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View article: Charting a transformational course toward a safe and just future: the Earth Commission’s contribution
Charting a transformational course toward a safe and just future: the Earth Commission’s contribution Open
Humans are now operating well outside the planetary conditions that enabled stable and equitable development. The situation is urgent — we need a swift and profound shift in direction — a collective transformation. In response, the Earth C…
View article: Climate Injustices Have Multiplied over Time: The Need for Climate System Justice
Climate Injustices Have Multiplied over Time: The Need for Climate System Justice Open
This article asks: How have climate injustices accumulated in climate negotiations, and how can a climate system justice approach be developed? It concludes that, first, without a just approach, climate change cannot be addressed. Second, …
View article: ‘We’re not all the same’—how heterogeneity among smallholder tree-crop farmers in Ghana generates different degrees of food insecurity
‘We’re not all the same’—how heterogeneity among smallholder tree-crop farmers in Ghana generates different degrees of food insecurity Open
Agricultural policies promoting smallholder participation in global markets for high-value commodities assume benefits for household food and nutrition security (FNS). However, existing literature often overlooks differences among smallhol…
View article: Science-policy: UNFCCC policymakers’ perspective of scientific scenarios and their policy relevance
Science-policy: UNFCCC policymakers’ perspective of scientific scenarios and their policy relevance Open
Scenarios play a pivotal role in linking climate science to policy action, informing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports and international negotiations within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chan…
View article: North-south relations, responsibilities, and agendas in Earth System Governance: Have these changed in the Anthropocene?
North-south relations, responsibilities, and agendas in Earth System Governance: Have these changed in the Anthropocene? Open
On the G77's 60th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Declaration for a New International Economic Order, this paper explores the enduring complexities of North-South relations in development and climate governance. We ask: What is…
View article: Prioritising the purpose: a Water System Justice framework for water utilities
Prioritising the purpose: a Water System Justice framework for water utilities Open
Water utilities provide water, sewerage and sanitation services. Yet, they have failed worldwide to provide safely managed water services to at least 2.2 billion people and safely managed sanitation services to between 3.5 and 4.4 billion.…
View article: Data injustice and attribution of drought events: implications for global climate policy
Data injustice and attribution of drought events: implications for global climate policy Open
Extreme event attribution (EEA) studies address the question of the role of anthropogenic climate change in the occurrence of extreme weather events. However, there is an ongoing debate between science and policy actors on whether EEA can …
View article: Water security reframed using Water System Justice and Earth system boundaries, foundations, and corridor
Water security reframed using Water System Justice and Earth system boundaries, foundations, and corridor Open
In the Anthropocene, when human activity, including the overuse and over-pollution of water, is leading to the destabilization of the global hydrological cycle, the concept of water security represents both a threat to and opportunity for …
View article: Phasing out Fossil Fuels: Synergies and Trade-offs
Phasing out Fossil Fuels: Synergies and Trade-offs Open
This chapter concludes by answering the questions: How do different actors use different arguments and approaches to engage with a fossil fuel phase-out? Which arguments and approaches grapple with the multiple trade-offs, for which actors…
View article: Finance and LFFU
Finance and LFFU Open
Financial actors play a key role in the fossil fuel sector and thus can be expected to play a role to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This chapter focuses on global actors such as investors and producers and their relations with the Globa…
View article: Critical Importance of Tree and Non‐Tree Vegetation for African Precipitation
Critical Importance of Tree and Non‐Tree Vegetation for African Precipitation Open
Vegetation is a major contributor of terrestrial evaporation and influences subsequent precipitation over land. Studies suggest that forests are crucial for moisture recycling, although the specific contribution of different vegetation to …
View article: Transport within earth system boundaries
Transport within earth system boundaries Open
Achieving a socially and environmentally sustainable mobility and transport system necessitates a multifaceted approach that considers just Earth System Boundaries. Just Earth System Boundaries are domain-specific (e.g. climate change, wat…
View article: Objects of Perception: Some Issues
Objects of Perception: Some Issues Open
The supremacy of pratyakṣha pramāna is accepted by most of the schools of Indian Philosophy. Though all schools accept pratyakṣa as a pramaṇa, there is a difference in opinion in the question regarding what we get in perception. Here from …
View article: The split ladder of policy problems, participation, and politicization: constitutional water change in Ecuador and Chile
The split ladder of policy problems, participation, and politicization: constitutional water change in Ecuador and Chile Open
There is debate about whether complex problems should be addressed technocratically or whether they should be politicized. While many tend to favour technocratic decision-making and evidence based policy, for others politicization of polic…
View article: The split ladder of participation: A literature review and dynamic path forward
The split ladder of participation: A literature review and dynamic path forward Open
Participation of people in decision making and tackling complex problems where there is lack of consensus on the science and relevant values continues to be an important research topic. The 2015 Split Ladder of Participation offered a diag…
View article: Applying earth system justice to phase out fossil fuels: learning from the injustice of adopting 1.5 °C over 1 °C
Applying earth system justice to phase out fossil fuels: learning from the injustice of adopting 1.5 °C over 1 °C Open
The Paris Agreement has seen the adoption of a 1.5° to 2 °C climate target, based on the belief that climate change becomes ‘dangerous’ above this level. Since then, the scientific community and the countries most affected by global warmin…