Geo: Geography and Environment

Photograph of workshop participants drawing on basemaps of Palawan using coloured markers and plastic overlays. Photo by Billy Tusker Haworth.

🗺️New in Geo!🗺️

'Enhancing expert elicitation techniques through participatory mapping: Application to marine environment assessments in Palawan, Philippines' by Billy Tusker Haworth et al.

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A screenshot of the Geo: Geography and Environment home page. Geo: Geography and Environment is a fully open access journal that publishes papers from across and beyond the discipline of geography that focus on the environment, climate change, and sustainability. It is published on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). With a commitment to promoting interdisciplinary research and global perspectives, we welcome new, critical, and underrepresented ideas from leading scholars and emerging voices in pursuit of fresh viewpoints and solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Journal Metrics: CiteScore = 2.9 Journal Impact Factor = 3.8 Acceptance Rate = 43% Submission to First Decision = 55 days

📢Since our relaunch 2 years ago, we have been working hard to create a space for geographical & interdisciplinary research on climate change, the environment & sustainability which doesn't fit neatly in sub-disciplinary journals

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Proud of everything we've achieved in Geo over the last couple of years - in large part thanks to the efforts of the editors Karen Bickerstaff, Le Yu, @laurieparsons.bsky.social & @chrisdarvill.bsky.social, our fantastic editorial board & theme leads 🌍

Screenshot of the journal's Aims & Scope page: Aims and Scope Geo is a fully open access international journal which publishes original articles from across and beyond the discipline of geography that focus on the environment, climate change, and sustainability. We welcome new, critical, and underrepresented ideas from leading scholars and emerging voices in pursuit of fresh viewpoints and solutions to the world's most pressing environmental problems. We welcome papers in a range of formats - regular papers, dialogues, commentaries, visual essays, reviews - that engage with environmental issues from a geographical perspective. Papers in Geo can also foster methodological development including collaborative forms of knowledge production, interdisciplinary approaches, and the innovative use of quantitative and/or qualitative data sets. We are especially encouraging of submissions by authors from the Global South and underrepresented academic communities within the Global North. As a fully open access journal, Geo is proud of its broad geographical reach in both authorship and readership.

We are delighted to share our highest Impact Factor to date, 3.8, which reflects the quality work published by our authors

Thank you to everyone who has chosen to publish with us & we look forward to working with more of you over the coming years

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Screenshot showing the Geo Themes overview page: Geo: Geography and Environment hosts a number of "Themes" each year that reflect current debates in environmental geography and speak to issues raised by our community. Each theme is managed by an advisory team of leading academics who develop, curate, and invite a range of contributions and conversations. Each theme is open for submissions — you can connect your submission with a theme on the ScholarOne submission system. If you wish to discuss a submission, please contact one of the theme leads, or the editorial office (journals@rgs.org). Please also contact the editorial office if you have an idea for a new theme. Our current themes are: "Climate Change, AI and Sustainability" led by Mark Maslin, James Dyke, Eric Nost, Ruth Machen, Jenny Goldstein, and Luis Alvarez León; "Decolonising Climate Geography" led by Farhana Sultana, Kathryn Yusoff, and Miriam Gay-Antaki; "Geographies of Energy Futures" led by Catherine Butler, Peter Forman, and Ankit Kumar; "The Future of Fieldwork in a Changing World" led by Ewan Woodley, Naomi Holmes, Stewart Barr, and Lynda Yorke; "The Place and Politics of Marine Governance" led by Pamela Buchan, Catherine Queen, Natasha Bradshaw, Freya Croft, Aisling Lannin, and Kira Gee.

We have co-curated 5 'Geo Themes' which are setting agendas in emerging fields of environmental research - anyone can submit work on these themes ⬇️

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A screenshot of the Geo: Geography and Environment home page. Geo: Geography and Environment is a fully open access journal that publishes papers from across and beyond the discipline of geography that focus on the environment, climate change, and sustainability. It is published on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). With a commitment to promoting interdisciplinary research and global perspectives, we welcome new, critical, and underrepresented ideas from leading scholars and emerging voices in pursuit of fresh viewpoints and solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Journal Metrics: CiteScore = 2.9 Journal Impact Factor = 3.8 Acceptance Rate = 43% Submission to First Decision = 55 days

📢Since our relaunch 2 years ago, we have been working hard to create a space for geographical & interdisciplinary research on climate change, the environment & sustainability which doesn't fit neatly in sub-disciplinary journals

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2054... 1/3

Painted illustration showing a Ghanaian fisherman on the left with a full basket of fish and an oil rig in the sea behind him with an 'exclusion zone' around it. On the right, two fishermen sit in in their boat on the beach with the oil rig still in the background and a 'no fishing' sign on the beach.

🎣New in Geo!🛢️

'Poverty alleviation in fishing communities affected by oil production in Ghana: Does income diversification matter?' by Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu et al.

This paper investigates the impacts of fishing bans near offshore oilfields in Ghana on coastal livelihoods.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Aslam Q. Qadamov, Roy C. Sidle & Arnaud Caiserman (2025) entitled 'Combining scientific and local knowledge to understand climate change effects in high mountains: A case study from Porshinev Jamoat, Tajikistan' with an orange banner at the top.

