Abstract Urban and Regional Integrated Energy Planning is crucial to define transition
strategies toward sustainable development and post-carbon cities; particularly, in the built …

Scientists have repeatedly argued that transformative, multiscale global scenarios are
needed as tools in the quest to halt the decline of biodiversity and achieve sustainability …

Participatory scenario planning (PSP) is an increasingly popular tool in place-based
environmental research for evaluating alternative futures of social-ecological systems …

Mountain social-ecological systems (MtSES) provide crucial ecosystem services to over half
of humanity. However, populations living in these highly varied regions are now confronted …

Scenarios can help individuals, communities, corporations and nations to develop a
capacity for dealing with the unknown and unpredictable, or the unlikely but possible. A …

ABSTRACT Global Environmental Assessments (GEAs) are in a unique position to influence
environmental decision-making in the context of sustainability challenges. To do this …

Despite the great relevance of global environmental scenarios for the study of environmental
change and sustainability transitions, they have rarely been the object of analysis for …

Nowadays about 50% of global population lives in cities, responsible for about 70% of GHG
emissions and by 2030 the urbanization rate will increase to over 75%. The paper analyses …

The planet's social–ecological systems are expected to change in rapid and surprising ways
in the coming decades, with consequences for ecosystems, ecosystem services, and human …

Mangrove forests are highly productive wetlands and provide essential ecosystem services
for the well-being of human communities, with the Ramsar Convention being the main …