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EquitES · Supporting Nature's Contributions to People and social equity in the face of climate change

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период
2023-09-01 → 2026-04-30
Финансиране от ЕС
211 755 €
Участници
3
Схема
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Разпределението на ползите от природата, като например охлаждането при горещини, се анализира спрямо социалния статус на хората. Това помага да се разбере как неравенството в достъпа до природни ресурси влияе върху качеството на живот на различните групи.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Supporting Nature's Contributions to People and social equity in the face of climate change

Rising global demand for ecosystem goods and services is intensifying pressure on land systems to deliver multiple benefits simultaneously and at high levels. Because nature’s contributions to people (NCP, broadly comparable to “ecosystem services”) involve biophysical trade-offs, changes in land use inevitably generate “winners” and “losers,” with uneven impacts across social groups and consequences for quality of life. Evidence from local case studies shows that NCP benefits are often skewed toward more affluent and less socially vulnerable populations, and toward rural rather than urban communities. As social equity and environmental justice become central goals of sustainable development (UN SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities), a major knowledge gap persists: understanding the ecological, social, and individual factors shaping the distribution of NCP among different groups, and the resulting implications for their well-being. In this context, the EquitES project sought to identify key ecological and socio-demographic drivers of disparities in NCP equity, and to assess how these disparities influence quality of life. The project focused on the ecologically and socio-economically diverse Grenoble region (France), integrating high-resolution NCP mapping with socio-demographic and individual-level data. Our analyses show that marginalised residents - particularly those in low-income urban neighbourhoods - receive lower regulating NCP, such as heatwave mitigation, in their immediate surroundings. Individuals with low income, limited physical mobility, urban residence, and women also encountered more barriers to accessing a wide range of NCP, with measurable negative effects on quality of life. These findings highlight the need to shift policy attention beyond the mere presence of green spaces toward actual opportunities for diverse groups to interact with and benefit from their NCP. Doing so would support more equitable improvements in well-being and foster socially just, nature-connected, and climate-resilient cities.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Increasing pressures on land resources necessitate landscape management solutions that simultaneously deliver multiple benefits to diverse stakeholder groups with competing interests. Yet, there are enduring inequities in the benefits derived from nature by social groups. These inequities are expected to be amplified by climate change, which typically affects vulnerable people the most. However, a quantification of the effects of climate change on the overall contribution of nature to people’s quality of life (referred to as “multifunctionality”, defined here as overall supply of Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) weighted by their relative prioritisation by people), and its distribution across social groups, is missing. This project aims to fill these gaps by 1) identifying the main socio-demographic factors underlying disparities in supply, demand and access to NCP; and their impacts on quality of life; 2) quantifying the impact of climate change on the distribution of multifunctionality across social groups; and 3) identifying land management solutions to increase multifunctionality for most groups, and minimise inequities, under future climate change. This project will thus provide new insights into factors driving people’s benefits from nature, and provide a synthetic assessment of climate change impacts on social inequities via their effects on nature and NCP. As fighting inequities and environmental change become increasingly pressing and intertwined issues in policy, this research will provide land managers and policy makers with a basis for informed decision-making for guiding equitable and sustainable development. The project will additionally provide me with a unique opportunity to expand my collaboration network as well as my conceptual, technical and project management skills, paving the way towards my professional independence and leadership in the field of social-ecology.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз