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Optimization, techno-economic, and environmental assessment of co-pyrolysis of oil palm EFB and rubber wood sawdust 油棕EFB与橡胶木屑共热解工艺优化、技术经济与环境评价

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100288

Archw Promraksa , Narongsak Seekao , Chockchai Mueanmas , Nirattisai Rakmak

This study optimized the co-pyrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) and rubber wood sawdust (RWS) to enhance biochar and liquid oil yields, with non-condensable gas (NCG) as a by-product. Experiments were conducted in a fixed-bed reactor, varying key process parameters, including pyrolysis temperature (750–850 °C), biomass particle size (0.3–5 mm), and EFB: RWS ratio (0:100–100:0). Response surface methodology (RSM) with a Box-Behnken design (BBD) was employed to analyze parameter interactions and optimize product distribution systematically. Statistical validation confirmed the model's reliability, with prediction errors below 10 %. The optimal biochar yield (33.73 wt%) was achieved at 782.25 °C, a particle size of 2.94 mm, and an EFB: RWS ratio of 6:94. In comparison, the highest liquid oil yield (28.46 wt%) was obtained at 850 °C, with a biomass size of 3.00 mm and an EFB: RWS ratio of 100:0. Co-pyrolysis offers flexibility to adjust product yields based on energy needs. Simulations proved the scalable design and economic analysis confirmed its financial viability with a payback period of just 5.8 years. The environmental evaluation was also conducted through the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The LCA revealed that the pyrolysis process had the highest impact on global warming potential (GWP), contributing 61.15 %, followed by product utilization (estimated at 20 %), feedstock production (11.67 %), transportation (2.18 %), and end-of-life processes. This study shows the potential of using local biomass in Southern Thailand for sustainable energy. These findings pave the way for scaling up industrial pyrolysis, enhancing energy security, and waste valorization.

本研究优化了油棕空果束（EFB）和橡胶木锯末（RWS）共热解，以提高生物炭和液体油的产量，副产物为不凝性气体（NCG）。实验在固定床反应器中进行，改变关键工艺参数，包括热解温度（750-850℃）、生物质粒度（0.3-5 mm）和EFB: RWS比（0:100-100:0）。采用Box-Behnken设计（BBD）响应面法（RSM）系统分析各参数的交互作用，优化产品分布。统计验证证实了模型的可靠性，预测误差在10%以下。在782.25℃、粒度2.94 mm、EFB: RWS比为6:94的条件下，获得了最佳的生物炭产率（33.73 wt%）。相比之下，在850°C，生物质尺寸为3.00 mm， EFB: RWS比为100:0时，获得了最高的液体油收率（28.46 wt%）。共热解提供了根据能源需求调整产品产量的灵活性。模拟证明了可扩展设计和经济分析证实了其财务可行性，投资回收期仅为5.8年。环境评价也通过生命周期评价（LCA）进行。LCA分析显示，热解过程对全球变暖潜势（GWP）的影响最大，占61.15%，其次是产品利用（估计占20%）、原料生产（11.67%）、运输（2.18%）和生命周期结束过程。这项研究显示了在泰国南部利用当地生物质作为可持续能源的潜力。这些发现为扩大工业热解、加强能源安全和废物增值铺平了道路。

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Opening closures: Organizational arrangements and moral articulations in institutional global hegemonic and local counter-hegemonic sustainability discourses 开放关闭：组织安排和道德表达在机构的全球霸权和地方反霸权的可持续性话语

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Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100304

