Transformative changes are needed to support socio-bioeconomies for people and ecosystems in the Amazon

R Garrett, J Ferreira, R Abramovay, J Brandão… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Current social-technical and political conditions threaten the integrity of the Amazon biome.
Overcoming these lock-ins requires structural transformations away from conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Social sustainability in a good bioeconomy paradigm: A systematic review of social life cycle assessment (S-LCA)

I Zarauz, A Sanz-Hernández, JM Rivera-Lirio - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The bioeconomy is prominent in global political agendas and is expected to drive
sustainable development. However, its potential to achieve transformative sustainability …

[HTML][HTML] Green growth for whom, how and why? The REPowerEU Plan and the inconsistencies of European Union energy policy

R Vezzoni - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The REPowerEU plan redefines the European Union (EU) energy transition agenda in
response to the Russia-Ukraine war. Formally, it aims to boost green growth, defend liberal …

The more things change, the more they stay the same: promises of bioeconomy and the economy of promises

D Eversberg, P Koch, R Lehmann, A Saltelli… - Sustainability …, 2023 - Springer
This editorial lays out the core themes of the special feature and provides an overview of the
contributions. It introduces the main argument, namely that the promises of far-reaching …

[HTML][HTML] Separating the two faces of “bioeconomy”: Plantation economy and sociobiodiverse economy in Brazil

OI Ollinaho, M Kröger - Forest Policy and Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This article analyzes the metadiscourse of bioeconomy and the ways in which bioeconomy
is gaining new meanings in Brazil. We argue that the currently unfolding framing of …

The political ecologies of “green” extractivism (s): An introduction

A Dunlap, J Verweijen, C Tornel - Journal of Political …, 2024 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
What is so-called 'green'extractivism and where did it come from? The introduction to this
Special Section examines the origins and implications of the concept, linking it to a long …

Whose growth in whose planetary boundaries? Decolonising planetary justice in the Anthropocene

F Sultana - Geo: Geography and Environment, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This critical analysis examines the geopolitics of planetary environmental injustice and the
imperative for systems change to address the intertwined crises of climate breakdown and …

From hegemony-reinforcing to hegemony-transcending transformations: horizons of possibility and strategies of escape

RTV Hamilton, S Ramcilovic-Suominen - Sustainability Science, 2023 - Springer
In the face of ever escalating global socioecological crises, the necessity of radical systemic
transformations has gained increasing political and academic traction over the last decade …

[HTML][HTML] A regionalized social life cycle assessment of a prospective value chain of second-generation biofuel production

KRG Yupanqui, W Zeug, D Thrän, A Bezama - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The German Bioeconomy focuses on innovation and in particular on the smart mobilization
of resources to produce high-value-added bio-based products, processes and services. In …

Reflections on the popularity of the circular bioeconomy concept: The ontological crisis of sustainability science

M Giampietro - Sustainability Science, 2023 - Springer
I argue that the popularity of the circular bioeconomy concept in policy-making is
symptomatic of a profound crisis in sustainability science, which is generated by the …