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      Assessing food sustainable intensification potential of agroforestry using a carbon balance method 

      Crous-Duran, J.; Graves, A.R.; Garcia-De-Jalón, S.; Paulo, J.A.; Tomé, M.; Palma, J.H.N. (SISEF, 2019)
      Food security, climate change mitigation, and land use challenges are interlinked and need to be considered simultaneously. One possible solution is sustainable intensification, which is the practice of increasing food ...
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      Assessing nature s contributions to people: Recognizing culture, and diverse sources of knowledge, can improve assessments 

      Díaz, S.; Pascual, U.; Stenseke, M.; Martín-López, B.; Watson, R.T.; Molnár, Z.; Hill, R.; Chan, K.M.A.; Baste, I.A.; Brauman, K.A.; Polasky, S.; Church, A.; Lonsdale, M.; Larigauderie, A.; Leadley, P.W.; Van Oudenhoven, A.P.E.; Van Der Plaat, F.; Schröter, M.; Lavorel, S.; Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y.; Bukvareva, E.; Davies, K.; Demissew, S.; Erpul, G.; Failler, P.; Guerra, C.A.; Hewitt, C.L.; Keune, H.; Lindley, S.; Shirayama, Y. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018)
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      Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change 

      Palomo, I.; Locatelli, B.; Otero, I.; Colloff, M.; Crouzat, E.; Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Gómez-Baggethun, E.; González-García, A.; Grêt-Regamey, A.; Jiménez-Aceituno, A.; Martín-López, B.; Pascual, U.; Zafra-Calvo, N.; Bruley, E.; Fischborn, M.; Metz, R.; Lavorel, S. (One Earth, 2021-05-01)
      Global sustainability targets demand transformative changes. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are gaining traction in science and policy, but their potential for transformative change remains unexplored. We provide a framework ...
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      Assessing risks of low-carbon transition pathways 

      Lieu, J.; Hanger-Kopp, S.; van Vliet, O.; Sorman, A.H. (Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2020)
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      Assessing stakeholder preferences on low-carbon energy transitions 

      Pizarro-Irizar, C.; Gonzalez-Eguino, M.; van der Gaast, W.; Arto, I.; Sampedro, J.; van de Ven, D. J. (Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy, 2020-01-01)
      Low carbon transition pathways entail diverse uncertainties and risks in the underlying environmental, social, political, economic and technological factors. Inadequate information about such risks could affect the achievement ...
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      Assessing synergies and trade-offs of diverging Paris-compliant mitigation strategies with long-term SDG objectives 

      Moreno Membrillera, Jorge; Van de Ven, Dirk-Jan Petrus Adrianus; Sampedro Martínez de Estívariz, Jon; Gambhir, Ajay; Woods, Jem; González Ruiz de Eguino, Miguel (Elsevier, 2023-01)
      The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement are the two transformative agendas, which set the benchmarks for nations to address urgent social, economic and environmental challenges. Aside from setting ...
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      Assessing the energy trap of industrial agriculture in North America and Europe: 82 balances from 1830 to 2012 

      Tello, E.; Sacristán, V.; Olarieta, J.R.; Cattaneo, C.; Marull, J.; Pons, M.; Gingrich, S.; Krausmann, F.; Galán, E.; Marco, I.; Padró, R.; Guzmán, G.I.; González de Molina, M.; Cunfer, G.; Watson, A.; MacFadyen, J.; Fraňková, E.; Aguilera, E.; Infante-Amat, J.; Urrego-Mesa, A.; Soto, D.; Parcerisas, L.; Dupras, J.; Díez-Sanjuán, L.; Caravaca, J.; Gómez, L.; Fullana, O.; Murray, I.; Jover, G.; Cussó, X.; Garrabou, R. (Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023)
      Early energy analyses of agriculture revealed that behind higher labor and land productivity of industrial farming, there was a decrease in energy returns on energy (EROI) invested, in comparison to more traditional organic ...
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      Assessing the EU Energy Efficiency Label for Appliances: Issues, Potential Improvements and Challenges 

      De Ayala Bilbao, Amaya ORCID; Solà, María del Mar ORCID (MDPI, 2022)
      The EU Energy Efficiency (EE) label for appliances, readjusted in March 2021 (Directive 2017/1369/EU), is a key instrument for nudging consumers towards more energy-efficient purchases. However, its effectiveness depends ...
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      Assessing whether artificial intelligence is an enabler or an inhibitor of sustainability at indicator level 

      Gupta, S.; Langhans, S. D.; Domisch, S.; Fuso-Nerini, F.; Felländer, A.; Battaglini, M.; Tegmark, M.; Vinuesa, R. (Transportation Engineering, 2021-06-01)
      "Since the early phase of the artificial-intelligence (AI) era expectations towards AI are high, with experts believing that AI paves the way for managing and handling various global challenges. However, the significant ...
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      Assessment of atmospheric and soil water stress impact on a tropical crop: the case of Theobroma cacao under Harmattan conditions in eastern Ghana. 

      Della Sala, P.; Cilas, C.; Gimeno, T. E.; Wohl, S.; Opoku, S. Y.; Găinuşă-Bogdan, A.; Ribeyre, F. (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021-12-15)
      In West Africa, Harmattan-induced atmospheric and soil droughts represent seasonally recurring hazards for Theobroma cacao L. agro-ecosystems. Under the influence of the Harmattan winds, precipitation is impaired and air ...
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      Assessment of productivity and economic viability of combined food and energy (cfe) production system in Denmark 

      Xu, Y.; Lehmann, L.M.; De, Jalón, S.G.; Ghaley, B.B. (MDPI, 2019)
      Agro-ecosystems for integrated food, fodder, and biomass production can contribute to achieving European Union goals to increase renewable energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study objective was to ...
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      Assessment of sustainable land management practices in Mediterranean rural regions 

      Ruiz, I.; Almagro, M.; García de Jalón, S.; Solà, M.d.M; Sanz, M. J. (Journal of Environmental Management, 2022-12-15)
      Sustainable land management practices can be suitable vehicles to simultaneously address the causes and consequences of land degradation, desertification, and climate change in land managed systems. Here, we assess the ...
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      Aviso a navegantes: informe del IPCC sobre mitigación del cambio climático 

      Arto Olaizola, Ignacio; González-Eguino, Mikel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-05-13)
      Despite the proliferation of climate change plans and strategies, global emissions have accelerated over the last decade. *If the present trends continue, temperatures will have risen between 3.7 and 4.3ºC by the end of ...
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      Banking on strong rural livelihoods and the sustainable use of natural capital in post-conflict Colombia 

      Banerjee, O.; Cicowiez, M.; Malek, Ž; Verburg, P.H.; Vargas, R.; Goodwin, S.; Bagstad, K.J.; Murillo, J.Á. (Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023)
      In post-conflict Colombia, the government has prioritized resettlement of displaced people through development of strong rural livelihoods and the sustainable use of natural capital. In this paper, we considered government ...
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      Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives 

      Cortina-Segarra, J.; García-Sánchez, I.; Grace, M.; Andrés, P.; Baker, S.; Bullock, C.; Decleer, K.; Dicks, L.V.; Fisher, J.K.; Frouz, J.; Klimkowska, A.; Kyriazopoulos, A.P.; Moreno-Mateos, D.; Rodríguez-González, P.M.; Sarkki, S.; Ventocilla, J.L. (RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 2021)
      Ecological restoration is key to counteracting anthropogenic degradation of biodiversity and to reducing disaster risk. However, there is limited knowledge of barriers hindering the wider implementation of restoration ...
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      Begiak erne: klima aldaketa arintzeari buruzko IPCC-ren txostena 

      Arto Olaizola, Ignacio; González Ruiz de Eguino, Miguel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-05-13)
      Despite the proliferation of climate change plans and strategies, global emissions have accelerated over the last decade. *If the present trends continue, temperatures will have risen between 3.7 and 4.3ºC by the end of ...
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      Benefits From Water Related Ecosystem Services in Africa and Climate Change 

      Pettinotti, L.; de Ayala, A.; Ojea, E. (Ecological Economics, 2018-07-01)
      The present study collects original monetary estimates for water related ecosystem service benefits on the African continent from 36 valuation studies. A database of 178 monetary estimates is constructed to conduct a ...
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      Beyond participation: How to achieve the recognition of local communities’ value-systems in conservation? Some insights from Mexico 

      Guibrunet, L.; Gerritsen, P. R. W.; Sierra-Huelsz, J. A.; Flores-Díaz, A. C.; García-Frapolli, E.; García-Serrano, E.; Pascual, U.; Balvanera, P. (People and Nature, 2021-06-01)
      In this article, we explore why conservation schemes that have positive outcomes through the participation of local communities cannot necessarily be deemed as just. We observe that recognition (understood as inclusion and ...
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      BINCOR: An r package for estimating the correlation between two unevenly spaced time series 

      Polanco Martínez, Josué Moisés; Medina-Elizalde, M.A.; Sanchez Goni, M.F.; Mudelsee, M. (The R Foundation, 2019)
      This paper presents a computational program named BINCOR (BINned CORrelation) for estimating the correlation between two unevenly spaced time series. This program is also applicable to the situation of two evenly spaced ...
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      Biocultural vulnerability exposes threats of culturally important species 

      Reyes-García, V.; Cámara-Leret, R.; Halpern, B. S.; O'Hara, C.; Renard, D.; Zafra-Calvo, N.; Díaz, S. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023-01-01)
      There are growing calls for conservation frameworks that, rather than breaking the relations between people and other parts of nature, capture place-based relationships that have supported social-ecological systems over ...