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- García Ochoa, Rigoberto, et al.
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Energy services' access deprivation in Mexico : A geographic, climatic and social perspective
- 2022
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Ingår i: Energy Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 0301-4215 .- 1873-6777. ; 164
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Energy services (ES) are essential domains to understand energy deprivation in households. However, the literature exploring ES measures that focuses on access vulnerability is small, particularly in connection with socio-economic and geographical conditions. This fact has a profound effect on national and local energy policy and multilateral frameworks, such as the UN SDGs, which traditionally favour electrification as a measure of energy vulnerability over ES access. In this article, we create an overall energy services (ES) access measure and establish its relationship with spatial, economic and social conditions, taking Mexican municipalities as a case study. Using multiple correspondence analysis and other quantitative methods, we determine the access to nine ES domains in four levels (very poor, poor, fair and high) on a nationally representative sample. The study demonstrates the existence of a pattern of inequality in the ES access and a strong link between the overall access level and the levels of urbanisation and economic/food vulnerability of a specific locality. In addition, we outline a new energy policy using these results, which feature social inclusiveness, spatial differentiation, active roles of sub-national governments, and technological stimuli. The study concludes discussing the role of ES access in the context of a future post-SDGs framework.
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- Søgaard Jørgensen, Peter, et al.
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Evolution of the polycrisis : Anthropocene traps that challenge global sustainability
- 2023
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Ingår i: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. - 0962-8436 .- 1471-2970. ; 379:1893
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Anthropocene is characterized by accelerating change and global challenges of increasing complexity. Inspired by what some have called a polycrisis, we explore whether the human trajectory of increasing complexity and influence on the Earth system could become a form of trap for humanity. Based on an adaptation of the evolutionary traps concept to a global human context, we present results from a participatory mapping. We identify 14 traps and categorize them as either global, technology or structural traps. An assessment reveals that 12 traps (86%) could be in an advanced phase of trapping with high risk of hard-to-reverse lock-ins and growing risks of negative impacts on human well-being. Ten traps (71%) currently see growing trends in their indicators. Revealing the systemic nature of the polycrisis, we assess that Anthropocene traps often interact reinforcingly (45% of pairwise interactions), and rarely in a dampening fashion (3%). We end by discussing capacities that will be important for navigating these systemic challenges in pursuit of global sustainability. Doing so, we introduce evolvability as a unifying concept for such research between the sustainability and evolutionary sciences.
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- Søgaard Jørgensen, Peter, et al.
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The lure of novel biological and chemical entities in food-system transformations
- 2022
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Ingår i: One Earth. - : Cell Press. - 2590-3330 .- 2590-3322. ; 5:10, s. 1085-1088
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Synthetic chemicals and biologically engineered materials are major forces in today's food systems, but they are also major drivers of the global environmental changes and health challenges that characterize the Anthropocene. To address these challenges, we will need to increase assessment activity, promote alternative production practices with less reliance on such technologies, and regulate social campaigns and experiments.
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