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{"title":"Cereal yield's effect on greenhouse gas emissions in South Africa: Examining the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis","authors":"Lindiwe Hayo ,&nbsp;Peter Terrance Jacobs ,&nbsp;Hideo Hasegawa","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101416","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101416","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cereal crop farming in South Africa is critical in supplying staple foods and for generating export revenue. However, intensified farming practices are tied to significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, challenging national climate goals. This study employs the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis to analyze time-series data (1961–2021) and identify the cereal yield threshold where emissions begin to decline. The main goal is to find a turning point that balances food security with climate mitigation actions. Employing both parametric and nonparametric techniques, the analysis finds an inverted U-shaped link between cereal yield and emissions, with a turning point at 3.40 tonnes per hectare. The results confirm a nonlinear relationship, with linear and quadratic yield terms statistically significant at the 1 % and 5 % levels, respectively. Above the turning point, higher cereal yields correlate with lower emissions, supporting the feasibility of sustainable intensification strategies. These findings reveal a crucial emissions-reduction benchmark, linking mitigation measures with policy and supporting yield-linked carbon credit schemes to promote sustainable agriculture and lower emissions. The study advances EKC research in agriculture and offers actionable insights for integrating food security with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). This research contributes to discussions on sustainable development and climate-smart agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101416"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strengthening sustainability mindsets: Evidence from an analysis of the Human–Nature Connection and environmental behavior in Indonesia","authors":"Devi Mariya Sulfa ,&nbsp;Hadi Suwono ,&nbsp;Sofia Ery Rahayu","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101417","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101417","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Human–Nature Connection (HNC) has gained increasing relevance as a psychological construct linked to environmental behavior, particularly within rapidly urbanizing societies such as Indonesia. Despite growing research interest, variations in measurement models, cultural adaptation, and behavioral relevance remain insufficiently synthesized. This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 eligible empirical studies published between 2010 and November 2025 to evaluate the psychometric performance, structural validity, and behavioral associations of HNC measurement instruments, with a particular emphasis on their adaptation in Indonesia. Searches were performed across Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, and regional repositories using PRISMA-based screening criteria. Reliability statistics demonstrated strong measurement stability across instruments, with Cronbach's Alpha ranging from 0.84 to 0.90 and Composite Reliability from 0.86 to 0.92. Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed a four-factor structure, explaining 57.6 % of the variance, with the affective and cognitive dimensions contributing the highest loadings. Meta-analytic modeling yielded a pooled correlation of r = 0.42 between HNC and pro-environmental behavior, with subgroup results indicating the most potent effects among children and young adults (r = 0.45–0.48) and among individuals with at least 120 min of weekly nature exposure. The findings suggest that HNC serves as both a measurable psychological construct and a meaningful behavioral predictor in educational and sustainability contexts. Overall, this review underscores the importance of culturally grounded measurement and highlights opportunities to integrate HNC into environmental education, policy design, and longitudinal intervention research, thereby strengthening ecological engagement across Indonesian society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101417"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate hazards, migration, gendered exploitation, and the ‘sex-for-fish’ economy in Rwenzori region: Implications for development to Uganda","authors":"Eria Serwajja ,&nbsp;Yeeko Kisira ,&nbsp;F.S. Nalwanga ,&nbsp;Priscilla Mwondha ,&nbsp;Herman Muhindo ,&nbsp;Charlotte Nakakaawa Jjunju","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101415","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101415","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change has intensified the occurrence of natural hazards, leading to widespread forced relocations across the globe. These events have significantly reshaped socio-economic and livelihood pathways in both rural and urban landscapes. This study explores the gendered impacts of climate-induced migration and how women cope with and navigate these challenges in Muhokya resettlement village, Rwenzori region of western Uganda. A cross-sectional research design comprising of a survey of 171 households, 4 focus group discussions, and 20 key informant interviews was used. Quantitative data were analyzed using frequencies and one-sample t-test, while thematic and content analysis were applied to qualitative data. The findings reveal that most women were forcibly displaced after losing their homes to floods. The consequences of displacement have been severe, including increased school dropout rates among girls, early marriages, heightened vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, engagement in transactional sex, denial of conjugal rights, and rising cases of gender-based violence. Limited access to healthcare services, particularly antenatal, sexual, and reproductive health care has further exacerbated women's vulnerability. The coping mechanisms, such as survival-based practices like “sex for fish,” have proven unsustainable and harmful. The study proposes strengthening local women-led self-help groups to enhance access to livelihood assets, integrating gender-responsive livelihood training within resettlement programs, increasing access to government livelihood initiatives, and improving healthcare and psychosocial support services. Establishing inclusive community decision-making platforms can also enhance women's agency in adaptation planning. These interventions offer practical pathways for reducing gender disparities and promoting equitable resilience in line with Sustainable Development Goals 11 and 13.