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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Frank Baffour-Ata, Sylvia Cecilia Mensah, Roland Pupielu Kuutiero, Godfred Nyame, Mercy Kwakyewa Amegashie, Joshua Sakyi, Clara Abena Obenewah Asare, Lord Adjei Essandoh, Pertia Amba Abban, Shirley Obeng Fosu & James Acheamfour Antwi Oti (2026) entitled: 'Agricultural Practices Used by Smallholder Farmers to Mitigate Greenhouse Gases and Enhance Carbon Sequestration in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana' with an orange banner at the top. This study examined the farming practices employed by smallholder farmers in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana, to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Analysis of climate data from 1993 to 2023 revealed a significant increase in temperature (p < 0.05), while rainfall patterns remained largely unchanged (p > 0.05). Most farmers reported observing altered weather patterns, linking these changes to human activities and recognising significant adverse effects on their farming methods. Key impacts included water shortages, reduced agricultural output, unstable income, disrupted growing seasons, and increased pest and disease pressures. To address these issues, farmers have adopted various strategies, with crop diversification, mulching, organic farming, proper fertiliser use and crop rotation being the most common. The adoption of these methods is significantly influenced by socio-economic factors, including gender, marital status and land tenure systems. The study emphasises the urgent need to promote climate-resilient farming practices, improve awareness and education, foster socio-economic inclusivity and strengthen supportive policy frameworks. These measures are crucial to help smallholder farmers in the Bosomtwe District better combat climate change and improve agricultural sustainability.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Frank Baffour-Ata, Sylvia Cecilia Mensah, Roland Pupielu Kuutiero, Godfred Nyame, Mercy Kwakyewa Amegashie, Joshua Sakyi, Clara Abena Obenewah Asare, Lord Adjei Essandoh, Pertia Amba Abban, Shirley Obeng Fosu & James Acheamfour Antwi Oti (2026) entitled: 'Agricultural Practices Used by Smallholder Farmers to Mitigate Greenhouse Gases and Enhance Carbon Sequestration in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana' with an orange banner at the top. This study examined the farming practices employed by smallholder farmers in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana, to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. Analysis of climate data from 1993 to 2023 revealed a significant increase in temperature (p < 0.05), while rainfall patterns remained largely unchanged (p > 0.05). Most farmers reported observing altered weather patterns, linking these changes to human activities and recognising significant adverse effects on their farming methods. Key impacts included water shortages, reduced agricultural output, unstable income, disrupted growing seasons, and increased pest and disease pressures. To address these issues, farmers have adopted various strategies, with crop diversification, mulching, organic farming, proper fertiliser use and crop rotation being the most common. The adoption of these methods is significantly influenced by socio-economic factors, including gender, marital status and land tenure systems. The study emphasises the urgent need to promote climate-resilient farming practices, improve awareness and education, foster socio-economic inclusivity and strengthen supportive policy frameworks. These measures are crucial to help smallholder farmers in the Bosomtwe District better combat climate change and improve agricultural sustainability.

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'Agricultural practices used by smallholder farmers to mitigate greenhouse gases and enhance carbon sequestration in the Bosomtwe District, Ghana' by Frank Baffour-Ata et al.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Eduardo Salazar Moreira (2026) entitled: '‘…the Hardest Working People on This Planet…’: Conservation Practitioners' Narratives of Heroism and Indigenous Erasure in the Manu National Park, Perú' with an orange banner at the top. The influence of exclusionary narratives on conservation practice is often concealed by a veneer of scientific objectivity and apoliticism. Nonetheless, conservation practitioners often rely on such narratives to carry out their work, often reproducing wilderness discourses and contributing to their long-term embeddedness in conservation practice. Understanding the narratives that shape conservation practitioners' work, therefore, can facilitate an understanding of the role these actors have in maintaining or challenging exclusionary conservation approaches. In this article, I critically analyse conservation practitioners' personal narratives to understand if and how their work is still shaped by exclusionary wilderness discourses. Based on the case of the Manu National Park, regarded as the crown gem of Peruvian conservation, and from my experience having worked for conservation organisations in this protected area, I examine archival material and online interviews with conservation practitioners. My analysis shows that conservation practitioners' narratives often emphasise their own heroism and the supposed progress generated by conservation interventions, while erasing Indigenous people or framing them as an environmental threat. Occasional exceptions to these self-serving narratives bring some hope for change but still fail to question conservation at a fundamental level. This illustrates the need for conservation practitioners to engage in processes of reflexivity where they deliberately seek to de-centre themselves from their own narratives and acknowledge the valuable role that Indigenous communities continue to have.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Eduardo Salazar Moreira (2026) entitled: '‘…the Hardest Working People on This Planet…’: Conservation Practitioners' Narratives of Heroism and Indigenous Erasure in the Manu National Park, Perú' with an orange banner at the top. The influence of exclusionary narratives on conservation practice is often concealed by a veneer of scientific objectivity and apoliticism. Nonetheless, conservation practitioners often rely on such narratives to carry out their work, often reproducing wilderness discourses and contributing to their long-term embeddedness in conservation practice. Understanding the narratives that shape conservation practitioners' work, therefore, can facilitate an understanding of the role these actors have in maintaining or challenging exclusionary conservation approaches. In this article, I critically analyse conservation practitioners' personal narratives to understand if and how their work is still shaped by exclusionary wilderness discourses. Based on the case of the Manu National Park, regarded as the crown gem of Peruvian conservation, and from my experience having worked for conservation organisations in this protected area, I examine archival material and online interviews with conservation practitioners. My analysis shows that conservation practitioners' narratives often emphasise their own heroism and the supposed progress generated by conservation interventions, while erasing Indigenous people or framing them as an environmental threat. Occasional exceptions to these self-serving narratives bring some hope for change but still fail to question conservation at a fundamental level. This illustrates the need for conservation practitioners to engage in processes of reflexivity where they deliberately seek to de-centre themselves from their own narratives and acknowledge the valuable role that Indigenous communities continue to have.

