Carmenza Robledo

Green Climate Fund / ETH Zurich / EcoExistence

The need to deal with complexity is getting increasingly attention in research for development projects implemented through transboundary research partnerships between organisations from the Global North and the Global South. However, less is known about aspects beyond the systems under study that still affect complexity in the research project. We...

Transdisciplinary research is considered to offer contributions of science to sustainability transformations, partly because transdisciplinary approaches aim to increase the relevance, credibility, and legitimacy of scientific research by ensuring the active participation of non-academic actors in research. However, the possible impact of transdisc...

Inwiefern können die Sozial-, Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften in transdisziplinärer Hinsicht einen Beitrag zum Konnex von Klimawandel, Demokratie und Bildung leisten? Welche Schlüsselqualifikationen benötigen Forschende in der universitären institutionalisierten wissenschaftlichen Bildung, um Prozesse der nachhaltigen Entwicklung zu begleiten und...

Our study aimed at understanding the utilization of research knowledge generated in sustainable development research. Drawing on a sample of 54 recent research projects, we investigated how and by whom the knowledge was used, what changes were achieved, and how non-academic actors were involved. As a conceptual framework we combined a concept of "s...

Understanding the causal factors of livelihood challenges and associated vulnerabilities is essential for developing viable adaptation strategies. However, clarifying which livelihood challenges can be attributed to which causal factors remains a challenge. In this paper, we used a case study in Vanuatu to show how local populations attribute subsi...

The significant resource investment in research on ecosystems for development of the Global South does not necessarily result in high levels of research knowledge utilisation (RKU). Understanding the factors associated with various levels of RKU can inform funding agencies and researchers developing new projects. We applied a combination of a quest...

Co-production needs to become an integral part of the training and funding of researchers to ensure research meets everyone’s needs, argue David Beran and colleagues

This study contributes to the ongoing discussion on how to attribute and evaluate the contribution of transdisciplinary research to sustainable development. As co-created knowledge is a key product of transdisciplinary research, we tested the hypothesis that the extent to which this knowledge is utilized beyond the project consortia, in different a...

Research and policy processes in many fields, such as sustainability and health, are increasingly relying on transdisciplinary cooperation among a multitude of governmental, nongovernmental, and private actors from local to global levels. In the absence of hierarchical chains of command, multistakeholder governance may accommodate conflicting or di...

Abstract Purpose – Although the importance of climate change is generally acknowledged, its impacts are often not taken into account explicitly when planning development projects. This being due to limited resources, among others, this paper aims to propose a simple and low-cost approach to assess the viability of human activities under climate cha...

Data S1. Bioenergy production and sustainable development: limited science base for policy making‐Protocol. Table S1. Characterization. Table S2. Conditions. Table S3. Potential impacts. Table S4. Possible answers to potential impacts.

Data S3. Article selection and data extraction. Table S13. Basic set of articles. Table S14. Appraisal results. Table S15. Set of studies included in the data extraction. Table S16. Data extraction – Characterization. Table S17. Data extraction – Conditions. Table S18. Data extraction – Potential impacts.

Data S2. Additional results. Table S5. Number of studies per category and impact (n = 316). Table S6. Positive, negative and neutral impacts. Table S7. Methodological approaches used. Table S8. Methodological approach per impact considered. Table S9. Number of articles per method. Table S10. Cross‐analysis potential vs. bioenergy resource. T...

Data S4. Regional distribution of each impact considered in the systematic review. Figure S1. Regional distribution of impacts on energy independence. Figure S2. Regional distribution of impacts on land tenure. Figure S3. Regional distribution of impacts on cross‐sectoral coordination. Figure S4. Regional distribution of impacts on labour right...

The possibility of using bioenergy as a climate change mitigation measure has sparked a discussion of whether and how bioenergy production contributes to sustainable development. We undertook a systematic review of the scientific literature to illuminate this relationship and found a limited scientific basis for policy-making. Our results indicate...

Achieving a truly sustainable energy transition requires progress across multiple dimensions beyond climate change mitigation goals. This article reviews and synthesizes results from disparate strands of literature on the coeffects of mitigation to inform climate policy choices at different governance levels. The literature documents many potential...

Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various communities involved in the research and regulation of bioenergy deployment in the context of climate change mitigation: Land-use and energy experts, land-use and integrated...

The agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector is responsible for approximately 25% of anthropogenic GHG emissions mainly from deforestation and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient management. Mitigation from the sector is thus extremely important in meeting emission reduction targets. The sector offers a variety o...

IPCC AR5 Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

This is the IPCC 5th Assessment Report, WGIII, on GHG emissions from Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use, and their mitigation potentials

ITTO Projects is to provide basic knowledge and techniques on the quantification of carbon benefits in forest-related projects. The guide will help forest managers to: • calculate the potential carbon benefits of their projects; • determine which existing climate-change mitigation framework to use; and • understand the specific requirements and cha...

Feeding nine to ten billion people by 2050 and preventing dangerous climate change are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Both challenges must be met whilst reducing the impact of land management on ecosystem services that deliver vital goods and services, and support human health and well-being. Few studies to date have considered the...

In developing countries, forests play an important role in supplying goods and services. These ecosystems are under many stresses due to unsustainable management practices, lack of clarity on tenure and access rights, and persistent pressure for land-use change. Climate change is exacerbating the impact of these stresses on both forest ecosystems a...

The 21st century is beset by the worldwide phenomenon called climate change. Climate change is the rise in global temperatures and other associated climatic changes caused by global warming (ADPC 2009). Climate change entails an increase in climatic variability, extreme events and shocks. Changing global climate and climate variability concern the...

The 21st century is beset by the worldwide phenomenon called climate change. Climate change is the rise in global temperatures and other associated climatic changes caused by global warming (ADPC 2009). Climate change entails an increase in climatic variability, extreme events and shocks. Changing global climate and climate variability concern the...

The 21st century is beset by the worldwide phenomenon called climate change. Climate change is the rise in global temperatures and other associated climatic changes caused by global warming (ADPC 2009). Climate change entails an increase in climatic variability, extreme events and shocks. Changing global climate and climate variability concern the...

The 21st century is beset by the worldwide phenomenon called climate change. Climate change is the rise in global temperatures and other associated climatic changes caused by global warming (ADPC 2009). Climate change entails an increase in climatic variability, extreme events and shocks. Changing global climate and climate variability concern the...

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Climate change scenarios predict impacts in Bolivia that include longer dry seasons and more frequent storms. Can the local population cope with these changes? How resilient are the social systems and local ecosystems? A case study prepared by Intercooperation (IC) for “Vulnerable Communities and Adaptation,” an IC/IISD/IUCN/SEI project on Climate...

The Kyoto Protocol accounting system and its market mechanisms, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI), are built on the key principle that emission and emission reduction units generated by afforestation/reforestation activities under national systems and projects are fully comparable, no matter their origin. Lack of consi...

In response to the high vulnerability of Peru’s Andes region to climate change, the Peruvian Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has initiated a programme on climate change adaptation (PACC – Programa de Adaptación al Cambio Climático) in the regions of Cusco and Apurimac.

The need to mainstream adaptation to climate change into development planning and ongoing sectoral decision-making is increasingly recognised, and several bilateral and multilateral development agencies are starting to take an interest. Over the past years at least six development agencies have screened their project portfolios, generally with two...

A process for reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries has been initiated under the UNFCCC. Efforts to agree on a legally binding instrument to halt deforestation have previously failed in other international fora. The magnitude of the social, economic, technical and political complexities underlying deforestation have led to n...

The need to mainstream climate change adaptation into development assistance is increasingly recognised, yet most bilateral and multilateral development agencies are only just starting to take an interest. Over the past five years a few development agencies have screened their project port-folios, generally with two goals in mind: (i) to ascertain...

Climate change scenarios predict impacts in Bolivia that include longer dry seasons and more frequent storms. Can the local population cope with these changes? How resilient are the social systems and local ecosystems? A case study prepared by Intercooperation (IC) for "Vulnerable Communities and Adaptation," an IC/IISD/IUCN/SEI project on Climate...

Collateral impacts of LULUCF projects, especially those concerning social and environmental aspects, have been recognised as important by the Marrakech Accords. The same applies to the necessity of assessing and, if possible, of quantifying the magnitude of these impacts. This article aims to define, clarify and structure the relevant social, econo...

The projected impacts of climate change are significant, and despite the uncertainties associated with current climate and ecosystem model projections, the associated changes in the provision of forest ecosystem services are expected to be substantial in many parts of the world. These impacts will present significant social and economic challenges...