IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101827

Lorren K Haywood , Suzanna HH Oelofse , Sumaya Khan , Jodi Pelders , Busi Maphalala

This study examines how the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are prioritised and integrated within South Africa’s mining sector through an analysis of sustainability and integrated reports from the top 13 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed mining companies between 2020 and 2023. Using the SDG Mapper, a text-mining tool that quantifies direct and indirect references to all 17 SDGs, the research identifies focus areas and reporting gaps. Findings show a steady rise in SDG references over time, with SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), and SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) dominating corporate disclosures. SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) also features strongly, reflecting responses to climate risks and regulatory pressure through emissions reduction and renewable energy adoption. In contrast, SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) and SDG 15 (life on land) have only recently gained traction, exposing uneven sustainability practices. SDG 3 (good health and well-being) receives moderate attention despite its prominence in global mining frameworks. The study highlights the need for a more balanced, integrated approach that addresses environmental, social, and governance dimensions, and advocates systems thinking to strengthen sustainable mining in South Africa and other emerging economies.

本研究通过对2020年至2023年期间约翰内斯堡证券交易所前13家上市矿业公司的可持续性和综合报告的分析，探讨了联合国可持续发展目标（sdg）如何在南非矿业部门得到优先考虑和整合。该研究使用可持续发展目标映射器（一种文本挖掘工具，可对所有17个可持续发展目标的直接和间接参考进行量化），确定重点领域和报告差距。调查结果显示，随着时间的推移，可持续发展目标的提及率稳步上升，可持续发展目标13（气候行动）、可持续发展目标12（负责任的消费和生产）和可持续发展目标8（体面工作和经济增长）在企业披露中占主导地位。可持续发展目标7（负担得起的清洁能源）也很突出，反映了通过减排和采用可再生能源来应对气候风险和监管压力。相比之下，可持续发展目标6（清洁水和卫生设施）和可持续发展目标15（陆地上的生命）直到最近才获得关注，暴露出可持续性实践的不均衡。可持续发展目标3（良好健康和福祉）尽管在全球采矿框架中占有突出地位，但受到的关注并不多。该研究强调需要采取一种更加平衡、综合的方法，解决环境、社会和治理方面的问题，并倡导系统思考，以加强南非和其他新兴经济体的可持续采矿。

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Public preferences for critical mineral mining in the U.S.: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment 美国公众对关键矿产开采的偏好：来自离散选择实验的证据

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101853

Bamidele Ajiga , Kwame Awuah-Offei , Mahelet G. Fikru

Even though there is widespread recognition that we need to mine more critical minerals for national security and energy needs, concerns about environmental impacts often lead to public opposition to proposed new mining projects. The literature lacks sufficient data from communities with proposed mineral projects to assess drivers of differences in support. This study investigates public preferences for mining projects in three states in the United States with proposed critical minerals projects, using a discrete choice experiment. Respondents evaluated projects that vary in job creation, state tax revenue, tailings reprocessing content, groundwater impacts, and surface water impacts. We also randomly assigned respondents to one of two information framings, which stipulated that the proposed mining project was to extract gold and silver or battery-critical minerals, to evaluate the effect of the product on respondents’ preferences. Among 1908 responses, the results show job creation and state tax revenue significantly increased support among the respondents, and they preferred tailings reprocessing over new mining. In contrast, groundwater depletion and declining fish population due to mining significantly reduced support. Our framing had limited significant effect on preferences. The study advances our understanding of how economic, environmental, and contextual factors shape public preferences for mineral extraction.

尽管人们普遍认识到，为了国家安全和能源需求，我们需要开采更多的关键矿产，但对环境影响的担忧往往导致公众反对拟议中的新采矿项目。文献缺乏来自拟建矿产项目的社区的足够数据来评估支持差异的驱动因素。本研究使用离散选择实验，调查了美国三个州拟议的关键矿产项目中公众对采矿项目的偏好。受访者评估的项目在创造就业机会、国家税收、尾矿再处理内容、地下水影响和地表水影响方面各不相同。我们还将受访者随机分配到两个信息框架中的一个，其中规定拟议的采矿项目是提取黄金和白银或电池关键矿物，以评估产品对受访者偏好的影响。在1908份回复中，结果显示，创造就业机会和国家税收显著增加了受访者的支持度，他们更倾向于尾矿再加工而不是新开采。相比之下，由于采矿导致的地下水枯竭和鱼类数量下降大大减少了支持。我们的框架对偏好的影响有限。这项研究促进了我们对经济、环境和背景因素如何影响公众对矿物开采偏好的理解。

