Opinion Editorial: Envisioning COP28 – The Crucial Role of Climate Adaptation on Food Security
| Date: | 18 January 2024 |
| Author: | Seun Oladipo |
Sustainability transitions here and there, but (not) everywhere?
| Date: | 26 September 2023 |
| Author: | Christian Lamker, Ethemcan Turhan, Jildou Altenburg, Ruben Bleeker, Esther Bunk, Madison Ketelaars, Bregtje van Uffelen, Valentin Wittig, Ge Zhu |
A green energy transition is sustainable. Green products make our lifestyles sustainable. We are frontrunners of sustainability and climate action. But are we? And for what criteria? Do we look at ecological conflicts, uneven power relations, and the...
Mercosur: The continued attempt to make free trade sustainable
| Date: | 06 July 2023 |
| Author: | Valentin Wittig |
After decades of negotiations, an agreement was reached in 2019 to advance the implementation of tax-free trade between the European Union (EU) and the Latin American economic federation of Mercosur. Talks to finalize the deal have been intensifying since...
Charitable bullshit jobs
| Date: | 21 June 2023 |
| Author: | Pedro Castro Gomez |
Community-Based Tourism on Bonaire - New possible pathways for a more sustainable, resilient and equitable tourism sector
| Date: | 05 June 2023 |
| Author: | Gabriel Araújo Njaim, Jody Holland, Rodolfo Bassani, Viola Angesti |
Bonaire is the largest landmass of the Caribbean Netherlands islands, with an area of 288 km² and population of 20,104 (2020). Surrounded by waters that house exquisite coral reefs and marine wildlife, the island has established tourism as its economic...
Moving Beyond the Checklist: Leveraging Public Participatory GIS for Social Performance of Indonesian Geoparks
| Date: | 16 March 2023 |
| Author: | Luthfi Muhamad Iqbal |
Islandness of Bermuda and Pitcairn Island
| Date: | 28 February 2023 |
| Author: | Seun F. Oladipo |
One-tenth of the world’s population lives on islands, with their exclusive economic zones occupying one-sixth of the planet’s surface (Baldacchino, 2006). Islands are a type of geographical feature that can appear, change, and even vanish. They are...
Summer/Winter School Series: “Islands as Laboratories for Sustainability (ISLAs)”
| Date: | 23 February 2023 |
| Author: | Sarita Mahtani-Williams |
Beyond neoliberal housing in Amsterdam: a tale of tactics, tenure and territorialization
| Date: | 25 January 2023 |
| Author: | Bart Popken |
Squatting practices have become more fragmentized, strategic and hostile compared to the 1960s in the Netherlands. During the 60s, free spirited spaces in the form of vacant buildings were envisaged as opportunities for collective support and empowerment...
An effective community-driven sustainable resource management actions in Simeto Valley, Italy
| Date: | 08 November 2022 |
| Author: | Kolade Victor Otokiti |
The focus of this essay is to examine effective community-driven sustainable resource management actions in Simeto Valley, Italy, and help the United Nations identify potent place-based community initiatives that may be encouraged in communities with...