Elizabeth Deborah Martínez Aguilar, Sjors Witjes, René ten Bos

This paper interrogates how institutional sustainability discourses enact closure through logocentric operations that structurally marginalize alterity. We argue that closure is not contingent upon geographical origin or ideological-power positioning but constitutes a structural feature of institutional discourses, manifesting equally in Global Hegemonic Discourses (GHD) and Local Counter-hegemonic Discourses (LChD). We identify two interlocking discursive mechanisms that produce closure: Organizational Arrangements (OAs), which establish hierarchical orders and internal dynamics in a dominant meaning structure; and Moral Articulations (MAs), which bind values and identities through normative imperatives that discipline inclusion and regulate exclusion. To expose how closure operates through these mechanisms, we engage with deconstruction as an ethical practice. We apply it through a double-reading strategy, comprising Double Commentary and Disruptive Reading, to two institutional texts: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN, 2015) and The Care Society (ECLAC, 2022). Our readings reveal how OAs and MAs collaborate to constitute, impose, and legitimize particular interpretations of sustainability, rendering alterity unintelligible, contrarian to the dominant discourse, and morally deficient from its very emergence. Through our readings, we unveiled that OAs-MAs function not merely to establish structural positions, internal logics, and disciplinary and regulatory actions, but to prevent inclusion, police alterity, naturalize authority, conceal differánces and aporias, and mask structural incompleteness. Our contribution lies in opening closures, exposing them as structural conditions of logocentric discourse-making. Deconstruction proved essential for opening the closures in institutional sustainability discourses, foregrounding its constitutive inclusion/exclusions and affirming an ethical responsibility toward that which remains unrepresented, excluded, and yet to come.

本文探讨了制度的可持续性话语是如何通过在结构上边缘化替代性的以逻辑为中心的操作来制定封闭的。我们认为，封闭性并不取决于地理起源或意识形态权力定位，而是构成了制度话语的结构性特征，在全球霸权话语（GHD）和地方反霸权话语（LChD）中同样表现出来。我们确定了两种产生闭合的连锁话语机制：组织安排（OAs），它在主导意义结构中建立了等级秩序和内部动态；道德表达（Moral articulation, MAs），通过规范的命令约束包容和规范排斥，将价值观和身份联系在一起。为了揭示封闭是如何通过这些机制运作的，我们将解构作为一种道德实践。我们通过双重阅读策略（包括双重评论和破坏性阅读）将其应用于两个机构文本：《2030年可持续发展议程》（联合国，2015年）和《关怀社会》（拉加经委会，2022年）。我们的阅读揭示了oa和ma如何合作构成、强加和合法化对可持续性的特定解释，使另类难以理解，与主流话语背道而驰，从一开始就存在道德缺陷。通过我们的阅读，我们揭示了oa - mas的功能不仅仅是建立结构立场、内部逻辑、纪律和监管行动，而是防止包容、警察替代、自然化权威、隐藏differánces和aporias，并掩盖结构的不完整性。我们的贡献在于打开闭包，将它们暴露为以逻辑为中心的话语制造的结构条件。事实证明，解构主义对于打开制度可持续性话语的封闭性至关重要，它突出了其构成的包容/排斥，并肯定了对那些尚未被代表、被排斥和尚未到来的东西的道德责任。

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Fostering unsustainability? An analysis of 4-year-olds' dietary impacts in Sweden 培养不可持续性?瑞典4岁儿童饮食影响分析

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Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100281

Maria Jacobsen , Lotta Moraeus , Emma Patterson , Anna Karin Lindroos , Mattias Eriksson , Elin Röös

The dietary impacts of 746 young Swedish children were assessed across ten indicators: carbon footprint, cropland use, new nitrogen and phosphorus inputs, blue water use, ammonia emissions, pesticide use, biodiversity loss, antibiotic use, and animal welfare. This analysis utilized caretaker-reported food intake data from the Riksmaten Young Children study (2021–24). It employed the Sustainability Assessment of Foods And Diets tool to quantify these impacts against per capita 1000 kcal planetary boundaries and variations in dietary impacts based on factors such as gender, municipal area, parental education level, and consumption setting (home or preschool). We found that the mean dietary impacts fell within or exceeded the uncertainty zone per capita planetary boundaries for five out of six indicators, with only blue water use remaining within the ‘safe space’; notably, zero children had eaten below the uncertainty levels for all indicators. Boys exhibited higher dietary impacts than girls in absolute terms and when adjusted for energy intake. Children from rural areas and those with lower parental education levels also demonstrated higher impacts than their peers. Carbon footprint analysis revealed no substantial differences between home and preschool settings, with lower meat consumption in preschools offset by higher dairy intake. The primary drivers of dietary impacts were red meat, dairy products, and fruit and vegetable consumption. These results highlight substantial challenges in achieving sustainable food production and diets in Sweden while providing essential insights for informing policy and governance frameworks to promote healthier dietary patterns among young children.

