Focusing on three initiatives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat – the Momentum for Change Initiative, the Lima–Paris Action Agenda, and the Non-state Actor Zone for Climate Action – this chapter studies how an international environmental bureaucracy can evolve from a low-key and servant-like secretariat to an actor in its own right. It argues that in

Das Verfehlen globaler und nationaler Biodiversitätsziele legt nahe, dass sich unser politisches, ökonomisches und soziales Handeln deutlich stärker als bisher ändern muss, um den Rückgang der biologischen Vielfalt aufzuhalten und den negativen Trend umzukehren. Angesichts der Aktualisierung der Nationalen Strategie zur biologischen Vielfalt (Nationale Biodiversitätsstrategie - NBS) 2030 stellt si

Due to the global demographic change many more people will need to work until anolder age, and organisations and enterprises need to implement measures to facilitate an extendedworking life. The aim of this study was to investigate organisational measures and suggestionsto promote and make improvements for a healthy and sustainable working life for all ages in anextended working life. This is a qu

IntroductionDementia remains incurable, and treatment trials are typically conducted after the symptoms manifest, potentially too late in the disease process to alter its course. Early identification and intervention during the pre-diagnosis phase offer the potential to introduce more cost-effective strategies and enhance quality of life. This review aims to scrutinise emerging evidence and presen

Män med utländsk bakgrund har en kraftig överrepresentation vad gäller våldtäkter. Ny forskning visar att integration har betydelse. Men socioekonomi har mindre betydelse, skriver läkaren och forskaren Ardavan Khoshnood.Men with a foreign background are significantly overrepresented when it comes to rape. New research shows that integration plays an important role, while socio-economic status has less significance, writes physician and researcher Ardavan Khoshnood.

INTRODUCTION: Mental health service users often have sensory processing difficulties hampering their ability to cope with mental health problems and occupational engagement. However, there is little knowledge of sensory processing and its relation to these factors. Hence, this current study aims to investigate sensory processing patterns in relation to coping and occupational engagement for the ta

The name Huea, used for a lichen genus which hosts the two common Antarctic species H. cerussata and H. grisea (= H. coralligera), was formally recommended for rejection by the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi. Based on molecular data, we transfer these two species to the genus Hueidea. Hueidea was originally described in the family Fuscideaceae for the single alpine Australian endemic species Hue

This open access book examines the long-term impact of Christian missionaries in Zambia, and sub-Saharan Africa more generally, on education, health, and economic development. It examines how Christian missionaries provided Western-style education and healthcare within sub-Saharan Africa during the 20th century and how this was provided along unequal gender and regional lines. With sub-Saharan Afr

This paper aims to show how systems thinking can be used to investigate barriers to organisational change management. The case study described in this paper would be useful to managers who want to implement change in their own organisations. Soft Systems Methodology and ETHICS were used due to their flexible, responsive, and emergent nature. Also, soft systems methodology (SSM) and ETHICS (Effecti