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'"...the hardest working people on this planet...": Conservation practitioners' narratives of heroism and Indigenous erasure in the Manu National Park, Perú' by Eduardo Salazar Moreira

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Alexander A. Dunlap (2026) entitled: 'Love the State, but Hate (Neo)Colonialism? Discussing Sacrifice Zones and (Green) Colonialism in Political Ecology' with an orange banner at the top. Green colonialism and sacrifice areas are now popular academic topics. Demonstrating affinity between ideas of sacrifice zones, extractivism and green colonialism, this article argues that the state remains foundational to (neo)colonialism, orchestrating extractivism and sacrifice areas—‘green’ or otherwise. Rooting the idea of sacrifice areas with the American Indian Movement (AIM) leader, Russell Means, this idea to ‘love the state but hate colonialism’ within the academy not only ignores the political and material structures of the state but also divorces itself from wider autonomous and anarchist struggles. Reviewing definitions of extractivism, green colonialism, climate coloniality and territorialisation, this article identifies reoccurring features and omissions across similar terminologies. This article also highlights the shortcoming of implicitly embracing statism within political ecology and geography. Statism, the article contends, is not only the root of colonialism(s) but also connects politically, materially and ideologically to extractivism and its sacrifice zones. Advocating engagement with ecological anarchists and autonomous Indigenous theories to confront statism, the article recognises at least four political consequences by academics emphasising the ‘colonial’ over the ‘state’.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Alexander A. Dunlap (2026) entitled: 'Love the State, but Hate (Neo)Colonialism? Discussing Sacrifice Zones and (Green) Colonialism in Political Ecology' with an orange banner at the top. Green colonialism and sacrifice areas are now popular academic topics. Demonstrating affinity between ideas of sacrifice zones, extractivism and green colonialism, this article argues that the state remains foundational to (neo)colonialism, orchestrating extractivism and sacrifice areas—‘green’ or otherwise. Rooting the idea of sacrifice areas with the American Indian Movement (AIM) leader, Russell Means, this idea to ‘love the state but hate colonialism’ within the academy not only ignores the political and material structures of the state but also divorces itself from wider autonomous and anarchist struggles. Reviewing definitions of extractivism, green colonialism, climate coloniality and territorialisation, this article identifies reoccurring features and omissions across similar terminologies. This article also highlights the shortcoming of implicitly embracing statism within political ecology and geography. Statism, the article contends, is not only the root of colonialism(s) but also connects politically, materially and ideologically to extractivism and its sacrifice zones. Advocating engagement with ecological anarchists and autonomous Indigenous theories to confront statism, the article recognises at least four political consequences by academics emphasising the ‘colonial’ over the ‘state’.

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'Love the state, but hate (neo)colonialism? Discussing sacrifice zones and (green) colonialism in political ecology' by @drxdunlap.bsky.social

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...between sacrifice areas, extractivism, (green) colonialism & the central role of the state.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ricardo Almendra & Mariia Melnikova (2026) entitled: 'Eastern Migrants' Winter Indoor Thermal Discomfort in Portugal: A Comparative Study Between the Portuguese Population and Migrants From Eastern Europe and Russia Living in Portugal' with an orange banner at the top. This study aims to analyse the factors associated with the inability to keep home adequately warm during winter between migrants from eastern Europe and Russia living in Portugal and to compare these factors with the Portuguese population. It combines primary data collected through an online questionnaire to migrants living in Portugal (n = 781) and secondary data from the survey on Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) microdata; both datasets were collected in 2024. Single and multiple logistic regression models were applied. The results show the multifaceted nature of energy poverty and thermal discomfort in Portugal, specifically among Eastern European and Russian migrants living in Portugal. Individual, social and behavioural factors are significant factors associated with the inability to keep the house warm during winter. Migrant respondents report significantly higher levels of indoor thermal discomfort despite accessing housing with similar characteristics. Addressing these challenges requires comprehensive strategies focusing on improving housing conditions, providing targeted economic support and designing policies able to address the needs of vulnerable communities.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ricardo Almendra & Mariia Melnikova (2026) entitled: 'Eastern Migrants' Winter Indoor Thermal Discomfort in Portugal: A Comparative Study Between the Portuguese Population and Migrants From Eastern Europe and Russia Living in Portugal' with an orange banner at the top. This study aims to analyse the factors associated with the inability to keep home adequately warm during winter between migrants from eastern Europe and Russia living in Portugal and to compare these factors with the Portuguese population. It combines primary data collected through an online questionnaire to migrants living in Portugal (n = 781) and secondary data from the survey on Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) microdata; both datasets were collected in 2024. Single and multiple logistic regression models were applied. The results show the multifaceted nature of energy poverty and thermal discomfort in Portugal, specifically among Eastern European and Russian migrants living in Portugal. Individual, social and behavioural factors are significant factors associated with the inability to keep the house warm during winter. Migrant respondents report significantly higher levels of indoor thermal discomfort despite accessing housing with similar characteristics. Addressing these challenges requires comprehensive strategies focusing on improving housing conditions, providing targeted economic support and designing policies able to address the needs of vulnerable communities.

