The growing global population and climate crisis demand expanding non-animal protein options. Single-cell protein biomass, referred to as "Solein", is produced by the hydrogen-oxidising bacterium Xanthobacter sp. SoF1 and is a promising, sustainable source of protein and dietary fibre, especially when created using renewable energy. This study investigates Solein protein powder (SPP) for its composition and techno-functional properties, comparing it to pea protein isolate (PPI). SPP had a lower fat content and higher dietary fibre, while matching the protein content of PPI. SPP met all indispensable amino acid requirements for adults over the age of three, as outlined by the FAO in 2013. A milk alternative resembling semi-skimmed cow's milk was produced from SPP and PPI. These emulsions were fermented with a commercial starter culture containing Streptococcus thermophilus. The fermentation process was monitored by tracking pH, total titratable acidity, and microbial growth. The resulting yoghurt alternative (YA) underwent textural and rheological analysis. Solein protein powder yoghurt alternative (SPP-YA) exhibited faster acidification, greater microbial growth, improved water retention, and a texture similar to dairy yoghurt. Static in vitro digestion revealed moderate protein digestibility of the non-fermented SPP emulsion (63.8-67.5%), based on total amino acids, free amino groups, and total nitrogen, with an in vitro Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score (DIAAS) of (51.0±6.1%). Fermentation slightly reduced digestibility (57.8-59.6%) and DIAAS (48.3±1.4%), with isoleucine as the limiting amino acid. This work provides the first insight into the structural and nutritional performance of hydrogen-oxidising bacterial protein in non-dairy YA.

The question of how to appropriately respond to migration linked to climate change is increasingly being debated in academia, in government and policy circles, and, crucially, in international legal and climate policy forums. These debates often center on data and on understanding the true numbers of people who might migrate in the context of climate change, and how much of this migration can accurately be linked to climate change, or on the security and logistical concerns associated with responding to this “challenge,” or on the appropriate legal box into which people migrating in this context can be shoved. Too often, what gets left out of these debates is the genuine lived experiences of the people whose homes and ways of life are threatened in a changing climate, and the historical and current economic, social, and cultural forces that created that threat. In this Article, I add to the growing body of literature that is remedying this oversight by looking at climate change-related migration through a climate justice lens, and particularly by calling attention to the racialization of the “climate migrant” and the ways that racialized colonial and neocolonial systems have shaped who is subject to migration in the context of climate change and how they are received and perceived. This inquiry unites work on the racialized nature of international migration law and governance with work on the racialized nature of climate change impacts and policy, and particularly those proposing climate change reparations and migration as reparation. I argue that these considerations of the impact of race and colonialism on climate change-related migration, and the related need for a reparative justice approach, have been particularly absent just where they are most needed: in the international community’s efforts, through the United Nations Framework on Convention on Climate Change and related processes, to craft a meaningful global response to the climate crisis. Including a reparatory justice perspective in the international response to climate change-related migration will ensure that that response more effectively addresses the concerns and needs of affected individuals and communities and forges a future that does not perpetuate the injustices of the past.

ABSTRACT Critical dissections of neoliberalism’s de-democratizing effects are ubiquitous today, both in the academy and in para-academic popular venues. Inès Valdez’s Democracy and Empire (2023) is a bracing rejoinder to this tendency and a welcome respite from its propensity to ‘mourn a form of popular politics that both lacked a radical critique of capitalism and related despotically to racial others’ (p. 58). My aim in these comments is to further radicalize Valdez’s criticisms. Shorn of their attachment to national elite projects of exploitation and imperial domination, I argue, appeals to popular sovereignty lose whatever force they once had. In a postcolonial world, in which the climate crisis, resource wars, and the world historical event of mass migration mark everything, calls for collective self-determination evaporate into a moral fog that obscures our vision without giving us any force by which to carry emancipatory projects forward.

