• Lifting the fog of oil? Exploring the framing of ambitious local climate politics in an oil city 

  Oseland, Stina Ellevseth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  How can an oil city pursue ambitious local climate politics and policies? Through a critical discussion of the process and debates over the making of an ambitious climate and energy action plan (CAP) in Norway’s oil capital, ...

• Multiscalar Practices of Fossil Fuel Displacement 

  Sareen, Siddharth; Grandin, Jakob Olof; Haarstad, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  As renewable energy sources increasingly outcompete fossil fuels on cost and efficiency, novel questions arise around how, when, and where renewables can displace fossil energy. We need to understand fossil fuel displacement ...

• From bushfires to misfires: Climate-related financial risk after Mcveigh v. Retail Employees Superannuation Trust 

  Colombo, Esmeralda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The year 2020 proved to be a clarion call for global society. There is no longer doubt that increasingly we are experiencing unpredictable events, known as ‘black swans’, ranging from pandemics to financial meltdowns. One ...

• Adolescents’ Perspectives on the Drivers of Obesity Using a Group Model Building Approach: A South African Perspective 

  Hendricks, Gaironeesa; Savona, Natalie; Rodriguez, Anaely Aguiar; Alaba, Olufunke; Booley, Sharmilah; Malczyk, Sonia; Nwosu, Emmanuel; Knai, Cecile; Rutter, Harry; Klepp, Knut Inge; Harbron, Janetta (Journal article, 2022)

  Overweight and obesity increase the risk of a range of poor physiological and psychosocial health outcomes. Previous work with well-defined cohorts has explored the determinants of obesity and employed various methods and ...

• Limits to (de)growth: Theorizing ‘the dialectics of hatchet and seed’ in emergent socio-ecological transformations 

  Cavanagh, Connor Joseph (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

• Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure 

  Cervellini, Marco; Di Musciano, Michele; Zannini, Piero; Fattorini, Simone; Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja; Agrillo, Emiliano; Attorre, Fabio; Angelini, Pierangela; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Casella, Laura; Field, Richard; Fischer, Jan-Christopher; Genovesi, Piero; Hoffmann, Samuel; Irl, Severin D.H.; Nascimbene, Juri; Rocchini, Duccio; Steinbauer, Manuel; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Chiarucci, Alessandro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Habitat richness, that is, the diversity of ecosystem types, is a complex, spatially explicit aspect of biodiversity, which is affected by bioclimatic, geographic, and anthropogenic variables. The distribution of habitat ...

• Co-occurrence frequency in vegetation patches decreases towards the harsh edge along an arid volcanic elevational gradient^a 

  Eibes, Pia M.; Eisenbacher, Judith; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Field, Richard; Jentsch, Anke; Köhler, Tina; Vetaas, Ole R.; Irl, Severin D.H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Positive plant–plant interactions are thought to drive vegetation patterns in harsh environments, such as semi-arid areas. According to the stress-gradient hypothesis (SGH), the role of positive interactions between species ...

• Do sub-groups of butterflies display different elevational distribution patterns in the Eastern Himalaya, India? 

  Dewan, Sailendra; Acharya, Bhoj Kumar; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Ghatani, Sudeep (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Understanding the pattern of biodiversity along environmental gradients helps in identifying diversity hotspot areas that can be prioritized for conservation. While the elevational distribution of several taxa has been ...

• Interannual variability of monsoon onset and withdrawal in Bangladesh 

  Montes, Carlo; Acharya, Nachiketa; Stiller-Reeve, Mathew A.; Kelley, Colin; Hassan, S. M. Quamrul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This research investigates the interannual variability of monsoon onset and withdrawal in Bangladesh, both of which are major climate features shaping multiple societal activities. There is considerable research on the ...

• Populism, Instability, and Rupture in Sustainability Transformations 

  Wanvik, Tarje Iversen; Haarstad, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The recent surge in populist politics in Europe and North America has challenged many of the policies aimed at advancing sustainable shifts. In this article we argue that this surge necessitates a rethinking of transition ...

