Despite substantial increases in the scope and magnitude of biodiversity conservation and
ecological restoration, there remains ongoing degradation of natural resources that …

A series of weaknesses in creativity, research design, and quality of writing continue to
handicap energy social science. Many studies ask uninteresting research questions, make …

Resolving the grand challenges and wicked problems of the Anthropocene will require
skillfully combining a broad range of knowledge and understandings—both scientific and …

Climate change is an increasing threat to sustainable development worldwide. However, the
dominant incremental policy approaches have not generated action at anywhere near the …

Context A background assumption of landscape approaches is that some landscape
patterns are more sustainable than others, and thus searching for these patterns should be a …

Public engagement is understood as a prerequisite for sustainability transitions. Yet, it has
remained peripheral to the transitions research agenda and the efforts to engage citizens in …

Empowering communities to engage with the energy transformation is vital to meet climate
change mitigation and sustainable development goals. Communities have a key role to play …

In this paper, we reflect on the implications for science, policy and practice of the recently
introduced concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), with a focus on the European context …

The window of opportunity for mitigating climate change is narrow. Limiting global warming
to 1.5° C will require rapid and deep alteration of attitudes, norms, incentives, and politics …

We introduce and discuss “World Café”(WC), a participatory assessment tool widely used in
community development and organizational change processes, as additional qualitative …