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Geo is a fully open access international journal publishing original articles from across the spectrum of geography and environment research.

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'Cultural heritage in motion: Adaptive mobile cultures of (semi)nomadic Indigenous people in changing climates' by Nuhu Adeiza Ismail et al.

This paper draws on empirical research carried out in Thailand, Ethiopia and Senegal.

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A graphical abstract for a paper in Geo: Geography and Environment. It shows a wheel graphic with 'Adaptive mobile cultures' in the centre, and different sections around it: Environmental mobilities, Beyond human, Adaptive livelihoods, and Indigenous knowledge. From each of these stems 'adaptive frictions' such as development-induced immobility, epistemic dominance of Western scientific paradigms, and sedentary adaptation approaches. These are explored in the paper.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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'Modelling the effects of urban growth on land surface temperature and carbon emissions through geospatial and machine learning techniques in Gazipur, Bangladesh' by Md. Naimur Rahman et al.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Md. Naimur Rahman, Md. Mushfiqus Saleheen, Md. Rakib Hasan Rony, Biddut Kumar Ghosh, Md. Abdur Rouf Sarkar & Kevin Lo (2026) entitled: 'Modelling the Effects of Urban Growth on Land Surface Temperature and Carbon Emissions Through Geospatial and Machine Learning Techniques in Gazipur, Bangladesh' with an orange banner at the top. The rapid expansion of urban areas and their significant effects on carbon emissions and the urban heat landscape have become major research subjects in Bangladesh. The primary aim of this study was to analyse the changes in land use and land cover (LULC) and land surface temperature (LST) from 2003 to 2023 and project them to 2043 for Gazipur, Bangladesh. Additionally, spatiotemporal variations in carbon emissions during summer and winter and their relationships with the LST were explored. A support vector machine (SVM) was used to evaluate changes in LULC. Furthermore, Cellular Automata-Artificial Neural Network (CA-ANN) models were utilised to investigate the future dynamics of LST and LULC. The findings of the study include urban expansion from 3% in 2003 to 18% in 2023, and its projected value indicates an expansion of 315 km2 in 2043 from 52 km2 in 2003. Therefore, the projected LST results indicate a notable increase of 10°C for the winter season in 2043. The correlation between LST and carbon emissions showed strong R2 values for both summer and winter. Specifically, the R2 values were 0.93 and 0.97 for summer and 0.91 and 0.94 for winter in 2013 and 2019, respectively. This investigation has the potential to offer novel insights into prospective urban development, effective management of thermal environments and strategies for mitigating carbon emissions.
January 16, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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'Adding lines along pixels: Remote sensing, traditional knowledge and human-fire interactions in Ethiopia and India' by Kapil Yadav & Henry Thompson

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Mapping Human-Fire Interactions'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Kapil Yadav & Henry Thompson (2025) entitled: 'Adding Lines Along Pixels: Remote Sensing, Traditional Knowledge and Human–Fire Interactions in Ethiopia and India' with an orange banner at the top. This study critically examines the limitations of satellite remote sensing (SRS) in capturing the complexities of human–fire interactions. It proposes a relational approach grounded in the embodied, place-based knowledge of communities living with fire. Conventional SRS reduces fire to pixels, providing a synoptic yet partial view of fire regimes. Fire governance shaped by these representations often marginalises local practices, knowledge, and priorities. Drawing on relational theory and critical remote sensing scholarship, we introduce ‘adding lines along pixels’, an approach that reworks the use of SRS through a situated, community-centred perspective. Here, lines denote the dynamic relations among fire, people, landscapes, and institutions, which pixel-based methods overlook. Our case studies in Ethiopia and India used satellite data alongside ethnographic and participatory approaches to explore not only where and when fires occur, but also why they emerge and how they are embedded in seasonal rhythms, livelihood practices and local governance. This approach challenges the prevailing narratives that marginalise local fire use and underscores the need to engage with diverse knowledge systems for more inclusive and effective fire management. As fire governance is reshaped by climate change and digital technologies, such critical engagements are essential for co-producing sustainable fire futures.
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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'Entangled frontiers: Uncovering the hydrosocial territories of Shenzhen' by Xiaoxuan Lu

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Xiaoxuan Lu (2025) entitled: 'Entangled frontiers: Uncovering the hydrosocial territories of Shenzhen' with an orange banner at the top.
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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'Shaping interconnected geography in Central and Eastern European academia—Key research challenges for the future' by @utriculator.bsky.social et al.

