Long-term planning for the integration of electric mobility with 100% renewable energy generation under various degrees of decentralization: Case study Cuenca, Ecuador

Energy Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9, P. 4816 - 4829

Published: April 10, 2023

Urban borders are expanding in cities, solar photovoltaic and wind energy being used decentralized more more, while the electrification of transport systems is permanent progress. Users trust modernization electrical giving rise to various applications. The efforts made by both public private sectors isolated not framed within comprehensive planning. For this reason, cities must be fully planned contemplated their land use plans. This article presents a long-term roadmap for mobility. To achieve proper approach, it based on EnergyPLAN tool that uses concept smart determines scenarios, case study City Cuenca Ecuador. It seeks take advantage potential renewable energies available territory, which evaluated provide necessary feed future with view 2050. results show mix would composed 37.3%, followed 33.9% hydroelectric 25.4%. There others technologies such as biomass do exceed 3.4%.

Language: Английский

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Bottom-up perspectives on “climate adaptation” from “vulnerable” coastal communities: a political ecology perspective from Taiwan

Local Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

The global climate crisis severely affects coastal communities worldwide. Not only do have to cope with the effects of crisis, such as sea-level rise, increased flooding, changing weather patterns, droughts and salinisation, they also other non-climate related shocks stresses. Many studies often focus on "climate adaptation" processes these "vulnerable" in linear cause-and-effects ways. This study approaches concept adaptation vulnerability from a political ecology perspective context Taiwan – region heavily affected by change. Through in-depth interviews, this argues that households developed various strategies adapt not environmental changes (e.g. cold spells flooding) but top-down flood hazard mitigation planning infrastructure, demographics, encroaching solar panel companies (for "greater good nation"). Furthermore, decisions made past direct impact today, land subsidence due massive shift towards aquaculture several decades ago. These factors showcase how are relational concepts being coshaped both structural determinants, economy power relations, micro-level factors, personal aspirations people's life courses.

Language: Английский

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Enabling participatory monitoring and evaluation: Insights for conservation practitioners and organizations

Conservation Science and Practice, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 26, 2025

Abstract Mounting environmental crises and the persistent factors driving them require a reconsideration of conservation approaches. Participatory monitoring evaluation (PME) is increasingly valued as way for Indigenous peoples local community actors to lead or engage in activities that directly affect them. While research shows PME can yield favorable outcomes communities (e.g., knowledge co‐production, social learning, trust building) conservation, practical insights are scattered. Here we draw from literature discussions with professionals field distill guidance design, implementation, support conservation. This perspective highlights three themes effective PME: navigating collaborations, working within diverse cultural contexts, co‐managing resources (including needed generated by PME). We recommend practitioners organizations, including our own, these focal areas reflecting on purpose PME, learning relevant experiences, strengthening capacity supporting through innovative flexible financing. see actions leverage points promote advance inclusive approaches biodiversity

Language: Английский

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Practitioner perspectives of wellbeing in rapidly changing Australian coastal communities

Ocean & Coastal Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 266, P. 107668 - 107668

Published: April 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mainstreaming coastally just and equitable marine spatial planning: Planner and stakeholder experiences and perspectives on participation in Latvia

Ocean & Coastal Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 242, P. 106681 - 106681

Published: June 24, 2023

Community participation and influence are vitally important for meeting the multidimensional sustainability aims of marine spatial planning (MSP) more specifically procedural distributive justice. While has received substantial research interest, we identify a need to: 1) develop equity-based principles coastal community that can be used to assess reform MSP practices; 2) generate rich empirical accounts representation linked real-world practices. Here present results study synthesizes critical blue justice scholarship indicators coastally equitable just planning. Drawing on interviews with planners stakeholders analysis legal documents, these participatory processes Latvian practices in period 2015 2019. Our shows needs based is timely, inclusive, supportive & localized, collaborative, methodical impactful. When applied case six provide comprehensive versatile heuristic approach MSP. In context practices, revealed fundamental challenge maintaining inclusive localized throughout full cycle. To counteract successive narrowing/hardening space our indicate continuously promoting diversity voices perspectives, opportunities collaborative sense making, visioning critique. This will help bridge diverse divides (e.g., between land sea, local, national, global values priorities, science local knowledge, growth, conservation, goals). If generally as part evaluation an promote mainstreaming Finally, considering contextual factors history, culture, power, legislation) shape crucial when applying equity particular setting acknowledge accommodate its characteristics challenges.

Language: Английский

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Equity in global conservation policy varies in clarity and comprehensiveness

One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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A global assessment of preferential access areas for small-scale fisheries

npj Ocean Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Nov. 24, 2024

We provide the first global assessment of status preferential access areas (PAAs), a relatively understudied policy tool to govern small-scale fisheries. find 44 countries, most them low or low-middle income, have established total 63 PAAs encompassing 3% continental shelf area worldwide. The analysis an ad-hoc subsample twelve countries in three continents for which data were available (2016–2017) revealed that supported greater amounts fisheries marine catch volume, landed value, fishing self-consumption, and more nutritious species than outside PAAs. This preliminary suggests if appropriately enforced through shared governance with fishers responsible practices, small ocean could important nutrition security, economic, employment benefits millions people living coastal areas. offer agenda future research action based on our findings.

Language: Английский

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Intersecting security, equity, and sustainability for transformation in the Anthropocene

Anthropocene, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 43, P. 100396 - 100396

Published: June 26, 2023

Transformative rather than incremental adaptation will be necessary to keep pace with rapidly changing social-ecological systems characteristic of the Anthropocene. Alongside mounting urgency for transformative adaptation, there is also growing recognition that it no longer possible achieve sustainable transformation without addressing security and equity concerns. Thus, dimensions security, equity, sustainability (SES) are increasingly intersected in research practice. However, interpretations SES their intersections vary widely across disciplines, policy sectors, problem domains, knowledge fragmented. To navigate this vast body knowledge, a conceptual framework presented that: 1) integrates set guiding critical questions defining assessing different framings each dimension; 2) identifies modes theorizing intersections; 3) relates previous two elements leverage points targeted, either theoretically or practice, change. Nine prominent integrated concepts associated case studies were identified explicitly addressed among all dimensions. Integrated diversity points, but only mixed epistemological methodological approaches sufficiently provide explanatory insight into while supporting science-based change-making. Potential risks ambiguity around needs future highlighted. Optimistically, scholarship has moved beyond simply stating importance focusing on causal interactions dimensions, which leading compelling new blends action-oriented paradigms pursue transformation.

Language: Английский

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Moving beyond fish: working towards integrating human dimensions into sustainable seafood guides from South African perspectives

Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 15, 2024

Traditionally, seafood assessments and subsequent ratings have guided choice responsible sourcing of sustainable based primarily on environmental concerns, with limited to no consideration multi-faceted human dimensions that form an integral part these complex social-ecological systems. For wild-capture marine fisheries around the world, particularly in developing countries, remain underrepresented sustainability ratings, where focus has traditionally been larger, data-rich commercial fishery components report predominantly ecological management considerations. Yet, addressing diverse nature systems remains critical achieve global balance societal needs benefit both people. This paper champions integration elements into guides, building work reviewing how best integrate traditional under World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – drawing examples from South Africa. While does not prescribe a blueprint implementation, this review highlights challenges opportunities include rights violations small-scale existing guides African perspective. There is need considerations move beyond fish better represent feed oceanic cultural norms nutrition. translates shifting drive equitable change within local industries.

Language: Английский

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“We cannot escape this”: discussing leverage points for sustainability across scales with the example of Ouvéa, Kanaky New Caledonia

Regional Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(4)

Published: Sept. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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