Knowledge of the spatial distribution of agricultural abandonment following the collapse of the Soviet Union is highly uncertain. To help improve this situation, we have developed a new map of arable and abandoned land for 2010 at a 10 arc-second resolution. We have fused together existing land...

This paper highlights the need to limit resource use, especially energy resource use in the global economy. First, the scientific literature on capping resource use in light of three primary issues (sustainable scale, fair distribution, efficient allocation) is reviewed, as ecological economics...

This study addresses how the sustainability crisis may be overcome by using alternatives to the conventional economic growth paradigm. Based on a literature review, the paper identifies and discusses three alternatives, namely negative, zero and positive economic growth. These alternatives are...

Knowledge of the spatial distribution of agricultural abandonment following the collapse of the Soviet Union is highly uncertain. To help improve this situation, we have developed a new map of arable and abandoned land for 2010 at a 10 arc-second resolution. We have fused together existing land...

The knowledge about the real possibilities that current science gives us is basic to support everything that is not negative either for men or for our environment. In this way, it is an advantage to win this battle against hunger with rational use of science advantages. In this paper, we start...

In 2012, then aspiring presidential candidate (and current President of the United States) Donald Trump tweeted that “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” Five years later, President Trump pushes for the...

Natural gas is being considered as a “bridging fuel” that plays a crucial role in implementing the transition to a low-carbon economy and society. This study reviews an aspect of the natural gas industry that has been neglected for far too long, in spite of the growing importance of...

The ‘Europe 2020’ strategy – the document representing the supranational European development policy agenda – introduced two main innovations for the coordination of climate change issues within the EU: quantified target setting and a new governance framework – the “European...

The refugee crisis which began in 2015 showed that Europe and the EU are not prepared for the challenges of the future. Several studies are also coming to the conclusion that climate change will have a huge impact on movements of migration from Africa to Europe. By the year 2050, approximately...

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the influential role of Political Action Committees (PACs) and more specifically the so-called“SuperPACs”inclimatechangedenialwithin the United States. The decision of the US Supreme Court in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission...

The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is considered an early example of bilateral cooperation between the two superpowers in the realm of arms control. Surprisingly, it is rarely mentioned as the key treaty that solved the global environmental crisis of nuclear pollution. This article revisits...

Mindannyian tapasztaljuk, hogy az antropocén korában az emberiség az egész bolygónkra kiterjedő, egyre súlyosbodó ökológiai válságban él. Ezért túlnyomó részt a mainstream üzleti modell tekinthető felelősnek. A mai társadalmi-gazdasági rendszer természeti környezet...

The knowledge about the real possibilities that current science gives us is basic to support everything that is not negative either for men or for our environment. In this way, it is an advantage to win this battle against hunger with rational use of science advantages. In this paper, we start...

A Társadalmi Jövőképesség Kutatóközpont jelen tanulmánykötet a "társadalmi jövőképesség" új fogalmát és tudományterületét mutatja be. Mint ilyennek, nem célja magáról a jövőről előre-tekintéseket, forgatókönyveket közölni. Sokkal inkább egy új perspektíva,...

A hazai természet állapotát befolyásoló tényezők jövőre vonatkozó feltérképezése segíthet abban, hogy hatékonyabban fel tudjunk készülni hatásukra célzott kutatások indításával. A “Környezeti jövőkutatás: Magyarország 2050” című program az MTA Ökológiai...

Urbanization, as such, is not perceived as a threat to the environment and development but it is unplanned urban sprawl that affects the accessibility to amenities and land-use of any region. It is thus imperative to study and bring out the intricacies and implications associated with the...

European authorities have given and increased attention to rural areas. Still in Agenda 2000, the European Commission has included "coherent sustainable rural development policies". Moldova is "condemned" to pay more attention to rural areas, as the majority of the population is located here....

European authorities have given and increased attention to rural areas. Still in Agenda 2000, the European Commission has included "coherent sustainable rural development policies". Moldova is "condemned" to pay more attention to rural areas, as the majority of the population is located here....

Corporate social responsibility is a complex concept, where ecology is one of the key elements. From the point of view of logistics, care for the environment and respect for non-renewable resources is a particularly important issue. The essence of logistics is the movement of people and cargo,...

Urbanization, as such, is not perceived as a threat to the environment and development but it is unplanned urban sprawl that affects the accessibility to amenities and land-use of any region. It is thus imperative to study and bring out the intricacies and implications associated with the...

Corporate social responsibility is a complex concept, where ecology is one of the key elements. From the point of view of logistics, care for the environment and respect for non-renewable resources is a particularly important issue. The essence of logistics is the movement of people and cargo,...

Boldog és elégedett életet élni, miközben a Föld ökológiai korlátain belül maradunk: ez századunk egyik legfőbb kihívása. A spiritualitás életünket anyagi és nem-anyagi értelemben is befolyásolja, így hatást gyakorol a természeti környezettel kapcsolatos viselkedésünkre...

Égi lábnyom: vajon alkotható-e megfoghatatlanabb és tudománytalanabb fogalom ennél? Érdemes-e egy ilyen fogalmat kommunikálnunk tudományos alapon, ahol a mérhetőség, az okok és okozatok feltárása alapvető? A vallás és a gazdaság kapcsolatának elemzése mennyiben tartogathat...

The economy, understood as the process of production, distribution and consumption, is organized in a way that goods, commodities and merchandise appear in our daily lives in front of us without us knowing their origins and the track they took. Using Appadurai’s approach in studying...

Unsustainability as a problem of political economy -- Ecological materialities of the global economy -- Imperial ecologies -- Ecological contestations of the global economy -- Neoliberal ecologies -- Ecological transformations and co-optations

Introduction -- Living from the land, c.1500-1620 -- Governing the woods, c.1500-1700 -- Ambition and experiment, c.1590-1740 -- Paths to sustained growth, c.1650-1760 -- Nature translated, c.1670-1830 -- Theories of circulation, c.1740-1800 -- Political economies of nature, c.1760-1840 --...

Stylization is a method of ornamental plant use usually applied in urban open space and garden design based on aesthetic consideration. Stylization can be seen as a nature-imitating ornamental plant application which evokes the scenery rather than an ecological plant application which assists...