This paper explores the entanglement of the natural & social sciences in Central & Eastern European geography

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Mariusz Lamentowicz, Grzegorz Micek, Mateusz C. Strzelecki & Tomasz Wites (2025) entitled: 'Shaping Interconnected Geography in Central and Eastern European Academia—Key Research Challenges for the Future' with an orange banner at the top.
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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'Desires for in situ adaptation versus out-migration? The impact of flooding and cyclones on polder communities in the Bangladesh delta' by Emily Stone et al.

This paper draws on in-depth interviews with residents of rural polder communities in Bangladesh.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Emily Stone, Rebecca Holloway, Brendan Moore, Michael Steckler & Robert Stojanov (2025) entitled: 'Desires for In Situ Adaptation Versus Out-Migration? The Impact of Flooding and Cyclones on Polder Communities in the Bangladesh Delta' with an orange banner at the top. In Bangladesh's delta, rural communities have long held lives inseparable from seasonal flooding, adapting their homes and livelihoods to the annual monsoon. However, land subsidence, changing seasons, severe storms, increased salinity, and rising sea levels are threatening local livelihoods. The objective of this paper is to understand rural residents' perceptions of climate impacts and adaptation measures, focusing on their mobility choices. Through 15 qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 22 representatives from two embanked polder localities in southwest Bangladesh, we explored the following questions: (i) How do local residents perceive recent climate and environmental changes? (ii) How are local residents coping with these changes and what external assistance do they require to maintain their livelihoods; and (iii) How do local residents perceive migration or partial migration as a potential adaptation strategy? While these communities report an increased frequency of extreme climate events and severe flooding, our findings also reveal a lack of external assistance for adaptation solutions. Moreover, most families are either unwilling or unable to completely migrate out of affected areas. Therefore, increased support—the provision of fresh drinking water, money to recoup lost income and assistance rebuilding or reinforcing homes—is essential for building adaptive capacity and increasing local resilience in the face of climate shocks.
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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'Repoliticising the coast: A post-foundational commentary on integrative governance and blue infrastructure' by Luca Scheunpflug & Kira Gee

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Luca Scheunpflug & Kira Gee (2025) entitled: 'Repoliticising the Coast: A Post-Foundational Commentary on Integrative Governance and Blue Infrastructure' with an orange banner at the top.
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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'Place-based sustainability transformations for just futures: A systematic review' by Katie Keddie et al.

This paper presents a review of research on sustainability transformations, revealing significant variation in how justice & equity are addressed.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Katie Keddie, Sam Beaver, Elizabeth A. Law, Christopher D. Ives & Rachel S. Friedman (2025) entitled: 'Place-Based Sustainability Transformations for Just Futures: A Systematic Review' with an orange banner at the top. The planet is facing enduring and intersecting challenges from climate change, land degradation, habitat and biodiversity loss, as well as social inequalities. To achieve sustainability in the face of these crises, transformative changes are essential. While the path towards a more sustainable future has the capacity to bring net social benefits, it also holds the potential to exacerbate vulnerabilities. As such, there is growing recognition that social equity and justice must be central to action for sustainability transformations. However, it remains unclear what characterises a ‘just transformation’ and how to achieve it. To develop a baseline understanding of how social justice is integrated into sustainability transformations and to help guide research and practice in this emerging field, we present a systematic literature review of 125 papers that explicitly account for social equity and justice in research on place-based transformations. Results reveal considerable variation and ambiguity in how the concepts of transformation and equity are employed, and highlight a focus on a narrow set of systems, with a large number of papers focusing on energy and urban transformations, located primarily in the Global North. While distributional and procedural dimensions of justice are frequently addressed, contextual and restorative justice remain underexplored. We identify key areas that require future attention in research and practice, including promoting interdisciplinary research that champions global inclusivity as well as a more explicit consideration of contextual justice and place.
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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'The Amazonian common use territory: Pluriverse or insurgent universality?' by @jfraser.bsky.social et al.