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Staging transparency: The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the spectacle of Nigeria’s extractive industry 阶段性的透明度：尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议（NEITI）和尼日利亚采掘业的奇观

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101859

Dr Walid El Hamad, Professor Lee Moerman, Dr Sanja Pupovac

This paper examines how the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), as a hybrid organisation, performs transparency to achieve accountability by multiple conflicting audiences. Using a critical dramaturgical lens, the paper combines Guy Debord’s Theory of the Spectacle with Erving Goffman’s frontstage/backstage framework to analyse how transparency is staged in NEITI’s financial disclosures. While NEITI was established to improve governance in Nigeria’s extractive sector this paper finds that NEITI Reports stage a desirable image of transparency and accountability. However, these Reports often obscure ongoing systemic issues including corruption, revenue mismanagement, and unequal wealth distribution. These disclosures operate as a frontstage performance that reassures powerful international audiences while masking the structural challenges experienced by local communities. The resulting gap between appearance and reality reinforces existing power relations rather than transforming them. The findings suggest that NEITI’s transparency serves more as a governance theatre than as a mechanism for genuine accountability. By framing transparency as a spectacle, this paper offers new insights into the limitations of accountability initiatives in contexts marked by complex political and institutional dynamics. It contributes to the extractive industries literature by extending the concept of impression management to performative transparency within hybrid accountability regimes.

本文考察了尼日利亚采掘业透明度倡议组织（NEITI）作为一个混合型组织，如何通过执行透明度来实现多个相互冲突的受众的问责。本文运用批判性的戏剧视角，将盖伊·德博德的“奇观理论”与欧文·戈夫曼的“前台/后台”框架结合起来，分析了NEITI财务披露中的透明度是如何上演的。虽然NEITI的建立是为了改善尼日利亚采掘业的治理，但本文发现，NEITI报告展示了透明度和问责制的理想形象。然而，这些报告往往掩盖了持续存在的系统性问题，包括腐败、收入管理不善和财富分配不平等。这些披露就像一场舞台表演，安抚了强大的国际观众，同时掩盖了当地社区所面临的结构性挑战。由此产生的表象与现实之间的差距强化了现有的权力关系，而不是改变它们。调查结果表明，NEITI的透明度更像是一个治理舞台，而不是真正的问责机制。通过将透明度视为一种奇观，本文对问责制倡议在复杂的政治和制度动态背景下的局限性提供了新的见解。它通过将印象管理的概念扩展到混合问责制内的绩效透明度，为采掘业文献做出了贡献。

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Strategic insights into China’s overseas acquisitions: state-owned mineral ventures in Australia 中国海外收购的战略洞察：澳大利亚国有矿产企业

IF 4.3 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Extractive Industries and Society-An International Journal

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101856

Zhanran Xu, Mark Wang, Tim T. Werner

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are increasingly active in overseas mergers and acquisitions in the mining sector, driven by the need to secure access to critical minerals. Australia’s rich mineral resources and stable investment environment make it a key destination. This paper examines the inside mechanisms of Chinese SOEs when they undertake Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) to understand how they perceive and navigate geopolitical change and regulations in the critical minerals sector. Drawing on interviews and documentary analysis of China Minmetals Corporation (Minmetals) and its establishment of the Australian subsidiary MMG, the research analyses the heterogeneous ways in which MMG and Minmetals perceive and respond to regulations and changing geopolitical realities. It contributes to studies of SOEs by providing insights into how decision-makers in SOEs perceive and react to Australian regulations, how they translate mandates from Chinese administrative institutions to their Australian subsidiaries, and how they handle conflicting interests between the headquarters and subsidiaries, as well as across borders. It also contributes to a broader understanding of opportunities and challenges SOEs face in Australia. While state ownership brings MMG advantages of market access and policy support, it also generates constraints, including frequent leadership rotations, short-term performance incentives, and challenges to integration with overseas firms. This study shows continuous coordination and negotiation across levels between MMG and Minmetals, and with regulatory bodies in Australia, such as the FIRB, and in China, exemplified by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).