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'Eastern migrants' winter indoor thermal discomfort in Portugal: A comparative study between the Portuguese population and migrants from Eastern Europe and Russia living Portugal' by Ricardo Almendra & Mariia Melnikova

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Paul Schweizer, Bibiana Pereira da Silva, Boris Michel & Cristina Thorstenberg Ribas (2026) entitled: 'Hydrocartography in Times of Menacing Waters: Xokleng Mapping and the Politics of Floods in Southern Brazil' with an orange banner at the top. Maps have long been used to deal with menacing waters, to make them comprehensible and governable. Cartography and governing water are both deeply entangled in modernist rationalities and modes of control. This paper takes as its starting point the floods that have affected southern Brazil in recent years and the scientific and journalistic maps that have emerged around them. Following hydrofeminist and political ecology debates, it argues for a hydrocartographic approach in relation to the examination of social water relations that affect both the way we understand cartography and the mapping of waters. It aims to rethink relationships with the more-than-human water bodies we inhabit, precisely in the light of the threats they pose. The paper draws on years of collaborative research with the indigenous communities in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and their relations to water. While colonial water politics continue to threaten the Ibirama-Laklãnõ indigenous land, the affected Xokleng communities have endorsed a movement for territorial reappropriation that also connects to ancestral relationships to the territory's waters. Building on our mapping experience with this movement, we propose hydrocartography as a dual shift: watering cartography and mapping bodies of water.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Paul Schweizer, Bibiana Pereira da Silva, Boris Michel & Cristina Thorstenberg Ribas (2026) entitled: 'Hydrocartography in Times of Menacing Waters: Xokleng Mapping and the Politics of Floods in Southern Brazil' with an orange banner at the top. Maps have long been used to deal with menacing waters, to make them comprehensible and governable. Cartography and governing water are both deeply entangled in modernist rationalities and modes of control. This paper takes as its starting point the floods that have affected southern Brazil in recent years and the scientific and journalistic maps that have emerged around them. Following hydrofeminist and political ecology debates, it argues for a hydrocartographic approach in relation to the examination of social water relations that affect both the way we understand cartography and the mapping of waters. It aims to rethink relationships with the more-than-human water bodies we inhabit, precisely in the light of the threats they pose. The paper draws on years of collaborative research with the indigenous communities in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul and their relations to water. While colonial water politics continue to threaten the Ibirama-Laklãnõ indigenous land, the affected Xokleng communities have endorsed a movement for territorial reappropriation that also connects to ancestral relationships to the territory's waters. Building on our mapping experience with this movement, we propose hydrocartography as a dual shift: watering cartography and mapping bodies of water.

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'Hydrocartography in times of menacing waters: Xokleng mapping and the politics of floods in Southern Brazil' by Paul Schweizer et al.

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Mapping Climate Change Perceptions'.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Robin Tutunaru, Julia Uhde, Frederic Wrage, Bodo Schneider, Stefan Schweiger & Uwe Holzhammer (2026) entitled: 'Observing Regional Energy Transition Preferences—An Interactive Energy Transition Tool for Scenario Mapping Applied to the Case of Ingolstadt Region, Germany' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Robin Tutunaru, Julia Uhde, Frederic Wrage, Bodo Schneider, Stefan Schweiger & Uwe Holzhammer (2026) entitled: 'Observing Regional Energy Transition Preferences—An Interactive Energy Transition Tool for Scenario Mapping Applied to the Case of Ingolstadt Region, Germany' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Observing regional energy transition preferences—An interactive energy transition tool for scenario mapping applied to the case of Ingolstadt region, Germany' by Robin Tutunaru et al.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Carlo Ceglia (2026) entitled: 'From ‘Small Island Developing State’ to ‘Big Ocean State’: The Blue Economy and the Improvised (Re)Scaling of an Ocean Country' with an orange banner at the top. This paper tracks the recent performative (re)scaling that state officials in the Republic of Seychelles, an archipelagic state in the Western Indian Ocean, have been articulating with the early adoption of a novel ocean-focused development paradigm—namely, the Blue Economy. In doing so, it articulates the diverse practices these actors have mobilised to enact environmental governance so that Seychelles could turn from being a ‘small island state’ to a ‘big ocean state’—practices that offer a glimpse into the geopolitical improvisations of environmental state making at the margins. Based on 12-month fieldwork in the country, the paper empirically maps how Seychellois state officials have repurposed some of the definitional features that debt restructuring-based Blue Economy projects now exhibit globally—exemplified by moving from Marine Protected Areas to a Marine Spatial Plan, the definition of a 30% protection target in deep waters, or the scripting of their own oceanic vocabulary—to shift the narrative from being a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) towards a Big Ocean State (BOS[S]). Ultimately, the improvised (ocean) state emerging from this account serves to historically situate the comings-together of an expanding debt-fuelled Blue Economy, while articulating novel geopolitical terrains where power asymmetries are jostled, subjectivities and spaces are performatively brought into being, and environmental state-making is tentatively (re)produced.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Carlo Ceglia (2026) entitled: 'From ‘Small Island Developing State’ to ‘Big Ocean State’: The Blue Economy and the Improvised (Re)Scaling of an Ocean Country' with an orange banner at the top. This paper tracks the recent performative (re)scaling that state officials in the Republic of Seychelles, an archipelagic state in the Western Indian Ocean, have been articulating with the early adoption of a novel ocean-focused development paradigm—namely, the Blue Economy. In doing so, it articulates the diverse practices these actors have mobilised to enact environmental governance so that Seychelles could turn from being a ‘small island state’ to a ‘big ocean state’—practices that offer a glimpse into the geopolitical improvisations of environmental state making at the margins. Based on 12-month fieldwork in the country, the paper empirically maps how Seychellois state officials have repurposed some of the definitional features that debt restructuring-based Blue Economy projects now exhibit globally—exemplified by moving from Marine Protected Areas to a Marine Spatial Plan, the definition of a 30% protection target in deep waters, or the scripting of their own oceanic vocabulary—to shift the narrative from being a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) towards a Big Ocean State (BOS[S]). Ultimately, the improvised (ocean) state emerging from this account serves to historically situate the comings-together of an expanding debt-fuelled Blue Economy, while articulating novel geopolitical terrains where power asymmetries are jostled, subjectivities and spaces are performatively brought into being, and environmental state-making is tentatively (re)produced.

