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The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation: Evidence from longitudinal survey data
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108543
Daniel Osberghaus , W.J. Wouter Botzen , Martin Kesternich
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Does polycentric climate governance drive the circular economy? Evidence from subnational spending and dematerialization of production in the EU
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108533
Francisco Mango , Rose Camille Vincent
{"title":"Does polycentric climate governance drive the circular economy? Evidence from subnational spending and dematerialization of production in the EU","authors":"Francisco Mango ,&nbsp;Rose Camille Vincent","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108533","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108533","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Subnational governments have progressively raised their share in the global flow of resources, knowledge, and standard-setting power to combat climate change, leveraging the channels of transnational networks and commitments to carbon neutrality, often exceeding the ambitions of central administrations. This paper explores whether polycentric climate governance, characterized by overlapping decision-making across governance levels, accelerates the transition to the circular economy. Using a novel dataset on SNG climate expenditures spanning 30 European countries from 2001 to 2019, we assess their impact on resource productivity (RP)—a key indicator of the circular economy, defined as GDP per kilogram of raw material consumption. The analysis employs a Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE) model to address heteroskedasticity, serial correlation, and cross-sectional dependence. To further ensure robustness, we implement instrumental variable techniques (IV-GMM), leveraging geographical fragmentation and climatic variation to address potential endogeneity. The results demonstrate that SNG climate-sensitive expenditures significantly enhance RP, with every $100 increase in per capita spending leading to measurable improvements in resource efficiency. In contrast, CG spending exhibits limited or even negative effects on RP, underscoring the unique capacity of SNGs to foster economic dematerialization. Mechanisms driving these effects include investments in waste management, energy, and transport systems, where SNGs outperform CGs in fostering localized and tailored solutions. These findings highlight the importance of empowering SNGs within polycentric governance frameworks to advance the circular economy and achieve sustainable growth. The study contributes to the literature by offering one of the first empirical analyses linking SNG spending to the circular economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"231 ","pages":"Article 108533"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143376733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The role of behavioural factors in accepting agri-environmental contracts – Evidence from a Q-method and thematic analysis in Germany
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108544
Carina Ober, Carolin Canessa, Fabian Frick, Johannes Sauer
{"title":"The role of behavioural factors in accepting agri-environmental contracts – Evidence from a Q-method and thematic analysis in Germany","authors":"Carina Ober,&nbsp;Carolin Canessa,&nbsp;Fabian Frick,&nbsp;Johannes Sauer","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The voluntary character of agri-environmental-climate schemes (AECS) makes it essential for their design to meet farmers' expectations and stakeholders' needs. To enhance the understanding of how behavioural factors influence farmers' participation decisions and how policymakers can shape them through scheme design, we explore stakeholders' preferences for biodiversity-enhancing AECS using Q-methodology in two case studies: arable land and grassland in Bavaria (Germany). The Q-analysis revealed three perspectives on scheme design, each favouring a distinct AECS with differing levels of conservation intensity. To further investigate the interactions between behavioural patterns influencing decision-making and their influence on AECS design, we uniquely analyse the follow-up interviews from the Q-method using thematic analysis. This additional step uncovers the cognitive, social, and dispositional factors driving the Q-sorting decision, which should be considered during scheme design. These factors include knowledge requirements, perceived costs and benefits, flexibility preference, and risk aversion. While confirming the external validity of previous studies advocating a combination of both ‘broad and shallow’ and ‘deep and narrow’ approaches in scheme designs, our findings emphasize the crucial importance of considering the interaction between behavioural factors and scheme design attributes during the policy development of AECS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"231 ","pages":"Article 108544"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143376658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Climate change, loss of agricultural output and the macroeconomy: The case of Tunisia
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108512
Sakir Devrim Yilmaz , Sawsen Ben-Nasr , Achilleas Mantes , Nihed Ben-Khalifa , Issam Daghari