This paper analyses Brazil's first Território de Uso Comum, drawing on Karen Ng's interpretation of Fanon's concept of concrete universal humanity.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by James A. Fraser, Mauricio Torres, Luke Parry, Wilde Itaborahy, Victoria Frausin, Natalia Guerrero & Josinaldo Aleixo (2025) entitled: 'The Amazonian Common Use Territory: Pluriverse or Insurgent Universality?' with an orange banner at the top.
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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'Adapting to uncertainty: Knowing shifting sands and blue infrastructure in unpredictable seas' by @dennis228.bsky.social & Jonas Hein

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: Blue Infrastructures: Mapping the visual while unpacking the unseen'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Dennis Schüpf & Jonas Hein (2025) entitled: 'Adapting to Uncertainty: Knowing Shifting Sands and Blue Infrastructure in Unpredictable Seas' with an orange banner at the top.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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'Cultivating scientific authority: A vegetal geography of Chinese rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh' by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Mingcan Rong (2025) entitled: 'Cultivating Scientific Authority: A Vegetal Geography of Chinese Rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh' with an orange banner at the top. This paper presents a vegetal geography of Chinese rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), examining the mechanisms through which RBGE's scientific authority is established in the field of Rhododendron research and conservation. Building on the geographical conceptualisation of relational plant agency, this paper extends it by illustrating that attending to the rhododendron–people–environment relationship sheds light on the ecological–political nature of the Rhododendron species at RBGE, the broader historical contexts that stimulate the accumulation, and the environmental conditions that encourage the maintenance. Drawing on interviews, observation and document analysis, I illustrate the contribution and labour of the underappreciated Chinese collectors in the historical botanical exploration, discuss rhododendron's ‘plantiness’ and examine RBGE's contemporary activities that aim to accumulate and sustain the ex situ rhododendrons both materially and epistemically. I argue that the scientific authority of RBGE has been shaped by the semi-colonial history of China after the First Opium War ending in 1842, the encounters between British botanists and local collectors, as well as RBGE's intentional accumulation and maintenance of rhododendrons and related knowledge, all of which are mediated by rhododendrons' agency and continue to influence today's conservation dynamics.
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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'Epistemic violence in global climate governance: The case of climate finance in Vanuatu' by @johannatunn.bsky.social

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Johanna Tunn (2025) entitled: 'Epistemic Violence in Global Climate Governance: The Case of Climate Finance in Vanuatu' with an orange banner at the top. This paper explores mechanisms of epistemic violence enacted through the climate finance (access) industry in Vanuatu, shedding light on the colonial inflictions of multilateral green funds in global climate governance. While the climate crisis is a reality in Vanuatu, its access to direct climate finance remains constrained, as it is not an accredited entity to any of the major climate funds. This serves as a gateway for a growing climate finance (access) industry that has established itself across the Pacific and in Vanuatu. Using an action-theoretical perspective that centres acts of doing epistemic violence, this paper identifies four mechanisms of epistemic violence enacted through Vanuatu's climate finance (access) industry: distortion via the mistranslation of realities; imposition via rendering people and regions investable; devaluation via rendering people incapable and exploitation through the extraction of knowledges and exhaustion of resources. Rather than improving access and equity for frontline communities, this paper elaborates that epistemic violence remains the modus operandi of Vanuatu's climate finance (access) industry—and is thus complicit in the perpetration of physical violence in the form of losses and damages, ecocide and epistemicide. Dismantling this system would at least require the islanding of climate finance, emphasising local agency and self-determination over externally imposed, extractive models.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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'"Operation Hurricane": Narrating climate change as imperial mess' by Charlotte Weatherill

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Charlotte Kate Weatherill (2025) entitled: '‘Operation Hurricane’: Narrating Climate Change as Imperial Mess' with an orange banner at the top.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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'Electronic waste and environmental sustainability in Ghana: Aligning national policies with the sustainable development goals' by Richard Kwame Adom & Mulala Danny Simatele

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Richard Kwame Adom & Mulala Danny Simatele (2025) entitled: 'Electronic waste and environmental sustainability in Ghana: Aligning national policies with the sustainable development goals' with an orange banner at the top.
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' by @naimakf.bsky.social et al.