中国国有企业越来越积极地参与矿业领域的海外并购，以确保获得关键矿产的需求。澳大利亚丰富的矿产资源和稳定的投资环境使其成为重要的投资目的地。本文考察了中国国有企业进行对外直接投资（OFDI）时的内部机制，以了解它们如何感知和驾驭关键矿产部门的地缘政治变化和法规。本研究通过对中国五矿集团公司（五矿集团）及其澳大利亚子公司MMG的访谈和文献分析，分析了MMG和五矿集团对法规和不断变化的地缘政治现实的感知和应对方式的异质性。通过深入了解国企决策者如何感知和应对澳大利亚的法规，如何将中国行政机构的指令传递给其澳大利亚子公司，以及如何处理总部与子公司之间以及跨国之间的利益冲突，这有助于对国企的研究。它还有助于更广泛地了解澳大利亚国有企业面临的机遇和挑战。虽然国有制给MMG带来了市场准入和政策支持的优势，但它也产生了限制，包括频繁的领导层轮换、短期绩效激励以及与海外公司整合的挑战。这项研究表明，五矿集团和五矿集团之间，以及与澳大利亚外国投资审查委员会（FIRB）等监管机构和中国国有资产监督管理委员会（SASAC）等监管机构之间，在各个层面进行了持续的协调和谈判。

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Trade-off dynamics underpin distance thresholds in ecosystem service multifunctionality along alpine transportation corridors 权衡动态支持高山运输走廊生态系统服务多功能的距离阈值

IF 11.2 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108382

Siqi Yang , Qili Li , Yujian Gao , Jie Liu , Xiaowen Yang

Transportation infrastructure profoundly alters ecosystem structure and function in ecologically vulnerable regions, potentially triggering trade-offs among individual ecosystem services. More importantly, the impacts of these trade-offs on ecosystem service multifunctionality (ESM) remain poorly understood. This study developed a novel quantitative framework that incorporates trade-off dynamics into integrated multifunctionality assessment. Applying this framework to the Qinghai-Tibet highway and railway corridors from 2000 to 2020, we examined the spatiotemporal dynamics and spatial heterogeneity of ecosystem service trade-offs and ESM, focusing on carbon sequestration (CS), habitat quality (HQ), and soil retention (SR). The key findings included: 1) CS-SR synergies strengthened over time, whereas CS-HQ synergies weakened after railway construction. 2) ESM exhibited unimodal patterns with distance, reaching maximum values at approximately 4000 m for railway and 6000 m for highway, indicating a more localized impact from railway. As a regulatory factor in ESM calculation, trade-off intensity was higher within approximately 4000 m of railway but shifted to highway beyond this distance. 3) The dominant drivers varied across permafrost zones and transportation corridors, with vegetation and climate factors playing key roles; transportation distance had a stronger positive effect on highway ESM (17.09%) than on the railway in island permafrost areas; the effects of precipitation and temperature shifted in direction with increasing permafrost severity; and in continuous permafrost, significant drivers declined and vegetation index became the primary control (>85%). These findings highlight the role of trade-off based multifunctionality assessment in guiding adaptive management of alpine transportation systems.

交通基础设施深刻地改变了生态脆弱地区的生态系统结构和功能，潜在地引发了各个生态系统服务之间的权衡。更重要的是，这些权衡对生态系统服务多功能（ESM）的影响仍然知之甚少。本研究开发了一种新的定量框架，将权衡动力学纳入综合多功能评估。以2000 - 2020年青藏公路和铁路廊道为研究对象，研究了生态系统服务权衡和ESM的时空动态和空间异质性，重点研究了碳固存（CS）、栖息地质量（HQ）和土壤保持（SR）。主要发现包括：1)随着时间的推移，CS-SR协同效应增强，而CS-HQ协同效应在铁路建设后减弱。2) ESM随距离的变化呈现单峰模式，铁路和公路分别在4000 m和6000 m处达到最大值，表明铁路对ESM的影响更局部。作为ESM计算中的调节因子，在铁路约4000 m范围内，权衡强度较高，而在此范围外，权衡强度向公路转移。(3)多年冻土带和运输通道的主导驱动因素存在差异，植被和气候因子发挥关键作用；在海岛多年冻土区，交通距离对公路ESM的正向影响（17.09%）大于铁路；随着多年冻土严重程度的增加，降水和温度的影响呈方向性变化；在连续多年冻土区，显著驱动因子下降，植被指数成为主要控制因子（85%）。这些发现强调了基于权衡的多功能评估在指导高山运输系统适应性管理中的作用。

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Advancing cumulative impact assessment frameworks: The role of indicators and their weighting in shaping environmental decision-making 推进累积影响评估框架：指标及其权重在形成环境决策中的作用