{"title":"Climate change, loss of agricultural output and the macroeconomy: The case of Tunisia","authors":"Sakir Devrim Yilmaz ,&nbsp;Sawsen Ben-Nasr ,&nbsp;Achilleas Mantes ,&nbsp;Nihed Ben-Khalifa ,&nbsp;Issam Daghari","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108512","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108512","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper constructs an empirical, multi-sectoral, open-economy Stock-Flow Consistent (SFC) model to assess the long-term macroeconomic impact of a sustained climate-induced decline in Tunisia's agricultural production. Our framework captures the main interactions between climate-driven agricultural impacts, the real economy, and the financial system. We empirically calibrate our model using a large set of datasets including national accounts, input-output tables, balance of payments, banking sector balance sheets and agricultural production projections from crop models. We then simulate the model for the period 2018–2050. Our results show that the costs of inaction in the face of declining agricultural production are dire for Tunisia. The economy will face high unemployment and inflation, growing internal and external macroeconomic imbalances, and a looming balance of payments crisis, especially if global food inflation remains high in the coming decades. We then simulate two possible adaptation scenarios envisaged by policymakers and show that adaptation investments in water resources, increased water efficiency in production, and a public, investment-driven big push can put the economy back on a sustainable path in the long-run.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"231 ","pages":"Article 108512"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143376734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Closing the loop at the local scale: Investigating the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the circular economy in cities and regions
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108542
Sébastien Bourdin, Nicolas Jacquet
{"title":"Closing the loop at the local scale: Investigating the drivers of and barriers to the implementation of the circular economy in cities and regions","authors":"Sébastien Bourdin,&nbsp;Nicolas Jacquet","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108542","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108542","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transitioning to a circular economy (CE) at the local level is important for addressing the strain on natural resources caused by population growth and climate change. This study aims to investigate the factors that influence or impede the adoption of CE practices in French cities and regions. To achieve this goal, 47 interviews were conducted with practitioners from local authorities to identify the key elements that facilitate or hinder the implementation of CE. The findings highlight the crucial role of local authorities in enabling the transition to a CE, with critical support from political endorsement, strategic foresight, and effective leadership. However, obstacles such as organizational inertia, financial constraints, and a limited understanding of a CE present challenges to a CE's broader adoption. The study also emphasizes the critical role of partnerships and collaborative networks in overcoming these barriers and promoting the advancement of CE initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"231 ","pages":"Article 108542"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143328581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Public support for more ambitious climate policies: Empirical evidence from Germany
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108538
Sebastian Goerg , Andreas Pondorfer , Valentina Stöhr
{"title":"Public support for more ambitious climate policies: Empirical evidence from Germany","authors":"Sebastian Goerg ,&nbsp;Andreas Pondorfer ,&nbsp;Valentina Stöhr","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To reach the goals of the Paris Agreement more ambitious climate policies will need to be implemented. In an experimental survey with a representative sample, we investigate how a change from existing climate policies to more ambitious policies drives public support. Using different descriptions of policies, we demonstrate that in general, more ambitious policies reduce public support. This effect is stronger if the focus is on an increase of carbon prices compared to a focus on a policy mix to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. Economic preferences (i.e., reciprocity, trust, risk and patience) and other individual characteristics (e.g., experience of recent hazards, belief in climate change) as well as regional characteristics (i.e., Eastern Germany, macro-economic indicators, cohesion policies, and climate change) are substantially correlated with public support. This demonstrates challenges for the communication of tighter climate policies and underlines the need to address an audience with heterogeneous preferences and diverse regional backgrounds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"231 ","pages":"Article 108538"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143328580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cultural ecosystem services and opportunities for inclusive and effective nature-based solutions
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108525
Simona Panaro , Izabela Delabre , Fiona Marshall
{"title":"Cultural ecosystem services and opportunities for inclusive and effective nature-based solutions","authors":"Simona Panaro ,&nbsp;Izabela Delabre ,&nbsp;Fiona Marshall","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108525","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108525","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) is increasingly applied to sustainable land use change research, policy and planning. Despite an evolving understanding of CES in the research community, policy and planning have not kept up with deeper and more progressive framings of CES. This disjuncture risks the underappreciation of diverse, intrinsic, plural and relational perspectives of CES in emerging policies, such as those related to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) driven by net-zero targets, which in turn hinders the capacity of NbS to deliver their multiple intended benefits. In this article, we examine how the CES concept has been framed and operationalised in recent research on sustainable land use policy, and explore the extent to which the concept of CES has been applied in UK central government policy related to Nature-based Solutions. We highlight the benefits that are emerging of adopting a deeper and more nuanced framing of CES, found in a range of case studies in academic literature. We suggest next steps for a research agenda to better understand the benefits and opportunities of more nuanced CES approaches for particular initiatives and contexts, including for the implementation of Nature-based Solutions in the UK.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108525"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Celso Furtado: An ecological economist?
