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Environmental Sciences
John H. Armstrong
Summary: The effectiveness of municipal climate change mitigation policies relies on regional coordination among local governments. However, coordination beyond network participation and information sharing is rare in climate policies. This study investigates formal horizontal policy coordination among local governments and examines multi-government coordination in implementing Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), an impactful climate policy in California. The study evaluates the characteristics and governance structures of CCA programs in the state and conducts in-depth analysis in three regional areas through interviews, media coverage, and decision-making outcomes. The study identifies successful strategies and demonstrates that formal horizontal policy coordination is crucial for local governments in enacting ambitious climate policies in multilevel governance systems.
Article
Environmental Studies
William A. Scott, Ekaterina Rhodes, Christina Hoicka
Summary: Jurisdictions use a variety of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but these policies can have positive or negative interactions with each other, especially when implemented at multiple levels. In Canada, the four most populous provinces have developed climate policy mixes and examined policy interactions between 2000 and 2020. The study found that subsidies and R&D funding were the most common policies, while pricing and flexible regulation could achieve more emissions abatement. However, interactions between federal and provincial policies were more likely to have a negative impact.
Article
Environmental Studies
Alina Averchenkova, Sam Fankhauser, Jared J. Finnegan
Summary: The UK Climate Change Act serves as a model for effective climate change governance with its statutory targets, processes, and institutional features. Stakeholders felt that the Act has established a firm long-term framework, but opinions varied on its policy certainty and protection against political backsliding. The Act has changed institutional context and processes and has helped UK climate policy become better informed and forward-looking.
Review
Environmental Studies
Xiaoran Li, Philipp Pattberg, Oscar Widerberg
Summary: China plays a crucial role in achieving global climate goals, but there is a lack of holistic understanding of its role in climate governance. Current literature focuses on specific levels and case studies, neglecting the coherence among policy levels and instruments, as well as the role of non-state actors. Future research should address these gaps and consider domestic motivations, institutional arrangements, and the limited participation of non-state actors in China's climate governance.
Article
Economics
Andrej Nosko, Jaroslav Usiak
Summary: This research examines the role of civil society in European energy and climate policymaking, and the impact of lockdown measures on their access to policymaking within the European Commission. It finds that despite investment, opportunities for interest representation in the energy and climate policy areas disproportionately favor businesses and organizations with long-term relationships and proximity to Brussels. Thus, physical presence in Brussels and resource investment remain important factors in accessing EU policymaking.
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jeff Tollefson, Max Kozlov, Amy Maxmen, Alexandra Witze
Summary: This article assesses whether the US president has fulfilled his promise of making evidence-based decisions in his first year in office.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Ding Yong-Jian, Li Chen-Yu, Xiaoming Wang, Wang Yan, Wang Sheng-Xia, Chang Ya-Ping, Qin Jia, Wang Shao-Ping, Zhao Qiu-Dong, Wang Zeng-Ru
Summary: Society can sustain the impact of climate change by adapting and mitigating risks, but the complexity and spatial heterogeneity of climate impacts in China require cross-disciplinary collaboration. Advocating for greater collaboration between climate adaption, poverty alleviation, and Nature-based Solutions can provide decision makers with more comprehensive approaches to climate policy making.
ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jennifer R. Marlon, Xinran Wang, Parrish Bergquist, Peter D. Howe, Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Matto Mildenberger, Seth Rosenthal
Summary: Public attitudes toward climate change play a crucial role in shaping policies and individual behaviors. This study reveals that the importance and perception of harm caused by global warming have increased in every state, while policy support has grown in more liberal states but remained stable elsewhere.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Maulana Mukhlis, Ryzal Perdana
Summary: Collaborative governance is gaining attention in Indonesia as a method of governing, addressing historical issues such as the state's dominant role and the centralized development pattern. This study critically reviews the ongoing collaborative governance process and its impact on climate change adaptation policies in Bandar Lampung City. The findings show that while the city has achieved milestones in improving adaptive capacity, collaborative governance is vulnerable to failure due to cultural, institutional, and political factors.
Letter
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Babak Zolghadr-Asli, Xuefeng Chu, Hugo A. Loaiciga
Summary: In March 2019, Iran experienced three major floods with heavy damages, causing at least 78 fatalities. The historical data suggests that human alteration to natural cycles may have played a dominant role in these devastating flood events.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dominik Braunschweiger, Karin Ingold
Summary: Climate change impacts vary across different geographical contexts and primarily affect local areas, leading to a demand for local solutions. The local level plays a crucial role in adapting to climate change, but many European countries have not fully integrated adaptation into their local policies. We conducted a study on 21 Alpine Swiss municipalities to understand the slow progress of local adaptation. We found that significant past extreme events and high perceived climate risk are important for local adaptation, with the latter being the most influential factor.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Development Studies
Mark C. J. Stoddart, David B. Tindall, Maria Brockhaus, Marlene Kammerer
Summary: In this commentary, we reflect on the value and outcomes of COP26 and the UNFCCC processes. We argue that COP meetings are important spaces for cooperation, negotiations, and shaping public discourse on climate change. Despite controversies, there is still a need for COP meetings to provide transparency, visibility, and opportunities for engagement.