The manifestations of climate change take a multitude of forms in different regional contexts. For a large part of the world, it goes beyond the extreme weather events and affects their lives to the core, leading to social, economic, and cultural conflicts. The present research studies the representation of effects of climate change in the context of the Indian subcontinent, as discussed on a podcast named ‘Climate Brides’. Starting its inquiry from the issue of ‘marriages of survival’ done to cope with climate change, the podcast explores the intersectional nature of climate change. This study uses Thematic Analysis combined with Discourse Analysis to examine the portrayal of climate change and its relationship with other issues like gender, ethnicity, slow violence, and human dignity. The discourse here, however, transcends the conflict-centric portrayal of the climate crisis and also discusses possible ways to handle it. By doing this, the podcast aligns itself well with the solutions journalism framework. The article not only makes a contribution to the scarcely studied media portrayal of climate change in the Global South but also advocates for an intersectional framing of the climate crisis, necessary to foster climate justice.

For decades, agriculture in Denmark has been shaped by a productivity-oriented livestock agronomy. However, national and international climate and ecological crises pose a scientific as well as practical challenge to the dominant and seemingly limitless productivist farming model. Currently, Denmark pursues net-zero climate targets mainly through technological optimisation, a narrow approach with potential socio-ecological consequences that occludes alternative sustainability pathways. This paper presents reflections based on interdisciplinary research by anthropologists and animal and veterinary scientists on Danish dairy farms with low-input, grass-based and regenerative practices. More specifically, the paper shows how mainstream agronomy has largely failed to attend to extensive dairy systems that do not target maximised yields but instead prioritize ecological limits and meaningful human-animal-nature relationships. Building on economist Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics-framework and its holistic approach to sustainability, the paper argues for making visible these alternative dairy farming systems as practices worthy of agronomic attention. Extensive dairy systems can work as a productive challenge to mainstream agronomy, urging it to become a science for the 21st century by expanding its knowledge base to include farming that integrates cattle into local landscapes and sustainable food systems, while nurturing both human and animal well-being.

Abstract Introduction The restoration of degraded tropical forests is a promising strategy to mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. Across the globe large areas have the potential to be restored through multiplying small‐scale initiatives implemented by landowners working at local scales. Understanding landowners' preferences related to the attributes of forest restoration could aid to scale‐up the outcomes of restoration. Objectives Our goal was to elicit the preferences of landowners working with forest restoration in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador and to evaluate how environmental and socioeconomic factors influence their choices. Methods We used a choice experiment approach to elicit landowners' preferences regarding forest restoration. We presented a hypothetical forest restoration program to 81 landowners in which coordination among stakeholders is important to diversify plant communities across restored sites. We assessed four attributes of forest restoration: (1) restoration strategy, (2) land share, (3) the coordination instance, and (4) monetary compensation. Results We found that if the proposed forest restoration program is focused on habitat enrichment and coordinated either by NGOs, farmers, or scientists, landowners will be more willing to participate than in a program led by the government and focused on nucleation. The probabilities of landowners to join the proposed program declined with elevation, while the probabilities of opt‐out declined with the size of non‐forest productive land within farms. Conclusions Trust in non‐governmental stakeholders can be harnessed to support government‐led initiatives, which have the capacity to drive large‐scale interventions. Environmental and socioeconomic factors, influence decision‐making in forest restoration.

ABSTRACT Climate change is an existential threat, and it is often difficult to translate the urgency and immediacy of climate catastrophes into common parlance. One way to effectively engage the public in climate change conversations is through effective communication practices, such as persuasive communication. Persuasive communication uses tailored messages to elicit desirable behavioural outcomes in the audience and has great potential to promote positive attitudinal and behavioural changes in the target audience. However, while persuasive communication has potential, recurring evidence suggests that using fear appeals in climate change communication can create unintentional mental health challenges for the audience. In light of the scale and scope of climate crises, positive, personal, and people‐centred persuasive communications may be more suitable for long‐term and sustainable deployment. However, there is a shortage of research in the literature. Bridging this research gap, this paper aims to explore how fear‐based climate communications impact public mental health and how alternative positive messaging frameworks can serve as sustainable interventions. This study seeks to enhance public mental health and cultivate a sense of engagement and responsibility among individuals, thereby facilitating collective action and influencing policymakers to implement more constructive climate‐response strategies. Ultimately, we aspire to offer inclusive and sustainable solutions that empower the public to actively participate in protecting our shared environment while mitigating climate change.