A photograph of a sandy beach and the sea in the Seychelles, with clouds above and two people in the sea in the distance.

A photograph of a sandy beach and the sea in the Seychelles, with clouds above and two people in the sea in the distance.

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'From "small island developing state" to "big ocean state": The Blue Economy and the improvised (re)scaling of an ocean country' by Carlo Ceglia

This paper examines the articulation of the 'Blue Economy' development paradigm by state actors in the Seychelles.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Pratik Mishra & Laurie Parsons (2026) entitled: 'Rest in a Warming Workplace: Resituating the Science and Policy of Non-Work Under Climate Change' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Pratik Mishra & Laurie Parsons (2026) entitled: 'Rest in a Warming Workplace: Resituating the Science and Policy of Non-Work Under Climate Change' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Rest in a warming workplace: Resituating the science and policy of non-work under climate change' by Pratik Mishra & @laurieparsons.bsky.social

This paper presents a critical review of rest under heat stress and rest as mitigation strategy.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Clara Craviotti (2026) entitled: 'Beyond animal-based diets? Alternative food networks and vegetarianism in the city of Buenos Aires' with an orange banner at the top. This article aims to advance on a little-known topic, the relationship between participation in alternative food supply networks (AFN) and the vegetarian condition of consumers in the city of Buenos Aires. To this end, we conducted an exploratory study analysing the features and practices of the clients who join these networks through qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques (20 semi-structured interviews and a survey of 196 cases). Qualitative analysis highlighted the importance of certain moments of rupture in consumers' biographies, such as the transition to veganism or the reduction of meat consumption. The quantitative phase indicated that vegans and vegetarians represent an important group of customers in alternative food networks. Compared to other consumers, they show a greater interest in the systemic aspects of the food system. Likewise, the incidence of their refusal to buy food in supermarkets, their frequent purchase of agroecological and organic food and a high proportion of expenditure in them points to their greater degree of politicisation. These findings allow us to reflect on the implications of the convergence of AFN and plant-based diets for the sustainability of the food system.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Clara Craviotti (2026) entitled: 'Beyond animal-based diets? Alternative food networks and vegetarianism in the city of Buenos Aires' with an orange banner at the top. This article aims to advance on a little-known topic, the relationship between participation in alternative food supply networks (AFN) and the vegetarian condition of consumers in the city of Buenos Aires. To this end, we conducted an exploratory study analysing the features and practices of the clients who join these networks through qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques (20 semi-structured interviews and a survey of 196 cases). Qualitative analysis highlighted the importance of certain moments of rupture in consumers' biographies, such as the transition to veganism or the reduction of meat consumption. The quantitative phase indicated that vegans and vegetarians represent an important group of customers in alternative food networks. Compared to other consumers, they show a greater interest in the systemic aspects of the food system. Likewise, the incidence of their refusal to buy food in supermarkets, their frequent purchase of agroecological and organic food and a high proportion of expenditure in them points to their greater degree of politicisation. These findings allow us to reflect on the implications of the convergence of AFN and plant-based diets for the sustainability of the food system.

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'Beyond animal-based diets? Alternative food networks and vegetarianism in the city of Buenos Aires' by Clara Craviotti

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Transformative pathways to sustainable, equitable, and health-conscious food systems'.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Yuan Feng, Yu Jia & Ying Miao (2026) entitled: 'A Systematic Review of Agent-Based Modelling of Residential Low-Carbon Energy Technology Uptake and Its Integration of Place-Based Approach' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Yuan Feng, Yu Jia & Ying Miao (2026) entitled: 'A Systematic Review of Agent-Based Modelling of Residential Low-Carbon Energy Technology Uptake and Its Integration of Place-Based Approach' with an orange banner at the top.

