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24 p, 405.4 KB Sugar taxation for climate and sustainability goals / King, Lewis Carl (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Meeting environmental sustainability goals while simultaneously recovering from the health and economic crises arising from the coronavirus pandemic requires creative policy solutions. Sugar taxation presents one such policy as sugar crops are arguably the least efficient to consume from a health perspective, but the most efficient for biofuel production. [...]
2022 - 10.1038/s41893-022-00934-4
Nature sustainability, Vol. 5, Issue 10 (Oct. 2022) , p. 899-905  
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21 p, 2.5 MB Compensation for atmospheric appropriation / Fanning, Andrew (University of Leeds) ; Hickel, Jason 1982- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Research on carbon inequalities shows that some countries are overshooting their fair share of the remaining carbon budget and hold disproportionate responsibility for climate breakdown. Scholars argue that overshooting countries owe compensation or reparations to undershooting countries for atmospheric appropriation and climate-related damages. [...]
2023 - 10.1038/s41893-023-01130-8
Nature sustainability, (June 2023)  
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12 p, 1.5 MB A global analysis of violence against women defenders in environmental conflicts / Tran, Dalena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Hanaček, Ksenija (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Women environmental defenders face retaliation for mobilizing against extractive and polluting projects, which perpetrate violence against Indigenous, minority, poor and rural communities. The issue matters because it highlights the gendered nature of extractive violence and the urgent need to address the systemic patterns of violence that affect women defenders, who are often overlooked and underreported. [...]
2023 - 10.1038/s41893-023-01126-4
Nature sustainability, (June 2023)  
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6 p, 346.1 KB Indigenous knowledge for conservation / Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Benyei, Petra (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is critical for conservation. Yet, gaps in published research on ILK might bias assessments that largely rely on it. Such fragmented documentation calls for alternative approaches to bring ILK into conservation.
2019 - 10.1038/s41893-019-0341-z
Nature sustainability, Vol. 2 (July 2019) , p. 657-658  
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25 p, 1.4 MB The global cropland-sparing potential of high-yield farming / Folberth, Christian (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Àustria)) ; Khabarov, Nikolay (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Àustria)) ; Balkovic, Juraj (Comenius University in Bratislava. Department of Soil Science) ; Skalský, Rastislav (National Agricultural and Food Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute) ; Visconti, Piero (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Àustria)) ; Ciais, Philippe (Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) ; Janssens, Ivan (University of Antwerp. Department of Biology) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Obersteiner, Michael (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Àustria))
The global expansion of cropland exerts substantial pressure on natural ecosystems and is expected to continue with population growth and affluent demand. Yet earlier studies indicated that crop production could be more than doubled if attainable crop yields were achieved on present cropland. [...]
2020 - 10.1038/s41893-020-0505-x
Nature sustainability, Vol. 3, Issue 4 (April 2020) , p. 281-289  
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15 p, 1.9 MB Microbial strategies for cellulase and xylanase production through solid-state fermentation of digestate from biowaste / Mejías, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Cerda Llanos, Alejandra Patricia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Barrena Gómez, Raquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Gea Leiva, Teresa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Sanchez, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Solid-state fermentation (SSF) is a promising technology for producing bioproducts from organic wastes. The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of using digestate as substrate to produce hydrolytic enzymes, mainly cellulase and xylanase, by exploring three different inoculation strategies: (i) SSF with autochthonous microbiota; (ii) non-sterile SSF inoculated with Trichoderma reesei and (iii) sequential batch operation to select a specialized inoculum, testing two different residence times. [...]
2018 - 10.3390/su10072433
Nature sustainability, Vol. 10, issue 7 (Jul. 2018) , art. 2433  
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17 p, 1.7 MB Perception and representation of the resource nexus at the interface between society and the natural environment / Giampietro, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the resource nexus. This has created the co-existence of different understandings and uses of the concept. In this regard, experiences in the EU H2020 project 'Moving towards adaptive governance in complexity: Informing nexus security' are consistent with findings reported in the literature: (i) The inconvenient message of the nexus is difficult to get across, it being incompatible with the currently dominant rosy narratives about sustainability. [...]
2018 - 10.3390/su10072545
Nature sustainability, Vol. 10, issue 7 (2018) , 2545  
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10 p, 944.3 KB Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification / Vang Rasmussen, Laura (Københavns Universitet. Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning) ; Coolsaet, Brendan (University of East Anglia. School of International Development) ; Martin, Adrian (University of East Anglia. School of International Development) ; Mertz, Ole (Københavns Universitet. Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning) ; Pascual, Unai 1973- (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Klima Aldaketa Ikergai) ; Corbera, Esteve (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Dawson, Neil (University of East Anglia. School of International Development) ; Fisher, Janet A. (University of Edinburgh. School of Geosciences) ; Franks, Phil (International Institute for Environment and Development) ; Ryan, Casey M. (University of Edinburgh. School of Geosciences)
Land-use intensification in agrarian landscapes is seen as a key strategy to simultaneously feed humanity and use ecosystems sustainably, but the conditions that support positive social-ecological outcomes remain poorly documented. [...]
2018 - 10.1038/s41893-018-0070-8
Nature sustainability, Vol. 1 (June 2018) , p. 275-282  

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