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  • Predictive modeling of wildfire occurrence and damage in a tropical savanna ecosystem of West Africa 
    Kouassi, Jean-Luc; Wandan, Narcisse; Mbow, Cheikh (MDPI, 2020-08-12)
    Wildfires are a major environmental, economic, and social threat. In Central Côte d’Ivoire, they are among the biggest environmental and forestry problems during the dry season. National authorities do not have tools and ...
  • Proposed solutions to anthropogenic climate change : a systematic literature review and a new way forward 
    Feigin, Svetlana V.; Wiebers, David O.; Lueddeke, George; Morand, Serge; Lee, Kelley; Knight, Andrew; Brainin, Michael; Feigin, Valery L.; Whitfort, Amanda; Marcum, James; Shackelford, Todd K.; Skerratt, Lee F.; Winkler, Andrea S. (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    Humanity is now facing what may be the biggest challenge to its existence: irreversible climate change brought about by human activity. Our planet is in a state of emergency, and we only have a short window of time (7–8 ...
  • Reconciling well-being and resilience for sustainable development 
    Chaigneau, Tomas; Coulthard, Sarah; Daw, Tim M.; Szaboova, Lucy; Camfield, Laura; Chapin I.I.I., F. Stuart; Gasper, Des; Gurney, Georgina G.; Hicks, Christina C.; Ibrahim, Maggie; James, Thomas; Jones, Lindsey; Matthews, Nathanial; McQuistan, Colin; Reyers, Belinda; Brown, Katrina (Nature Publishing, 2022-04)
    Securing well-being and building resilience in response to shocks are often viewed as key goals of sustainable development. Here, we present an overview of the latest published evidence, as well as the consensus of a diverse ...
  • Rethinking resilience and development : a coevolutionary perspective 
    Haider, L. Jamila; Schluter, Maja; Folke, Carl; Reyers, Belinda (Springer, 2021-07)
    The interdependence of social and ecological processes is broadly acknowledged in the pursuit to enhance human wellbeing and prosperity for all. Yet, development interventions continue to prioritise economic development ...
  • Sex, profit, and political power : California and its influence on Paris’s queer business, press and politics in the late 1970s and 80s 
    Katito, George (Routledge, 2022)
    In late 1970s Paris, San Francisco Nights and Far West, popular institutions in the city’s new queer nightlife, helped fashion new sexual norms. They were part of a constellation of California-inspired places that stimulated ...
  • Sustainability of drinking water and sanitation delivery systems in rural communities of the Lepelle Nkumpi Local Municipality, South Africa 
    Bazaanah, Prosper; Mothapo, Raesibe A. (Springer, 2023-04)
    Water and sanitation are core for the growth and development of communities. Yet, South African local municipalities are often unable to sustainably deliver safe water and basic sanitation for all. Drawing on perspectives ...
  • Ten new insights in climate science 2022 
    Mbow, Cheikh; Martin, Maria A.; Boakye, Emmanuel A.; Boyd, Emily; Broadgate, Wendy; Bustamante, Mercedes; Canadell, Josep G.; Carr, Edward R.; Chu, Eric K.; Cleugh, Helen; Csevár, Szilvia; Daoudy, Marwa; De Bremond, Ariane; Dhimal, Meghnath; Ebi, Kristie L.; Edwards, Clea; Fuss, Sabine; Girardin, Martin P.; Glavovic, Bruce; Hebden, Sophie; Hirota, Marina; Hsu, Huang-Hsiung; Huq, Saleemul; Ingold, Karin; Johannessen, Ola M.; Kameyama, Yasuko; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi; Langendijk, Gaby S.; Lissner, Tabea; Lwasa, Shuaib; Machalaba, Catherine; Maltais, Aaron; Mathai, Manu V.; Mbow, Cheikh; McNamara, Karen E.; Mukherji, Aditi; Murray, Virginia; Mysiak, Jaroslav; Okereke, Chukwumerije; Ospina, Daniel; Otto, Friederike; Prakash, Anjal; Pulhin, Juan M.; Raju, Emmanuel; Redman, Aaron; Rigaud, Kanta K.; Rockstrom, Johan; Roy, Joyashree; Schipper, E. Lisa F.; Schlosser, Peter; Schulz, Karsten A.; Schumacher, Kim; Schwarz, Luana; Scown, Murray; Sedova, Barbora; Siddiqui, Tasneem A.; Singh, Chandni; Sioen, Giles B.; Stammer, Detlef; Steinert, Norman J.; Suk, Sunhee; Sutton, Rowan; Thalheimer, Lisa; Van Aalst, Maarten; Van der Geest, Kees; Zhao, Zhirong Jerry (Cambridge University Press, 2022-11)
    NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY. We summarize what we assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health ...
  • Why care about theories? Innovative ways of theorizing in sustainability science 
    Schluter, Maja; Caniglia, Guido; Orach, Kirill; Bodin, Orjan; Magliocca, Nicolas; Meyfroidt, Patrick; Reyers, Belinda (Elsevier, 2022-02)
    The complex nature of sustainability problems and the aim of sustainability science to support emergent processes of transformation require rethinking how we build and make use of theories. We highlight the diversity of ...