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Plans to protect 16m acres of Alaska and Arctic circle from drilling comes as president prepares to reveal decision on Willow project Joe Biden has announced new steps to ban oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean and limit onshore drilling in Alaska, as his administration reportedly prepares to approve a huge new oilfield

Publication date: June 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 208 Author(s): Sviataslau Valasiuk, Mikołaj Czajkowski, Marek Giergiczny, Tomasz Żylicz, Knut Veisten, Iratxe Landa Mata, Askill Harkjerr Halse, Per Angelstam

Excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis Our planet faces “phosphogeddon”, scientists have warned. They fear our misuse of phosphorus could lead to deadly shortages of fertilisers that would disrupt global food production. At the same time, phosphate fertiliser washed from fields –

Publication date: June 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 208 Author(s): Bruno Nkuiya, Florian Diekert

Signing off on the Willow plan would place the president’s political career in conflict with climate-minded Democrats The Biden administration has denied reports that it has authorized a key oil drilling project on Alaska’s north slope, a highly contentious project that environmentalists argue would damage a pristine wilderness and gut White House commitments to combat

Research, part of a special feature on Deeper Water: Exploring Barriers and Opportunities for the Emergence of Adaptive Water Governance ABSTRACT The call for adaptive governance approaches to guide the sustainable transformation of urban water management systems is growing amongst scholars and policy professionals. Responding to this call, the Global North (GN) has focused significant

Publication date: June 2023 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 208 Author(s): Tom Kompas, Long Chu, Simon McKirdy, Melissa Thomas, Johann Van Der Merwe

Research, part of a special feature on Everyday Adaptations to Climate Change ABSTRACT Dryland regions are highly dynamic environments in which multiple pressures intersect, threatening livelihood security. Mobility is an integral feature in these environments and represents a key risk management strategy for people to respond to frequent livelihood shocks and stresses. Global environmental change