Scenarios describe plausible and internally consistent views of the future. They can be used
by scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to explore the challenges of global …

Shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs), developed at global scale, comprise narrative
descriptions and quantifications of future world developments that are intended for climate …

Empirical research on land sharing and land sparing has been criticized because
preferences of local stakeholders, socio-economic aspects, a bundle of ecosystem services …

Soils as key component of terrestrial ecosystems are under increasing pressures. As an
advance to current static assessments, we present a dynamic soil functions assessment …

Understanding and modeling the trajectories of change in broad level interactions in food-
energy-water systems is incomplete when it is undertaken by researchers in isolation from …

Food security and environmental sustainability are global challenges that must be
addressed together to be solved. After stressing the importance of solving the challenges of …

Land use and land cover (LULC) scenarios in rural catchment hydrology are crucial to
describe the effects of future water dynamics. However, there is a lack of understanding of …

Achieving equitable development that supports climate mitigation in an uncertain future
remains a daunting task, particularly for post-conflict societies. In this paper, we present …

Peri-urban areas support a broad range of multifunctional demands for public goods. In
northwest Europe, peri-urban areas tend to overlap with intensive agricultural land, resulting …

Climate change affects both water resources and agricultural production. With rising
temperatures and decreasing summer precipitation, it is expected that agricultural …