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Tropical beetles more sensitive to impacts are less likely to be known to science

  2024-08-30 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Insects are posited to be declining globally. This is particularly pertinent in tropical forests, which exhibit both the highest levels of biodiversit…

  Tagged under: Insects


Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

  2024-07-17 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Insects around the world are rapidly declining. Concerns over what this loss means for food security and ecological communities have compelled a growi…

  Tagged under: Insects


Finance, climate-change and radical uncertainty: Towards a precautionary approach to financial policy

  2024-06-11 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Climate-related financial risks (CRFR) are now recognised by central banks and supervisors as material to their financial stability mandates. But whil…

  Tagged under: Risks | Climate Change | Finance


Yield gap between organic and conventional farming systems across climate types and sub-types: A meta-analysis

  2024-06-10 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Organic farming is a fast-growing system considered a holistic approach that benefits the environment. However, previous studies have reported varying…


Long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change: A cross-country analysis

  2024-05-03 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

We study the long-term impact of climate change on economic activity across countries, using a stochastic growth model where productivity is affected …

  Tagged under: Economics


The political economy of car dependence: A systems of provision approach

  2024-04-23 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Research on car dependence exposes the difficulty of moving away from a car-dominated, high-carbon transport system, but neglects the political-econom…


“I'll take the easiest option please”. Carbon reduction preferences of the public

  2024-04-10 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The depth and breadth of the climate crisis is well known, all sectors, industry, government and the individual have the potential to reduce emissions…


Opening a can of worms: Can the availability of soil invertebrates be indicated by birds?

  2024-04-08 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Recently detected invertebrate population declines are likely to have far-reaching impacts for ecosystem function. However, very little large-scale mo…


A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2024

  2024-04-08 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

We present the results of our 15th horizon scan of novel issues that could influence biological conservation in the future. From an initial list of 96…


The effectiveness of cocoa agroforests depends on shade-tree canopy height

  2024-03-29 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Agroforestry is often proposed as a ‘climate smart’ strategy for allowing agriculture to both adapt to and mitigate climate change and sustainably inc…


Effectiveness of water-related adaptation decreases with increasing warming

  2024-03-23 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Adaptation is central to address climate impacts. At present, we have a limited understanding of the effectiveness of adaptation to reduce risks in a …


The open veins of Latin America: Long-term physical trade flows (1900–2016)

  2024-03-17 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Latin America has long played a key role in the global provision of natural resources. Most of the continent's economies are net exporters of low-valu…


Estimating the global waste heat potential

  2024-03-16 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The process chain of energy conversion from primary energy carriers to final energy use is subject to several losses. Especially in end use, vast amou…


An estimation of the European industrial heat pump market potential

  2024-03-16 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

This paper presents an estimation of the European (EU28) industrial heat pump market potential in terms of magnitude, sizing and number of units. This…


The impact factor of engaged research: Metrics for conservation outcomes

  2024-03-09 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Will this paper lead to any measurable impact on biodiversity conservation? In this essay, we examine the relevance of scientific publications for con…

  Tagged under: Conservation | Science


Measuring the Doughnut: A good life for all is possible within planetary boundaries

  2024-03-05 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Humanity is continuing a path towards ecological instability. While resource consumption is unprecedented, significant parts of the human population a…

  Tagged under: Climate Justice | Economics | Doughnut Economics


Global environmental cost of using rare earth elements in green energy technologies

  2024-01-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Decarbonization of economy is intended to reduce the consumption of non-renewable energy sources and emissions from them. One of the major components …

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Environmental Kuznets Curve - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

  2024-01-15 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


Targeting socioeconomic transformations to achieve global sustainability

  2023-12-22 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Green growth and post-growth are alternative concepts for transformative change. I investigated the amount of support each enjoys among sustainability…

  Tagged under: Sustainability


Labour and the ecological crisis: The eco-modernist dilemma in western Marxism(s) (1970s-2000s)

