...Kien Trung Tran; Mai Ngoc Tran Purpose This study investigates whether and to what extent government effectiveness moderates the relationship between urbanization and CO₂ emissions worldwide. Understanding how governance can mitigate urbanization’s environmental impacts is increasingly...

...Jennifer Nabaweesi; Twaha Kigongo Kaawaase; Faisal Buyinza; Muyiwa S. Adaramola; Sheila Namagembe; Isaac Nkote Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of governance on the consumption of modern renewable energy in the East African Community (EAC), controlling for economic growth, trade...

... of the environment; completely change manufacturing processes into energy-efficient, eco-friendly techniques or influence institutions and governance. The article attempts to cover shortcomings in the literature by providing a couple of theoretical frameworks and grounded empirical proofs for the dissemination...

...Gopal Vasudeo Wamane Purpose The paper aims to explore the model of circular economy for promotion of principles of social inclusion, empathetic governance, and economic sustainability environmental resilience by examining the research gap on how to employ Environment, Social and Governance (ESG...

... and governance explain the CKC proposition. The study’s empirical strategy is based on the Westerlund panel cointegration test, augmented mean group (AMG) and vector autoregressive (VAR) panel Granger-causality tests. Findings The results suggest that the CKC hypothesis is incomplete without these mechanisms...

...Suleman Sarwar; Majid Ibrahim Alsaggaf Purpose The main purpose of the study is to examine the impact of governance indicators, to control carbon emission, through the environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior. Previously, researchers have attempted to explore the factors of carbon...

...Daria Gritsenko Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how change is brought about in quality governance of Baltic maritime oil transportation. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative case-study sought to understand the underlying mechanisms of quality governance...

... Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) the HLF landscape partnership (LP) programme is described and related to other area-based approaches including the Wildlife Trust’s Living Landscapes, the Futurescapes programme of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the UK government’s Nature Improvement Areas...

...Ulisses M Azeiteiro; Fátima Alves; Ana Pinto de Moura; Miguel Â. Pardal; Cristina Pita; Ratana Chuenpagdee; Graham J. Pierce Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the fisheries governance system in the European Union (EU) and review fishers’ participation in the decision‐making process...

...Valdir de Jesus Lameira; Jean Harris; Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas; Roberto G. Pereira Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate, for some countries, the nature of relationships among three variables: the character of governance, the potential for sustainable growth and the quality...

...Daniela Salgado Carvalho; Teresa Fidélis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the relevance of citizen complaints as a new source of information for local environmental governance. It represents an initial attempt to construct a fresh approach to the field. Design/methodology...

... and how local governments are responding to it in terms of policy strategies. Design/methodology/approach Through empirical research based on two case studies, the authors discuss the governing of climate change action and analyze the factors that can constrain or undermine these actions based...

... reductions. Theoretically, this study contributes to discussions on the relationship between the quality of policy outputs and various forms of environmental governance. Originality/value Climate change mitigation planning in the USA is in a formative stage. In fact, the authors found that even...

... facing them and ways to sustain them in the future. It also aims to discuss recent developments in conservation, particularly related to governance of protected areas and the emerging recognition of “indigenous and community‐conserved areas” in diverse regions worldwide. Design/methodology/approach...

...‐research exercise was implemented in Ethiopia with a mobile indigenous people of evaluating customary as well as government‐led governance of the environment, with the objective of strengthening the capacity of the Borana‐Oromo to conserve their landscape. Design/methodology/approach This paper...

... groups Forestry Governance Mexico The state of Oaxaca holds a privileged place within the vibrant community conservation movement in Mexico (Figure 1). It has gained particular recognition because it is a leader in declaring indigenous and mestizo certified community reserves (Bray...

... and to sustainability goals in a particular social context. Design/methodology/approach Using an adult education approach and social science methodology, a proposal for a research framework is offered, seeking a better understanding of the role of education in improving sustainable protected area governance. Within...

...Joost Platje; Walter Leal Filho; Agnieszka Sobol Purpose This paper seeks to review multidimensional aspects of local sustainable development policy in the context of governance. It aims to focus on the general conditions in Poland and to base its analysis on empirical research in selected Polish...

... domain, institutional strength, good governance, and institutional equilibrium. The choice of these elements and the analysis of their economic, social and environmental impacts are based on literature study and interpretation and extension of existing analyses which rather focus on either economic...

...Bert Enserink; Joop Koppenjan Purpose – The purpose of this research is to focus on the governance aspects of China's environmental policy making and the conditions for meaningful public participation in sustainable urbanization policy making. China is facing a big urbanization challenge. Rapid...