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{"title":"Exploring the role of media in climate change awareness and adaptation among university students in Islamabad, Pakistan","authors":"Aqeel Ahmed ,&nbsp;Naeem Ahmed","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The primary objective of this study is to investigate the role of media in shaping people’s perceptions of climate change and their subsequent adaptation strategies for coping with it. The study applied the agenda-setting theory to explain how social media has influenced the perceptions of young people about climate change. Uses and gratifications theory was employed to examine the accuracy of information about climate change from media sources. For this purpose, this study collected data from university students through a structured questionnaire with 406 valid responses. This study employed the Heckman econometric model and revealed that media awareness had a positive and significant coefficient (0.129), implying that increased media awareness develops perceptions and can help to mitigate the impact of climate change. Education also had a positive and significant coefficient (0.481), suggesting that higher education can help to improve individuals’ perceptions, resulting in coping strategies taken to mitigate the impact of climate change. The combined effect of social media and education was almost 80 %. Students had a higher degree of agreement that government initiatives to tackle climate change supported their coping strategies. Furthermore, social media significantly influenced the respondents' perceptions, which supported them in combating climate change. The study recommends establishing specialized climate desks in newsrooms and engaging social media influencers for climate advocacy campaigns to foster climate change awareness. Government-funded training for fact-based journalism, and conditional incentivization on advertisement allocation to media, public awareness campaigns, climate education, and collaborative research will counter misinformation, foster informed action, and build country-wide environmental responsibility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101556"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145658778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Selective coupling or genuine integration? Startups in the twin transformation","authors":"Andreas Kuckertz,&nbsp;Sebastian Hinderer","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101675","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101675","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Startups actively shape innovation during the twin transformation to sustainability and digitalization. Our analysis of &gt;21,000 ventures reveals that genuine twin-transformers, i.e., startups able to integrate digital and green technologies, are rare and primarily driven by software. While sustainable ventures readily adopt digital tools, digital ventures rarely embrace sustainability. This asymmetry reflects different configurations of complementarities between digital and sustainable technologies, which investor preferences reinforce. Eventually, this may lead to superficial coupling rather than deep integration. To address the issue, we offer targeted recommendations for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers aiming to foster scalable, hardware-based solutions critical for sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101675"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What's the fair share? A systematic approach to assessing educational resource allocation in Henan, China","authors":"Yifei Meng ,&nbsp;Xiao Huang ,&nbsp;Eugene Kennedy ,&nbsp;Yan Liu ,&nbsp;Yanqing Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101629","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101629","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Educational equity remains a critical concern for scholars worldwide. This study develops a systematic evaluation framework that balances equity and efficiency in educational resource allocation. Using data from compulsory education across cities in Henan Province from 2015 to 2021, and employing the Dagum Gini coefficient and Malmquist index models, we examine regional disparities, spatial patterns, and evolutionary trends in the allocation of compulsory education resources from both efficiency and equity perspectives. We analyze the current state, issues, and underlying causes of educational resource distribution and propose policy recommendations. Our results reveal significant variations in the capacity for educational resource allocation at both primary and middle school levels in Henan Province, with middle school education exhibiting greater instability and regional disparities. A coupling effect between equity and efficiency is observed in the allocation process. These findings suggest that the government should focus on adjusting the structure of middle school education resources by promoting technological innovation, enhancing management practices, and rationally allocating resources. Furthermore, effective resource allocation strategies and supervisory measures must be implemented based on regional changes in educational resource outputs. The method proposed in this study for assessing regional differences in educational resource allocation provides a valuable reference for achieving educational equity and sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101629"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145938529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smart villages in practice: A meta-synthesis of implementation experiences in Europe","authors":"Lucas Dembogurski ,&nbsp;Lívia Madureira ,&nbsp;Ricardo Bento ,&nbsp;Aida Carvalho","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101579","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of Smart Village, created by the European Commission in 2017, emerged as a response to the challenges faced by low-density territories, by promoting strategies based on local potential, opportunities, and digital technologies, using participatory approaches in their design. This study analyzes how the Smart Village concept has been implemented in European rural territories and what conclusions can be drawn about this strategy from the available empirical evidence. Based on inductive analysis and synthesis, this study seeks to understand how the initiatives were configured and which elements had influenced their implementation processes. To this end, 22 scientific articles retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases were analyzed, along with 14 projects from the “Smart Rural Areas in the 21st Century” program. The main findings highlight the importance of involving multiple actors in the formulation and sustainability of the initiatives, the absence of instruments for monitoring strategies, and the challenges in implementing and adopting digital technologies. These findings contribute to understanding how projects and initiatives are configured, revealing operational gaps and asymmetries between declared