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Resilience by industrial symbiosis? A discussion on risk, opportunities and challenges for food production in the perspective of the food-energy-water nexus

Growing population and affluence coupled with climate change puts pressure on the supply of food, water and energy. The three are interconnected, conceptualised in the food-energy-water nexus. In this article,...

Authors: Thomas Parker and Maria Svantemark

Institutional innovations in public participation for improved local governance and urban sustainability in India

Improving urban governance is an imperative for India, with its accelerated rate of urbanization, distrust of government, and inadequate public involvement in policy development and decision-making. Deliberati...

Authors: Sanskriti Menon and Janette Hartz-Karp

Participation in planning and governance: closing the gap between satisfaction and expectation

Making and implementing decisions to improve long term sustainability, particularly in democratic countries, is a significant challenge. This is exacerbated when citizens’ expectations of their relationship wi...

Authors: Rob Weymouth and Janette Hartz-Karp

Transforming manufacturing to be ‘good for planet and people’, through enabling lean and green thinking in small and medium-sized enterprises

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals remind us of the urgent need for every business to operate in ways that are good for planet and people. Manufacturing is a critical sector to address, where in...

Authors: H. T. S. Caldera, C. Desha and L. Dawes

Planetary health and reduction in meat consumption

With an annual meat consumption of 110 kg per capita, Australia is one of the top countries in the world according to this indicator. High meat consumption however is associated with adverse impacts on the pla...

Authors: Dora Marinova and Diana Bogueva

Climate security and a vulnerability model for conflict prevention: a systematic literature review focusing on African agriculture

Climate change poses credible threats to the livelihoods of many. This paper addresses how climate change adaptation can help counter the increased risk of violent conflict that is associated with these climat...

Authors: Daniel Pearson and Peter Newman

To be or not to be for humankind - organic diets revisited for a sustainable development

Worldwide, traditional diets are being replaced by diets with high proportions of ultra-processed industrial foods, meat products and refined sugars, fats and oils. By contrast, the (slowly) growing consumptio...

Authors: Ana Paula Simões-Wüst and Pieter C. Dagnelie

Improving collaborative knowledge production for climate change mitigation: lessons from EU Horizon 2020 experiences

Scientific knowledge is key to climate mitigation governance. However, effective exchange between science and policy is challenging. Science-policy theory suggests collaboration, stakeholder participation and ...

Authors: Daan Boezeman and Heleen de Coninck

Correction to: Climate information services, integrated knowledge systems and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

It has been highlighted that the original article [1] contained a spelling mistake in the last name of Elizabeth Stuart. Her last name was incorrectly captured as ‘Stewart’ in the original article which has si...

Authors: Fortunate Machingura, Admire Nyamwanza, David Hulme and Elizabeth Stuart

The Planetary Accounting Framework: a novel, quota-based approach to understanding the impacts of any scale of human activity in the context of the Planetary Boundaries

Human impacts on the environment are so great that we are at risk of changing the state of the planet from one that is hospitable to one that is hostile to humanity. Scientists have proposed nine Planetary Bou...

Authors: Kate Meyer and Peter Newman

The green soul of the concrete jungle: the urban century, the urban psychological penalty, and the role of nature

By 2050, there are forecast to be 2.4 billion more people in cities, and this century could rightly be called the urban century. This paper argues that, paradoxically, without the use of nature the urban centu...

Authors: Robert Ian McDonald, Timothy Beatley and Thomas Elmqvist

Sustainable Earth begins its journey

Authors: Peter Newman

Climate information services, integrated knowledge systems and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

This commentary explores the role of climate information services in supporting the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At the centre of the commentary is a discussion of how integrated...

Authors: Fortunate Machingura, Admire Nyamwanza, David Hulme and Elizabeth Stuart