对746名瑞典儿童的饮食影响进行了10项指标评估：碳足迹、耕地利用、新的氮和磷投入、蓝水使用、氨排放、农药使用、生物多样性丧失、抗生素使用和动物福利。该分析利用了监护人报告的来自Riksmaten幼儿研究（2021-24）的食物摄入数据。它采用了食物和饮食可持续性评估工具，根据人均1000千卡的地球边界和基于性别、城市地区、父母教育水平和消费环境（家庭或幼儿园）等因素的饮食影响变化来量化这些影响。我们发现，在6个指标中，有5个指标的平均饮食影响落在或超过了人均地球边界的不确定区域，只有蓝水的使用仍在“安全空间”之内；值得注意的是，没有儿童的饮食低于所有指标的不确定水平。在绝对数量和能量摄入调整后，男孩表现出比女孩更高的饮食影响。来自农村地区和父母受教育程度较低的儿童也比同龄人表现出更高的影响。碳足迹分析显示，家庭和学前环境之间没有实质性差异，学龄前儿童较低的肉类消费被较高的乳制品摄入量所抵消。饮食影响的主要驱动因素是红肉、乳制品、水果和蔬菜的消费。这些结果突出了瑞典在实现可持续粮食生产和饮食方面面临的重大挑战，同时为政策和治理框架提供了重要见解，以促进幼儿更健康的饮食模式。

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Impact of land development on the water-food-ecology nexus: Coupling coordination and interaction pathways in a coastal region of China 土地开发对水-食物-生态关系的影响：中国沿海地区耦合协调与相互作用路径

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Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100284

Jianyong Wu , Wei Huang , Zilong Chen , Xi Tang , Jinliang Huang

Understanding the coupling mechanism among key elements of nature–human systems is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals related to water, food, and ecosystem security in a changing environment. We developed an analytical framework integrating a comprehensive evaluation index, the coupling coordination degree (CCD) model, with the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) to examine how land development influences the coupling coordination and interaction pathway of the water–food–ecology (WFE) nexus in Fujian Province, a coastal province significantly affected by human activity and climate change between 2000 and 2020. Results showed that land development intensified accompanied by increasing water consumption, slightly decreasing food production, and stable ecological status over the last two decades. Land subsystem integration reduced the synergy among elements of the WFE nexus, based on an overall decrease in the CCD, in these regions, integration of land subsystems reduced direct pathways within the land–water–food–ecology (LWFE) nexus, simplified interconnections, and reduced synergies in the nexus. The opposite was observed in highly urbanized areas, such as Xiamen, where the CCD increased, the integration of the land subsystem increased the indirect pathways within the LWFE nexus, increasing pathway complexity and synergies. Land development can both enhance and inhibit the coupling of key system elements depending on the urbanization level, suggesting that a one-size-fits-all approach is not effective. Our research offers valuable insights to inform sustainable development policies for the Fujian Province and other regions facing similar environmental and developmental challenges.

了解自然-人类系统关键要素之间的耦合机制对于在不断变化的环境中实现与水、粮食和生态系统安全相关的可持续发展目标至关重要。基于耦合协调度（CCD）模型和偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM），构建了2000 - 2020年福建省土地开发对水-食物-生态（WFE）关系耦合协调和相互作用路径的综合评价框架。结果表明：近20 a土地开发强度增大，用水量增加，粮食产量略有下降，生态状态稳定；土地子系统整合降低了生态系统联系要素之间的协同作用，基于CCD的整体下降，土地子系统整合减少了陆地-水-食物-生态联系的直接途径，简化了相互联系，降低了生态系统联系的协同作用。在城市化程度较高的地区，如厦门，CCD增加，土地子系统的整合增加了LWFE关系内的间接路径，增加了路径的复杂性和协同效应。土地开发既可以增强又可以抑制关键系统要素的耦合，这取决于城市化水平，表明“一刀切”的方法并不有效。我们的研究为福建省和其他面临类似环境和发展挑战的地区的可持续发展政策提供了有价值的见解。

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Awareness of impacts of salinity intrusion on livelihoods: Evidence from southern coastal rural areas of Bangladesh 对盐度入侵对生计影响的认识：来自孟加拉国南部沿海农村地区的证据