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between responsible tourism intentions, the Big Five personality traits and environmentally responsible behaviors, incorporating the mediating role of flight shame within the context of India’s emerging economy. Using data from 1,316 Gen Y and Gen Z respondents across metropolitan cities, the results reveal that agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness significantly predict responsible tourism intentions, while extraversion does not. All traits – agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness and neuroticism – except extraversion also directly influence environmentally responsible behaviors, underscoring their stable role in shaping sustainable actions. Mediation analyzes indicate that responsible tourism intentions serve as a key mechanism linking personality traits with both environmentally responsible behaviors and flight shame. Additionally, flight shame mediates the relationship between responsible tourism intentions and environmentally responsible behaviors, highlighting the contribution of moral emotions to sustainable decision-making. Gen Z males demonstrate higher levels of environmentally responsible behavior, reflecting generational and gender-based differences. Overall, the findings of this study enhance understanding of the psychological and emotional drivers of sustainable tourism and offer practical insights for designing culturally and demographically tailored sustainability interventions. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative cross-sectional research design was implemented in accordance with the researchers’ deductive approach to accomplish the goals of the current study. Findings Focusing on India as an emerging economy, this study contextualizes its findings within a novel cultural and demographic framework, broadening the applicability of sustainable tourism research across diverse global contexts. These contributions collectively enrich the theoretical discourse on sustainable tourism, offering both conceptual advancements and practical insights for fostering pro-environmental behaviors in varied cultural settings. Research limitations/implications Focusing solely on Gen Y and Gen Z populations in India limits generalizability, highlighting the need for comparative studies across diverse age groups, countries and cultural contexts. Additionally, current research fails to explain the factors like socio-economic status, cultural values or access to environmental information, which future research should explore. Practical implications The current climate crisis demands an integrated strategy that combines psychological insights with robust policy measures. Policymakers should focus on not only influencing individual behaviors but also creating environments that facilitate sustainable choices. Practical measures could include: improving access to eco-friendly transportation options; offering incentives for sustainable tourism practices; and investing in infrastructure that supports low-carbon travel. Social implications Younger generations, particularly Gen Z, represent a pivotal demographic for these efforts. With their heightened environmental awareness and stronger inclination toward responsible behavior, Gen Z can be engaged through targeted social media campaigns and educational programs that amplify sustainable tourism messages. Leveraging their influence can catalyze broader societal shifts toward environmentally responsible behaviors. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first of its kind to explore the relationship between personality traits and sustainable environmental consciousness consumer behavior of young consumers in the light of the flight shame movement in a merging economy. Therefore, this study holds significant relevance for policymakers to understand young consumers’ behavior toward sustainable actions and choices when choosing their mode of travel.

Climate communication has emerged as a distinct form of communication, encompassing public communication activities designed to ensure that information and scientific data about climate change are disseminated in an accessible manner to society and the public. The objective of this research is to elucidate the manner in which climate change communication is constructed in the media at the semiotic level, in the context of public communication, using the local example of Türkiye. In this study, the posters published by the Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change on 15 May 2024 World Climate Day to draw attention to climate change were subjected to a semiotic analysis using Roland Barthes’ concept cluster as an analytical framework. The analysis yielded three dominant themes: the Anthropocene myth, the environmental catastrophism myth and the sustainability myth. The analysis revealed that the Ministry attributed responsibility to individuals, omitted the primary sources of the problem, and employed symbols to evoke fear and emotional attachment. The expressions and symbols used in climate change posters emphasize individual change and movement, and the construction of fear appeal is focused on individuals. This study makes an original contribution to the literature in terms of understanding climate change indicators in the context of public communication, showing that individual change is focused on in creating awareness about the climate crisis. However, the examined posters did not address the destructive effects of the economic systems, government policies, and production processes that underlie the climate crisis.