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nicholas B. W. Macfarlane, Jonathan Adams, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Thomas M. Brooks, Jason A. Delborne, Hilde Eggermont, Drew Endy, Kevin M. Esvelt, Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk, Todd Kuiken, Maria Julia Oliva, Sonia Pena Moreno, Lydia Slobodian, Risa B. Smith, Delphine Thizy, Daniel M. Tompkins, Wei Wei, Kent H. Redford
Summary: The potential application of synthetic biology to biodiversity conservation can have both positive and negative impacts. It is important to consider these impacts in light of the ongoing biodiversity loss. The negotiation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework by the United Nations provides an opportunity for synthetic biologists, conservationists, and policy makers to come together and discuss the application of these technologies to biodiversity conservation.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Nick Chater, George Loewenstein
Summary: A mistaken belief in behavioral science is that societal problems can be solved by addressing individual behavior, without considering systemic changes. This has led to a misguided focus on individual-level interventions and a neglect of systemic policies. The authors argue that behavioral scientists should contribute to public policy through system-level changes that create value.
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Julie P. King
Summary: Climate change adaptation is a complex challenge that requires multi-level policy action. Sub-national governments in Germany play a key role in enabling adaptation, and their commitments can increase collaboration and innovation at the local level. The strategies of German states vary, but they all have implications for adaptation governance at other levels.
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Susana Neto, Jeff Camkin, Andrew Fenemor, Poh-Ling Tan, Jaime Melo Baptista, Marcia Ribeiro, Roland Schulze, Sabine Stuart-Hill, Chris Spray, Rahmah Elfithri
WATER INTERNATIONAL
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruth Dittrich, Tom Ball, Anita Wreford, Dominic Moran, Chris J. Spray
JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Rasyikah Md Khalid, Mazlin Bin Mokhtar, Faridah Jalil, Suhaimi Ab Rahman, Christopher Spray
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Gerardo Anzaldua, Nadine V. Gerner, Manuel Lago, Katrina Abhold, Mandy Hinzmann, Sarah Beyer, Caroline Winking, Niels Riegels, Jorgen Krogsgaard Jensen, Montserrat Termes, Jaume Amoroes, Kristina Wencki, Clemens Strehl, Rita Ugarelli, Marius Hasenheit, Issa Nafo, Marta Hernandez, Ester Vilanova, Sigrid Damman, Stijn Brouwer, Josselin Rouillard, David Schwesig, Sebastian Birk
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2018)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Nada Saidi, Christopher Spray
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
M. Lago, B. Boteler, J. Rouillard, K. Abhold, S. C. Jaehnig, A. Iglesias-Campos, G. Delacamara, G. J. Piet, T. Hein, A. J. A. Nogueira, A. I. Lillebo, P. Strosser, L. A. Robinson, A. De Wever, T. O'Higgins, M. Schluter, L. Torok, P. Reichert, C. van Hamo, F. Villa, McDonald Hugh
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Laurence Carvalho, Eleanor B. Mackay, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Annette Baattrup-Pedersen, Sebastian Birk, Kirsty L. Blackstockf, Gabor Borics, Angel Borja, Christian K. Feld, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Lidija Globevnik, Bruna Grizzetti, Sarah Hendry, Daniel Hering, Martyn Kelly, Sindre Langaas, Kristian Meissner, Yiannis Panagopoulos, Ellis Penning, Josselin Rouillard, Sergi Sabater, Ursula Schmedtje, Bryan M. Spears, Markus Venohr, Wouter van de Bund, Anne Lyche Solheim
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
J. Rouillard, C. Babbitt, M. Pulido-Velazquez, J-D Rinaudo
Summary: This study evaluates how users and public authorities can co-manage groundwater extraction by agriculture in France, Spain, and California. Different choices were made regarding user involvement in allocation decisions, showing the diversity of institutional arrangements influencing groundwater allocations in the three cases. The paper demonstrates the different ways in which comanagement may be made operational for managing agricultural groundwater use.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andrew Black, Leo Peskett, Alan MacDonald, Andy Young, Chris Spray, Tom Ball, Huw Thomas, Alan Werritty
Summary: The study conducted in the Eddleston catchment over 9 years revealed that NFM interventions can significantly delay the hydrological response time in upstream catchments smaller than 26 km(2), while the effects are less pronounced in larger catchments and those treated with riparian planting alone.
JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Josselin Rouillard, Noemie Neverre, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo
Summary: Large deep confined aquifer systems are crucial for water and food security as well as rural economic development, but there are few cases worldwide of integrated management and governance of such groundwater resources. Participatory scenario analysis can trigger collective action by regional actors, fostering a shared understanding of the resource and addressing groundwater management challenges.
HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tatiana Andrikopoulou, Ralph M. J. Schielen, Chris J. Spray, Cor A. Schipper, Astrid Blom
Summary: This study evaluates the contribution of fluvial NBSs to the UN 2030 Agenda through a four-step framework, with inputs from scientific literature and case studies. By applying fluvial flooding indicators to the Eddleston Water Project, it is found to contribute to 9 SDGs and 33 SDG targets, enhancing the link between the sustainability performance of NBSs and the UN 2030 Agenda.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chris Spray, Andrew Black, David Bradley, Chris Bromley, Fiona Caithness, Jennifer Dodd, James Hunt, Alan MacDonald, Roberto Martinez Romero, Tommy McDermott, Hamish Moir, Lorraine Quinn, Helen Reid, Hamish Robertson
Summary: This paper reviews and evaluates the monitoring strategy of the Eddleston Water project in Scotland, exploring a comprehensive assessment of restoration success. The study finds the importance of conducting a scoping study and capturing a full range of environmental variables, and suggests lessons to inform other river rehabilitation monitoring programs.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Josselin Rouillard, Manuel Lago, Katrina Abhold, Lina Roeschel, Terri Kafyeke, Verena Mattheiss, Helen Klimmek
Article
Environmental Studies
Josselin Rouillard, Manuel Lago, Katrina Abhold, Lina Roeschel, Terri Kafyeke, Helen Klimmek, Verena Mattheiss
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
(2018)