  2023-12-13 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The article offers an intellectual critique of Marxist political ecology as developed in western Europe between the 1970s and 2000s, focusing on the l…


Reinventing energy efficiency for net zero

  2023-10-14 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Energy efficiency has delivered the largest share of historic greenhouse gas mitigation. A significant part of this relied on replacing fossil fuel te…

  Tagged under: Net Zero | Climate Change Mitigation


Inconsistent definitions of GDP: Implications for estimates of decoupling

  2023-10-04 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Efforts to assess the possibilities for decoupling economic growth from resource use and negative environmental impacts have examined their historical…

  Tagged under: Economics | Economic Growth


A comprehensive continental-scale analysis of carbon footprint of food production: Comparing continents around the world

  2023-09-30 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Food production is an important source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Quantifying the carbon footprint of all the major food categor…

  Tagged under: Food Production and Consumption


Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem

  2023-09-06 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The burning of fossil fuels – especially coal, petrol, and diesel – is a major source of airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and a key contribut…

  Tagged under: Air Pollution | Fossil Fuels


Association between glyphosate exposure and cognitive function, depression, and neurological diseases in a representative sample of US adults: NHANES 2013–2014 analysis

  2023-09-05 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide globally, has been linked to neurological impairments in some occupational studies. However, the potential …


Wind farms dry surface soil in temporal and spatial variation

  2023-08-27 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Wind farms have been proved to have potential impact on the ecology. As an important ecological factor, soil moisture has a great impact on the ecosys…

  Tagged under: Wind Power


The better to fool you with: Deception and self-deception

  2023-07-24 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Deception is used by plants, animals, and humans to increase their fitness by persuading others of false beliefs that benefit the self, thereby creati…


On the human appropriation of wetland primary production

  2023-07-09 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Humans are changing the Earth's surface at an accelerating pace, with significant consequences for ecosystems and their biodiversity. Landscape transf…

  Tagged under: Wetlands


Can the mode, time, and expense of commuting to work affect our mental health?

  2023-06-21 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Commuting to work is an important part of many people's daily life, with travel times increasing constantly and becoming a growing problem. The aim of…

  Tagged under: Health


Banning boilers: An analysis of existing regulations to phase out fossil fuel heating in the EU

  2023-06-18 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

In view of the current geopolitical situation, the EU and its Member States are accelerating efforts to reduce their dependency on fossil fuel imports…


The potential for a plastic recycling facility to release microplastic pollution and possible filtration remediation effectiveness

  2023-05-28 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

With current plastic production and the growing problem of global plastic pollution, an increase and improvement in plastic recycling is needed. There…

  Tagged under: Microplastics and Nanoplastics


Enabling a just energy transition through solidarity in research

  2023-05-18 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

A just energy transition is as much about acknowledging and acting on the socio-material needs of marginalised classes and groups as about informing i…


The unbearable heaviness of climate coloniality

  2023-05-16 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The extremely uneven and inequitable impacts of climate change mean that differently-located people experience, respond to, and cope with the climate …

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts


Increasing risks of multiple breadbasket failure under 1.5 and 2 °C global warming

  2023-04-26 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The increasingly inter-connected global food system is becoming more vulnerable to production shocks owing to increasing global mean temperatures and …

  Tagged under: Food Production and Consumption | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change


Net zero and the unexplored politics of residual emissions

  2023-04-07 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

In this perspective article, we call for more engagement with the unexplored politics of residual emissions. Residual emissions are those emissions th…

  Tagged under: Net Zero


Fossil fuel companies' climate communication strategies: Industry messaging on renewables and natural gas

  2023-03-29 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Research shows that multinational oil and gas companies have recently made a strategic shift away from outright climate denial to more nuanced discour…

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy


Fossil extraction bans and carbon taxes: Assessing their interplay through multiple models

  2023-03-19 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Given concerns about the ambition and effectiveness of current climate policies, a case has been made for the combination of demand side policies such…


Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation

  2023-03-16 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Ecosystem restoration conventionally focuses on ecological targets. However, while ecological targets are crucial to mobilizing political, social, and…


Millionaire spending incompatible with 1.5 °C ambitions

  2023-02-26 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Much evidence suggests that the wealthiest individuals contribute disproportionally to climate change. Here we study the implications of a continued g…

  Tagged under: Climate Change


Building a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty: Key elements

  2023-02-09 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Amid growing recognition of the need for supply-side policies which set limits on the further expansion of fossil fuel extraction and use, in this art…


Wind energy is not sustainable when balanced by fossil energy

  2023-02-08 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Some countries have theref…

  Tagged under: Wind Power


Post-growth transition, working time reduction, and the question of profits

  2023-01-30 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The ecological macroeconomics literature has developed models, which outline the transition from today's growth-dependent economies to post-growth sys…

  Tagged under: Economics


Future demand for electricity generation materials under different climate mitigation scenarios

  2023-01-28 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Achieving global climate goals will require prodigious increases in low-carbon electricity generation, raising concerns about the scale of materials n…

  Tagged under: Electricity | Climate Change Mitigation


Assessing U.S. consumers' carbon footprints reveals outsized impact of the top 1%

  2023-01-14 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Unsustainable environmental degradation and extreme economic inequality are two of humanity's most pressing challenges. They are intimately linked. Cl…


Social outcomes of energy use in the United Kingdom: Household energy footprints and their links to well-being

  2022-12-09 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

How energy relates to human need satisfaction, for whom, and with what wellbeing outcomes has remained under-researched. We address this gap by invest…


Social tipping processes towards climate action: A conceptual framework

  2022-11-15 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Societal transformations are necessary to address critical global challenges, such as mitigation of anthropogenic climate change and reaching UN susta…

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Climate Change Mitigation | Tipping Points


Beyond science and policy: Typologizing and harnessing social movements for transformational social change

  2022-11-04 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Social movements refer to collective groups of actors banding together to achieve desirable social change through common agendas and tactics. This stu…


Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press

  2022-11-01 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

This paper demonstrates that US prestige-press coverage of global warming from 1988 to 2002 has contributed to a significant divergence of popular dis…


Messaging matters: A systematic review of the conservation messaging literature

  2022-10-28 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Changing human behavior and attitudes are key to conserving global biodiversity. Despite evidence from other disciplines that strategic messaging can …


Implications of shrinking household sizes for meeting the 1.5 °C climate targets

  2022-10-11 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Understanding social trends such as shrinking household sizes plays an important role for designing effective policies to limit global warming to 1.5 …


Banning super short-haul flights: Environmental evidence or political turbulence?

  2022-10-04 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Several countries have considered banning or even decided to ban or tax super short-haul flights, arguing that the availability of rail alternatives m…

  Tagged under: Trains


Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century

  2022-09-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

This paper assesses claims that, prior to the 19th century, around 90% of the human population lived in extreme poverty (defined as the inability to a…

  Tagged under: Capitalism


The connection between subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour: Individual and cross-national characteristics in a seven-country study

  2022-09-15 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

A positive and reciprocal relationship between subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) has been observed across a range of countrie…


“We don't want to be the bad guys”: Oil industry's sensemaking of the sustainability transition paradox

  2022-09-10 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The operating model of the global oil industry is not compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. For the industry, there is a fundamental tensi…

  Tagged under: Sustainability


A cautionary note about messages of hope: Focusing on progress in reducing carbon emissions weakens mitigation motivation

  2022-08-26 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

For the first time this millennium, growth in carbon emissions has slowed. Indeed, the year 2014 was the first time in 40 years that the planet saw ze…

  Tagged under: Climate Change Mitigation


Cumulative carbon emissions and economic policy: In search of general principles

  2022-08-26 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

We exploit recent advances in climate science to develop a physically consistent, yet surprisingly simple, model of climate policy. It seems that key …