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'A systematic review of agent-based modelling of residential low-carbon energy technology uptake and its integration of place-based approach' by Yuan Feng et al.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Christoph Neger, Cody Evers, Kapil Yadav & Octavio Romero Cuapio (2026) entitled: 'Mapping Fire Management: A Spatial Social Network Approach' with an orange banner at the top. Maps are an essential tool to inform fire governance and management. For instance, they can highlight which areas are most vulnerable to adverse fire impacts or be used to plan interventions for risk reduction and prevention. In recent years, several studies have mapped the fire management activities and the networks between the multitude of involved actors. They build upon previous advances to combine quantitative and qualitative social network analysis with geographical analysis and cartography, aiming to highlight areas of opportunity to enhance fire governance. This paper continues this line of research, examining cooperation in fire management within the south-eastern part of the state of Chiapas. This area is the main fire risk area in Southern Mexico, characterised by the involvement of many different fire management actors. The paper proposes two advances to better visualise the networks between these actors—integration with modularity clustering and a thematic map integrating different spatial scales—and discusses the implications of these fire network maps for governance. The paper's main results are, first, the confirmation of the considerable influence of spatial distance and aspects of human and physical geography on network formation. Second, it shows the capacity of mapping to inform regional fire management arrangements.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Christoph Neger, Cody Evers, Kapil Yadav & Octavio Romero Cuapio (2026) entitled: 'Mapping Fire Management: A Spatial Social Network Approach' with an orange banner at the top. Maps are an essential tool to inform fire governance and management. For instance, they can highlight which areas are most vulnerable to adverse fire impacts or be used to plan interventions for risk reduction and prevention. In recent years, several studies have mapped the fire management activities and the networks between the multitude of involved actors. They build upon previous advances to combine quantitative and qualitative social network analysis with geographical analysis and cartography, aiming to highlight areas of opportunity to enhance fire governance. This paper continues this line of research, examining cooperation in fire management within the south-eastern part of the state of Chiapas. This area is the main fire risk area in Southern Mexico, characterised by the involvement of many different fire management actors. The paper proposes two advances to better visualise the networks between these actors—integration with modularity clustering and a thematic map integrating different spatial scales—and discusses the implications of these fire network maps for governance. The paper's main results are, first, the confirmation of the considerable influence of spatial distance and aspects of human and physical geography on network formation. Second, it shows the capacity of mapping to inform regional fire management arrangements.

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'Mapping fire management: A spatial social network approach' by Christoph Neger et al.

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Mapping human-fire interactions'.

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Screenshot of a paper absract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Grace May, Meg Parsons & Karen Fisher (2026) entitled: 'Navigating Climate Governance: Intersectional Youth Visions of Just Urban Adaptation' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper absract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Grace May, Meg Parsons & Karen Fisher (2026) entitled: 'Navigating Climate Governance: Intersectional Youth Visions of Just Urban Adaptation' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Navigating climate governance: Intersectional youth visions of just urban adaptation' by Grace May et al.

This paper explores how young women & gender-diverse youth experience barriers in urban climate adaptation in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Md. Jahidul Hoque, Md. Sazzad Hossain, Saida Islam Sejuti & Murad Ahmed Farukh (2026) entitled: 'Transforming the Floodplain: Agricultural Encroachment and Landscape Change in the Northwestern Ganges-Padma Basin' with an orange banner at the top. The Ganges-Padma floodplain of Bangladesh is a highly productive agricultural region critical to national food security and rural livelihoods. Over the past three decades, this fertile landscape has experienced significant land use and land cover (LULC) changes, particularly the expansion of agricultural land. This study analyses the spatial and temporal dynamics of such changes across six floodplain districts, namely Kushtia, Pabna, Rajbari, Chapai Nawabganj, Natore and Rajshahi from 1990 to 2023. Using Landsat imagery and a Random Forest classifier in Google Earth Engine, LULC maps were generated for five time points, achieving overall accuracies of 93%–99% and Cohen's kappa of 0.91–0.99. Findings reveal a net agricultural land gain of 771.70 km2, primarily at the expense of water bodies (−634.23 km2) and vegetation cover (−224.71 km2). Change detection and transition-flow analyses show that wetlands and vegetated areas were the main sources of new cropland, driven by population growth, rising food demand and supportive agricultural policies. Built-up areas also expanded, though to a lesser extent. While agricultural growth supports food production, it has contributed to wetland degradation, biodiversity loss and heightened climate vulnerability. These trends underscore the urgent need for integrated land management strategies that balance agricultural expansion with ecological sustainability. The study offers critical insights for policymakers and planners aiming to promote sustainable land use in deltaic and floodplain regions.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Md. Jahidul Hoque, Md. Sazzad Hossain, Saida Islam Sejuti & Murad Ahmed Farukh (2026) entitled: 'Transforming the Floodplain: Agricultural Encroachment and Landscape Change in the Northwestern Ganges-Padma Basin' with an orange banner at the top. The Ganges-Padma floodplain of Bangladesh is a highly productive agricultural region critical to national food security and rural livelihoods. Over the past three decades, this fertile landscape has experienced significant land use and land cover (LULC) changes, particularly the expansion of agricultural land. This study analyses the spatial and temporal dynamics of such changes across six floodplain districts, namely Kushtia, Pabna, Rajbari, Chapai Nawabganj, Natore and Rajshahi from 1990 to 2023. Using Landsat imagery and a Random Forest classifier in Google Earth Engine, LULC maps were generated for five time points, achieving overall accuracies of 93%–99% and Cohen's kappa of 0.91–0.99. Findings reveal a net agricultural land gain of 771.70 km2, primarily at the expense of water bodies (−634.23 km2) and vegetation cover (−224.71 km2). Change detection and transition-flow analyses show that wetlands and vegetated areas were the main sources of new cropland, driven by population growth, rising food demand and supportive agricultural policies. Built-up areas also expanded, though to a lesser extent. While agricultural growth supports food production, it has contributed to wetland degradation, biodiversity loss and heightened climate vulnerability. These trends underscore the urgent need for integrated land management strategies that balance agricultural expansion with ecological sustainability. The study offers critical insights for policymakers and planners aiming to promote sustainable land use in deltaic and floodplain regions.

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'Transforming the floodplain: Agricultural encroachment and landscape change in the Northwestern Ganges-Padma Basin' by Md. Jahidul Hoque et al.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo by Frank Baffour-Ata, Lawrence Guodaar, Winifred Ayinpogbilla Atiah, Patrick Davies, Peter Kwasi Forson & Ruth Akorli (2026) entitled: 'Perceptions of Climate Change, Meteorological Trends and Implications for Smallholder Cashew Farming in Ghana: Evidence From the Jaman North District' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo by Frank Baffour-Ata, Lawrence Guodaar, Winifred Ayinpogbilla Atiah, Patrick Davies, Peter Kwasi Forson & Ruth Akorli (2026) entitled: 'Perceptions of Climate Change, Meteorological Trends and Implications for Smallholder Cashew Farming in Ghana: Evidence From the Jaman North District' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Perceptions of climate change, meteorological trends and implications for smallholder cashew farming in Ghana: Evidence from the Jaman North District' by Frank Baffour-Ata et al.

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Using Participatory Mapping to Strengthen Indigenous Resilience for Wildfire Risk: Lessons From Capoto/Jarina, Brazil This study explores how participatory mapping can support wildfire resilience strategies in Indigenous communities of the Brazilian Amazon. Drawing on participatory mapping exercises in three village...

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'Using participatory mapping to strengthen indigenous resilience for wildfire risk: Lessons from Capoto/Jarina, Brazil' by Michel Valette et al.

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Mapping human-fire interactions'

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Transdisciplinary Art and Climate Science Collaborations: Framework Conditions Creating Epistemic Injustices This article examines how framework conditions of transdisciplinary art-science collaborations influence collaborative dynamics of knowledge integration and contribute to epistemic injustice. Epistem...

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by A. R. Croker, R. Stafford & Y. Kountouris (2026) entitled: 'Belief Network Assessment of Fire Management in East African Savannas Under Socioeconomic and Climate Change' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by A. R. Croker, R. Stafford & Y. Kountouris (2026) entitled: 'Belief Network Assessment of Fire Management in East African Savannas Under Socioeconomic and Climate Change' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Belief network assessment of fire management in East African savannas under socioeconomic and climate change' by A. R. Croker et al.

This paper evaluates 7 fire management approaches in Kenya's Tsavo Conservation Area.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ami Crowther, Tom Hambley, Stefano Magariello & Kate Baker (2026) entitled: 'Engaging With Multi-Level Climate Governance: A Place-Based Exploration of Public Perceptions of a Local Climate Change Strategy' with an orange banner at the top. The achievement of the UK government's national climate targets is dependent on sub-national activity. The distribution of responsibility across governance actors at multiple scales has resulted in the development of different climate change strategies. Increasingly, these strategies draw upon a place-based approach, as this supports the development of strategies that better capture local contexts. Yet, when developing place-based strategies, there is the need for early, meaningful and ongoing engagement with a diverse and extensive range of publics to fully capture local contexts. Drawing upon insights obtained through workshops conducted with local publics in Cambridge, UK, this paper unpacks tensions between publics and governance actors in relation to Cambridge City Council's 2021–2026 Climate Change Strategy. Utilising a relational place-based framing, the paper discusses: (1) the misalignment between the strategy and the priorities of publics; (2) the perceived disjuncture in how the strategy is being implemented; and (3) approaches for addressing the tensions identified. The paper closes with empirically informed recommendations for developing local climate strategies, which are of relevance for any context whereby (local) strategies are being developed and implemented.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ami Crowther, Tom Hambley, Stefano Magariello & Kate Baker (2026) entitled: 'Engaging With Multi-Level Climate Governance: A Place-Based Exploration of Public Perceptions of a Local Climate Change Strategy' with an orange banner at the top. The achievement of the UK government's national climate targets is dependent on sub-national activity. The distribution of responsibility across governance actors at multiple scales has resulted in the development of different climate change strategies. Increasingly, these strategies draw upon a place-based approach, as this supports the development of strategies that better capture local contexts. Yet, when developing place-based strategies, there is the need for early, meaningful and ongoing engagement with a diverse and extensive range of publics to fully capture local contexts. Drawing upon insights obtained through workshops conducted with local publics in Cambridge, UK, this paper unpacks tensions between publics and governance actors in relation to Cambridge City Council's 2021–2026 Climate Change Strategy. Utilising a relational place-based framing, the paper discusses: (1) the misalignment between the strategy and the priorities of publics; (2) the perceived disjuncture in how the strategy is being implemented; and (3) approaches for addressing the tensions identified. The paper closes with empirically informed recommendations for developing local climate strategies, which are of relevance for any context whereby (local) strategies are being developed and implemented.

