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The IPCC has provided the scientific basis and irrefutable evidence of increasing climate change, which has confirmed and reinforced the worst fears that irreparable destruction is proceeding faster and with more consequences than previously projected.  The Club of Rome report, “The Limits to Growth”, warned us about t ...

The subsidiarity principle states that the responsibility should, as far as possible, be assumed by the smallest "responsible" unit, with higher-level units intervening only when the lower units cannot. To take effective legal action to protect communities, it is necessary to determine the extent to which the various l ...

Cities and urban communities represent the most powerful leverage points for the transition to circular economy (CE) models.  However, the complexity of urban territories with the interrelation of several systems and sub-systems makes this challenging. Cities struggle with their transition to a circular economy.  Witho ...

Four interactions – changes in climate affecting water runoff; changes in climate affecting vegetation cover; changes in vegetation cover affecting climate; and changes in vegetation cover affecting water runoff – are deemed of utmost importance for understanding the impact on the Earth system on policy-relevant timefr ...

The EU Nature Restoration Law cost-benefit ratio of 1:12 The EU Council formally adopted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL), a far-reaching law to restore ecosystems across the EU, on 17 June.  Up to 80% of habitat types in the EU are in poor condition, up to 70% of soils in the EU are unhealthy, and the overall environm ...