objectives and the ways in which the initiatives have been designed and implemented in rural contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101579"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145693398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Novel smart grids applications for energy management and traceability in heritage cities: Case study for city of Cuenca, Ecuador","authors":"Daniel Icaza ,&nbsp;David Borge-Diez ,&nbsp;Santiago Pulla Galindo ,&nbsp;Mauricio Siguencia","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101596","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101596","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Next generation electric power systems and Smart Grids are intensively studied from generation to distribution and in cities with particular characteristics, especially of a patrimonial type, it is important to conserve their buildings squares and urban landscapes, its value is not damaged while also, ensuring the adaption of novel developments to ensure the transition to smart grid systems. In this research, a novel approach and innovative proposal on communication architectures in energy systems applied to the heritage of the City of Cuenca in Ecuador is contributed to this research. In this research, the main sources of strategic renewable energy generation available in the territory are evaluated in a decentralized way. The compositions, technologies, functions, requirements and research challenges of the communications network are included, but above all it shows an improved future in relation to a basic existing technological infrastructure of the city that is adaptable to future energy requirements. The proposed communication networks will be in charge of generating and delivering messages on the most important parameters of the energy system where non-polluting loads are integrated such as the 4 Rios tram, public lighting, electric vehicles, among others. Finally, the novel future implications of a new architecture at the domestic level in an integrated and innovative network environment for the city of Cuenca without affecting the heritage environment in an established legal framework are discussed. It is proven that the methodology and the results can be extended to other similar locations worldwide, showing a combined solution between heritage protection and technological development and considering that Heritage Cities are a different case from conventional Smart Cities solutions. Links can be achieved with minimal uplink latency of 6 ms with payload size &lt;40 bytes. If it is able to transport a greater load, it can reach 11 ms 40-byte payload. Channel utilization can operate at 50 % utilization normally, under unfavorable conditions it would reach 80 %.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101596"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145749287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic viability evaluation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub investment in Indonesia based on real option approach","authors":"Anung Harya Prabawa,&nbsp;Dzikri Firmansyah Hakam","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101588","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101588","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>CCS can play a significant role in mitigating CO₂ emissions. However, investment in CCS remains challenging due to high costs and uncertainties that affect future revenues, such as carbon prices, operating costs, and CO₂ sequestration volumes. This study evaluates the viability of CCS hub development in Indonesia using Real Options Valuation (ROV) as an extension of the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method to capture volatility and the value of managerial flexibility through a binomial lattice model with multiphase sequential compound options. Three development scenarios are analyzed: one domestic sequestration case (Scenario 1) and two cross-border sequestration cases, with CO₂ originating from Singapore (Scenario 2) and Japan (Scenario 3). The DCF analysis yields negative Net Present Values (NPVs) of –US$968 million, –US$842 million, and –US$1785 million for Scenarios 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Scenario 1 is not viable due to a negative present value of the underlying asset. The ROV analysis using the defer option produces Expanded Net Present Values (ENPVs) of US$14 million for Scenario 2 and US$0.2 million for Scenario 3, while the combined defer-and-expand option generates ENPVs of US$238 million for Scenario 2 and US$12 million for Scenario 3. ROV results identify Scenario 2 as the most favorable development option. Two-way sensitivity analyses of this scenario highlight key areas for improving the ENPV. Although full government incentives reduce the critical carbon price, they remain insufficient to justify immediate investment. Overall, this study provides CCS stakeholders with insights into applying ROV within Indonesia’s regulatory context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101588"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145749293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatio-temporal patterns and synergistic obstacles of rural multifunctionality in arid oasis regions: A case study from Ganzhou District in the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China","authors":"Jing Huang ,&nbsp;Dongqian Xue ,&nbsp;Mei Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101668","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101668","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exploring the development laws of oasis rural areas from the perspective of multifunctional coordination is conducive to addressing the vulnerability of the human-land system in arid regions. Based on the resource and environmental constraints, socio-economic transformation, and characteristics of leisure demand evolution in oasis rural areas of arid regions, this study constructed a rural multifunctional evaluation system from the perspective of the \"production-living-ecology\" system, which encompasses six core dimensions, namely agricultural product supply (APS), economic value-added (EVA), social security (SS), cultural and tourism leisure (CTL), ecological conservation (EC), and environmental maintenance (EM). Taking Ganzhou District, a typical oasis in the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin in Northwest China as an example, the spatio-temporal pattern, synergistic relationship and obstacle factors of rural multifunctionality from 2011 to 2020 were systematically analyzed by applying the entropy weight method, spatial concentration index, coupling coordination degree model and obstacle degree model. The results show that: (1)The multifunctional development presents a law of spatio-temporal differentiation. The production function shows a \"core-periphery\" structure; the living function has shifted from a \"high in the central axis and low in the two wings\" pattern to a \"high in the east and low in the west\" pattern; the ecological function has improved overall, but the