Latest Articles of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability


Spatial ecological networks: planning for sustainability in the long-term 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.012 2018-04-09 Humans are producing complex and often undesirable social and ecological outcomes in many landscapes around the world. To sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services in fragmented landscapes conservation planning has turned to the identification and protectio...
Genomics meets remote sensing in global change studies: monitoring and predicting phenology, evolution and biodiversity 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.005 2018-04-07 Although the monitoring and prediction of ecosystem dynamics under global change have been extensively assessed, large gaps remain in our knowledge, including a need for concepts in rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity, and a lack of large-scale and long...
Monitoring systems to improve forest conditions 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.011 2018-04-06 There is a lack of generalizable empirical analyses of whether particular types of monitoring promote effective forest governance, and under what circumstances. We reviewed a specific sample of the peer-reviewed literature on how monitoring, including state-l...
The limits of voluntary programs for low-carbon buildings for staying under 1.5 °C 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.006 2018-04-03 Voluntary urban climate programs challenge firms and citizens to reduce resource consumption and carbon emissions at city level but without the force of law. High hopes are expressed about their capacity to accelerate a transition towards low-carbon building ...
Towards a global comprehensive and transparent framework for cities and local governments enabling an effective contribution to the Paris climate agreement 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.009 2018-04-03 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 21, including the Paris Agreement, has underlined the role of non-state-actors in limiting temperature increase to 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels. Worldwide, there are an increas...
Enabling investment for the transition to a low carbon economy: government policy to finance early stage green innovation 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.004 2018-03-28 Rapid transformation to meet the Paris 1.5°C climate target requires greater attention to be given to the role of innovative low carbon early stage businesses and the public sector's role in addressing finance gaps for longer horizon investment requirements. ...
Response of terrestrial evapotranspiration to Earth's greening 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.001 2018-03-27 The greening of the Earth has been unequivocally observed in 30 years of satellite measurements from NOAA-AVHRR. Here, we review the recent literature on the response of terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) to Earth's greening, including the contribution of gr...
Forestry taxation for sustainability: theoretical ideals and empirical realities 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.002 2018-03-22 We review the literature linking taxation and sustainable forest management (SFM) in humid tropical forests. This literature broadly falls in two strands. One emphasizes economic theoretical ideals and seeks to define optimal taxation designs with incentives ...
Scenarios for adaptation and mitigation in urban Africa under 1.5 °C global warming 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.012 2018-03-17 Cities are considered to be at the frontline of the global climate change response, both from mitigation and adaptation perspectives. But many cities are engulfed in infrastructure deficits, carbon intensive development while urban poverty adds to this comple...
Investing for rapid decarbonization in cities 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.010 2018-03-15 Cities offer some of the best opportunities for decarbonization. And a few sectors such as buildings, transport, water, and waste have the greatest potential for high impact decarbonization investments. Creating an enabling environment for cities to invest he...

Spatial ecological networks: planning for sustainability in the long-term

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.012

2018-04-09

Humans are producing complex and often undesirable social and ecological outcomes in many landscapes around the world. To sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services in fragmented landscapes conservation planning has turned to the identification and protectio...

Genomics meets remote sensing in global change studies: monitoring and predicting phenology, evolution and biodiversity

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.005

2018-04-07

Although the monitoring and prediction of ecosystem dynamics under global change have been extensively assessed, large gaps remain in our knowledge, including a need for concepts in rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity, and a lack of large-scale and long...

Monitoring systems to improve forest conditions

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.011

2018-04-06

There is a lack of generalizable empirical analyses of whether particular types of monitoring promote effective forest governance, and under what circumstances. We reviewed a specific sample of the peer-reviewed literature on how monitoring, including state-l...

The limits of voluntary programs for low-carbon buildings for staying under 1.5 °C

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.006

2018-04-03

Voluntary urban climate programs challenge firms and citizens to reduce resource consumption and carbon emissions at city level but without the force of law. High hopes are expressed about their capacity to accelerate a transition towards low-carbon building ...

Towards a global comprehensive and transparent framework for cities and local governments enabling an effective contribution to the Paris climate agreement

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.009

2018-04-03

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 21, including the Paris Agreement, has underlined the role of non-state-actors in limiting temperature increase to 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels. Worldwide, there are an increas...

Enabling investment for the transition to a low carbon economy: government policy to finance early stage green innovation

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.004

2018-03-28

Rapid transformation to meet the Paris 1.5°C climate target requires greater attention to be given to the role of innovative low carbon early stage businesses and the public sector's role in addressing finance gaps for longer horizon investment requirements. ...

Response of terrestrial evapotranspiration to Earth's greening

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.001

2018-03-27

The greening of the Earth has been unequivocally observed in 30 years of satellite measurements from NOAA-AVHRR. Here, we review the recent literature on the response of terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) to Earth's greening, including the contribution of gr...

Forestry taxation for sustainability: theoretical ideals and empirical realities

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.002

2018-03-22

We review the literature linking taxation and sustainable forest management (SFM) in humid tropical forests. This literature broadly falls in two strands. One emphasizes economic theoretical ideals and seeks to define optimal taxation designs with incentives ...

Scenarios for adaptation and mitigation in urban Africa under 1.5 °C global warming

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.012

2018-03-17

Cities are considered to be at the frontline of the global climate change response, both from mitigation and adaptation perspectives. But many cities are engulfed in infrastructure deficits, carbon intensive development while urban poverty adds to this comple...

Investing for rapid decarbonization in cities

10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.010

2018-03-15

Cities offer some of the best opportunities for decarbonization. And a few sectors such as buildings, transport, water, and waste have the greatest potential for high impact decarbonization investments. Creating an enabling environment for cities to invest he...