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growing political commitment to sustainable peatland management in Europe. Although the national strategies show some differences in terms of the six key themes, they also show a high degree of similarity ... policy coordination and integration, (5) financial management strategies, and (6) mechanisms for monitoring and reporting. Our comparative study shows that there is a growing political commitment to
parts of the country. Thus, decision makers must recognize why diffusion of these systems has not been successful among farmers despite strong financial and political support. The aim of the current study ... such as the Middle East (Zhang et al. 2017) . Therefore, in these regions, allocating water between different users in diverse sectors makes the sustainable use of water one of the biggest political
insufficient knowledge about adaptation, competition between municipalities, and cooperation with cities outside the region. In addition, we find some (albeit limited) political will for adaptation. While some ... combine theoretical perspectives from political science and geography to show how local decision-makers-in particular, politicians-influence the diffusion mechanisms of adaptation. This article is part of
Over the past decade, unauthorized migration from Honduras to the USA has become a topic of pressing international concern and a major factor in the political and humanitarian crisis at the southern ... and humanitarian crisis at the southern border of the USA that has been unfolding since 2014. Untangling the causes of recent Honduran migration requires attending to economic change, political
depending on the respondents’ gender and political affiliation. Respondents with right-wing party preferences disclose lower acceptance levels for all causes except conflict. Female respondents are more ... . Female respondents are more accepting of climate migrants and less of economic migrants than men. This paper informs the debate around the ongoing political and societal polarization in Europe and
, Germany 2 Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) , Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki , Finland 3 Jonas J. Schoenefeld 4 Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt , Residenzschloss 1 ... tools. While horizontal and vertical diffusion dynamics generally have the potential to reduce the risks emerging from climate change, distributional issues and political conflicts may arise if the
view, is uniquely human – linguistic behaviour. Since then, in various disciplines including philosophy, the thesis that ‘higher’ cognitive functions depend upon a uniquely human linguistic competence ... recent philosophy of mind and cognitive science to suggest ways in which mentalistic approaches to animal behaviour might be tested, and this results in an approach that is admirably open and non-dogmatic
fisheries management, and strengthen the political voice of the region represent an important move toward self-determination in Nunatsiavut’s commercial fisheries. ... relocation of Inuit, among other colonial activities that were rapidly changing their lives (Rennie 2010; Evans 2012) . The Labrador Inuit Association was formed in 1973 to act as a political leader to have
climate change occurring more often with mounting societal and political costs, polities are searching for approaches and instruments to adapt (Booth and Patt 2018) and to maintain legitimacy (Blatter et ... which diffusion occurs, e.g. learning, competition, emulation or coercion (Gilardi 2012; Wasserfallen 2018) , but recent attempts at theorizing policy diffusion emphasize the political aspects involving
; in practice, however, this reporting is inherently political. Most reporting requirements are designed to offer a substantial amount of flexibility to countries (Weikmans et al. 2020) . Given the ... on a given topic, without addressing political narratives. In our view, this is an oversight, given the aforementioned political nature of this reporting. In this paper, we aim to increase our
environmental and climate-related challenges in coastal SES (Celliers et al. 2020) . It encompasses the political and institutional processes of coastal management and the implementation of related decisions ... ) . The agency to act in coastal governance processes includes a combination of stakeholder properties, such as political power, or the availability of resources and access to information and knowledge
production of vulnerabilities has much to do with larger socio-political structures in which protection of the highland farmers is not prioritized. The impact of the uneven scalar power dynamics in climate ... attention must be paid to place-based climate experiences within context-specific, socio-political processes, and to the ways these are shaped by unequal power relations across multiple scales. Vulnerability
differences between them. Classification of political parties according to the author, can be based on different criteria ranging from philosophy and political, to the political programs of up to parliamentary ... treatment of political parties as a global phenomenon. In 2004 published the book "Political parties and democracy", while two years "Sociology of political parties" - in modified version. This book differs
defined social resilience as ‘the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as a result of social, political, and environmental change’. This has since been widely ... capacity of all people across generations to sustain and improve their livelihood opportunities and wellbeing despite environmental, economic, social, and political disturbances’ (Tanner et al. 2014, p. 23
tracking is hindered by conceptual, methodological, empirical, and political challenges (Ford et al. 2013, 2015; Bours et al. 2014; Delaney et al. 2016) . However, there are growing efforts to identify the ... are critical for knowledge production on livestock systems. Politico-administra- Interactions between the The nature of politico-admintive relations political and admin- istrative linkages influences
about popular political attitudes to climate change in the Pacific. While it is assumed that climate change is a shared concern for Pacific communities, we know relatively little about how climate change ... is understood and how it is manifesting as a domestic political issue within Pacific countries. This is particularly important as popular political attitudes to climate change have substantial
floodplain is, the floodplain naturally floods (F4). Greater community and political support is required if environmental benefits are to be realised: You would probably inundate private land on the way or as ... (E3). Political and policy barriers represent ‘soft’ limits to adaptation (Barnett et al. 2015) and can be addressed by reframing the decision context to focus on benefits from constraints relaxation
time, acted as an amplifier for socio-economic, ecological, and political drivers, with devastating consequences on their farming livelihoods (Singh et al. 2020). A recent study showed how drought is ... : 407 - 440 . https://doi.org/10.1007/ s10668-009-9203-6 Bustos B , Román Á ( 2019 ) A sea uprooted: islandness and political identity on Chiloé Island, Chile . Isl Stud J 14 : 97 - 114 . https://doi. org
, and political factors or are grown in the same periods. With this study, we substantiate previous findings that crop diversity stabilizes agricultural caloric production and extend these with regard to ... , regional assessments at a large spatial extent such as Europe are missing. Moreover, better understanding of these processes within political or economic unions or individual countries is particularly i m p
social, economic and political factors, even in the best of times.’ Given the above obstacles, we conclude that the ‘socioeconomic versus environmental cause controversy’ between scholars may well be a ... to a diversity of ethnic groups, religions and/or languages (vulnerable to mistrust and a feel of being neglected or excluded); low political stability (measured in conflict deaths) due to unresolved
