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Publication date: August 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 198 Author(s): Pia Nilsson, Riccardo Bommarco, Helena Hansson, Brian Kuns, Henning Schaak

To understand future land use change, and related ecological and social impacts, scenario planning has become increasingly popular. We demonstrate an approach for translating scenario narratives into spatially explicit land use maps. Starting from four previously developed scenarios of land use change in southwestern Ethiopia we developed a baseline land use map, and rules for

Poseidon Water sought to turn seawater into drinking water but activists said plan would devastate ecosystem on Pacific coast A California coastal panel on Thursday rejected a longstanding proposal to build a $1.4bn seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with persistent drought that is expected to

Two more days of high winds and very dry conditions expected as fire warnings issued across much of the western US A raging New Mexico wildfire was headed toward a ski resort and the 1,000-year-old community of Taos on Wednesday as howling winds continue to push the erratic flames forward. Officials have issued warnings for

Publication date: August 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 198 Author(s): Kevin Berry, Anthony R. Delmond, Rémi Morin Chassé, John C. Strandholm, Jason F. Shogren

Exclusive: US presidential envoy says limiting global heating to 1.5C could be made harder by conflict The longer the war in Ukraine carries on, the worse the consequences will be for the climate, the US presidential envoy John Kerry has warned. Many countries are struggling with an energy crisis while also urgently needing to cut