🌊 Can #ecosystems hold rights?
Francisco Pérez-Crespo Vinader et al. examine the Mar Menor lagoon, the first ecosystem in Europe granted legal personhood. The article explores its legal foundations, governance tensions, and socioecological implications.
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🇯🇵 Can local governments represent #futuregenerations?
Ogami et al. study Yahaba, Japan, where a Future Strategy Division promotes future-regarding policymaking. Change emerged via experimentation, leveraging landscape changes & intermunicipal knowledge sharing
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🌍 Can expert judgement clarify pathways to #net-zero in the #EU?
Marc-Philipp Bohnet et al. build scenarios showing one 1.5°C-compatible pathway and one diverging, shaped by finance, tech, and policy interactions.
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📊 New paper by @jfmorin.bsky.social et al. showing how #datasets enhance transparency and replicability in #ESG. They map efforts and identify best practices, arguing dataset design is not neutral but shapes how global environmental governance is studied.
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🦠 Should #microbes have rights?
Anthony Rizk et al. argue that while microbiome science emphasizes microbes’ symbiotic and ecological roles, intl law still lags behind. They propose 2 post-anthropocentric approaches: rights to microbes and rights of microbes.
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🧩 How do researchers navigate power dynamics in #transdisciplinary research (TDR)?
Tamara Metze et al. examine the “critical moments” emerging in TDR and how researchers cope with them. The paper explores how “powering over” shapes knowledge co-creation.
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🌿 Why has #biodiversity mainstreaming failed for 50+ years?
Stokland, Aspøy & Lein Trimble argue sectors operate with different environmental realities. These "sectoral ontologies" and resulting ontological politics block integration across policies.
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🌿 Why do #wetland governance systems struggle to prevent degradation & conflict?
Vahid Karimi et al. examine weaknesses in Iran’s Bakhtegan wetland governance. The paper shows how state bodies dominate governance, while NGOs and local actors remain peripheral.
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🌱 How does political fantasy sustain #climate inaction?
Elise Remling et al. show how imaginaries underpin "ecopolitical catatonia," where recognized crises are met with collective inaction, mapping these dynamics across global governance forums.
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🛰️ How do governments shape the future of the #space economy?
Ronda Geise & Priyanka Dhopade map 12 national space strategies across 4 scenarios, showing divergent visions from market expansion to sustainability and outlining pathways for more equitable outcomes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The mainstreaming of biodiversity concerns across other governance sectors has been a central goal for multilateral agreements and environmental organ…
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The recognition of the Mar Menor as a subject of rights under Spanish Law 19/2022 marked the first instance in Europe of granting legal personhood to …
Limiting global warming in line with the Paris Agreement requires net-zero emissions by mid-century. To address uncertainties in this transition, prio…
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A major challenge for earth system governance is how to embed the interests of future generations in democratic decision-making to achieve sustainable…
While microbes have primarily been viewed as pathogens, contemporary microbiome science and microbial ecology increasingly emphasize their non-pathoge…
Wetlands have faced a complex set of environmental, institutional, and governance challenges, leading to biodiversity loss and intensified conflicts a…
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Governments have a significant influence in shaping the trajectory of the space industry as investors, operators, regulators and customers. This resea…
