In search of a Scientific Research Programme for addressing the sustainable management of the environment -- An ELECTRE-TRI model for national energy sustainability assessment -- Towards sustainable development and climate co-governance: a multicriteria stakeholders’ perspective --...

There is a growing demand for public participation in environmental decision-making. However, it is unclear how a large number of citizens can best engage in such complex public policy decision processes. This need from the civil society challenges the OR community to develop online...

Humanity faces an unprecedented set of global environmental problems. We argue that to promote pro-environmental decisions and to achieve public consensus on the need for action we must address individual and collective understanding (cognition) of environmental problems, as well as individual...

The paper presents the steps characterising the decision making process related to the definition of Critical Natural Capital. An inventory of different components of Critical Natural Capital based on the legislative framework in Italy is presented. The different actors involved and the...

The European Aarhus Convention is the only public law convention devoted to public participation in environmental matters. The Convention has application broadly to Australia as many of the Convention’s provisions are reflected in Australian environmental law. The Convention has an ambitious...

Water pollution in the Venice Lagoon and its catchment is a main environmental issue. In Italy public funds are made available by specific national and regional regulations in order to support the realisation of initiatives for the abatement of pollutant loads that travel from the catchment into...