Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production
Scenario building is a powerful tool for evaluating drivers of environmental change and assessing alternative socioecological pathways, helping integrate science-based information into decision-making. Nonetheless, this potential has not been fully embraced by scientists and decision-makers, in part...
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| Publication date: | 2025 |
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| Institution: | Universidad del País Vasco |
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| Keyword: | biodiversity capacity building Ecosystem services modeling nature’s contributions to people |
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| author | Borja, D. |
| author2 | Daněk, J. Assis, J.C. Gorosábel, A. Lundquist, C. Rosa, I. Scarano, F.R. Amazonas, N.T. Principe, S.C. Alkemade, R. Arshad, A. Benavides-Gordillo, S. Lembi, R.C. Chagas, T.R.F. Rojas, D.I.C. Cornejo-Denman, L. Dib, V. Ferrier, S. Moura Lima, E. Lopes, L.F. Mancini, M.C.S. Martínez-Lanfranco, J.A. Moya, W. Niemeyer, J. Pascual, U. de Moraes, A.R. Salami, M.F. Rebella, C.R. Sanches, F.H.C. Sarkar, P. Siqueira-Gay, J. Vieira, R.R.S. Rodríguez, C.Z. Joly, C.A. Borges, R.C. |
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| author_browse | Alkemade, R. Amazonas, N.T. Arshad, A. Assis, J.C. Benavides-Gordillo, S. Borges, R.C. Borja, D. Chagas, T.R.F. Cornejo-Denman, L. Daněk, J. Dib, V. Ferrier, S. Gorosábel, A. Joly, C.A. Lembi, R.C. Lopes, L.F. Lundquist, C. Mancini, M.C.S. Martínez-Lanfranco, J.A. Moura Lima, E. Moya, W. Niemeyer, J. Pascual, U. Principe, S.C. Rebella, C.R. Rodríguez, C.Z. Rojas, D.I.C. Rosa, I. Salami, M.F. Sanches, F.H.C. Sarkar, P. Scarano, F.R. Siqueira-Gay, J. Vieira, R.R.S. de Moraes, A.R. |
| author_facet | Borja, D. Daněk, J. Assis, J.C. Gorosábel, A. Lundquist, C. Rosa, I. Scarano, F.R. Amazonas, N.T. Principe, S.C. Alkemade, R. Arshad, A. Benavides-Gordillo, S. Lembi, R.C. Chagas, T.R.F. Rojas, D.I.C. Cornejo-Denman, L. Dib, V. Ferrier, S. Moura Lima, E. Lopes, L.F. Mancini, M.C.S. Martínez-Lanfranco, J.A. Moya, W. Niemeyer, J. Pascual, U. de Moraes, A.R. Salami, M.F. Rebella, C.R. Sanches, F.H.C. Sarkar, P. Siqueira-Gay, J. Vieira, R.R.S. Rodríguez, C.Z. Joly, C.A. Borges, R.C. |
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| description | Scenario building is a powerful tool for evaluating drivers of environmental change and assessing alternative socioecological pathways, helping integrate science-based information into decision-making. Nonetheless, this potential has not been fully embraced by scientists and decision-makers, in part owing to limitations of current scenario frameworks at representing the diversity of values for nature and potential transformative changes to bend the biodiversity loss curve. There is still a need to further develop scientists’ capacities to include a transdisciplinary perspective in scenario building to address the drivers of transformative change. This paper addressesthese needs by reflecting on the role of scientists engaged in scenario building in the construction of sustainable futures through the lens of three key concepts: social learning, knowledge co-production and conscientização (a Portuguese term meaning to build sociopolitical awareness and take action). Drawing on a survey of participants of a Scenario Building School and a literature review, we suggest that scientists require capacity building to leverage these concepts together for the construction of transformative futures. This includes addressing power imbalances, improving inclusive and transdisciplinary participatory methods, reaching consensus and promoting action. We recommend that scientists engaged in scenario building focus on fostering transformative changes, challenging mainstream storylines, embracing diversity and addressing inequalities to pursue sustainable futures. |
