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National peatland strategies in Europe: current status, key themes, and challenges

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

Towards A Literature of Actions: Green Informational Picturebooks and Critical Engagement with Fighting Climate Change

ability seems crucial in times of fake news and the need for conscious action and political engagement in climate issues. In the first part, the theoretical framework on informational picturebooks is ... Literature of Questions: Nonfiction for the Critical Child (2018). This ability seems crucial in times of fake news when there is a need for conscious action and political engagement in climate issues; hence

Comparison of different modern irrigation system adopters through socio-economic, innovation characteristics and social capital values

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

Obstacles to the diffusion of adaptation in the Rhein-Neckar region in Germany

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

Just How Radical Is Radical: Children’s Picture Books and Trans Youth

protagonist. The authors and illustrators engage with trans issues within a socio-political context that continues to problematise gender identity, particularly when it pertains to young children. To circumvent ... often mirror the dominant social attitudes of the book-buying public rather than being in the vanguard of social and political change. Picture books have engaged with complex issues with great care and

A Comparative Study of the Human-Nature Relationship in The Fate of Fausto and I’ll Sow My Hands in the Garden

, political, and educational discourses like the Anthropocene and Capitalocene (see Moore, 2016) to refer to the contemporary geological epoch. Meanwhile, environmental attempts have largely focused on ... environmental crises with adjacent socio-political topics including gender identities and sexual orientation, as members of marginalized communities tend to be disproportionately affected by the negative impacts

Displacement in Young Adult Literature: A Thematic Analysis

often must make sense of the ways socio-political conflict impacts their world. Displacement, often an effect of socio-political conflict, is increasingly a theme in adolescents’ lives, and therefore a ... has emerged as a distinct issue on a global scale, increasing rapidly in the past decades, primarily due to socio-political conflict (UNHCR, 2021) . Given these changes, schools have responded by

Putting climate-induced migration in context: the case of Honduran migration to the USA

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

(Climate) Migrants welcome? Evidence from a survey experiment in Austria

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

Adapting to climate change: promises and pitfalls in the diffusion of solutions

, 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

Survival Kits for Babies: Baby Box Books and Infant Temporality in Finnish Maternity Packages

Finnish welfare state’s agenda to promote the health of newborns and their caregivers and is considered both a social and a political success (Näsi and Koskenvuo, 2022) . It is also considered “a shared ... Hartmut Rosa on Resonance and Alienation . Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy , 39 ( 1 ), 64 - 78 . https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.39.1. 37365 Lilja , Mona. ( 2018 ). The Politics of Time and

Being Silent About the Truth: Narrative Ethics in Mats Wahl’s I ballong över Stilla havet

Lying and deceiving are prominent topics in ethical narration. This has to do with an often absolutist stance against lying that shapes a large part of philosophical, religious, and political ... , Polycarb. ( 2002 ). The meta-ethical issue of the nature of lying: Implications for moral education . Studies in Philosophy and Education , 21 , 37 - 63 . Jannidis , Fotis. ( 2009 ). Character . In Peter

The Silver Sword and the New Windmill Series: The Legacy of Ian and Anne Serraillier

and political change. Both The Silver Sword and the books selected for The New Windmill list reflect the way in which attitudes towards the sharing of difficult truths and challenging ideas with this ... Series was created in 1949 and the Serrailliers remained the list's editors and driving force for over thirty years, throughout a period of great sociological and political change. Both The Silver Sword

Correction to: Agency and Intra-textual co-creation in Punchdrunk Enrichment’s Immersive Story Worlds for Children

Bristol , Bristol , UK 1 School of English, Communication and Philosophy, University of Cardiff , Cardiff , UK 2 Centre for Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Bath Spa , Bath , UK In

Analysing Plant Representation in Children’s Literature: The Phyto-Analysis Map

, and in acknowledgement of the important role played by plants in the biosphere and climate of the planet, the representation of plants in philosophy, arts and literature has become an object of study ... shaped like a six petalled flower, with a “stem” and “root-system” (7), comprising a variety of relevant intertexts from science, art, philosophy, literature, religion, global myth, and indigenous

Ten years of Inuit co-management: advancing research, resilience, and capacity in Nunatsiavut through fishery governance

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

Diffusion of climate policy integration in adaptation strategies: translating the EU mandate into UK and Danish national contexts

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

A is for Aesthetics: The Multisensory Beauty of Baby Books

any article with ideological or political analysis as its main focus in this special issue; nor did we allow much space for empirical research with babies, with one notable exception. There are obvious ... baby boxes have been well-studied from sociological and political perspectives, Maria Lassén-Seger and Mia Österlund provide us with a pioneering study of the picturebooks given with every baby box in

How do countries frame climate change? A global comparison of adaptation and mitigation in UNFCCC National Communications

; 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

Across Textual Landscapes: The Role of Affect During Digital Reading Encounters

digital narratives and text worlds. These findings may contribute to educational as well as edu-political discussions about pedagogical rationales for e-book activities in which the dynamic and essential