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To accelerate SDG localization and sustainable local and regional development, national governments must urgently implement an enabling framework for subnational governments to meet their devolved responsibilities and the demands of the communities.  The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a holistic agenda intend ...

Civic engagement by all stakeholders is essential for the sustainable development of the local socioeconomic environment, increasing political trust, and strengthening democratic values.  The active participation of stakeholders at the local level is critical for its sustainable development, operations and protection.  ...

The world’s climate has already changed measurably in response to accumulating greenhouse gas (GHG). Considerable uncertainties surround both the extent of future climate change and the biophysical impacts of such change. Despite the uncertainties, climate scientists strongly agree that in the absence of measures to si ...

A major barrier to climate change mitigation is the political polarization of climate change beliefs. In a global experiment, the differential impact of eleven climate interventions across the ideological divide were assessed. This paper examines the political polarization of climate change at the level of beliefs and ...

There are sustainable cities, economics, construction, destruction, investing, operation, and, inevitably, consultants – “There is nothing, it seems, that cannot be called ‘sustainable’”.  A correct understanding of the term is important in the processes of policy-making and socioeconomic development as it has become a ...