  Tagged under: Economics


Thermal tolerance of zooplankton

  2022-07-19 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

First immature instar Daphnia pulex Leydig acclimated at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30°C, and Daphnia magna Straus acclimated at 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30°C, w…


The moral psychology of misinformation: Why we excuse dishonesty in a post-truth world

  2022-07-10 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Commentators say we have entered a “post-truth” era. As political lies and “fake news” flourish, citizens appear not only to believe misinformation, b…

  Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation


Existing climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate colonial inequalities

  2022-07-07 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The challenge of climate mitigation is made more difficult by high rates of energy use in wealthy countries, mostly in the Global North, which far exc…

  Tagged under: Climate Change Mitigation


Closing the high seas to fishing: A club approach

  2022-06-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The world’s fisheries are governed by a vast, and largely ineffective, set of international and regional institutions. If we are to preserve and manag…

  Tagged under: Fish


Global fisheries subsidies: An updated estimate

  2022-06-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The aim of this paper is to provide an updated estimate of global fisheries subsidies. It builds on earlier estimates and methodologies to re-estimate…

  Tagged under: Fish


Plastitar: A new threat for coastal environments

  2022-06-13 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Oil residues have been frequently found on the coasts all over the world as a result of different accidental releases. Their partial evaporation and s…


A systematic review of the psychological distance of climate change: Towards the development of an evidence-based construct

  2022-05-19 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The construct of psychological distance has gained traction as an explanation of why climate change is difficult to act on; it often feels far removed…

  Tagged under: Climate Change


“Carbon Bombs” - Mapping key fossil fuel projects

  2022-05-15 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Meeting the Paris targets requires reducing both fossil fuel demand and supply, and closing the “production gap” between climate targets and energy po…


Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood

  2022-04-29 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Plastic particles are ubiquitous pollutants in the living environment and food chain but no study to date has reported on the internal exposure of pla…


Production and harvesting of microalgae for wastewater treatment, biofuels, and bioproducts

  2022-03-11 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The integration of microalgae-based biofuel and bioproducts production with wastewater treatment has major advantages for both industries. However, ma…


Imperialist appropriation in the world economy: Drain from the global South through unequal exchange, 1990–2015

  2022-02-15 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Unequal exchange theory posits that economic growth in the “advanced economies” of the global North relies on a large net appropriation of resources a…

  Tagged under: Economics | Economic Growth


Far from optimal? Exploring the normative premises and politics of carbon pricing - ScienceDirect

  2022-01-12 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Carbon Pricing


How science makes environmental controversies worse - ScienceDirect

  2021-12-27 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?

  2021-12-21 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Over the past two decades, skeptics of the reality and significance of anthropogenic climate change have frequently accused climate scientists of “ala…

  Tagged under: Predictions | Climate Change


Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world

  2021-12-18 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national, continental and global decision-making on climate change adaptati…

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Trees


Investment and production dynamics of conventional oil and unconventional tight oil: Implications for oil markets and climate strategies - ScienceDirect

  2021-10-22 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


Early warnings and emerging accountability: Total’s responses to global warming, 1971–2021

  2021-10-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Building upon recent work on other major fossil fuel companies, we report new archival research and primary source interviews describing how Total res…

  Tagged under: TotalEnergies


From elite folk science to the policy legend of the circular economy - ScienceDirect

  2021-09-23 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Economics


Transport poverty and car dependence: A European perspective

  2021-09-01 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

In the Global North, and increasingly in emerging countries, car use can be essential to access services, opportunities and social networks that are i…


The anti-colonial politics of degrowth - ScienceDirect

  2021-08-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Degrowth


Quantifying national responsibility for climate breakdown: an equality-based attribution approach for carbon dioxide emissions in excess of the planetary boundary - ScienceDirect