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'Engaging with multi-level climate governance: A place-based exploration of public perceptions of a local climate change strategy' by Ami Crowther et al.

This paper draws on workshops in Cambridge to explore perceptions of the council's Climate Change Strategy

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Bjørk Tørnqvist & Bregje van Veelen (2026) entitled: 'Mental Oil Spills: Visualising Petroleumscapes to Uncover Petro-Hegemony in Stavanger, Norway' with an orange banner at the top. With the urgent need to address climate change, it is critical to confront fossil fuel dependency, particularly in the Global North. This requires confronting the spatio-cultural dimensions of fossil fuels, including how they have become embedded in those locations most closely tied to the fossil fuel industry. This article integrates insights from energy geographies with Hein's concept of petroleumscape to unpack how oil is embedded in Stavanger, Norway's oil capital. This article argues that attention must be paid to local petroleumscapes in order to better unpack how fossil fuel dependency becomes spatially embedded in locally differentiated ways, while simultaneously reinforcing a global petroleumscape. Through qualitative participatory mapping, the article visualises perceived spatialities of petroleum by Stavanger's citizens. Empirically, the article finds that although petroleum is seen as at once hyper-visible and obscured, the city is characterised by a petro-omnipresence. Furthermore, the article finds that petroleum produces a particular social space through the funding of public goods, while also producing social inequalities that are experienced spatially through unequal housing patterns and leisure activities. These insights contribute to uncovering the obscured, yet all-encompassing influences of petroleum on social–ecological spaces in a highly oil-dependent and oil-producing region.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Bjørk Tørnqvist & Bregje van Veelen (2026) entitled: 'Mental Oil Spills: Visualising Petroleumscapes to Uncover Petro-Hegemony in Stavanger, Norway' with an orange banner at the top. With the urgent need to address climate change, it is critical to confront fossil fuel dependency, particularly in the Global North. This requires confronting the spatio-cultural dimensions of fossil fuels, including how they have become embedded in those locations most closely tied to the fossil fuel industry. This article integrates insights from energy geographies with Hein's concept of petroleumscape to unpack how oil is embedded in Stavanger, Norway's oil capital. This article argues that attention must be paid to local petroleumscapes in order to better unpack how fossil fuel dependency becomes spatially embedded in locally differentiated ways, while simultaneously reinforcing a global petroleumscape. Through qualitative participatory mapping, the article visualises perceived spatialities of petroleum by Stavanger's citizens. Empirically, the article finds that although petroleum is seen as at once hyper-visible and obscured, the city is characterised by a petro-omnipresence. Furthermore, the article finds that petroleum produces a particular social space through the funding of public goods, while also producing social inequalities that are experienced spatially through unequal housing patterns and leisure activities. These insights contribute to uncovering the obscured, yet all-encompassing influences of petroleum on social–ecological spaces in a highly oil-dependent and oil-producing region.

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'Mental oil spills: Visualising petroleumscapes to uncover petro-hegemony in Stavanger, Norway' by Bjørk Tørnqvist & @bvanveelen.bsky.social

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Mapping Climate Change Perceptions'.

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Climate change responses in the Pacific: just transformation or transforming justice? By Ilan Kelman, University College London and Simon Hollis, Swedish Defence University Climate change is affecting Pacific Islanders who are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond throug…

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ilan Kelman & Simon Hollis (2026) entitled: 'Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice?' with an orange banner at the top. Pacific Islanders are being affected by climate change and are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond through justice and transformation. This paper aims to step back from such rhetoric in order to examine its implications. Through considering four types of ‘fatigue’, it asks whether or not transformation and justice approaches for climate change responses account for on-the-ground circumstances of Pacific Islands and Islanders. Possible consequences of the language of transformation and justice are then explored. Critique can lead to responses which suggest how identified difficulties could be overcome through the Pacific approach of talanoa. Conclusions indicate how talanoa can assist in avoiding external impositions without bypassing what non-Pacific approaches offer the Pacific—and especially vice versa.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ilan Kelman & Simon Hollis (2026) entitled: 'Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice?' with an orange banner at the top. Pacific Islanders are being affected by climate change and are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond through justice and transformation. This paper aims to step back from such rhetoric in order to examine its implications. Through considering four types of ‘fatigue’, it asks whether or not transformation and justice approaches for climate change responses account for on-the-ground circumstances of Pacific Islands and Islanders. Possible consequences of the language of transformation and justice are then explored. Critique can lead to responses which suggest how identified difficulties could be overcome through the Pacific approach of talanoa. Conclusions indicate how talanoa can assist in avoiding external impositions without bypassing what non-Pacific approaches offer the Pacific—and especially vice versa.

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'Climate change responses in the Pacific: Just transformation or transforming justice?' by @ilankelman.bsky.social & Simon Hollis

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political ecologies of islands: Environmental and climate (in)justices'.

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Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice? Through considering four types of ‘fatigue’, this article asks whether or not transformation and justice approaches for climate change account for on-the-ground circumstances of Pacific Islands and I...

