The strengths and weaknesses of future visioning approaches for climate change adaptation: A review

J Nalau, G Cobb - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Adaptation to climate change is about planning for the future while responding to current
pressures and challenges. Adaptation scientists are increasingly using future visioning …

A review and catalogue to the use of models in enabling the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDG)

E Aly, S Elsawah, MJ Ryan - Journal of cleaner production, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable development goals (SDG) represent one of the pillars of the UN's 2030 agenda
aiming to secure a more sustainable future for all nations. The 17 goals comprising the SDG …

Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100

C Lyon, EE Saupe, CJ Smith, DJ Hill… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activity is changing Earth's climate and ecosystems in ways that are
potentially dangerous and disruptive to humans. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the …

Exploring the combined impact of ecosystem services and urbanization on SDGs realization

Z Xu, J Peng, Y Liu, S Qiu, H Zhang, J Dong - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of ecosystem services (ES) or urbanization on Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) realization has been widely recognized. However, in the context of complex social …

Fractal approaches to scaling transformations to sustainability

K O'Brien, R Carmona, I Gram-Hanssen, G Hochachka… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Responses to sustainability challenges are not delivering results at the scale and speed
called for by science, international agreements, and concerned citizens. Yet there is a …

Grounding global environmental assessments through bottom-up futures based on local practices and perspectives

L Pereira, GR Asrar, R Bhargava, LH Fisher, A Hsu… - Sustainability …, 2021 - Springer
Future scenarios and pathways of potential development trajectories are powerful tools to
assist with decision-making to address many sustainability challenges. Such scenarios play …

Using the three horizons approach to explore pathways towards positive futures for agricultural landscapes with rich biodiversity

T Schaal, M Mitchell, BC Scheele, P Ryan… - Sustainability …, 2023 - Springer
In light of the global challenges of the Anthropocene, including biodiversity loss, there are
increasing calls for positive, inspirational futures to motivate action and help steer away from …

Linking multiple values of nature with future impacts: value-based participatory scenario development for sustainable landscape governance

ZV Harmáčková, L Blättler, APD Aguiar, J Daněk… - Sustainability …, 2022 - Springer
Reaching sustainable and just futures for people and nature requires tackling complex
social-ecological challenges across multiple scales, from local to global. Pathways towards …

Advancing a toolkit of diverse futures approaches for global environmental assessments

L Pereira, JJ Kuiper, O Selomane… - Ecosystems and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Global Environmental Assessments (GEAs) are in a unique position to influence
environmental decision-making in the context of sustainability challenges. To do this …

Fostering ocean empathy through future scenarios

J Blythe, J Baird, N Bennett, G Dale, KL Nash… - People and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Empathy for nature is considered a prerequisite for sustainable interactions with the
biosphere. Yet to date, empirical research on how to stimulate empathy remains scarce …