  2021-08-11 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


When starting with the most expensive option makes sense: Optimal timing, cost and sectoral allocation of abatement investment - ScienceDirect

  2021-07-28 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning

  2021-07-27 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Meeting human needs at sustainable levels of energy use is fundamental for avoiding catastrophic climate change and securing the well-being of all peo…

  Tagged under: Economics | Climate Change


Attributing Extreme Events to Climate Change: A New Frontier in a Warming World - ScienceDirect

  2021-07-27 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Global Warming | Extreme Weather | Climate Change


Prices and quantities: Unsustainable consumption and the global economy

  2021-07-11 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The ecological unsustainability of current consumption patterns is now well documented. One aspect of this problem which has not been sufficiently add…

  Tagged under: Economics


Influencing climate change attitudes in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis - ScienceDirect

  2021-05-14 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Climate Change


Climate injustice, criminalisation of land protection and anti-colonial solidarity: Courtroom ethnography in an age of fossil fuel violence - ScienceDirect

  2021-05-05 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13): transforming agriculture and food systems

  2021-04-18 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Actions on climate change (SDG 13), including in the food system, are crucial. SDG 13 needs to align with the Paris Agreement, given that UNFCCC negot…

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Sustainable Development Goals | Climate Change Impacts


White knights, or horsemen of the apocalypse? Prospects for Big Oil to align emissions with a 1.5 °C pathway - ScienceDirect

  2021-04-17 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


The material foundations of a low-carbon economy

  2021-03-19 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

The transition to a low-carbon environment is rapidly accelerating and with it the potential for severe environmental and social degradation. The extr…

  Tagged under: Economics


Cryptodamages: Monetary value estimates of the air pollution and human health impacts of cryptocurrency mining

  2021-03-07 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Cryptocurrency mining uses significant amounts of energy as part of the proof-of-work time-stamping scheme to add new blocks to the chain. Expanding u…

  Tagged under: Health


Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century

  2021-02-21 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Ecologically unequal exchange theory posits asymmetric net flows of biophysical resources from poorer to richer countries. To date, empirical evidence…

  Tagged under: Sustainability


Shifts in global bat diversity suggest a possible role of climate change in the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 - ScienceDirect

  2021-02-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Climate Change


From anger to action: Differential impacts of eco-anxiety, eco-depression, and eco-anger on climate action and wellbeing

  2021-02-14 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Research documents the experiences of depression and anxiety evoked by climate change, but little attention has been given to frustration and anger, o…

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Activism | Climate Anxiety and Grief | Climate Change Impacts


Challenging social norms to recraft practices: A Living Lab approach to reducing household energy use in eight European countries

  2021-02-11 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

ENERGISE is the first large-scale European effort to reduce household energy use through a change initiative that adopted a ‘living lab’ approach info…


Providing decent living with minimum energy: A global scenario

  2020-10-21 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

It is increasingly clear that averting ecological breakdown will require drastic changes to contemporary human society and the global economy embedded…

  Tagged under: Economics


Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century - ScienceDirect

  2020-09-08 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Sustainability


Scientists' warning to humanity on insect extinctions

  2020-02-20 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

Here we build on the manifesto ‘World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, issued by the Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologis…

  Tagged under: Insects | Extinction


Gone with the wind: effects of wind on honey bee visit rate and foraging behaviour - ScienceDirect

  2020-02-18 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com


The Underestimated Potential of Battery Electric Vehicles to Reduce Emissions - ScienceDirect

  2019-11-25 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Batteries


Addressing climate change through price and non-price interventions - ScienceDirect

  2019-11-24 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Climate Change


Can we sustain success in reducing deaths to extreme weather in a hotter world? - ScienceDirect

  2019-11-14 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Extreme Weather


Over a century of data reveal more than 80% decline in butterflies in the Netherlands - ScienceDirect

  2019-04-01 (or before) in ScienceDirect.com

  Tagged under: Butterflies and Moths


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