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101415"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable development and the legacy of socio-ecological risk: the example of community forestry in Nepal","authors":"Douglas K. Bardsley ,&nbsp;Edwin Cedamon ,&nbsp;Naya Paudel ,&nbsp;Ian Nuberg","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Responses to risk have been insufficiently incorporated into sustainable development pathways. Development interventions can both generate new socio-ecological risks and fail to mitigate the risks experienced by rural communities. We analyse perceptions of socio-ecological risks within community forest user group households in Bagmati province in central Nepal across a three-year period. Community forestry has successfully returned the forest to the middle hills of Nepal, helping to mitigate landslide risks and conserve biodiversity, but other risks are being produced and reinforced within the forest as it transitions. Households are becoming less active in community forest management and are accessing smaller percentages of their income from agriculture and forestry. At the same time, wild animal and wildfire risks are increasing. Climate change is seen to be a key driver of a range of new risks in association with the forest. Perceived household food self-sufficiency has declined recently within all municipalities, with increasingly high levels of households going into debt to support food security. People are valuing the forest for the ecosystem services they provide, including improving biodiversity, supporting subsistence agriculture and stabilising landscapes, but most respondents were not using the forest either to mitigate food insecurity or generate financial incomes. Forests must be managed to continue to be part of the solution, not the problem. As new levels of risk become apparent, knowledge of risk perceptions and interactions with the forest need to be integrated reflexively within policy and practice to guide sustainable development outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101414"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145840828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unraveling the climate induced drought impacts on crop pattern distribution using explainable machine learning algorithms","authors":"Rhyme Rubayet Rudra ,&nbsp;Fazla Rabbi ,&nbsp;Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain ,&nbsp;Showmitra Kumar Sarkar","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101397","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101397","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to evaluate the spatiotemporal impacts of climate-induced drought on crop production across the USA from 2003 to 2023, with a focus on understanding how different climatic factors influence agricultural yield in drought-prone regions. This study exclusively considered climatic factors, including precipitation, temperature, and drought severity, with no anthropogenic influences. To understand the different aspects of drought, four drought indices were selected: Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for short-term precipitation anomalies; Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) for temperature-adjusted drought; Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) for atmospheric demand; and Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for long-term drought conditions. These indices were quantified using Google Earth Engine, providing a consistent and large-scale geospatial dataset. Factors such as surface temperature and precipitation distributions were also investigated. Investigating surface temperature and precipitation helps explain their direct role in driving drought variability and crop yield changes, thereby strengthening the study's objective of assessing climate-induced impacts on agriculture. The results revealed an increase in drought-prone and wet-attributed areas along with expanded croplands (corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat, and rye) during study period. Surface temperatures have increased across the southwestern regions, while precipitation rates have increased across the eastern regions. Further, using Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) algorithms, the climate-induced drought impacts on crop yield were investigated more in consideration of the magnitudes of factors, which suggests that the impacts of drought and climatic factors varied in different years, while precipitation had the highest impact on crop fields in almost every phase. Furthermore, spatiotemporal trend analysis and classification of precipitation regimes were conducted using Google Earth Engine to detect shifting patterns over the past two decades. The impact of precipitation on crop yield has intensified over time, particularly in regions with declining rainfall. It also shows how the precipitation impact changed from high precipitation to low precipitation over the last 20 years using geospatial analysis. The study also characterized drought events based on their frequency, duration, intensity, and spatial extent across different U.S. regions. Findings revealed an increase in the occurrence and severity of moderate to extreme droughts, especially in the western and central parts of the