This paper uses the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries to explore hydrogen as a potential enabler of net-zero
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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Naima Kraushaar-Friesen, Gavin Bridge & Magdalena Kuchler (2025) entitled: 'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' with an orange banner at the top.
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana

This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Farhana Sultana (2025) entitled: 'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' with an orange banner at the top. Climate change intensifies existing inequities, disproportionately impacting marginalised populations, particularly in the Global South and Indigenous communities. This is maintained through inequitable global climate governance, policies and solutions. The paper argues that climate coloniality, the complex entanglements of colonial legacies with contemporary climate and ecological changes, operates through systemic knowledge-based marginalisation or epistemic injustice, serving as a key mechanism in the uneven production and distribution of climate harms. Beyond the more commonly discussed material dimensions of loss and damage, epistemic injustices arise from silencing critical voices and devaluing knowledge systems. The paper extends the scope of loss and damage debates by drawing attention to epistemic losses: the erasure of worldviews, ontologies and practices that are vital for just and sustainable climate futures. It critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in (re)producing epistemic injustices, while simultaneously revealing counter-narratives of refusal, resurgence and relationality. By engaging Indigenous and Global South scholarship, the paper underscores the need to decolonise knowledge systems that reproduce dominant climate narratives and heed the epistemological alternatives offered by land- and kinship-based knowledge systems. Advancing climate justice depends on confronting epistemic injustice as both a form of loss and a condition of possibility: centring Global South and Indigenous perspectives is essential for cultivating pluriversal, decolonial and just climate frameworks and futures.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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'Safewashing in the conspicuous commodification of the hazardous aesthetic' by Geoff Main & Janet Speake

This paper introduces the concept of 'safewashing' as a lens through which to investigate urban property development in unsafe, hazard-prone locations.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Geoff Main & Janet Speake (2025) entitled: 'Safewashing in the conspicuous commodification of the hazardous aesthetic' with an orange banner at the top. In this paper, we introduce the concept of safewashing within the context of the hazardous aesthetic and the attractive view as a new lens through which to research issues relating to widespread, continuing urban property development in unsafe, hazard-prone locations. Recognising that many aesthetically attractive views can be simultaneously hazardous, we suggest that in the process of property development and marketing, unsafe locations may be masked through ‘washing out’ (i.e. overlooking or covering up) actual and/or potential risk in favour of driving urban growth, capital investment and profit. Underpinned by the concept of aesthetic common sense, we explore the commodification of the aesthetically appealing view and the safewashing of the reality of hazard and potential disaster. Questions are raised about how the practice of safewashing within the context of increasing human impacts and the financial costs of disasters may be challenged and addressed.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk (2025) entitled 'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' with an orange banner at the top. This article analyses the impact of the war in Ukraine on air quality and heating practices in Polish cities. In this case, it does not focus on the direct impact of military activities, but on various social and political decisions, as well as changes in social behaviour undertaken under the influence of the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The authors defend the thesis that it is worth analysing air quality and heating practices in local communities not only in the context of local and national policies but also by referring to global and transnational factors. Based on focus group interviews with the residents of Wrocław, they prove that global events may have an impact on local air quality and apartment heating methods and be a catalyst for processes in various spheres of local and national public life: legal–political, economic, environmental–spatial, health and socio-practical. The article proposes a glocalisation perspective as an approach that can integrate local social and environmental conditions with global ecological challenges, while also highlighting the impact of global factors—economic, political, energy-related and military—on local trends, behaviours and policies in the context of environmental protection.
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' by @calebscoville.bsky.social et al.