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| spelling | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production Borja, D. Daněk, J. Assis, J.C. Gorosábel, A. Lundquist, C. Rosa, I. Scarano, F.R. Amazonas, N.T. Principe, S.C. Alkemade, R. Arshad, A. Benavides-Gordillo, S. Lembi, R.C. Chagas, T.R.F. Rojas, D.I.C. Cornejo-Denman, L. Dib, V. Ferrier, S. Moura Lima, E. Lopes, L.F. Mancini, M.C.S. Martínez-Lanfranco, J.A. Moya, W. Niemeyer, J. Pascual, U. de Moraes, A.R. Salami, M.F. Rebella, C.R. Sanches, F.H.C. Sarkar, P. Siqueira-Gay, J. Vieira, R.R.S. Rodríguez, C.Z. Joly, C.A. Borges, R.C. biodiversity capacity building Ecosystem services modeling nature’s contributions to people Scenario building is a powerful tool for evaluating drivers of environmental change and assessing alternative socioecological pathways, helping integrate science-based information into decision-making. Nonetheless, this potential has not been fully embraced by scientists and decision-makers, in part owing to limitations of current scenario frameworks at representing the diversity of values for nature and potential transformative changes to bend the biodiversity loss curve. There is still a need to further develop scientists’ capacities to include a transdisciplinary perspective in scenario building to address the drivers of transformative change. This paper addressesthese needs by reflecting on the role of scientists engaged in scenario building in the construction of sustainable futures through the lens of three key concepts: social learning, knowledge co-production and conscientização (a Portuguese term meaning to build sociopolitical awareness and take action). Drawing on a survey of participants of a Scenario Building School and a literature review, we suggest that scientists require capacity building to leverage these concepts together for the construction of transformative futures. This includes addressing power imbalances, improving inclusive and transdisciplinary participatory methods, reaching consensus and promoting action. We recommend that scientists engaged in scenario building focus on fostering transformative changes, challenging mainstream storylines, embracing diversity and addressing inequalities to pursue sustainable futures. This study was financed in part by the Coordena\u00E7\u00E3o de Aperfei\u00E7oamento de Pessoal de N\u00EDvel Superior\u2013Brasil (CAPES)\u2013Finance Code 001. DB doctoral research is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Killam Trusts. JD acknowledges support from the Specific Academic Research project \u201CResearch on social and environmental innovations\u201D [grant number VS260471] and from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic [grant number TL02000520]. This work was supported by FAPESP [grant number 2017/17337-9 (FHCS)]. JN received a doctoral fellowship from The Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [grant number 142215/2019-8]. UP is supported by the Spanish Government through Mar\u00EDa de Maeztu Excellence Accreditation 2018\u20132022 [Ref. MDM-2017-0714]. LFL is a PhD fellow funded by the FCT [PT/BD/142963/2018], under the SUSFOR\u2013Sustainable Forests and Products Doctoral Program [PD.00157.2012]. CRR acknowledges the Agencia Nacional de Investigaci\u00F3n y Desarrollo [ANID PIA/BASAL FB0002]. RCB was funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) [grant numbers 373408/2019-6, 373092/2020-2] and received a travel grant from Vale Institute of Technology. JAML is funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII-Uruguay) and the Computational Biodiversity Science and Services Program (Bios2-Canada). AA acknowledges the support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) and PODA-Pakistan. Ecosystems and People http://hdl.handle.net/10810/75601 |
| spellingShingle | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production Borja, D. biodiversity capacity building Ecosystem services modeling nature’s contributions to people |
| title | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production |
| title_full | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production |
| title_short | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production |
| title_sort | Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production |
| topic | biodiversity capacity building Ecosystem services modeling nature’s contributions to people |
| topic_facet | biodiversity capacity building Ecosystem services modeling nature’s contributions to people |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/75601 |