well-being and can provide valuable experience and models for Earth's transboundary protection and sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100816"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Technological innovation and cleaner energy consumption impact on economic growth and employment in the MENA region","authors":"Salwa Bajja ,&nbsp;Gabriel Mordzifa Sackitey ,&nbsp;Michael Provide Fumey","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100806","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100806","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the impact of technological innovation and cleaner energy consumption on economic growth and employment in the MENA region using panel data from seven countries from 1990 to 2022. Employing the Driscoll-Kraay Standard Errors (DKSE) model, we estimate the effects of key determinants, including technological innovation, manufacturing value-added, urbanization, renewable energy consumption, total energy consumption, and financial development, on economic performance and labor market dynamics. Our findings reveal that technological innovation and urbanization contribute to economic growth while fostering employment opportunities. Additionally, manufacturing value-added and financial development emerge as crucial drivers of economic expansion, whereas urbanization and total energy consumption exhibit mixed effects. These results underscore the importance of policy measures promoting technological advancements and sustainable energy use to enhance economic resilience and job creation in the MENA region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100806"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A novel framework for evaluating water resources and environmental carrying capacity under climate change: The Zarrinehrud Basin experience","authors":"Shahin Khani ,&nbsp;Maryam Emadzadeh ,&nbsp;Najmeh Mahjouri ,&nbsp;Massoud Behboudian","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100810","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100810","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents a novel approach for quantifying and assessing water resources and environmental carrying capacity (WRECC) leveraging the Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) framework. Unlike previous approaches that were based on aggregating all DPSIR indicators to quantify WRECC, our framework explicitly integrates influence pathways into WRECC estimation through the “Impacts” component, capturing long-term systemic effects of upstream changes (e.g., drivers and pressures) on sustainability outcomes. Targeted strategies are designed to enhance WRECC under climate change scenarios (representative concentration pathway (RCP) 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5) by directly and/or indirectly modifying DPSIR criteria, with impacts evaluated across environmental, socio-economic, and cultural dimensions. The superior strategy is selected using the fallback bargaining method incorporating stakeholder utilities to ensure feasibility and acceptance. Applied to Iran's Zarrinehrud Basin, located within the Lake Urmia basin, the world's second largest saltwater lake, the framework reveals baseline conditions' WRECC as severely overloaded due to agricultural expansion and climate pressures. Simulations of 40 strategies for the periods 2000–2023 and 2024–2039, using climate change scenarios (i.e., RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0, and RCP 8.5) demonstrate that conventional measures (e.g., irrigation efficiency) alone fail to restore balance. In contrast, Strategy S39, reducing agricultural employment by 30 % while promoting industry and tourism, improves WRECC by 53 %, achieving a balanced state by 2039. Key findings highlight that strategies targeting “drivers” (e.g., employment shifts) outperform those focused solely on “pressures” or “state” components, underscoring the need for systemic interventions. The proposed framework's adaptability offers a transferable tool for basins facing similar sustainability challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100810"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of rainfall variability and extremes on crop intensification and diversification in the coastal region of Bangladesh","authors":"H.M. Touhidul Islam ,&nbsp;Sharif Ahmed ,&nbsp;Mohammad Kamruzzaman ,&nbsp;Virender Kumar ,&nbsp;Humnath Bhandari","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The coastal regions of Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to climate change. Crop intensification and diversification in these areas are lower than in other parts of the country due to multiple environmental stresses, particularly higher rainfall variability and extremes with other stresses. The current study investigates the impact of rainfall variability and extremes on crop intensification and diversification in the coastal region of Bangladesh. Based on the historical climate data (1980–2020), this study examines the onset (ON) and withdrawal (WD) of monsoon precipitation by forward and backward accumulation techniques and the probability of dry and wet spells utilizing the Markov Chain (MC) probability model. The average ON and WD of monsoon precipitation were found at the 21st‒22nd and 43rd‒44th standard meteorological weeks (SMWs), respectively, for all the stations. Extreme rainfall events have increased in recent periods (2001–2020) compared to earlier periods (1981–2000) in the rainfall months (Jun–Oct), potentially contributing to the recurrent flash floods and waterlogging. The probabilities of dry spells were more frequent in early (1st–17th SMWs) and late (43rd–52nd SMWs) periods, while wet weeks (18th–42nd SMWs) had a 40–100 % chance of precipitation. We also analyzed the effect of rainfall variability on <em>aus</em> (pre-monsoon rice) production, which has great potential in this area. Additionally, we assessed the frequency and return periods of extreme rainfall events during the dry months (Nov–Apr) to evaluate the risks and opportunities for <em>rabi</em>/non-rice crop cultivation. We found that higher return periods of extreme events might delay the sowing of <em>rabi</em> crops and have adverse effects, particularly during their maturity phases. This study emphasizes the optimized sowing windows and climate-resilient cropping systems to support sustainable crop intensification and diversification in coastal Bangladesh.