IF 11.2 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108385

Nefeli Maria Bompoti

The study investigates multiple frameworks for evaluating cumulative impacts, focusing on the selection of indicators and their respective weighting in air quality-related decision-making processes while integrating climate change considerations. The main innovation of this study is the comparative analysis of cumulative impact assessment frameworks including context- and place-specific variables using quantitative metrics. The study assesses how methodological choices can influence the prioritization of communities within environmental justice policies and regulatory decision-making. Multiple frameworks were assessed, each tailored to the specific objectives of the decision-making process and the geographical context, and compared to a baseline model with minimal parameters. The context-specific model yielded results similar to the baseline but emphasized air quality parameters more heavily and increased average scores. In contrast, place-specific and hybrid models showed greater variance, influenced by factors such as proximity to coastal areas, flood risk, and health sensitivity. Statistical analysis revealed significant differences between the models with frameworks incorporating more indicators exhibiting greater variability and wider score distributions. The models also prioritized different communities at the 80th and 90th percentiles, highlighting that methodological choices within each framework can substantially influence which communities are being prioritized. The analysis also revealed high intercorrelation among certain parameters, reflecting the need for further exploration of how parameter selection influences their interrelationships. Sensitivity analysis on environmental weighting demonstrated that even when environmental burdens were weighed equally, they could not fully account for the cumulative impact of other variables, except in certain areas. Health sensitivity and socioeconomic factors had a more substantial effect when their weight was varied. The study concludes that while all frameworks capture the areas with the highest cumulative impacts, their choice has significant implications. Integration of lived experiences and community insights, alongside further research, is crucial for accurately capturing cumulative impacts and enhancing decision-making.

该研究调查了评估累积影响的多种框架，重点是指标的选择及其在空气质量相关决策过程中的各自权重，同时综合考虑气候变化因素。本研究的主要创新是对累积影响评估框架进行比较分析，其中包括使用定量指标的特定环境和特定地点变量。该研究评估了方法选择如何在环境正义政策和监管决策中影响社区的优先次序。评估了多个框架，每个框架都针对决策过程的具体目标和地理环境进行了调整，并与具有最小参数的基线模型进行了比较。特定环境模型的结果与基线相似，但更强调空气质量参数，并提高了平均得分。相比之下，地方特定模型和混合模型显示出更大的差异，受到诸如靠近沿海地区、洪水风险和健康敏感性等因素的影响。统计分析显示，纳入更多指标的框架模型之间存在显著差异，表现出更大的可变性和更广泛的得分分布。这些模型还在第80和第90个百分位数上对不同社区进行了优先排序，强调每个框架内的方法选择可以对优先排序的社区产生重大影响。分析还揭示了某些参数之间的高度相关性，这反映出需要进一步探索参数选择如何影响它们的相互关系。对环境加权的敏感性分析表明，即使环境负担得到平等的权衡，也不能充分说明除某些地区外其他变量的累积影响。当健康敏感性和社会经济因素的权重发生变化时，其影响更为显著。该研究的结论是，虽然所有框架都捕捉到了累积影响最大的领域，但它们的选择具有重要意义。整合生活经验和社区见解，以及进一步的研究，对于准确捕捉累积影响和加强决策至关重要。

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The spillovers of ESG performance on peers' debt financing costs: evidence from China ESG绩效对同行债务融资成本的溢出效应：来自中国的证据

IF 11.2 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108390

Yao Wang , Ziyao Zhang , Zhili Du

Amidst the uncertainties of global economy and relentless march of climate change, companies with strong ESG profiles are increasingly drawing the eye of investors. This shift has elevated ESG to a crucial factor in how capital is distributed. Simultaneously, the impact of ESG is no longer confined to individual firms; it is likely to extend to other enterprises within the same industry, giving rise to the spillover effect discussed in this paper. Employing China's A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2023, this paper explores the spillover effect that high ESG performance exerts on the debt financing costs of peer firms in the same industry. The study obtains interesting findings with practical significance. Firstly, the debt financing costs of peer firms have decreased by 10.58%, which is impacted by the high ratings of the first batch of enterprises to receive ESG ratings from institutions. This spillover effect mainly works through the credit attractiveness of the industry and learning mechanism in peer firms. Secondly, some spillover effects are limited by the constrained impact of a firm's ESG performance on its financing, while others face obstacles in the transmission pathways to peer firms. This paper identifies these differentiated constrains. Finally, the diversity of ESG ratings by third-party agencies can enhance the peer spillovers by enhancing information and inhibiting rent seeking. This study expands the research perspectives incorporating ESG and offers empirical evidence to improve enterprises financing efficiency and industry synergy.