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108539
Alexandre Macchione Saes
{"title":"Celso Furtado: An ecological economist?","authors":"Alexandre Macchione Saes","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With a vast bibliography, the Brazilian economist Celso Furtado addressed many different themes and interdisciplinary approaches from an Economic Science perspective. While the literature traditionally discusses the author's contributions to Latin American structuralism, regional development, and the economics of culture, more recently reflections on environmental issues have been emphasized in his work. This paper aims to explore Furtado's work, elucidating how the environmental aspect was addressed in different ways in his interpretations throughout the 20th century. The environmental variable becomes a powerful instrument of critique against neoclassical economic theory, especially from the publication of <em>The Myth of Economic Development</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108539"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143159293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Action against invasive species: Knowledge, effect and behavioural drivers of fall armyworm management
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108536
Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong , Yong Sebastian Nyam
{"title":"Action against invasive species: Knowledge, effect and behavioural drivers of fall armyworm management","authors":"Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong ,&nbsp;Yong Sebastian Nyam","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We examine the effect of the invasive insect, fall armyworm (FAW) on maize production, smallholder commercialization, labour allocation, and livestock, highlighting knowledge about FAW and their infestation levels. We also investigate the control strategies used in managing this damaging pest and its drivers with a view on behavioural factors such as aspirations, self-efficacy, and locus of control. Using a farm household dataset from Kenya and employing different empirical strategies, we show that 95 % of farmers are aware of and correctly identify FAW, with an infestation level of about 75 %. These high infestation levels have a negative effect (25 and 23 %) on maize production and commercialization respectively. FAW infestation also positively affects labour allocation which is reflected in the various management practices used by farmers: biological, cultural control, and pesticides which are used by almost 80 % of farmers. We establish significant substitutability between pesticide use and biological as well as cultural control methods. We further show a positive association between aspirations and pesticide use (0.9 percentage points). In the same vein, we also find a positive (negative) association between internal (external) locus of control and pesticide use. Overall, we document the importance of behavioural factors for invasive pest management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108536"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Citizen engagement in the energy transition: Assessing the impact of regional energy initiatives on energy behaviors in German households
IF 6.6 2区 经济学
Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108537
Alessandro De Palma, Marco Faillo, Roberto Gabriele
{"title":"Citizen engagement in the energy transition: Assessing the impact of regional energy initiatives on energy behaviors in German households","authors":"Alessandro De Palma,&nbsp;Marco Faillo,&nbsp;Roberto Gabriele","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper evaluates the effectiveness of regional government initiatives in actively engaging citizens in the energy transition by promoting changes in energy behavior. Employing micro-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and insights from the regional-scale “Project 100% Erneuerbare-Energie-Regionen”, the research adopts a difference-in-differences approach to inspect the impact of residing in these regions on households' energy consumption and their choices regarding renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency enhancements. The findings reveal that the program has not been able to actively involve citizens in the energy transition, showing negative effects on the three outcomes inspected. This research highlights the importance of a comprehensive understanding of local energy programs and the need for policies that foster an inclusive approach to energy transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51021,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Economics","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 108537"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143071444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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