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100813"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The most important economic and social indicators of the challenges facing food security for the most important crops in Egypt","authors":"Salah S. Abd El-Ghani ,&nbsp;Tamer G.I. Mansour ,&nbsp;Soliman A. Esleem","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100808","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100808","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the primary economic, environmental, and social challenges impacting food security in Egypt, with a focus on strategic crops including wheat, maize, rice, vegetable oils, and sugar. The results reveal a growing food gap driven by rapid population growth, water scarcity, and urban expansion that is depleting arable land. Self-sufficiency rates for key commodities have declined significantly, increasing reliance on imports and exposing the country to global price fluctuations. The study applies time-series trend analysis to assess production and consumption dynamics and proposes targeted policy measures such as efficient irrigation and support for smallholder farmers to enhance agricultural sustainability and resilience. The findings provide new insights into the evolving structure of Egypt's food security and contribute to indicator-based sustainability analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100808"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144685831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the changes in ecological well-being performance of resource-based cities in China: Origins of loss and driving factors","authors":"Jue Wang ,&nbsp;Shuangying Hao ,&nbsp;Jiaojiao Zhou ,&nbsp;Yin Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exploring the origins and drivers of ecological well-being performance loss in China's resource-based cities can provide policy references for promoting high-quality urban development. Using the GB-US-EBM model, this study measures the ecological well-being performance (EWP) of 114 resource-based cities in China from 2011 to 2022, disaggregates the components of EWP, and identifies the origins of performance loss. Additionally, the study integrates the index decomposition analysis (IDA) identity with the logarithmic mean divisia index (LMDI) decomposition approach to investigate the factors driving dynamic changes in EWP. The key findings are as follows: (1) From 2011 to 2022, the average annual EWP across all resource-based cities was 0.347, increasing at an average annual rate of 0.33%. Growing cities exhibited the highest EWP, followed in descending order by declining cities, mature cities, and regenerating cities. (2) In the transformation of system efficiencies, growing, declining, and regenerating cities exhibited higher eco-economic efficiency than economic welfare efficiency. (3) Performance loss is primarily attributable to varying levels of input redundancy and output shortfalls. (4) In terms of external drivers, the shift in EWP from negative to positive was primarily driven by economic development, technological research and development, optimization of industrial structure, and reduction of pollutant emission intensity. Based on these findings, resource-based cities in China should prioritize the development of public welfare infrastructure, enhance public services and social security systems, and accelerate green transformation and economic restructuring.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100809"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Air pollution and environmental tax: Exploring the dynamics in developed nations","authors":"Deepak Kumar Behera ,&nbsp;Dil B Rahut ,&nbsp;Bhagaban Sahoo ,&nbsp;Ranjan Kumar Mohanty","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100805","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100805","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air pollution, particularly fine particulate matter (PM2.5), remains a serious concern in developed countries due to its adverse effects on health and the environment. Environmental taxation has emerged as a key policy tool to curb pollution and encourage cleaner practices. This study investigates the heterogeneous distribution of PM2.5 exposure across 39 developed countries from 1995 to 2020, focusing on environmental taxation, renewable energy consumption, per capita GDP, forest cover, and demographic structure. The study uses the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to assess differential impacts across the pollution distribution. A sensitivity analysis was carried out on sub-samples of low- and high-pollution countries to examine sample heterogeneity. For long-run relationships and causality, the study employs the Cross-Sectionally Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model and the Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality test, both accounting for cross-sectional dependence and parameter heterogeneity. Results consistently show that environmental taxation significantly reduces PM2.5 pollution across all quantiles, with stronger effects in cleaner environments (e.g., −0.146 at Q5 vs. −0.106 at Q95). Renewable energy consumption exhibits a stable and robust negative association with pollution levels (−0.164 across quantiles), while forest cover also contributes positively to air quality. In low-pollution countries, short-run dynamics confirm the significant role of environmental taxes (−0.136), and both long-run relationships and causality with PM2.5 are established. These findings highlight the varying effectiveness of environmental policies under different pollution conditions and underscore the importance of fiscal tools, renewable energy adoption, and forest conservation in addressing air pollution in developed economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100805"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic performance assessment of green innovation: a systematic literature review","authors":"Sérgio Evangelista Silva ,&nbsp;Savio Figueira Correa ,&nbsp;Cecília Silva Monnerat","doi":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100804","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.indic.2025.100804","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Green innovations comprehend new processes, materials and devices that present a friendlier relation with the environment than existing technologies. Currently, the majority of studies about the performance of green innovations focus on environmental performance. However, their economic performance is an essential issue in their diffusion. Despite the numerous techno-economic assessment studies on green innovations, the literature still lacks a comprehensive perspective on their main economic dimensions. This article presents a systematic literature review on the economic performance of green innovations. A total of 75 articles addressing economic indicators of green innovations were analysed and categorised into four main categories: Cost-benefit indicators, Investment-return indicators, Market indicators, and Institutional-geographic indicators. For the theory, this article presents a comprehensive perspective on the main areas of economic performance of green innovations, as well as a detailed view of their economic indicators. For the practice, it provides valuable guidance for designing comprehensive models to assess the economic benefits of green innovations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36171,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Sustainability Indicators","volume":"27 ","pages":"Article 100804"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144696620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}