在全球经济的不确定性和气候变化的无情推进中，具有良好ESG背景的公司越来越受到投资者的关注。这一转变已将ESG提升为影响资本分配的一个关键因素。同时，ESG的影响不再局限于单个公司；它很可能会扩展到同行业的其他企业，从而产生本文所讨论的溢出效应。本文以2010 - 2023年中国a股上市公司为研究对象，探讨高ESG绩效对同行业同行公司债务融资成本的溢出效应。本研究获得了具有实际意义的有趣发现。一是受首批获得机构ESG评级的企业评级较高的影响，同行企业债务融资成本下降10.58%。这种溢出效应主要通过行业的信用吸引力和同行企业的学习机制来实现。其次，一些溢出效应受到企业ESG绩效对其融资的有限影响的限制，而另一些溢出效应在向同行企业的传导途径中面临障碍。本文识别了这些不同的约束。最后，第三方机构ESG评级的多样性可以通过增强信息和抑制寻租来增强同行溢出效应。本研究拓展了纳入ESG的研究视角，为提高企业融资效率和行业协同效应提供了实证证据。

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Does agricultural industry agglomeration mitigate the trade shocks on food system resilience? Empirical evidence from China 农业产业集聚是否缓解了贸易冲击对粮食系统弹性的影响？来自中国的经验证据

IF 11.2 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2026.108377

Ruimin Yin , Zhanqi Wang , Yue Dou , Xinyuan Liang , Yunxiao Gao , Dengying Huang

The increasing interconnectedness among countries and regions presents significant risks from external disruptions to China's food security. In this study, we aimed to propose valuable insights amidst the transformation of China's food system by revealing relationships between trade shocks, agricultural industry agglomeration, and food system resilience. With panel data, we investigated the impact and transmission mechanisms of trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on food system resilience (FSR) and examined how agricultural industry agglomeration (AIA) regulated this relationship from the perspective of geographic clustering and specialization. Our findings indicated that heightened TPU considerably undermined FSR, while AIA mitigated the negative effects. Regional analyses revealed that TPU significantly affected FSR in major producing areas and major selling areas, whereas its impact differed comparatively in producing and selling balanced areas. Additionally, the geographic clustering substantially alleviated shocks in major producing and selling areas, with varying effects observed regarding specialization. A comparison of resilience dimensions indicated that geographic clustering significantly regulated different resilience dimensions. Notably, specialization diminished the impact of resistance and failed to contribute effectively to adaptation and transformation. These findings underscore the critical role of AIA in regulating external shocks to the food system, offering insights for enhancing and adjusting the resilience structure, as well as for formulating agricultural policies that account for regional functional disparities.

国家和地区之间日益紧密的联系给中国的粮食安全带来了巨大的外部干扰风险。在本研究中，我们旨在通过揭示贸易冲击、农业产业集聚和粮食系统弹性之间的关系，为中国粮食系统转型提供有价值的见解。利用面板数据，研究贸易政策不确定性（TPU）对粮食系统弹性（FSR）的影响及其传导机制，并从地理集聚和专业化的角度考察农业产业集聚（AIA）如何调节这一关系。我们的研究结果表明，TPU的升高极大地破坏了FSR，而AIA减轻了负面影响。区域分析表明，TPU对FSR的影响在主产区和主销区显著，在产销平衡区差异较大。此外，地理集群极大地缓解了主要生产和销售地区的冲击，在专业化方面观察到不同的影响。弹性维度的比较表明，地理聚类对不同弹性维度具有显著调节作用。值得注意的是，专业化削弱了抵抗的影响，未能有效地促进适应和转型。这些发现强调了AIA在调节粮食系统外部冲击方面的关键作用，为加强和调整抵御力结构以及制定考虑区域功能差异的农业政策提供了见解。

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Harnessing AI-metaverse synergies for smart sustainability: A knowledge management perspective on immersion, ethics, and decentralization 利用ai -meta协同效应实现智能可持续性：沉浸式、伦理和去中心化的知识管理视角

IF 12.5 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Technology in Society

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103234

Ebtesam Abdullah Alzeiby , Vinay Khandelwal , Jiyang Cheng , Snigdha Dash , Valerio Temperini , Rosa Palladino