country. Overall study demonstrates the significant impacts of climate-induced drought on crop production as well as food security across the USA, highlighting the need for targeted water management and adaptive agriculture practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101397"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Insights from sensor-based hyperlocal air pollution measurements over Bhubaneswar, India","authors":"Monalin Mishra ,&nbsp;A. Asutosh ,&nbsp;Boopathy Ramasamy ,&nbsp;Rajasekhar Reddy ,&nbsp;Vamsi G ,&nbsp;Trupti Das","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Bhubaneswar, a rapidly developing smart city in eastern India, faces persistent air quality challenges primarily due to vehicular emissions, construction, and industrial activities. Conventional monitoring in the city has been limited to a few fixed stations, providing insufficient spatial coverage to represent citywide pollution variability.</div></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><div>To address this gap, a dense low-cost sensor (LCS) network comprising 21 stations was deployed across Bhubaneswar's residential, traffic, and industrial zones. The network operated continuously for one year (2022–2023), and the LCS-based PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ data were validated against co-located gravimetric reference measurements and compared with MERRA-2 reanalysis datasets to assess performance and spatial representativeness.</div></div><div><h3>Major findings</h3><div>The LCS-based PM_2.5 measurements showed strong agreement with reference gravimetric data (r ∼ 0.92), confirming the reliability of the network for long-term urban monitoring. The observed PM_2.5/PM₁₀ ratio (∼0.92) indicated a dominant contribution from fine anthropogenic particles. The network identified pollution hotspots near major highways and dense traffic corridors, where pollutant concentrations exceeded the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for more than 50 % of the observation period. A notable positive weekend effect was observed across most stations, in contrast to trends reported for other Tier-II Indian cities.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study provides the first high-resolution, yearlong characterization of PM pollution in Bhubaneswar using a citywide LCS network. The results highlight the potential of low-cost sensing systems for cost-effective, scalable urban air-quality surveillance and support the formulation of targeted mitigation strategies for rapidly urbanizing regions in the Global South.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101409"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing environmental and societal challenges through systems thinking: Lessons from socially sensitive environmental projects","authors":"Rani Lefler ,&nbsp;Yoram Reich","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article addresses the management of socially sensitive environmental projects that pose significant risks to human health, society, and the environment. Such projects require a careful balance between the interests of diverse stakeholders, as well as the evaluation of complex environmental, health, and economic impacts. We propose a unique systems engineering (SE) framework that integrates both established and innovative methods to improve project management, mitigate risks, and facilitate informed decision-making.</div><div>The methodology involves an interdisciplinary analysis of two actual case studies in Israel: the removal of friable asbestos from a school in Haifa and the proposed establishment of a phosphate mine in Sde Barir, near the city of Arad. Employing the systems thinking (ST) approach, the study integrates both conceptual and technical perspectives. ST provides an overarching worldview for understanding interdependencies, feedback loops, and social dynamics, while SE contributes structured processes, analytical rigor, and lifecycle management methods.</div><div>The study integrates a tailored combination of engineering and decision-support tools – including, but not limited to, After Action Review (AAR), the Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP), and Value-Oriented Requirements Analysis (VORA) – to construct a comprehensive framework for managing complex environmental risks and addressing diverse stakeholder concerns. The primary research question is: How can systems engineering frameworks and tools improve the management of socially sensitive environmental projects?</div><div>The framework evolved through two carefully selected case studies, each providing an in-depth examination of complex, socially sensitive environmental projects. These cases demonstrate the framework's potential and its capacity to be further strengthened through future applications in additional contexts. The findings indicate that integrating ST with a coordinated set of SE tools significantly improves the balance between competing objectives and enhances decision-making processes. This combined approach promotes a more holistic understanding of project dynamics, enabling better management of environmental, technical, and social dimensions within socially sensitive projects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101408"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unraveling anthropogenic and climate stressors in the Sundarbans and their ripple effects on livelihoods and ecosystems, and adaptation strategies for a sustainable future – A systematic review","authors":"Suman Dutta ,&nbsp;Sumanta Das ,&nbsp;Subrata Gorain ,&nbsp;Santanu Kundu ,&nbsp;Mahadev Bera ,&nbsp;Malini Roy Choudhury ,&nbsp;Subrata Bag ,&nbsp;Dhananjay Paswan Das","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Sundarbans, the largest continuous mangrove forest on Earth and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is under growing threat from human activity and climate change. Over the last two decades, the region has faced rising sea levels, increasing salinity, biodiversity loss, more frequent cyclones, deforestation, and