Kladskรก nature trail in PLA Slavkovskรฝ les In January 2022 we visited three case study sites where we met with representatives of the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (NCA CR) and thus established key cooperation leading to the smooth running of future activities of the One Nature project in the areas (more broadly... Continue Reading →
You may be wondering how the COVID-19 crisis has affected peopleโs pro-environmental motivation and pro-environmental behavior. At the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, some scholars hoped that the crisis might help the society to better grasp the existential threat posed not only by the COVID-19 but by other risks, including the climate change and adopt... Continue Reading →
Naลกe pลรญpadovรก studie, kterรก v rรกmci projektu Just Scapes v souฤasnosti probรญhรก na Slovรกcku a Valaลกsku, se zamฤลuje na prลฏzkum vazeb mezi ochotou lidรญ pลijmout a realizovat transformativnรญ zmฤny v krajinฤ kolem nich a tรญm, jak vnรญmajรญ environmentรกlnรญ spravedlnost...
In collaboration with colleagues in Finland and Australia, we have started putting together an Innovative Session Proposal for the Earth Systems Governance Conference, 2022. We have called the session โThe Garden of Budding (Potentially Great) Ideas, and we are currently seeking expressions of interest from those who want to join to present (online or in... Continue Reading →
In November of last year, The United Kingdom hosted 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The Climate talks brought together over 30ย 000 delegates, among them Climate experts, politicians and activists to discuss actions in order to address climate change. In the fringe of COP26, UKRI and Science Europe convened the Science... Continue Reading →
Would you like to read our highlights of 2021? We have prepared a little newsletter to show you what we have done over the last year. We wish you a wonderful winter holiday, and look forward to seeing you again in 2022. highlights2021_finalDownload
This blog post is based around a research article โAdaptive resilience of and through urban ecosystem services: A trans-disciplinary approach to sustainability in Barcelonaโ (de Luca C., Langemeyer J., Vaลo S., Barรณ F., Andersson E., in press, Ecology and Society, 2021) which emerged from the collaborations during the Biodiversa project โENABLE - Enabling Green and... Continue Reading →
Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (KES) pลedstavujรญ pลรญnosy, kterรฉ pลรญroda poskytuje lidem a spoleฤnosti. Dle nฤkterรฝch klasifikaฤnรญch rรกmcลฏ (napล. โPลรญnosy pลรญrody lidemโ dle Dรญaz a kol. 2018) se jim takรฉ ลรญkรก nemateriรกlnรญ pลรญnosy, kterรฉ ฤasto vznikajรญ spolupลฏsobenรญm ฤlovฤka. Snahy o objektivnรญ mฤลenรญ KES komplikuje znaฤnรก mรญra subjektivity jejich vnรญmรกnรญ a takรฉ jejich nemateriรกlnรญ povaha รบzce provรกzanรก s... Continue Reading →
Project LIFE LOCAL ADAPT aims to integrate climate change adaptation into the work of urban authorities on a local level. Six partners from four countries (figure 1) came together in 2016 to start a five-year project that addressed: Improvement of data and information base on climate change impactsEnhancing the knowledge of municipalities on climate change... Continue Reading →
Ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby lze mapovat odbornรฝmi zpลฏsoby podle objektivnรญch dat, pลรญpadnฤ podle statistickรฝch hodnot z literatury nebo matematickรฝm modelovรกnรญm. Participativnรญ (pลรญp. komunitnรญ) mapovรกnรญ slouลพรญ k zรญskรกnรญ dat o percepci prostorovรฉho vรฝskytu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb v zรกjmovรฉm รบzemรญ. Tito nejsou pochopitelnฤ vฤtลกinou odbornรญci na vลกechny oblasti jako je zemฤdฤlstvรญ nebo vodnรญ hospodรกลstvรญ apod. Nicmรฉnฤ patลรญ mezi ty, kteลรญ spoluurฤujรญ... Continue Reading →
CzechGlobe is one of the organizations that has been participating in the integrated LIFE project "One Nature" for the Natura 2000 system in the Czech Republic since 2019 (LIFE17 IPE / CZ / 000005 LIFE-IP: N2K revisited). The aim of this project is to set up and ensure a more efficient system of care for... Continue Reading →
V rรกmci projektu Coop4Wellbeing usilujeme o vyลกลกรญ provรกzanost vฤdy a aplikovanรฉho vรฝzkumu s ฤeskou rozvojovou spolupracรญ. Naลกรญm hlavnรญm cรญlem je pลevedenรญ vรฝzkumnรฝch poznatkลฏ tรฝkajรญcรญch se vazeb a interakce mezi spoleฤnostรญ a pลรญrodou do praxe โrozvojovkyโ. Proto jsme prvnรญ fรกzi Coop4Wellbeing postavili na kvalitativnรญch rozhovorech s klรญฤovรฝmi aktรฉry ฤeskรฉ rozvojovky. Bฤhem analรฝzy jsme se soustลedili pลedevลกรญm na pลฏvod... Continue Reading →
The Coop4Wellbeeing project aims at strengthening linkages among science, applied research, and Czech development cooperation. Our main goal is to spark the process of knowledge transfer from the collaborative research on social-ecological linkages to the practice. The first phase of the project was based on qualitative interviews with key actors of Czech development cooperation. We... Continue Reading →
POLLEN je globรกlnรญ sรญลฅ pro politickou ekologii (vรฝzkumnou oblast ลeลกรญcรญ, jakรฝm zpลฏsobem se politickรฉ a spoleฤenskรฉ uspoลรกdรกnรญ podepisuje na sprรกvฤ pลรญrodnรญho prostลedรญ a zdrojลฏ). Cรญlem sรญtฤ POLLEN je podporovat spoluprรกci mezi lidmi, kteลรญ se vฤnujรญ otรกzkรกm politickรฉ ekologie, zprostลedkovรกvat vรฝmฤnu zkuลกenostรญ a propagovat vรฝznam politickรฉ ekologie po celรฉm svฤtฤ mezi akademiky i dalลกรญmi skupinami. ฤinnost... Continue Reading →
Projekt Jedna pลรญroda se intenzivnฤ vฤnuje vyuลพitรญ konceptu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb v praxi. Naลกe oddฤlenรญ a partneลi z Centra pro otรกzky ลพivotnรญho prostลedรญ Univerzity Karlovy (COลฝP UK) uspoลรกdali pro odbornรญky z rลฏznรฝch institucรญ v loลskรฉm a letoลกnรญm roce celkem ลกest participativnรญch seminรกลลฏ o ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพbรกch neboli pลรญnosech pลรญrody lidem, kterรฉ se kvลฏli vyhlรกลกenรฝm protiepidemickรฝm opatลenรญm vลกechny... Continue Reading →
Our current case study within the Just Scapes project (see https://sustainablecz.org/2021/05/03/launching-the-just-scapes-project/) in Slovรกcko and Valaลกsko regions focuses on exploring the relationship between peopleโs willingness to accept and implement transformative changes in landscapes around them and their perception of environmental justice of these changes. In particular, we are interested in landscape changes related to climate change adaptation and tree cover in agricultural landscapes (alleys,... Continue Reading →
รstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR โย CzechGlobeย Vรกs srdeฤnฤ zve na sรฉrii panelovรฝch diskuzรญ,ย jejichลพ cรญlem je veลejnosti vysvฤtlit problรฉmyย souvisejรญcรญ sโฏklimatickou zmฤnou a nabรญdnout moลพnรก vรฝchodiska.โฏ Bฤhem tรฉto sรฉrie diskuzรญ zรญskรกteย vฤdeckรฉ informace potลebnรฉ k tomu, abyste porozumฤli reakci naย klimatickou zmฤnu, a to zejmรฉnaย v pลรญpravฤ naย konferenciย COP26, kterรก se bude konat v Glasgow od 1. do 12.ย listopadu.ย Listopadovรกย COP26ย se musรญ zamฤลit... Continue Reading →
In our new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, we report results from an experimental cross-cultural study conducted in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. We found that support for climate adaptation does not undermine peopleโs commitment to climate mitigation and vice versa. In fact, we found that prior focus on climate adaptation increases worry... Continue Reading →
Eskalujรญcรญ klimatickรก zmฤna se vรญce ฤi mรฉnฤ hmatatelnฤ dotรฝkรก vลกech aspektลฏ naลกeho ลพivota a jejรญ dopady mลฏลพeme pociลฅovat bez ohledu na to, kde ลพijeme. To jen v zรกvislosti na mรญstnรญch podmรญnkรกch se liลกรญ charakter a sรญla tฤchto vlivลฏ. Zรกroveล ลพijeme v takzvanรฉm sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉm systรฉmu, ve kterรฉm je ฤlovฤk a pลรญroda kompletnฤ provรกzรกn โ lidskรก ฤinnost mรก pลรญmรฝ... Continue Reading →
Kdyลพ jsem hned po ลกkole mohla nastoupit do รstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AVฤR, cรญtila jsem se poctฤna. Po prvotnรญch mฤsรญcรญch zmatenรญ a nejistoty jsem se postupnฤ rozkoukala a alespoล ฤรกsteฤnฤ, tak jak covid dovolil, zapadla do kolobฤhu ลeลกenรญ vรฝzkumลฏ, rozsรกhlรฝch projektลฏ a deadlinลฏ. Vฤdu vnรญmรกm jako nesmรญrnฤ dลฏleลพitou disciplรญnu, bez nรญลพ bychom toho jako lidstvo... Continue Reading →
The impacts of climate change on urban life require response in terms of adaptation planning. We investigated perceptions of and economic preferences for urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions (NBS) in Prague and found that: (i) increased use of NBS is likely to generate significant economic public value; (ii) people perceive the species diversity of the NBS measures positively; (iii) NBS implemented in...
