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Publication date: April 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 194 Author(s): Leonardo Becchetti, Gabriele Beccari, Gianluigi Conzo, Pierluigi Conzo, Davide De Santis, Francesco Salustri

‘Urgent’ coordinated action to tackle overconsumption, farming subsidies and the climate crisis also needed to halt biodiversity loss Expanding national parks and protected areas will not be enough to halt the destruction of nature, warn leading scientists, who say urgent action on overconsumption, harmful subsidies and the climate crisis is also required to halt biodiversity

Publication date: April 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 194 Author(s): Christopher M. Heggerud, Hao Wang, Mark A. Lewis

Resilience-based approaches have been attracting attention in governing social-ecological systems facing rapid social and environmental changes. In this article, we investigate the governance policies that focus on resilience. Our analysis is built on a stylized dynamical model that mathematically operationalizes a widely used conceptual framework, which links social components, natural resources, and infrastructure in social-ecological

Investment fund manager says firms that do not plan for a carbon-free future risk being left behind Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment fund manager, said pushing climate policies was about profits, not being “woke”. In his annual letter to CEOs , Fink said businesses, cities and countries that do

Global heating of 2C would cause billions in damage each year by 2050, according to risk assessment The climate crisis will wipe at least 1% a year off the UK’s economy by 2045 if global temperatures are allowed to rise by 2C, the government has said. More action would be needed on key areas such