Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century

T Elmqvist, E Andersson, N Frantzeskaki… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We have entered the urban century and addressing a broad suite of sustainability
challenges in urban areas is increasingly key for our chances to transform the entire planet …

[HTML][HTML] Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research

I Fazey, N Schäpke, G Caniglia, J Patterson… - Energy Research & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how
to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced …

[HTML][HTML] Welfare systems without economic growth: A review of the challenges and next steps for the field

CC Walker, A Druckman, T Jackson - Ecological Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Welfare systems across the OECD face many combined challenges, with rising inequality,
demographic changes and environmental crises likely to drive up welfare demand in the …

Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene

EM Bennett, M Solan, R Biggs… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The scale, rate, and intensity of humans' environmental impact has engendered broad
discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise …

Developing multiscale and integrative nature–people scenarios using the Nature Futures Framework

LM Pereira, KK Davies, E den Belder… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

An assessment framework for climate-proof nature-based solutions

E Calliari, A Staccione, J Mysiak - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Raising interest in 'nature-based solutions'(NBS) has inspired attempts to organise their
principles and qualities within comprehensive and internally consistent evaluation …

Leveraging Nature‐based Solutions for transformation: Reconnecting people and nature

EA Welden, A Chausson, MS Melanidis - People and Nature, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nature‐based Solutions (NbS) have rapidly been gaining traction across the
research, policy and practice spheres, advocated as transformative actions to jointly address …

Using futures methods to create transformative spaces

LM Pereira, T Hichert, M Hamann, R Preiser, R Biggs - Ecology and Society, 2018 - JSTOR
The unique challenges posed by the Anthropocene require creative ways of engaging with
the future and bringing about transformative change. Envisioning positive futures is a first …

Imaginary politics: Climate change and making the future

M Milkoreit - Elem Sci Anth, 2017 - online.ucpress.edu
Climate change places major transformational demands on modern societies.
Transformations require the capacity to collectively envision and meaningfully debate …

Climate change games as tools for education and engagement

JS Wu, JJ Lee - Nature Climate Change, 2015 - nature.com
Scientists, educators and policymakers continue to face challenges when it comes to finding
effective strategies to engage the public on climate change. We argue that games on the …