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The Crucial Role of Climate Adaptation on Food Security

Opinion Editorial: Envisioning COP28 – The Crucial Role of Climate Adaptation on Food Security

Date:18 January 2024
Author:Seun Oladipo
This essay focuses on the impact of climate change on food security and how adaptation measures can be implemented to improve food security.
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Sustainability transitions here and there, but (not) everywhere?

Date:26 September 2023
Author:Christian Lamker, Ethemcan Turhan, Jildou Altenburg, Ruben Bleeker, Esther Bunk, Madison Ketelaars, Bregtje van Uffelen, Valentin Wittig, Ge Zhu

A green energy transition is sustainable. Green products make our lifestyles sustainable. We are frontrunners of sustainability and climate action. But are we? And for what criteria? Do we look at ecological conflicts, uneven power relations, and the...

Bonaire taken by Gabriel Araújo Njaim

Community-Based Tourism on Bonaire - New possible pathways for a more sustainable, resilient and equitable tourism sector

Date:05 June 2023
Author:Gabriel Araújo Njaim, Jody Holland, Rodolfo Bassani, Viola Angesti

Bonaire is the largest landmass of the Caribbean Netherlands islands, with an area of 288 km² and population of 20,104 (2020). Surrounded by waters that house exquisite coral reefs and marine wildlife, the island has established tourism as its economic...

Belitung, Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia https://unsplash.com/photos/BBBDwYtwkyM

Moving Beyond the Checklist: Leveraging Public Participatory GIS for Social Performance of Indonesian Geoparks

Date:16 March 2023
Author:Luthfi Muhamad Iqbal
This essay endeavours to investigate the potential of Public Participatory GIS in facilitating effective social impact management (PPGISIM) for Indonesia Geoparks.
Bermuda and Pitcairn Island

Islandness of Bermuda and Pitcairn Island

Date:28 February 2023
Author:Seun F. Oladipo

One-tenth of the world’s population lives on islands, with their exclusive economic zones occupying one-sixth of the planet’s surface (Baldacchino, 2006). Islands are a type of geographical feature that can appear, change, and even vanish. They are...

Islands and Sustainability (EM)

Summer/Winter School Series: “Islands as Laboratories for Sustainability (ISLAs)”

Date:23 February 2023
Author:Sarita Mahtani-Williams
Last week, University of Groningen’s winter school “Islands as Laboratories: Environmental Management in the Islands” was hosted by the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) in the Canary Islands. This winter school is an initiative of the Sustainable Landscapes research group of the University of Groningen (RUG) and the international Erasmus Mundus Research Master Islands and Sustainability programme.
The Community Mapping Project

An effective community-driven sustainable resource management actions in Simeto Valley, Italy

Date:08 November 2022
Author:Kolade Victor Otokiti

The focus of this essay is to examine effective community-driven sustainable resource management actions in Simeto Valley, Italy, and help the United Nations identify potent place-based community initiatives that may be encouraged in communities with...

Source: Emil Helms © Scanpix

Resistance as Autonomy in Kalaallit Nunaat - the case of rare-earth mining for sustainability

Date:13 October 2022
Author:Sissal Tókadóttir Dahl

During my first year as a bachelor student in a renowned university frequently hosting talks by well known people, I listened to a talk by experts in national autonomy and independence processes. It was during the time when Catalonia was a hot topic, and a...

Island and sustainability

Doing 'regional research' in the Northern Netherlands: reflections from a 'global' student team

Date:15 July 2021
Many island schools are facing shrinking populations, creating a big challenge for the schools to continue providing education and remain an important part of the social infrastructure for island communities.