ABSTRACT Climate emergency compels higher education institutions to reduce their emissions footprint, prompting geographic educators to reconsider carbon‐intensive field course education. Retaining international experiences far from home might remain possible via overland rail. To test long‐distance train travel with students we piloted a field study visit from the UK to Copenhagen. Responding to calls for critical reflection on how to collectively advance geographic fieldwork education by reconnecting values and practice, we provide insights to the practicality, ethics and accessibility of low‐carbon travel for educational activity, and offer experience‐based recommendations for how staff and students can make any substantial overland journey more comfortable. We contribute to literature on fieldwork pedagogy by focusing on journey more than destination, from staff and student perspectives. Findings centre on three themes: students' assessment of the costs and benefits of international trains as an alternative to flying; staff and student experiences of overland rail mobilities; and the ethical dynamics of reducing university aeromobility. These indicate multiple disadvantages of lengthy overland travel, not least impacts on workload, staff and student wellbeing, plus potential disadvantaging of less internationally mobile students. It is not clear that these are outweighed by the advantages of switching to lower‐carbon travel modes, particularly from students' perspective. Designing inclusive fieldwork goes beyond shaping accessible learning opportunities, to consider the justice of inequitable distribution of opportunities for overseas experiences. We conclude that staff and students should explore together how to navigate competing demands on field course design as part of learning to be globally responsible geographers at a time of climate emergency.

ABSTRACT Fire regimes across East Africa's savanna conservation landscapes increasingly reflect interconnected ecological and biocultural breakdown, reinforcing systemic vulnerabilities. Yet colonially inherited fire suppression and exclusionary tenure arrangements continue to overlook the ecological value of pyrodiversity and the stewardship roles of Indigenous and local actors. This study presents a novel probabilistic systems model for evaluating seven predictive, exploratory, and normative fire management approaches across best‐, intermediate‐, and worst‐case socioeconomic–climate futures. The SAV Belief Network (SAV BN) advances BN modelling by explicitly incorporating system complexity and future uncertainty through systemic feedbacks, bidirectional interactions, and high node complexity, supporting rigorous scenario analysis in data‐limited contexts. Grounded in empirical data from the Tsavo Conservation Area, the model reflects relational epistemologies that emphasise human–nature interdependencies and place‐based knowledge. No approach proved capable of simultaneously achieving wildfire mitigation, ecological integrity, and livelihood resilience. Most reduced wildfire risk and, under best‐case trajectories, improved livelihoods; however, even highly normative approaches only slowed, rather than halted or reversed, ecological degradation. Fire suppression and carbon‐oriented strategies focused on above‐ground biomass accounting intensified ecological decline, particularly under inequitable futures, while locally conceptualised bottom‐up strategies failed to confront entrenched colonial legacies and reproduced exclusionary power structures and degradation narratives. These findings highlight the need to reimagine fire regimes as products of multi‐scalar, path‐dependent dynamics shaped by institutional erosion, political–economic preferences, and contested land claims. Addressing this complexity requires moving beyond ‘integrated’ or ‘community‐based’ framings towards historical institutional and environmental justice approaches that centre representation and equity.

ABSTRACT 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 km 2 , primarily at the expense of water bodies (−634.23 km 2 ) and vegetation cover (−224.71 km 2 ). 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.

ABSTRACT 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.

ABSTRACT Studies that explore the interconnection of cultural heritage, climate (im)mobilities and Indigenous ways of knowing in changing climates are rare. This article calls for reimagining and reframing this intersection in global climate governance. What existing studies have shown, and what we advocate exploring further, is that the mobile livelihoods or mobility practices of Indigenous mobile groups are more than an adaptation strategy or a fix for climate change. They embody meaning, rituals, ancestral guidance and ways of knowing nature, land, seas and the universe, connecting intangible and tangible dimensions of culture in relational ways. This paper conceptualises mobility not merely as a response to environmental changes and climatic stress but as a living heritage of Indigenous ways of knowing. To elaborate on the dynamics of the adaptive and mobile‐oriented cultural expressions of Indigenous mobile groups in changing climates, we draw on four case studies of (semi)nomadic communities in Ethiopia, Senegal and Thailand to illustrate how the mobility practices of many Indigenous groups constitute mobile systems of observation, forecasting and ecological adaptation that embody centuries of empirical climate knowledge. Our case studies also illustrate how sedentary‐focused sustainability projects that overlook adaptive mobile cultures can impinge on not only the mobility rights of historically mobile groups but also on their adaptive cultural practices. Hence, we demonstrate the need for integrating the peculiarities of mobile‐oriented cultures in climate mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage policies to avoid maladaptive outcomes that threaten both livelihoods and cultural identity.

ABSTRACT Little is known about the complex power and governance dynamics within e‐waste hubs in the Global South. Taking the example of Sodom‐Agbogbloshie, Mortuary‐road, Ashaiman and Ashaiman New Town in Ghana's capital Accra, we explore their role as catalysts for sustainable rurbanity—a concept that blends urban and rural characteristics within an informal economy. Ghana, home to some of Africa's largest informal e‐waste dumpsites, presents a typical case where e‐waste processing, traditional herding and related economic activities converge, creating a vibrant yet challenging landscape for urban informal actors. Our research utilises the assemblage theory to analyse the interconnectedness and interdependencies of various economic practices, social networks and environmental factors. Employing a mixed methods approach, data were collected through stratified random sampling, resulting in a total of 420 respondents across the four locations. Non‐parametric statistical tests, including Kruskal–Wallis, Dunn's post hoc tests, Wilcoxon signed‐rank tests and chi‐squared tests, were used to assess the economic, social and environmental dynamics of the four e‐waste hubs. Key findings highlight diverse demographics, the adaptability of economic activities, site‐specific resilience to economic outcomes and the motivations driving engagement in the informal sector. We also identify major challenges, including health risks, environmental footprints, and socio‐economic instability, and outline pathways to sustainable rurbanity. The pathways comprise integrating local endowments, improving connectivity, promoting diverse livelihoods, and establishing supportive institutions. Leveraging the unique rurban characteristics, this study provides a blueprint for transforming informal economies into more resilient and thriving communities, capable of withstanding urbanisation pressures while preserving their local identity and socio‐economic fabric.

ABSTRACT 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.

ABSTRACT 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.

Abstract High magnitude storms have impacted coastal maritime communities, instigating national government responses. Storm catastrophes can open a ‘window of opportunity’ that enables the implementation of new long‐term disaster risk reduction measures. Analysis of historical storm events using written newspaper records identified the Royal Charter storm of 1859 as a catastrophe that opened a window of opportunity. The resulting actions prompted the first national (UK) storm early warning systems which continue today as the Meteorological Office forecasts. This historical case study demonstrates how the effective use of the window of opportunity can instigate beneficial long‐term change that decreases vulnerability. However, policies emerging from such windows of opportunity must consider the diverse cause of catastrophe and avoid overreliance on top‐down technocracy, instead promoting community engagement and autonomy for sustained success. Environmental history can contribute to improving the understanding of the limitations of technocracy and the importance of community agency in enhancing hazard understanding and effective early warning systems.