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Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100293

Masudul Alam , Mokbul Morshed Ahmad , Takuji W. Tsusaka , Malay Pramanik

Salinity intrusion is a widespread issue across coastal areas. There remains a lack of evidence regarding awareness of the impacts of salinity intrusion on livelihoods in coastal areas, particularly in terms of how this awareness affects preparedness and the development of strategies. The paper aims to assess the awareness of the impacts of salinity intrusion among southern coastal inhabitants in Bangladesh from a comparative perspective. A survey was conducted with 400 households in Kalapara, Taltali, and Patharghata sub-districts of Bangladesh, which was analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The chi-squared test shows that salinity intrusion is associated with factors such as saline water flow (p < 0.10). In addition, 46 % of the respondents from the high-salinity sub-districts perceive prevalence of numerous diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, and skin infections (p < 0.01) significantly higher compared to moderate-salinity areas. Very high levels of awareness (WAI = 0.78, 0.76) of groundwater salinity are observed in the high-salinity sub-districts (p < 0.01). Moderate awareness of the impacts on winter season rice was found across the three areas (p < 0.01), while Kalapara showed higher awareness (WAI = 0.53, 0.65) of the impacts on cereals and health, respectively. Awareness of other impacts, such as on land use, aquaculture, mangrove, and coastal resources, was found to be lower. Significant regional differences in awareness exist across the three regions. The findings suggest improving education and access to information to increase awareness, and help communities adopt area-specific adaptation measures to alleviate adverse effects on health, agriculture, and environments.

盐度入侵是沿海地区普遍存在的问题。关于盐度入侵对沿海地区生计影响的认识，特别是关于这种认识如何影响备灾和战略制定方面，仍然缺乏证据。本文旨在从比较的角度评估孟加拉国南部沿海居民对盐度入侵影响的认识。对孟加拉国Kalapara、Taltali和Patharghata街道的400户家庭进行了调查，并对其进行了描述性和推断性统计分析。卡方检验表明，盐度入侵与含盐水流等因素有关(p <；0.10)。此外，来自高盐度街道的46%的答复者认为存在多种疾病，如腹泻、霍乱和皮肤感染(p <；0.01)显著高于中盐区。高盐度分区对地下水盐度的认识水平非常高（WAI = 0.78, 0.76） (p <；0.01)。三个地区对冬稻受影响的认识程度中等(p <；而卡拉帕拉对谷物和健康影响的认识更高（WAI = 0.53, 0.65）。对土地利用、水产养殖、红树林和沿海资源等其他影响的认识较低。这三个地区在意识上存在显著的区域差异。研究结果建议改善教育和获取信息的机会，以提高认识，并帮助社区采取针对特定地区的适应措施，以减轻对健康、农业和环境的不利影响。

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Climate change perceptions and responses of male and female fishers in the Gulf of California, Mexico 墨西哥加利福尼亚湾男女渔民对气候变化的认知和反应

IF 3.8 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100323

Stephanie Buechler , Karen Lopez-Olmedo , Claudia Rebeca Navarrete-Torices , Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna , José Manuel Dorantes Hernández , Ricardo Cavieses-Nuñez , Paloma A. Valdivia-Jiménez , Gabriela Cruz-Piñón , Qingyuan Lu

This study uses Social-ecological Systems (SES) and Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) frameworks to examine women and men fishers' perceptions of climate change impacts on their fishing activities in three coastal communities in the Northern Gulf of California, Sonora state, Mexico. Surveys and interviews were conducted January–April 2024. A gender analysis of these perceptions was crucial because fishing sector activities are highly diversified by species and by gender divisions of labor embedded in the catch, processing and sale of each species. These differing roles shape fishers' perceptions around climate change impacts on fishing activities and in resources they currently have available to address those challenges. Perceptions in turn shape current and aspirational livelihood responses to those climate change impacts. We performed ordination of survey responses and found significant differences across communities, age, and gender. We provide examples of fishery-related associations and recommend strategies aimed at helping fishers respond to gendered climate change impacts on their activities.

本研究利用社会生态系统（SES）和女权主义政治生态学（FPE）框架，考察了墨西哥索诺拉州加利福尼亚湾北部三个沿海社区的男女渔民对气候变化对其渔业活动影响的看法。调查和访谈于2024年1月至4月进行。对这些看法进行性别分析是至关重要的，因为渔业部门的活动按鱼种和每一鱼种的捕捞、加工和销售按性别分工是高度多样化的。这些不同的角色塑造了渔民对气候变化对渔业活动的影响以及他们目前可用于应对这些挑战的资源的看法。认知反过来又决定了当前和理想的生计应对这些气候变化影响的方式。我们对调查结果进行了排序，发现不同社区、年龄和性别之间存在显著差异。我们提供了与渔业有关的协会的例子，并建议了旨在帮助渔民应对气候变化对其活动的性别影响的战略。

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Valuation of protected area restoration: Contingent valuation approach 保护区恢复价值评估：条件价值评估方法

IF 3.8 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100313

Hailay Gebreegziabher Hailemicheal , Feyera Senbeta , Tamirat Tefera Negash

Protected areas are essential for conserving biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services, yet they face growing threats from habitat fragmentation, human encroachment, and limited funding. This study investigates community willingness to support conservation in Kafta-Sheraro National Park through financial or labor contributions, aiming to address these challenges and uncover factors influencing participation. Surveying 384 local residents, the study reveals widespread concern over habitat degradation caused by agricultural expansion, illegal logging, and overgrazing. Majority of respondents (88.8 %) supported the proposed conservation plan, with 72.43 % preferring to contribute labor and 27.57 % opting for monetary support. Using probit and biprobit models the study identified key determinants of payment vehicle preference and amount of contribution. Ethnicity and residence condition, living conditions, livestock ownership, and income from forest resources are factors influencing decision. Prior conflicts related to conservation efforts negatively impacted willingness to participate. Households favoring monetary contributions were willing to pay an average of 1362.24 birr annually (approximately US$40.40), while those preferring labor offered 30 days per year. When extrapolated across kebeles (lower administrative unit) bordering the park, total annual contributions amounted to 5,632,519 birr (US$166,988.41) and 325,929 labor days—equivalent to 88,000,830 birr (US$2,608,978.06). The study recommends a more inclusive conservation strategy that legally integrates community roles in park governance. This includes mandated involvement in patrols, infrastructure maintenance, faire control activities, decision-making, and financial support. Such measures are vital for ensuring the long-term sustainability of protected areas and fostering sense of shared responsibility among local communities.

保护区对于保护生物多样性和维持生态系统服务至关重要，但它们面临着栖息地破碎化、人类入侵和资金有限等日益严重的威胁。本研究调查了社区通过财政或劳动力贡献来支持Kafta-Sheraro国家公园保护的意愿，旨在解决这些挑战并揭示影响参与的因素。该研究调查了384名当地居民，揭示了人们对农业扩张、非法伐木和过度放牧造成的栖息地退化的普遍担忧。大多数受访者（88.8%）支持拟议的保护计划，其中72.43%的人倾向于贡献劳动力，27.57%的人选择金钱支持。使用probit和biprobit模型，研究确定了支付工具偏好和贡献金额的关键决定因素。民族和居住条件、生活条件、牲畜所有权和森林资源收入是影响决策的因素。先前与保护工作有关的冲突对参与的意愿产生了负面影响。喜欢金钱贡献的家庭愿意平均每年支付1362.24比尔（约40.40美元），而喜欢劳动力每年提供30天。根据与公园接壤的kebeles（较低的行政单位）推算，每年的捐款总额为5,632,519比尔（166,988.41美元）和325,929个工作日，相当于88,000,830比尔（2,608,978.06美元）。该研究建议采取更具包容性的保护策略，合法地将社区角色纳入公园管理。这包括强制参与巡逻、基础设施维护、公平控制活动、决策和财政支持。这些措施对于确保保护区的长期可持续性和培养当地社区的共同责任感至关重要。

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Impact of urbanization on land surface temperature: A global perspective 城市化对地表温度的影响：一个全球视角

IF 3.8 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2025.100315

Ali Mohamed , Niloufar Lorestani , Farzin Shabani

Urbanization, as a component of land use and land cover (LULC) changes, significantly affects land surface temperature (LST), intensifying the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Therefore, understanding the impact of LULC change on LST is critical for addressing urban heat and advancing sustainable development. In this review, our objective was to evaluate how urbanization-driven LULC changes influence LST patterns across diverse climatic zones, including temperate, tropical, arid/semi-arid, and polar regions. Simultaneously, we assessed the effectiveness of mitigation strategies such as green infrastructure and urban planning interventions. We analyzed more than 73 peer-reviewed studies published between 2004 and 2024.

Our findings reveal that India is the most frequently studied country, followed by China and the United States. Most studies relied on Landsat imagery, while MODIS was more commonly used in polar regions. Research output has increased since 2015, coinciding with advances in satellite platforms and analytical tools. Regionally, semi-arid/arid zones, as well as tropical zones, exhibited the most substantial LST increases, linked to vegetation loss and impervious surface expansion. Among mitigation approaches, urban greening emerged as the most effective and widely applicable strategy. In addition, water bodies, high albedo materials, and optimized urban geometry are also effective in reducing LST.

Overall, our results demonstrate that satellite data selection is strongly affected by regional climate, emphasizing the need for context-specific approaches to monitoring and mitigating urban heat. By integrating regional analyses with mitigation and adaptation strategies, this study provides valuable insights for sustainable urban planning and global efforts to reduce the UHI effect.

城市化作为土地利用和土地覆盖变化的一个组成部分，显著影响地表温度，加剧城市热岛效应。因此，了解土地利用温度变化对地表温度的影响对于解决城市热问题和促进可持续发展至关重要。在这篇综述中，我们的目标是评估城市化驱动的LULC变化如何影响不同气气带的地表温度模式，包括温带、热带、干旱/半干旱和极地地区。同时，我们评估了诸如绿色基础设施和城市规划干预措施等缓解战略的有效性。我们分析了2004年至2024年间发表的73多项同行评议研究。我们的研究结果显示，印度是最常被研究的国家，其次是中国和美国。大多数研究依赖于陆地卫星图像，而MODIS更常用于极地地区。自2015年以来，随着卫星平台和分析工具的进步，研究成果有所增加。从区域上看，半干旱/干旱区以及热带地区地表温度增幅最大，这与植被损失和不透水地表扩张有关。在各种缓解方法中，城市绿化成为最有效和最广泛适用的战略。此外，水体、高反照率材料和优化的城市几何形状也能有效降低地表温度。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，卫星数据的选择受到区域气候的强烈影响，强调需要针对具体情况的方法来监测和减轻城市热量。通过将区域分析与缓解和适应战略相结合，本研究为可持续城市规划和减少热岛效应的全球努力提供了有价值的见解。

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Harvesting living labs outcomes through learning pathways 通过学习途径收获活生生的实验室成果

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2024.100277

Astha Bhatta , Heleen Vreugdenhil , Jill Slinger

Living labs have emerged as a long-term, collaborative approach to addressing complex societal challenges, such as sustainable land and water management and climate change adaption. While these transdisciplinary environments foster continuous knowledge exchange and interactions among actors from diverse disciplines and sectors, the role of learning in realizing the impacts of living labs on participating actors and broader society is often underexplored. This paper aims to identify and analyze learning that occurs within a sequence of co-creative activities and their resulting outcomes, using the concept of ‘learning pathways’. The ‘living lab learning framework’ provides a systematic approach to organizing and categorizing living lab activities, enabling to infer learning pathways. An ex-post analysis of an empirical case study on a climate adaptation project, KLIMAP, resulted in seven distinct learning pathways: 1) harnessing collective integrated knowledge, 2) building collaborative networks, 3) enhancing stakeholder capacity, 4) adapting and contextualizing knowledge, 5) diffusing knowledge, 6) facilitating co-creation, and 7) reflecting on learning. These pathways were developed by examining the types of learning activities, their processes, and the entities involved, linking them to the outcomes achieved. The findings highlight that learning pathways contribute to identifying outcomes and broader impacts of living labs.

