Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target‐based approach for ecological compensation

JS Simmonds, LJ Sonter, JEM Watson… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of habitats or ecosystems arising from development projects (eg, infrastructure,
resource extraction, urban expansion) are frequently addressed through biodiversity …

Managing the middle: A shift in conservation priorities based on the global human modification gradient

CM Kennedy, JR Oakleaf, DM Theobald… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of international initiatives aim to reconcile development with
conservation. Crucial to successful implementation of these initiatives is a comprehensive …

Map** global development potential for renewable energy, fossil fuels, mining and agriculture sectors

JR Oakleaf, CM Kennedy, S Baruch-Mordo, JS Gerber… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Map** suitable land for development is essential to land use planning efforts that aim to
model, anticipate, and manage trade-offs between economic development and the …

Renewable energy and land use in India: a vision to facilitate sustainable development

J Kiesecker, S Baruch-Mordo, M Heiner, D Negandhi… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
India has committed to reduce emissions with a goal to increase renewable energy
production to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Achieving this objective will involve rapidly …

We need both natural and energy solutions to stabilize our climate

BW Griscom, G Lomax, T Kroeger… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In a recently published opinion piece, Baldocchi and Penuelas (2019) caution against
relying on ecosystems as a major climate mitiga‐tion opportunity, counter to our findings …

[BUKU][B] Dilemmas of energy transitions in the global south: balancing urgency and justice

A Kumar, JI Höffken, A Pols - 2021 - library.oapen.org
This book explores how, in the wake of the Anthropocene, the growing call for urgent
decarbonisation and accelerated energy transitions might have unintended consequences …

Land use and Europe's renewable energy transition: identifying low-conflict areas for wind and solar development

JM Kiesecker, JS Evans, JR Oakleaf… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Continued dependence on imported fossil fuels is rapidly becoming unsustainable in the
face of the twin challenges of global climate change and energy security demands in …

From Paris to practice: sustainable implementation of renewable energy goals

S Baruch-Mordo, JM Kiesecker… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The signing of the Paris climate agreement and sustainable development goals
demonstrated an international commitment to halting climate change, increasing energy …

Wonderland of technology? How energy landscapes reveal inequalities and injustices of the German Energiewende

S Bosch, M Schmidt - Energy Research & Social Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of what characterizes energy
landscapes in general and to what extent they are an expression of social inequalities and …

An artificial intelligence dataset for solar energy locations in India

A Ortiz, D Negandhi, SR Mysorekar, SK Nagaraju… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid development of renewable energy sources, particularly solar photovoltaics (PV), is
critical to mitigate climate change. As a result, India has set ambitious goals to install 500 …