This paper compares how participation is conceived in static vs dynamic ocean management.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo by Caleb Scoville, Razvan Amironesei, Lily Xu, Melissa Chapman, Nicholas R. Record & Carl Boettiger entitled: 'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' with an orange banner at the top.
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' by Andrea Presotto et al.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Andrea Presotto, Stuart E. Hamilton, Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo, Ricardo R. Santos & Roberta Salmi (2025) entitled: 'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' with an orange banner at the top.
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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'Urban oases and spatial injustices: Community gardens in the Cape Flats through a Lefebvrian lens' by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira

This paper explores how gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa, transform neglected land as and everyday act of urban spatial justice.

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This is a graphical abstract for this paper published in Geo: Geography and Environment. It is a diagram of 'Henri Lefebvre's Theory of the Social Production of Space' with three boxes beneath the title labelled 'Perceived Space: Spatial agency vs. structural constraints'; 'Conceived Space: Symbolic reclamation vs. institutional erasure'; 'Lived Space: Relational space-making'. These all point towards the topic of the paper which is 'Urban community gardens in the Cape Flats'.
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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'Everything about climate change is disproportionate: Principles for spatial justice in urban climate action' by J.E. Goncalves, N. Narendra & @trivikrama.bsky.social

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by J. E. Goncalves, N. Narendra & T. Verma (2025) entitled 'Everything about climate change is disproportionate: Principles for spatial justice in urban climate action' with an orange banner at the top. As climate change makes the future of urban living appear increasingly daunting, many people and communities are already experiencing climate impacts. This paper highlights the disproportionate nature of climate change, from unequal historical responsibilities to unequal climate impacts that fall on the most vulnerable and unequal prospects that hinder people and countries from adapting to a changing climate now and in the future. Through an arts-based literature review, the paper demonstrates that climate change's effects and responses often reinforce existing inequalities, systematically pushing people, communities and entire countries into further vulnerability. Acknowledging that spatial processes play a critical role in creating, shaping and perpetuating inequalities and oppression, we advocate for spatial justice in climate action and offer eight principles to support spatial scholars and practitioners in adopting a critical perspective on climate change in urban contexts.
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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'Assessing the carbon sequestration potential of church forest and their implication for climate change mitigation in Jabitehinan District, Ethiopia' by Addisu Bitew Birhanie et al.

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A graphical abstract for an article published in Geo about the contribution of church forests in Ethiopia to climate change mitigation. The graphic outlines a carbon stock assessment of church forests in three agroecological zones: semi-arid, sub-humid, and temperate highland. It highlights that a stratified systematic sampling approach was used in the paper, 60 sample plots were used with quadrants, and DBH (diameter at breast height) was measured at 1.3m.
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' by Paul Hong et al.

This study examines stakeholder perspectives on Murray-Darling Basin policies in Australia from 2009-2021.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Paul Hong, Yongping Wei, Frederick Bouckaert, Kim Johnston & Brian Head (2025) entitled: 'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' with an orange banner at the top. Effective river basin governance requires integrating diverse stakeholder knowledge and opinions to achieve sustainable environmental, economic and cultural outcomes. However, a measurable method for integrating these perspectives remains undeveloped. This study aims to assess the knowledge and opinions of spatially diverse stakeholders regarding the policy initiatives in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) from 2009 to 2021, focusing on the catchments with the misalignment between basin conditions and policy across environmental, economic and cultural dimensions. The analysis identifies significant misalignments in the Lower Murray, Barwon–Darling–Lower Darling, Gwydir and Murrumbidgee catchments, where economic priorities dominate basin conditions while environmental concerns are emphasised in policy development. Environmental advocacy and academic groups are the main drivers of reform, while agricultural stakeholders, Catchment Management Authorities and Indigenous groups present obstacles to progress. These groups require more focused engagement to facilitate governance shifts. The findings underscore the need for targeted consultation to better align policy and basin conditions.
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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'Decoding Brazil's bean belt: Spatiotemporal patterns, production systems and the pulse of bean production (2011-2022)' by Clever Lucas Aguilar et al.

This paper maps the key bean production areas in Brazil in the context of changing climates & food security.

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Four maps of Brazil highlighting harvest areas and the major bean-producing belts in the country.
September 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM