A waste lexicon to negotiate extended producer responsibility in free trade agreements (2020)

Jorge M. Torrente-Velásquez, Maddalena Ripa, Rosaria Chifari, Sandra Bukkens, Mario Giampietro, A waste lexicon to negotiate extended producer responsibility in free trade agreements, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 156, 2020https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104711 Abstract: Developing economies largely rely on imported consumer goods from the manufacturing industries of industrialized economies through free-trade agreements. After…

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Adaptive planning and adaptive pathways

By Marjolijn Haasnoot The adaptation pathways approach to decision making under deep uncertainty emerged almost 15 years ago. The approach explores alternative sequences of decisions (adaptation pathways) for multiple futures and illuminates the path dependency of alternative strategies. The Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways method provides stepwise guidance to support the…

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Human dimensions of urban water resilience: Perspectives from Cape Town, Kingston upon Hull, Mexico City and Miami (2020)

Alexa Bruce, Casey Brown, Pilar Avello, George Beane, James Bristow, Louise Ellis, Sophie Fisher, Sarah St. George Freeman, Alejandro Jiménez, James Leten, Nathanial Matthews, Oriana Romano, Iñigo Ruiz-Apilanez, Panchali Saikia, Martin Shouler, Paul Simkins, Human dimensions of urban water resilience: Perspectives from Cape Town, Kingston upon Hull, Mexico City and…

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Adaptation to uncertain sea-level rise; how uncertainty in Antarctic mass-loss impacts the coastal adaptation strategy of the Netherlands (2020)

Haasnoot, M., Kwadijk, J., Alphen, J. van, Bars, D.L., Hurk, B. van den, Diermanse, F., Spek, A. van der, Essink, G.O., Delsman, J., Mens, M., 2020. Adaptation to uncertain sea-level rise; how uncertainty in Antarctic mass-loss impacts the coastal adaptation strategy of the Netherlands. Environ. Res. Lett. 15, 034007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab666c…

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Rhodium: Python Library for ManyObjective Robust Decision Making and Exploratory Modeling (2020)

Hadjimichael, Antonia; Gold, David; Hadka, David; Reed, Patrick; Journal of Open Research Software (2020)https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/jors.293/ Abstract:Rhodium is an open source Python library for robust decision making (RDM), many-objective robust decision making (MORDM), and exploratory modeling. These decision-support frameworks enable the identification of robust strategies for the management of complex environmental systems,…

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An integrated framework for anticipating the future and dealing with uncertainty in policymaking (2020)

Cornelis van Dorsser, Poonam Taneja, Warren Walker, Vincent Marchau,An integrated framework for anticipating the future and dealing with uncertainty in policymaking, Futures, 2020https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102594 Abstract: Policymakers need to make policies for an uncertain future, and policy analysts assist policymakers in choosing preferred courses of action. Despite a longstanding recognition that the…

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The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability (2020)

Andrea Saltelli, Lorenzo Benini, Silvio Funtowicz, Mario Giampietro, Matthias Kaiser, Erik Reinert, Jeroen P. van der Sluijs,The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 106, 2020, Pages 87-98,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.01.008 Abstract: How to tackle uncertainties and ensure quality in integrated…

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Exploring a Direct Policy Search Framework for Multiobjective Optimization of a Microgrid Energy Management System (2020)

A Gupta, M Liu, D Gold, P Reed, CL Anderson, Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2020http://hdl.handle.net/10125/64124 Abstract:With an increasing focus on integration of distributed energy resources, it is likely that microgrids will proliferate globally. Microgrid systems will be expected to achieve multiple stakeholder objectives, motivating…

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