shortcomings in sensitive areas are prominent. (2) The overall level of multifunctional coordination is relatively low. Although the coupling coordination degree has continued to rise, it is still dominated by intermediate-level coordination or below. There is a widespread trade-off relationship among functions, with the negative conflict between APS and EC being the most significant. (3) The multifunctional synergy barriers have spatial gradient characteristics, and the order of obstacle degrees is: APS &gt; SS &gt; CTL &gt; EC &gt; EVA &gt; EM. The core area of the oasis is mainly affected by ecological-environmental barriers, while the peripheral areas and transition zones are dominated by production-economic barriers. This study reveals the evolution mechanism of rural multifunctionality in arid oasis areas under resource competition and policy regulation, and proposes a differentiated governance path of \"ecological optimization in core areas, industrial promotion in peripheral areas, and conservation priority in transition zones\". It not only provides a theoretical reference for understanding the complexity of the human-land system in arid oasis areas, but also offers a replicable practical plan for coordinating ecological protection and rural development in similar regions around the world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101668"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145977494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of wrightia tinctoria and coconut fibers on strength and microstructural properties of geopolymer composites","authors":"Ramamohana Reddy Bellum ,&nbsp;Habibunnisa Syed ,&nbsp;M V Rajesh ,&nbsp;Chava Venkatesh ,&nbsp;Chereddy Sonali Sri Durga ,&nbsp;Mukkala Priyanka","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101616","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101616","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Geopolymers reveal similarities with Portland cement concrete but excel in high-temperature, high-corrosion environments. However, they face challenges like shrinkage and brittleness, limiting their use. Fiber reinforcement is commonly used to address brittleness while preserving strength in geopolymer systems, but comprehensive studies on integrating natural fibers are still lacking. This paper examines the effects of Wrightia Tinctoria Seed Fibers (WTSFs) and coconut coir fibers (CCF) on the mechanical properties of geopolymer composites at ambient temperature. Adding 2% WTSFs improved both mechanical and microstructural properties. The 28-day flexural strength increased by 36.55% with CCF and 59.65% with WTSFs compared to fiber-free composites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101616"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modelling clean cooking use in India: Transition trends and estimates for sustainable development","authors":"Kelechukwu Kelvin Ibe ,&nbsp;Raghavendra G. Amachawadi ,&nbsp;Josefina Lacasa ,&nbsp;Shiva Prasad Kollur","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101614","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101614","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achieving SDG 7.1.2 is critical for the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. This has suffered greater setbacks in the global south. The study uses the household energy database and the Indian residential energy survey to review India’s clean cooking energy status and trends. Using a modelling approach, approximate estimates of the primary use of different cooking fuel categories studied were provided up to 2050. The analysis considers the regional differences and cooking fuel categories from 1990 to 2030. This was correlated with the country's policies and interventions relating to cooking fuels. The results show India has made significant progress in increasing the proportion of the population primarily using clean fuels and technologies for cooking in recent years. The latest rate shows that 74.5% of the Indian population primarily uses clean cooking fuels in 2022. A considerable disparity in the primary use of clean cooking energy persists between urban and rural India, with a much larger population residing in rural areas. Model projections under business-as-usual indicate that although the primary use of clean cooking fuels increases steadily, approximately 178.35 million, 73.82 million, and 37.2 million people in rural India will continue to rely primarily on polluting cooking fuels by 2030, 2040, and 2050, respectively. Despite various progress, interventions, and policies by the government, India faces challenges in meeting its cooking energy demand. The study suggested pathways towards achieving the goal in India.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101614"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Household livelihood resilience and natural resource dependence: Understanding their relationship for rural China’s disaster resettlement","authors":"Xinyu Wu ,&nbsp;Wei Liu ,&nbsp;Liyuan He ,&nbsp;Mingfei Duan ,&nbsp;Zhe Song ,&nbsp;Marcus Feldman","doi":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101574","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101574","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Disaster resettlement has been a crucial tactic in improving household livelihoods and has achieved remarkable results in rural China. Household livelihood resilience and natural resource dependence (NRD) are vital factors in formulating rural development strategies in developing countries and regions. Understanding the relationship between these is necessary to alleviate stress on existing resources and foster livelihood development. Drawing on survey data from 657 households in Ankang Prefecture, southern Shaanxi Province, China, our study assesses household livelihood resilience and NRD. We explore the impact of household livelihood resilience on NRD with ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. Household livelihood resilience is positively associated with NRD. Relocated households exhibit lower NRD compared to those that have not been relocated. Centralized resettlement significantly reduces NRD through large-scale support for infrastructure and with unified policies; scattered resettlement retains the original community network, but the reduction in NRD is limited. Voluntary relocation households can quickly adapt to non-agricultural livelihoods, resulting in the lowest NRD, while involuntary relocation leads to higher NRD and lagging recovery. Therefore, the government should prioritize implementing voluntary and centralized resettlement programs. Although this research focuses on Ankang Prefecture and provides valuable insights for other resource-dependent regions, its generalizability may be limited by the data’s regional scope.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34478,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Futures","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 101574"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145658783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}