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Despite wide recognition of the role of social learning in building community resilience, few studies have thus far analyzed how the power–knowledge–institution matrix shapes social learning processes that in turn foster resilience outcomes. Drawing insights from the biopolitical lens of resilience, we take a critical stance on programmatic interventions for community resilience and social learning,

Kristalina Georgieva says investing to create resilient economies is a ‘win-win-win-win’ scenario Helping the most vulnerable people to cope with the climate crisis can boost the global economy during the Covid crisis and governments should make this a priority, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said. Kristalina Georgieva said international responses to the

Publication date: May 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 183 Author(s): Mariam Maki Sy, Hélène Rey-Valette, Charles Figuières, Monique Simier, Rutger De Wit

Our fashion editor on a year in which sweatpants soared, masks went designer, Topshop tumbled – and a pause fuelled hopes of a reset I was on the Eurostar, somewhere between St Pancras and Paris, when a senior member of the Guardian team called and suggested that it might be a good idea for me

Publication date: May 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 183 Author(s): Shelby Kitt, Jonn Axsen, Zoe Long, Ekaterina Rhodes

Critics say the costs could have been avoided if ministers had agreed to bring in low-carbon standards sooner Householders buying brand new homes in the next four years are likely to find an unpleasant surprise awaiting them in the future: homes built today will have to be retrofitted with energy efficiency measures and low-carbon technology,

Agriculture is a major economic driver in Aotearoa-New Zealand (New Zealand), led by export earnings from dairy farming. Dairying is uniquely exposed to climatic- and nonclimatic socioeconomic stressors, which have their greatest effects on production and yield. The growing need to consider these and other changes is accelerating efforts aimed at ensuring greater resilience, adaptability,