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Cost-effective restoration and conservation planning in Green and Blue Infrastructure designs. A case study on the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean: Andalusia (Spain) Morocco
(Elsevier, 2019)Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) is a network designed and planned to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services and to protect biodiversity. Existing GBI designs lacked a systematic method to allocate restoration zones. ... -
(Counter)mapping renewables: Space, justice, and politics of wind and solar power in Mexico
(Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 2022)The ongoing expansion of renewable energies entails major spatial reconfigurations with social, environmental, and political dimensions. These emerging geographies are, however, in the process of taking shape, as their ... -
Coupling circularity performance and climate action: From disciplinary silos to transdisciplinary modelling science
(Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022)Technological breakthroughs and policy measures targeting energy efficiency and clean energy alone will not suffice to deliver Paris Agreement-compliant greenhouse gas emissions trajectories in the next decades. Strong ... -
Coupling circularity performance and climate action: From disciplinary silos to transdisciplinary modelling science
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Covid, the Environment and Food Systems: Contain, Cope and Rebuild Better
(Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021-07-06)The objective of this paper is to analyse impacts of COVID-19 on the nexus of food systems, the environment and sustainable development and propose ways for governments and international agencies to mitigate impacts in the ... -
COVID-19 and climate change challenges or opportunities for economic recovery
(Metode, 2021-01-01)The paper reviews the impact that COVID-19 has had on the ambitions of countries to meet the Paris Accord of reducing emissions to keep global temperature increases to below 2 ºC in this century. It notes that as nations ... -
Critical discussion of: “A farewell to glaciers: Ecosystem services loss in the Spanish Pyrenees”
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Culturally diverse expert teams have yet to bring comprehensive linguistic diversity to intergovernmental ecosystem assessments
(One Earth, 2021-02-19)Multicultural representation is a stated goal of many global scientific assessment processes. These processes aim to mobilize a broader, more diverse knowledge base and increase legitimacy and inclusiveness of these ... -
Cultures of transformation: An integrated framework for transformative action
(Environmental Science and Policy, 2022)The challenges posed by climate change have generated many initiatives that seek to implement societal transformations. In most cases, these focus on technology developments, adoption and diffusion but neglect the social ... -
Current expectations and actual values for the clean spark spread: The case of Spain in the Covid-19 crisis
(JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 2021)The Covid-19 crisis has had a major impact on electricity markets, affecting power plant input and output prices. In this paper Spanish electricity and natural gas prices and international carbon prices are used to calculate ... -
Deadwood density, C stocks and their controlling factors in a beech-silver fir mixed virgin European forest
(Forest Ecology and Management, 2023-07-01)Deadwood is a fundamental structural and functional component of forests, with a crucial role in supporting forest biodiversity, nutrient and carbon cycling. Precise deadwood density estimates and its relation to environmental ... -
Decarbonisation of the public administration by the electrification of urban buses. Case study the city of Vitoria
(Dyna, 2019)La lucha contra el cambio climático requiere una descarbonización urgente de la economía global. En el País Vasco si bien se han reducido las emisiones en los últimos años de manera conjunta, las correspondientes al sector ... -
Decoupling between human development and energy consumption within footprint accounts
(Elsevier, 2018)Historically, the growth of energy consumption has fuelled human development, but this approach is no longer socially and environmentally sustainable. Recent analyses suggest that some individual countries have responded ... -
Dedicated versus mainstreaming approaches in local climate plans in Europe
(Elsevier, 2019)Cities are gaining prominence committing to respond to the threat of climate change, e.g., by developing local climate plans or strategies. However, little is known regarding the approaches and processes of plan development ... -
Defining hotspots and coldspots of regulating and maintenance ecosystem services is key to effective marine management – An assessment of a coastal-open sea gradient, Portugal
(Ocean and Coastal Management, 2023)Coastal and marine ecosystems provide valuable ecosystem services (ES) from which humans derive societal goods and benefits (SG&B) after inputting human capital. Their assessment and integration into management plans are ... -
Democratizing Energy, Energizing Democracy: Central Dimensions Surfacing in the Debate
(Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020)This perspective piece sets out to contribute to the academic and practitioner debates around energy transitions and democracy initiatives in the age of a climate crisis. For tackling present-day energy challenges in a ... -
Determinants of travel mode choice in Europe: Results from a survey on routine mobility
(Papeles de energía, 2020)Understanding the differences in travel behaviour across different countries underlined by trip and individual characteristics are paramount to develop effective policies to nudge a shift towards sustainable mobility. ... -
Determining discount rates for the evaluation of natural assets in land-use planning: An application of the Equivalency Principle
(Elsevier, 2019)One of the most pressing issues when making decisions over long-term environmental problems is deciding on an appropriate discount rate. This can be a highly technical discussion. While some argue in favour of market rates, ... -
Determining freshwater lake communities’ vulnerability to snowstorms in the northwest territories
(Water (Switzerland), 2021-07-01)As the exposure to extreme snowstorms continues to change in response to a warming climate, this can lead to higher infrastructure damages, financial instability, accessibility restrictions, as well as safety and health ... -
Determining the economic costs and benefits of conservation actions: A decision support framework
(Conservation Science and Practice, 2022)The need for conservation action to be cost-effective is widely accepted, resulting in increased interest and effort to assess effectiveness. Assessing the financial and economic costs of conservation is equally important ...