• Public Reasoning in "Post-Truth" Times: Technoscientific Imaginaries of "Smart" Futures 

  Ballo, Ingrid Foss; Vaage, Nora Sørensen (Chapter, 2021)

  Our current “post-truth” era seems to some extent to be a moment of competing realities, where future imaginations are no longer shared within society. Among the many optimistic narratives and imaginaries of progress, ...

• Accountability and sustainability transitions 

  Sareen, Siddharth; Wolf, Steven A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  What constitutes a sustainability transition? We identify sustainability transitions as premised on shifts in accountability relations – assessments of conformance with institutional controls coupled with application of ...

• Impacts of forest fire on understory species diversity in canary pine ecosystems on the island of La Palma 

  Weiser, Frank; Sauer, Anna; Gettueva, Daria; Field, Richard; Irl, Severin D. H.; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Hoffmann, Samuel; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Otto, Rüdiger; Jentsch, Anke; Provenzale, Antonello; Beierkuhnlein, Carl (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-25)

  Forest fires are drivers of spatial patterns and temporal dynamics of vegetation and biodiversity. On the Canary Islands, large areas of pine forest exist, dominated by the endemic Canary Island pine, Pinus canariensis C. ...

• Identifying the views of adolescents in five european countries on the drivers of obesity using group model building 

  Savona, Natalie; Macauley, Talia; Aguiar Rodriguez, Anaely; Banik, Anna; Boberska, Monika; Brock, Jessica; Brown, Andrew; Hayward, Joshua; Holbæk, Helene; Rito, Ana Isabel; Mendes, Sofia; Vaaheim, Fredrik; Van Houten, Marloes; Veltkamp, Gerlieke; Allender, Steven; Rutter, Harry; Knai, Cécile (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background: To make effective progress towards a global reduction in obesity prevalence, there needs to be a focus on broader structural factors, beyond individual-level drivers of diet and physical activity. This article ...

• Insights into vaccine hesitancy from systems thinking, Rwanda 

  Decouttere, Catherine; Banzimana, Stany; Davidsen, Pål; Van Riet, Carla; Vandermeulen, Corinne; Mason, Elizabeth; Jalali, Mohammad S.; Vandaele, Nico (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objective: To investigate vaccine hesitancy leading to underimmunization and a measles outbreak in Rwanda and to develop a conceptual, community-level model of behavioural factors. Methods: Local immunization systems ...

• Reducing the smoking-related health burden in the USA through diversion to electronic cigarettes: a system dynamics simulation study 

  Selya, Arielle Schmidt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background Electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) have altered tobacco smoking trends, and their impacts are controversial. Given their lower risk relative to combustible tobacco, e-cigarettes have potential for harm ...

• Meeting well-below 2°C target would increase energy sector jobs globally 

  Pai, Sandeep; Emmerling, Johannes; Drouet, Laurent; Zerriffi, Hisham; Jewell, Jessica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  To keep global warming well-below 2°C, fossil fuels need to dramatically decline and be replaced by low-carbon energy sources. While the technologies to replace fossil fuels are widely available, support for their expansion ...

• Failing the formative phase: The global diffusion of nuclear power is limited by national markets 

  Brutschin, Elina; Cherp, Aleh; Jewell, Jessica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Understanding the role of technology characteristics and the context in the diffusion of new energy technologies is important for assessing feasibility of climate mitigation. We examine the historical adoption of nuclear ...

• Evidence of glacier-permafrost interactions associated with hydro-geomorphological processes and landforms at Snøhetta, Dovrefjell, Norway 

  Miesen, Floreana; Dahl, Svein Olaf; Schrott, Lothar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Glacier-permafrost interactions are investigated to understand glacial-hydrological influence along a partly glacierised valley on the NE flank of the Snøhetta massif, Dovrefjell, southern Norway. Of particular interest ...

• Historical precedents and feasibility of rapid coal and gas decline required for the 1.5°C target 

  Vinichenko, Vadim; Cherp, Aleh; Jewell, Jessica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  A major challenge in combatting climate change is stopping the use of fossil fuels such as coal in electricity generation. This is particularly challenging in Asia—the largest global region with rapidly growing electricity ...

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