生活实验室已经成为解决复杂社会挑战的长期合作方法，例如可持续土地和水管理以及气候变化适应。虽然这些跨学科环境促进了来自不同学科和部门的参与者之间的持续知识交流和互动，但学习在实现生活实验室对参与者和更广泛社会的影响方面的作用往往未得到充分探索。本文旨在使用“学习途径”的概念，识别和分析在一系列共同创造活动及其结果中发生的学习。“生活实验室学习框架”提供了一种系统的方法来组织和分类生活实验室活动，从而推断学习途径。对气候适应项目KLIMAP的实证案例研究进行了实证分析，得出了七条不同的学习路径：1)利用集体整合知识，2)建立协作网络，3)增强利益相关者能力，4)适应知识并将其背景化，5)传播知识，6)促进共同创造，7)反思学习。这些途径是通过检查学习活动的类型、过程和所涉及的实体，并将它们与所取得的成果联系起来而发展起来的。研究结果强调，学习途径有助于确定生活实验室的结果和更广泛的影响。

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Arts, creative & cultural initiatives for citizen engagement on climate action: Insights from Ireland's Creative Climate Action Fund 促进公民参与气候行动的艺术、创意和文化举措：来自爱尔兰创意气候行动基金的见解

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability

Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.crsust.2024.100274

J. Mac Mahon , A. Revez , M. Burke , P. Hogan , M.M. Nyhan

A national study in Ireland on the impacts of creative and cultural climate action initiatives highlights their potential to act as catalysts for fostering citizen engagement. This research evaluated five distinct creative projects, each addressing critical themes such as sustainable agriculture, circular economy, repair culture, consumption habits, sea-level rise, biodiversity, and community-driven climate action. These initiatives formed part of a government programme to enhance public participation in climate action. Utilising surveys, interviews, observations, and focus groups, data was collected and analysed to understand impacts on participants' cognitive, emotional, and practical engagement with climate issues. The COM-B Behaviour System Model was also employed to assess impacts on participants' capacity, opportunity, and motivation to take climate action. Results showed that interactive, participatory-style creative mediums led by artists and practitioners, such as demonstrations, workshops, presentations, and discussion, effectively engaged participants across cognitive, emotional, and practical dimensions. Respondents reported an increased sense of self-efficacy and capacity to take achievable climate actions. Community-centred, peer-sharing formats emerged as trusted and valued opportunities for accessing relevant climate information, aiding constructive dialogue on complex topics. Artists' unique perspectives and creative expressions generated positive energy and an openness to engage, renewing participants' motivation to act. Nature-based events notably deepened emotional connections to the natural world, a strong motivator of pro-environmental behaviours. The study underscored participants' need for supportive and safe spaces to facilitate sustained climate dialogue and action within their communities. Findings suggest that targeted creative community events can significantly support climate policy efforts by fostering high-quality citizen engagement.

爱尔兰一项关于创意和文化气候行动倡议影响的全国性研究强调了它们作为促进公民参与的催化剂的潜力。本研究评估了五个不同的创意项目，每个项目都涉及可持续农业、循环经济、修复文化、消费习惯、海平面上升、生物多样性和社区驱动的气候行动等关键主题。这些倡议是政府加强公众参与气候行动计划的一部分。利用调查、访谈、观察和焦点小组，收集和分析数据，以了解参与者对气候问题的认知、情感和实际参与的影响。COM-B行为系统模型还用于评估对参与者采取气候行动的能力、机会和动机的影响。结果表明，由艺术家和实践者领导的互动、参与式创意媒介，如演示、研讨会、演讲和讨论，有效地吸引了参与者在认知、情感和实践方面的参与。受访者表示，自我效能感和采取可实现的气候行动的能力有所增强。以社区为中心的同行共享模式成为获取相关气候信息的可信和有价值的机会，有助于就复杂议题进行建设性对话。艺术家独特的视角和创造性的表达产生了积极的能量和开放的参与，重新激发了参与者的行动动力。以自然为基础的活动明显加深了与自然世界的情感联系，这是亲环境行为的强大动力。该研究强调，参与者需要支持性和安全的空间，以促进社区内持续的气候对话和行动。研究结果表明，有针对性的创意社区活动可以通过促进高质量的公民参与，极大地支持气候政策的努力。

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