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by E. Cotterill, I. Jon & H. Pitt (2026) entitled: 'Copenhagen not Copacabana? Practices and Perspectives for Fieldwork Without Flying' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by E. Cotterill, I. Jon & H. Pitt (2026) entitled: 'Copenhagen not Copacabana? Practices and Perspectives for Fieldwork Without Flying' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Copenhagen not Copacabana? Practices and perspectives for fieldwork without flying' by E. Cotterill, @ihnji.bsky.social & @routesandroots.bsky.social

This paper addresses the challenges of designing fieldtrips around long-distance train travel.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Annika Kühn, Teresa Erbach, Hilke Marit Berger & Haratua Zosran (2026) entitled: 'Playful Mapping for Climate Adaptation: Two Case Studies From Jakarta's Coast' with an orange banner at the top. While playful methods are increasingly used in participatory mapping processes, their strategic value, particularly in relation to climate adaptation, remains underexamined. This paper explores the potential and limitations of playful mapping approaches in climate adaptation, focusing on two qualitative case studies in Jakarta's flood-prone Kampung Akuarium: memory mapping with children and speculative gameplay with residents and government officials. Both approaches are examined in terms of their methodological strengths and weaknesses as well as their impact and scalability. The findings show that playful and participatory mapping tools open spaces for storytelling, imagination and collective reflection. They make visible immaterial cultural heritage and emotional aspects often excluded from technocratic planning, allowing participants to articulate the cultural dimensions of urban transformation. Yet, these insights often remain symbolic without pathways for institutional uptake. The paper argues that the context-specific potentials and the downsides of playful methods need to be evaluated carefully. Where their contribution to adaptation processes outweighs their resource-intensiveness, they should be treated not only as experiential formats but as strategic instruments embedded in long-term, co-creative research infrastructures.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Annika Kühn, Teresa Erbach, Hilke Marit Berger & Haratua Zosran (2026) entitled: 'Playful Mapping for Climate Adaptation: Two Case Studies From Jakarta's Coast' with an orange banner at the top. While playful methods are increasingly used in participatory mapping processes, their strategic value, particularly in relation to climate adaptation, remains underexamined. This paper explores the potential and limitations of playful mapping approaches in climate adaptation, focusing on two qualitative case studies in Jakarta's flood-prone Kampung Akuarium: memory mapping with children and speculative gameplay with residents and government officials. Both approaches are examined in terms of their methodological strengths and weaknesses as well as their impact and scalability. The findings show that playful and participatory mapping tools open spaces for storytelling, imagination and collective reflection. They make visible immaterial cultural heritage and emotional aspects often excluded from technocratic planning, allowing participants to articulate the cultural dimensions of urban transformation. Yet, these insights often remain symbolic without pathways for institutional uptake. The paper argues that the context-specific potentials and the downsides of playful methods need to be evaluated carefully. Where their contribution to adaptation processes outweighs their resource-intensiveness, they should be treated not only as experiential formats but as strategic instruments embedded in long-term, co-creative research infrastructures.

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'Playful mapping for climate adaptation: Two case studies from Jakarta's coast' by Annika Kühn et al.

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Mapping Climate Change Perceptions'.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Khiddir Iddris, Andreas Buerkert, Ellen Hoffmann, Katharina Hemmler & Martin Oteng-Ababio (2026) entitled: 'Navigating the Path to Sustainable Rurbanity: The Assemblage of Livelihood Pursuits in E-Waste Hubs of Urban Accra' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Khiddir Iddris, Andreas Buerkert, Ellen Hoffmann, Katharina Hemmler & Martin Oteng-Ababio (2026) entitled: 'Navigating the Path to Sustainable Rurbanity: The Assemblage of Livelihood Pursuits in E-Waste Hubs of Urban Accra' with an orange banner at the top.

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'Navigating the path to sustainable rurbanity: The assemblage of livelihood pursuits in e-waste hubs of urban Accra' by Khiddir Iddris et al.

This paper uses assemblage theory to analyse the governance of e-waste recycling in Accra, Ghana.

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Where do you start the story of climate change? By Charlotte Weatherill, University of Manchester Where you start any story matters. Especially when describing how a problem came to be, your starting point establishes what has caused it, and the…

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This blog lays out the argument for why climate baselines should not be taken from the industrial revolution, and why the science needs to get past its fixation on attribution.

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A graphical abstract for a paper in Geo: Geography and Environment. It shows a wheel graphic with 'Adaptive mobile cultures' in the centre, and different sections around it: Environmental mobilities, Beyond human, Adaptive livelihoods, and Indigenous knowledge. From each of these stems 'adaptive frictions' such as development-induced immobility, epistemic dominance of Western scientific paradigms, and sedentary adaptation approaches. These are explored in the paper.

A graphical abstract for a paper in Geo: Geography and Environment. It shows a wheel graphic with 'Adaptive mobile cultures' in the centre, and different sections around it: Environmental mobilities, Beyond human, Adaptive livelihoods, and Indigenous knowledge. From each of these stems 'adaptive frictions' such as development-induced immobility, epistemic dominance of Western scientific paradigms, and sedentary adaptation approaches. These are explored in the paper.

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'Cultural heritage in motion: Adaptive mobile cultures of (semi)nomadic Indigenous people in changing climates' by Nuhu Adeiza Ismail et al.

This paper draws on empirical research carried out in Thailand, Ethiopia and Senegal.

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