The climate and further environmental crises have motivated calls for the medical profession to act by taking on additional responsibilities. These calls to assume responsibilities towards environmental protection and to systematically consider the health impacts of these crises greatly vary in their scope and demandingness. Through a review of journal publications, we have mapped the various calls for physicians to take on responsibilities in relation to these crises as individuals and as a professional group. These professional responsibilities, obligations or duties were grouped in four broad categories of physicians' roles as (i) medical practitioners, (ii) medical scientists, (iii) facility (co-)managers, and (iv) citizens. In sum, these responsibilities go beyond actions within the individual patient-physician relationship and setting, demanding from physicians to get involved within their institution, their community, engage with policy-makers, and also concern themselves with the health effects of environmental changes also on distant others, such as people in other parts of the world and future generations.

ABSTRACT As climate change intensifies, climate education is being introduced in schools worldwide. However, educational institutions are often already strained, with multiple problems such as staff burnout, stress, time poverty, and the deterioration of mental health. Thus, communicating the climate crisis requires attention to the needs of teachers who navigate the intricacies of climate education, and the school culture in general. Using a qualitative design, we interviewed thirteen biology teachers from Poland, where the introduction of climate education is still at the planning stage. Results show that teachers often fear the subject will put too much strain on students, who already suffer from stress, overwork and lack of agency. Teachers frequently link high-quality climate education with the need to care for the students’ well-being and to create supportive space for teachers’ professional development as climate educators. Further, they identified the need to acquire and systematise knowledge, develop critical emotional competencies, and boost cooperation with other teachers and higher education institutions. Consequently, transformative climate education requires creating adequate space for teachers to grow as climate educators, and reconsidering school culture as a whole.

ABSTRACT The climate crisis and global commitments to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 have intensified the focus on renewable energy. However, Australia’s renewable energy sector faces significant challenges, particularly reliance on imported materials and technologies. This study evaluates trends and policy developments, identifies challenges to Australia’s renewable energy transition and proposes strategic recommendations to enhance economic viability and environmental sustainability. A review of 45 selected studies based on the energy transition theory, sustainable supply chain management and global-local interdependencies, reveals key barriers such as reliance on fossil fuels, grid integration issues and regional disparities. These findings highlight the need for technological innovation, policy reforms and strategic investments to strengthen grid resilience and build sustainable supply chains. Australia has strong potential to lead the global renewable energy transition by expanding domestic manufacturing capacity, upgrading infrastructure and fostering coordinated action between government and industry. A comprehensive conceptual framework is presented to guide sustainable sector development. This study also identifies priorities for future research, including advanced grid technologies, local production systems, recycling practices and region-specific energy strategies to support a resilient and competitive renewable energy ecosystem.

ABSTRACT This article explores how education can move beyond technocratic adaptation to the climate crisis toward planetary Bildung grounded in justice and democratic agency. We propose a Critical Transformative Ecopedagogy (CTE) framework drawing on four theoretical sources: Vygotsky’s cultural-historical theory, Freire’s critical pedagogy, Freinet’s cooperative schoolwork, and decolonial analysis of epistemic injustice. CTE organizes practice around four strands — Critical-Decolonial, Systems, Affective-Ethical, and Place-Dialogic — and three conceptual rhythms moving from problematization to historicization, mediated analysis, and public address. The paper advances a critique of ‘net-zero’ and competency framings that depoliticize knowledge; first principles for designs that legitimate plural epistemologies and political emotions; and assessment criteria emphasizing mediation, public usefulness, and collective praxis. Policy implications include reauthoring standards around decolonial literacies, protecting time for dialogic pedagogy, and building governance that realizes student agency. CTE offers an actionable framework for reorienting education toward plural, just, and habitable futures.