Learning from others to share innovations and world views is an important pathway to achieving sustainability. The basic premise is that when people know more about sustainability, they will act to achieve sustainability. Such learning can be about what sustainability is, or the impact of their current actions, or innovations or alternative actions that can... Continue Reading →
Produkce a spotลeba potravin vย dneลกnรญ dobฤ propojuje i velmi vzdรกlenรก mรญsta planety โ ลพijeme vย tzv. globรกlnรญm potravinovรฉm systรฉmu. Tento systรฉm vลกak nefunguje bezchybnฤ โ je mimo jinรฉ nรกroฤnรฝ na suroviny, ohroลพenรฝ mรญstnรญmi konflikty i klimatickou krizรญ a ฤasto vรฝraznฤ nespravedlivรฝ vลฏฤi mรญstnรญm zemฤdฤlcลฏm na celรฉ planetฤ i celรฝm stรกtลฏm. V poslednรญch letech se navรญc zaฤรญnรก sniลพovat... Continue Reading →
This blog post summarises the background and core ideas of the recently published article dealing with the inclusive approaches to green space planning and governance in cities as part of my doctoral research. When doing my Masterโs, I got deeply interested in the topic of urban sustainability. It all started with my teacher talking about... Continue Reading →
Many cities around the world have pledged to increase urban tree cover because trees deliver diverse benefits for the climate, the environment and society. Urban trees purify the air, provide refuge for urban biodiversity and protect the passers-by from the sun, for example, which positively impacts urban public spaces. Tree care influences tree health and vitality, which, in turn, determine the level of the benefits provided. However...
When it comes to large carnivores in Europe, what are the main issues described by farmers, foresters and herd keepers, and what are the just measures to give both parties (animals and humans) their needed living space? The return of large carnivores to Europe as a means of rewilding nature is gradually becoming one of the burning issues for a variety of... Continue Reading →
Mezivlรกdnรญ panel pro zmฤnu klimatu (IPCC) vydal 9. srpna svoji ล estou hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvu o fyzikรกlnรญch zรกkladech zmฤny klimatu. Zprรกva hodnotรญ souฤasnรฉ vฤdeckรฉ poznรกnรญ v oblasti procesลฏ a dopadลฏ zmฤny klimatu, projekcรญ budoucรญho oteplovรกnรญ a dopadลฏ na klimatickรฉ systรฉmy. Jednรก se o zprรกvu shrnujรญcรญ, proฤ potลebujeme ohlednฤ klimatickรฉ zmฤny urychlenฤ jednat, tedy proฤ potลebujeme tzv. klimatickou... Continue Reading →
On Monday, the IPCCโs 6th assessment report on the physical science basis of climate change will be released. The report assesses the current scientific knowledge on the processes and impacts of climate change, projected future warming, and impacts on climate systems. It is a report on why we need to act on climate change. It... Continue Reading →
As part of one of the project actions focused on the evaluation of socio-economic benefits of the Natura 2000 network, we are currently preparing case studies that will show the usability of the analysis of ecosystem services and of the values โโof natural capital for individual stakeholder groups...
รฤastnรญci/autoลi: Davina Vaฤkรกลovรก, Jan Danฤk, Ivana ลฝรญลพalovรก, Johana Drlรญkovรก, David Stella Ve dnech 7. โ 10. ฤervna 2021 probฤhla v estonskรฉm Tartu v poลadรญ jiลพ tลetรญ evropskรก konference Partnerstvรญ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (ESP) s nรกzvem โVฤda o ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพbรกch, politika a praxe tvรกลรญ v tvรกล globรกlnรญm zmฤnรกmโ. Cรญlem tohoto setkรกnรญ je diskutovat souฤasnรฉ trendy vรฝzkumu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb a... Continue Reading →
(Photo by Jonathan Greenaway on Unsplash) With summer hitting its peak and most people taking their well-deserved holiday, Iโd like to offer an easy read, with less science content but hopefully still enriching in its own way. As a physical geographer, I admit being surprised when offered a chance to join the Human Dimensions of... Continue Reading →
Cities provide a locus for sustainability. We live on an increasingly urban planet. Roughly three-quarters of Europeโs population lives in cities today, including the Czech republic. Scientists predict that this will be the case for the rest of the world by the second half of this century. People are moving into cities and thus cities... Continue Reading →
When I was doing my PhD, someone at a conference suggested that I check out a book called โTrust in Numbersโ by Theodore M. Porter. I had gone straight from fieldwork to the conference, and was dealing with the reality that the results were not really relevant to what I had proposed talking about when... Continue Reading →
Vฤda o udrลพitelnosti nekonฤรญ publikovรกnรญm odbornรฝch ฤlรกnkลฏ, ale snaลพรญ se o dosaลพenรญ udrลพitelnรฉ kvality ลพivota pro ฤlovฤka i udrลพitelnรฝch podmรญnek pro pลรญrodu. Tฤchto cรญlลฏ vลกak nemลฏลพe dosรกhnout sama โ je kโฏnim zapotลebรญ mรญstnรญch partnerลฏ, organizacรญ i jednotlivcลฏ, kteลรญ se na vรฝzkumu podรญlรญ, spoluvytvรกลejรญ jeho vรฝsledky a pลivรกdฤjรญ je do praxe vโฏrรกmci...