Businesses are increasingly using technology to assist in running their organizations. AI and the metaverse together have the potential to reform knowledge management with sustainable opportunities. This study discusses the impact of immersive digital environments and decentralized AI-based architecture on smart knowledge systems and cognitive transformation. This study further examines how these mechanisms foster sustainability-driven business models and resilient knowledge ecosystems. A structural model was tested with data of 290 professionals. The findings reveal that immersive and decentralized technologies advance organizational knowledge systems and induce cognitive transformation in employees, resulting in sustainable business models and resilient ecosystems. Mediation analysis reveals that immersive and decentralized technologies translate into strategic outcomes through knowledge systems and cognitive transformation. However, cognitive transformation fails to mediate the decentralization and resilience nexus. This implies the need for knowledge systems to support transformation, but systematically. Building on the socio-technical systems theory, the study concludes that for digital transformation to occur, the system-level processes and the forces driving cognitive change must also coincide to drive sustainability. The findings present ethical dimensions underlying AI-driven knowledge systems related to transparency, trust, and inclusion.

企业越来越多地使用技术来帮助他们的组织运行。人工智能和元宇宙一起有可能以可持续的机会改革知识管理。本研究探讨了沉浸式数字环境和分散式ai架构对智能知识系统和认知转换的影响。本研究进一步探讨了这些机制如何促进可持续性驱动的商业模式和弹性知识生态系统。用290名专业人员的数据对结构模型进行检验。研究结果表明，沉浸式和分散式技术促进了组织知识系统的发展，并引发了员工的认知转变，从而形成了可持续的商业模式和弹性生态系统。中介分析表明，沉浸式和分散式技术通过知识系统和认知转化转化为战略成果。然而，认知转换并不能调解去中心化和弹性之间的关系。这意味着需要知识系统来系统地支持转换。基于社会技术系统理论，该研究得出结论，要实现数字化转型，系统级过程和推动认知变化的力量也必须同时推动可持续性。研究结果揭示了与透明度、信任和包容性相关的人工智能驱动的知识系统的伦理维度。

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Does the digital economy moderate the climate vulnerability-inclusive green growth nexus? International evidence 数字经济能否缓和气候脆弱性与包容性绿色增长之间的关系？国际证据

IF 12.5 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Technology in Society

Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103185

Huwei Wen , Chunyun Qiao , Xuan-Hoa Nghiem

The intensification of climate vulnerability severely constrains the long-term viability of human societies, and the digital economy is a key pathway for mitigating its negative impacts. This study examines the impact of climate vulnerability on inclusive green growth (IGG) using cross-national panel data from 2013 to 2023 and tests the moderating effect of the digital economy. The results indicate that heightened climate vulnerability significantly inhibits IGG, and this conclusion remains robust after adjusting the model settings and sample scope and addressing endogeneity issues. Mechanistic analysis reveals that climate vulnerability primarily hinders IGG by suppressing energy structure transition and weakening social equity. Moderation effect analysis reveals that the digital economy can mitigate the adverse impacts of climate shocks on IGG. However, the panel threshold model results indicate that the moderation strength does not significantly differ on either side of the digital economy threshold value. The limited mixed regression models can effectively capture the moderating effects of the digital economy and indicate that its mitigating role continues to strengthen as the digital economy develops. This study offers policymakers critical empirical support and actionable policy insights to address climate challenges and advance IGG.

气候脆弱性的加剧严重制约了人类社会的长期生存能力，数字经济是缓解其负面影响的关键途径。本研究利用2013 - 2023年的跨国面板数据，考察了气候脆弱性对包容性绿色增长（IGG）的影响，并检验了数字经济的调节作用。结果表明，气候脆弱性的增加显著抑制了IGG，并且在调整模型设置和样本范围并解决内生性问题后，这一结论仍然是稳健的。机制分析表明，气候脆弱性主要通过抑制能源结构转型和削弱社会公平来阻碍IGG。调节效应分析表明，数字经济可以缓解气候冲击对IGG的不利影响。然而，面板阈值模型结果表明，在数字经济阈值的两侧，调节强度并没有显著差异。有限混合回归模型能够有效捕捉数字经济的调节效应，并表明其调节作用随着数字经济的发展而不断增强。该研究为政策制定者提供了关键的经验支持和可操作的政策见解，以应对气候挑战并推进政府间免疫组。

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