Purpose This study offers transformation pathways through the intersections of enterprise governance and farming in response to climate and ecological crises (COP21, COP28 et al.). The analysis further proposes Virtuoso as a novel integration capability for the Viable System Model (“VSM”), Stafford Beer's systemic methodology for enterprise management (Beer, 1985; Jenkinson, 2022). It thereby contrasts farming models and their ways of seeing. Design/methodology/approach The interdisciplinary methodology synthesizes insights from five domains: epistemology, ecological paradigms, farming practices, the VSM theory and Virtuoso, an identity governance framework. Comparative case studies contrast two paradigmatic systems of intensive English farming: conventional “industrial-chemical” (“IC”) and “biodynamic regeneration” (“BD”). Interdisciplinary research, fieldwork, and participatory engagement explored the interrelation of system elements and regenerative potential (Shweder, 1999). Findings Farming has radically altered the planetary biosphere (Ellis et al., 2010). The IC model is a major contributor to global climate and biodiversity challenges through its degenerative cycle of soil degradation, input dependency, and declining resilience (Montgomery, 2017, 39–40, 80–81). BD demonstrates that economically sound, mitigation and regeneration is possible, exceeding UN COP21 soil organic carbon (“SOC”) targets, a key indicator of climate change (Gantlett, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025). Virtuoso articulates their contrasting identities and operational logics, revealing latent potential for agriculture and the VSM. Research limitations/implications The interdisciplinary synthesis suggests fresh lines of academic research and practice in farming, the VSM, and Virtuoso. Given some novelty and interplay between multiple complex fields, each aspect could inevitably be expanded both theoretically and practically. Practical implications Advances the VSM and System 5 (“S5”) practice and capability. Outlines implications for government agricultural policy, positioning farming as a key agent of biodiversity regeneration and climate change requiring support for integrated transition pathways. Notes the rich capability of biodynamic farming. Social implications Global futures are dependent on farming and food systems; this comparative study explores the global significance of agritechnique over agritech. It offers scope for improved enterprise management and performance. Originality/value This study contributes to the novel synthesis of regenerative agriculture, cybernetic governance, and ecological epistemology as it introduces novel VSM system capabilities and biologically intensive farming, each of significant ecosystem potential.

The current global climate crisis, a result of the Anthropocene, has forced the global community to reconsider current notions of adaptation, vulnerability and resilience. This has especially been true for smallholder local and Indigenous farmers, who on the one hand have proven to be excellent at adapting to changing environmental conditions but on the other hand are also disproportionally affected by the global climate crisis. In this article, I will critically examine the concept of adaptation from a political ecology perspective, both conceptually and using examples from Taiwan and Vietnam. I argue that ‘adaptation’, as we know it, is often a neoliberal mechanism which puts the responsibility on individual farmers, instead of looking at the many structural barriers and power relations underlying unequal vulnerabilities and resiliencies. Instead of seeing adaptation, resilience and vulnerabilities as linear and causal processes, it would be better to reconsider these definitions from a critical perspective. On the one hand, we do need to prepare for the adverse effects of climate change, but on the other hand we need to be aware of what causes structural inequalities to co-exist. This awareness will then hopefully lead to better bottom-up strategies towards coping with the global climate crisis from smallholders’ perspectives, while tackling other inequalities and unequal power structures at the same time.

Sustainability professionals play a critical role in enabling governments to meet their commitments to net zero and the Paris Agreement. As such, this paper explores how coaching psychology, an evidence-based approach integrating psychological theory with coaching practice, can support sustainability professionals to be more effective change makers. Drawing on interviews with 28 sustainability professionals, we found five key challenges: imposter syndrome, career progression, eco-anxiety, internal greenwashing and loneliness. These challenges highlight areas where psychologically-informed coaching interventions could enhance individual coping, goal attainment, and resilience. Participants reported limited experience with collective support mechanisms, such as climate cafés and group coaching, despite expressing strong interest in these approaches. We examine the potential benefits and ethical tensions of group coaching from a coaching psychological perspective, including (1) the risk of individuals with high eco-anxiety seeking coaching instead of clinical support; (2) the possibility that participants may feel ‘lost’ in a group format; and (3) the limits of encouraging an individual to improve their emotional regulation when addressing systemic, complex problems. We argue that group coaching could be valuable because it provides a space to process the ‘unfolding tragedy’ of climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequalities with others that often feel isolated through doing the work they do. Coaches that are highly-engaged with sustainability issues can therefore support sustainability professionals through goal-setting and emotional regulation techniques to navigate unrealistic expectations, lack of resources, and internal greenwashing. This paper situates these findings within the broader evidence base of coaching psychology, demonstrating how theoretically-informed group coaching can provide meaningful, ethically-responsible support for sustainability professionals.