Cities and large urban areas are major drivers of global environmental change that has negative impacts on human well-being. Consequently, urban areas are one of the most vulnerable to these impacts since they centre a large share of the population and economy. At the same time, urban areas are an important player in shaping policy... Continue Reading →
Climate crisis is happening here and nowโฆ and we must act! But do we know the whats, wheres, whens, and hows? We are witnessing an escalating climate crisis worldwide. Urban areas, accommodating a large portion of the worldโs population, experience growing concerns from climate-related impacts in relatively compact space. Increasing risks of heatwaves due to... Continue Reading →
In Autumn 2020, the conservation community was faced with the realization that the world has failed to meet any of the international policy targets set for biodiversity conservation. In 2010, in Nagoya, Japan, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity set 20 goals for protecting biodiversity. Signatory countries (164 of them) committed to adopting and meeting... Continue Reading →
Uvaลพovat o budoucnosti je pro nรกs nejen zajรญmavรฉ, ale i dลฏleลพitรฉ. Mลฏลพe pro nรกs znamenat mnohรฉ: snรญt, pลemรฝลกlet o pลรกnรญch do budoucna, ujasลovat si myลกlenky, nebo pลipravovat plรกny pro rลฏznรฉ pลรญpady a situace. Jako jednotlivci pro โpลรญbฤhyโ, kterรฉ si pลedstavujeme ohlednฤ budoucnosti, vฤtลกinou nepouลพรญvรกme konkrรฉtnรญ vรฝraz. Uvaลพujeme-li vลกak o moลพnรฉ budoucnosti celรฝch spoleฤenstvรญ nebo spoleฤnostรญ,... Continue Reading →
Thinking about the future is not only interesting, but also important. We think about the future not only to imagine and dream, but also to organize our thoughts and wishes, and to plan ahead for different possibilities and options. In our individual lives, we may not use a specific term for the stories we envision... Continue Reading →
How can international development cooperation projects be strengthened through research of social-ecological linkages? And where does participatory research stand in such a relation? These and many other questions will be addressed by the interdisciplinary research project Coop4Wellbeing, which is being carried out by the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe),... Continue Reading →
Jak mลฏลพe vรฝzkum vazeb mezi pลรญrodou a spoleฤnostรญ pลispฤt k posilovรกnรญ projektลฏ zahraniฤnรญ rozvojovรฉ spoluprรกce? A jakou roli v tomto propojenรญ hraje participativnรญ vรฝzkum? Odpovฤdi na tyto (a dalลกรญ) otรกzky bude hledat interdisciplinรกrnรญ vรฝzkumnรฝ projekt podpoลenรฝ Technologickou agenturou ฤR, na kterรฉm se podรญlรญ Oddฤlenรญ spoleฤenskรฉho rozmฤru globรกlnรญ zmฤny รstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR (CzechGlobe), Katedra rozvojovรฝch... Continue Reading →
Food security and biodiversity conservation are two key challenges for many countries around the world. The simultaneous provision of food security and biodiversity conservation requires a governance system that can address intra- and intersectoral complexity. However, the two sectors are often treated as separate goals. In their recent study, Jiren et al. (2021) explore challenges encountered by governance systems to deliver integrated biodiversity and food security governance. To this end, they identified food security and biodiversity governance challenges in a multi-level governance context in southwestern Ethiopia. Specifically, this study focused on identifying institutional interplay problems within and between the two sectors at different governance levels.
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Last week I published an editorial, attached to a special issue in Sustainability Science on the topic of Leverage Points for sustainability transformations (available mainly as open access here). In it, we raise nine questions for working with leverage points and systems change. For those already engaged with systems thinking, and the topic of leverage... Continue Reading →
How to make our response to climate change more just and sustainable? This central question will be addressed by a new project, Just-Scapes, which we contribute to in collaboration with University of East Anglia, Lille Catholic University, ESPOL โ European School of Political and Social Sciences and INRAE โ French National Research Institute for Agriculture,... Continue Reading →
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