poorly planned development. These issues are affecting the ecosystem and also making life harder for local communities. Although researchers have studied the area extensively, there is still a lack of a unified analysis that brings together research trends and key knowledge areas. This study aims to fill that gap by offering a systematic review followed by a bibliometric analysis of studies from 2000 to 2024. It explores how human and climate-related pressures interact and affect both the environment and people living in the Sundarbans, while also looking for ways to support long-term sustainability. Here, we followed PRISMA guidelines and used tools like VOSviewer, Bibliometrix (based on R), and content analysis to review peer-reviewed articles (n = 269), screened out from the Web of Science database. Findings indicate a growing body of work, but one that is often fragmented. Common themes included climate change, degradation of ecosystem services, vulnerability to disasters, human migration, and policy approaches. Interestingly, studies that cross disciplines or focus on community-based solutions are still relatively rare, even though they are essential for sustainable outcomes. The study, further, points to the need for stronger, more connected governance, cooperation across borders, and better use of traditional local knowledge to improve adaptability. It also stresses the importance of inclusive, grassroots planning and smart policies that protect biodiversity while also promoting fairness and equity. Overall, this paper offers an improved understanding of the complex environmental and socio-economic challenges in the Sundarbans by bringing together two decades of research. The insights can help guide local conservation efforts, as well as global conversations on climate justice, delta sustainability, and resilience in vulnerable ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101410"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145791210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating public policy effectiveness in reducing wildfires in Brazil","authors":"Weeberb J. Requia,&nbsp;Hosana Gomes da Silva,&nbsp;Danilo Guimarães Dantas","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wildfires in Brazil have intensified over the past two decades, posing escalating threats to biodiversity, public health, and climate stability. In response, the Brazilian government has enacted several public policy interventions aimed at curbing wildfire incidence. This study evaluates the causal impact of two major federal interventions—the PPCerrado Plan (2010) and the Forest Code reform (Law No 12.651/2012)—on national wildfire activity between 2003 and 2017. Using Bayesian structural time-series models, we estimated counterfactual wildfire trends in the absence of policy interventions and compared these to observed records, adjusting for key climatic variables and temporal confounders. Results reveal that both policies produced statistically significant reductions in wildfire activity, particularly during peak fire months such as August. The PPCerrado Plan was associated with an average monthly reduction of 5120 wildfires (−54.2 %) during effective periods, while the Forest Code yielded an average reduction of 28,880 wildfires per month (−73.1 %) across selected months. However, these effects were temporally limited and not consistently sustained across all post-intervention years. Our findings suggest that while policy frameworks can mitigate wildfire risks, their long-term success is contingent on effective implementation, cross-scale coordination, and alignment with local socioeconomic realities. We conclude that integrating legal enforcement with economic incentives, institutional capacity-building, and culturally adaptive fire management is essential to achieving durable reductions in wildfire activity in Brazil.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101413"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145737764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainability challenges and environmental consequences of the Barapukuria coal mine: A comprehensive review","authors":"Mohammad Forrukh Hossain Khan ,&nbsp;Faysal Ahamed Akash ,&nbsp;Shaik Muntasir Shovon ,&nbsp;Istiak Ahmed ,&nbsp;Tania Sultana Sweety","doi":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101400","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101400","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mining is a significant driver of economic development in developing countries, fueling industrialization, employment, and infrastructure growth. Bangladesh, despite its limited geographic size, relies heavily on fossil fuels, with coal as a primary energy source for electricity generation. The Barapukuria Coal Mine, Bangladesh's only operational coal mine, underscores this dependency on coal. However, coal extraction is associated with substantial carbon emissions and environmental degradation. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the environmental impacts of coal mining in Bangladesh, identifying critical research gaps and addressing key dimensions such as water and stream sediment quality, soil and mine tailings management, and temperature fluctuations with cascading ecological effects. The analysis also examines public health implications, socio-economic impacts, land cover and land use changes, and air quality. The review further explores sustainable mitigation and management strategies to address these challenges. Comparative analyses with global case studies and advanced modeling approaches are recommended to enhance predictive understanding of the long-term environmental impacts of coal mining and to inform effective mitigation planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54269,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Development","volume":"58 ","pages":"Article 101400"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2025-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145738323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}