The aim of this article is to present the findings of a Swiss survey on climate-related attitudes among coaches and professionals, and to explore how coaching can contribute to sustainability through mindset and cultural transformation. In response to the escalating climate crisis and its implications for individuals and organisations, the Swiss chapter of the Climate Coaching Alliance (CCA Switzerland) conducted a national survey in 2024 to explore how coaching can support sustainability-oriented transformation. The survey gathered insights from 75 participants- including coaches, sustainability professionals, and employees from various sectors – revealing a high level of concern for sustainability and desire to do something about it, but a significant misalignment between personal values and organisational priorities. The findings underscore the untapped potential of coaching as a systemic lever for change. Coaches are well-positioned to foster inner transformation, enabling individuals and organisations to align purpose, action, and impact. To conclude, there is a clear need for more tools, training, and support to empower coaches to address sustainability with confidence and care. This includes helping them reflect on their own roles, biases, and behaviours, so they can more effectively contribute to the broader societal transformation needed for a regenerative future.

For many people in the Global North, climate crisis renders reproduction a fraught issue, prompting questions about whether it is right to bring more people into a rapidly deteriorating world. Feminist theorists have written variously about this issue, with many arguing for multiplying forms of kinship that are not based on biogenetic connection. Adoption is often offered as an example of such alternative kinning practices. This article reports on interviews with Australians who are not parents, aged 24–35, about the connections between climate crisis and reproduction, and their thoughts and feelings about having children in the future. Many participants mentioned the idea that instead of conceiving and birthing children, they might adopt or foster and/or argued that others should do so rather than have ‘their own’ children. The article critically explores the figures of adoption as an ethical solution to the problem of overpopulation in our participants’ accounts of reproduction and in feminist academic literature. We argue that both propagate unrealistic and potentially harmful tropes in the wish for solutions to serious personal and political dilemmas.

This article addresses the call to ‘act now’ in response to climate change, in a context where ‘end-thinking’ appears dominant in popular culture and climate activism. Building on literature from Geography and International Relations, I develop an argument against the linear, globalised accounts of a homogenous future present in some of these calls, and argue for a focus on the affective and everyday register, and how people go about making their lives viable. In making this argument, I draw philosophical insights from a performance work by artist Sonia Hughes called, ‘I am from Reykjavik’. In this work, Hughes builds a hut over the course of seven hours, to ask how, as a Black woman, she makes herself feel at home. Drawing inspiration from the ‘slow time’ of this building project, and by bringing work on environmental politics into conversation with affect theories, the article presents the concept of Fast slow. This concept, first developed to describe an architectural process by Lovett et al., captures a sense of impatience for change, with hesitation and ambivalence in terms of how we act for a better future. Overall, the article argues against the linear and depersonalised ideas about time and society prevalent in some elements of climate activism, and joins others who are calling for a deeper consideration of how we imagine the climate crisis. Thinking change and the future in a different register is important to avoid the climate crisis becoming weaponized as part of a polarized, populist politics.

ABSTRACT Climate change poses one of the greatest current global health threats, and physicians will be central both in managing its clinical consequences and in advocating for systemic responses. This study assessed knowledge and perceptions of undergraduate medical students, from all six years of study, by gender and age through a cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study. Among the 484 participants, 95.7% affirmed the reality of climate change. Females expressed significantly greater concern (42.8% vs 25.5% p < 0.001), and stronger endorsement of its importance (49.1% vs. 39.1%, p < 0.001) compared to males. The majority recognized physicians’ responsibility to inform both the public (84.9%) and policymakers (80.9%), while limited knowledge and lack of time were frequently reported barriers. Qualitative analysis of open-ended questions identified five themes on envisioned future physician roles: i. Increasing environmental health literacy; ii. Specialized prevention and treatment of climate-related illness; iii. Direct environmental protection adjustments in healthcare practices; iv. Advocacy for political action and v. Active citizenship. Medical students, especially females, display strong awareness and motivation to address climate-related health impacts. Embedding planetary health competencies in medical curricula and continuing education is essential to prepare future physicians as effective clinicians, communicators, and advocates in the era of climate crisis.