⛰️New in Geo!⛰️

'Combining scientific and local knowledge to understand climate change effects in high mountains: A case study from Porshinev Jamoat, Tajikistan' by Aslam Q. Qadamov et al.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Abdalrahman Ahmed & Kornel Czimber (2025) entitled 'Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover and drought conditions in West Darfur, Sudan: Implications of climate variability and future projections' with an orange banner at the top.

🌲New in Geo!🌲

'Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover and drought conditions in West Darfur, Sudan: Implications of climate variability and future projections' by Abdalrahman Ahmed & Kornel Czimber

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Heide K Bruckner (2025) entitled 'Muddying the grounds of environmental justice in the Pacific mangroves: From recognition to feeling for justice at the food-climate nexus' with an orange banner at the top.

🌊New in Geo!🌊

'Muddying the grounds of environmental justice in the Pacific mangroves: From recognition to feeling for justice at the food-climate nexus' by Heide K. Bruckner

This paper is part of a forthcoming Special Section on the political ecologies of islands.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a commentary abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Gary Kass (2025) entitled 'Beyond disciplines: Strengthening boundary crossing through geography' with an orange banner at the top.

🌍New commentary in Geo🌎

'Beyond disciplines: Strengthening boundary crossing through geography' by Gary Kass

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a commentary abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Christine Eriksen & Gregory L. Simon (2025) entitled 'Governing layers of shifting sands: Subterranean hazards, unfolding catastrophes and quotidian fragmentation' with an orange banner at the top.

☢️New commentary in Geo!☢️

'Governing layers of shifting sands: Subterranean hazards, unfolding catastrophes and quotidian fragmentation' by @drceriksen.bsky.social & Gregory L. Simon

This piece unpacks the governance & management of earthquakes & nuclear waste repositories.

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Hot off the press 🚨 'Governing layers of shifting sands: Subterranean #hazards, unfolding #catastrophes and quotidian fragmentation', free to access in GEO: #Geography and #Environment: dx.doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Thank you to @snsf.ch and @rgsibg.bsky.social for supporting this collaborative work.

This will be of interest to colleagues in Canada #geography #oilSands

A photograph showing the 3D print of the Minecraft model of Peace River - a cross section of the geological formation of this site in different shades of grey and white to show the layers beneath the surface of the earth.

💻New in Geo!🛢️

'Minecraft's territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructure & digital geographies' by @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social

This paper traces how the data used for a Minecraft extension are tied to broader extractive networks of knowledge production.

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Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Teresa Guadalupe de León Escobedo & Francisco Estrada Porrúa (2025) entitled 'National climate scenarios: (un)building climate knowledge and inducing environmental ignorance in Mexico' with an orange banner at the top.

🌎New in Geo🌎

'National climate scenarios: (un)building climate knowledge and inducing environmental ignorance in Mexico' by Teresa Guadalupe de León Escobedo & Francisco Estrada Porrúa

This paper discusses the unexplored interface between climate science & policy in Mexico

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...

📢 New article out now!

How should we define academic success in the face of the climate crisis?

Read here: doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

@danielschillereff.bsky.social @erinlharvey.bsky.social @geodiverse.bsky.social

#ClimateCrisis #Geography #AcademicLife #Sustainability #HigherEd

Minecraft's territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructure and digital geographies In 2017, the Alberta Geological Survey published an extension to Minecraft that allows players to virtually mine bitumen in Peace River. This article traces how the data used for the Minecraft extens....

I swear I didn’t know Minecraft was being made into a movie when I wrote this: I was wondering why virtually mining the Peace River oil sands was an outcome of data collected from environmental health concerns about said mining: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #alberta #oil #oilsands

One for the Albertan's just getting their week started. @albertawilderness.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @terrilltf.bsky.social

Minecraft's territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructure and digital geographies In 2017, the Alberta Geological Survey published an extension to Minecraft that allows players to virtually mine bitumen in Peace River. This article traces how the data used for the Minecraft extens...

Why did Alberta's response to health concerns over oil sands extraction in Peace River include an extension to Minecraft?

It was a long enough story (and important enough for thinking about geology and politics) for me to write this article: doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #oilsands #alberta #minecraft

The salt fringe as an energy periphery: Energy efficiency in the private rental sector of seaside towns in England and Wales This paper provides an empirically grounded intervention to argue for the necessity of future scholarship and interventions in UK energy and social policy to pay closer attention to seaside towns and...

🏠New in Geo!🏠

'The salt fringe as an energy periphery: Energy efficiency in the private rental sector of seaside towns in England and Wales' by Ed Atkins et al.

This paper explores the need to develop broader conceptualisations of energy peripheries, beyond rurality.

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Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...

🎓New in Geo!🎓

'Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers'

by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social, Stephen Tooth, @geodiverse.bsky.social, @danielschillereff.bsky.social & @erinlharvey.bsky.social ⬇️

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #OA

Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...

🎓New in Geo!🎓

'Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers'

by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social, Stephen Tooth, @geodiverse.bsky.social, @danielschillereff.bsky.social & @erinlharvey.bsky.social ⬇️

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #OA

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Ritodhi Chakraborty & Aline Carrara (2025) entitled 'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India'

🌎New #OA paper in Geo🌍

'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India' by @ritodhi.bsky.social & Aline Carrara

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Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India Elite environmentalism is inspired by Malthusian overpopulation scenarios, advocating for authoritarian action through top-down conservation policies and celebrating ecomodernist climate adaptation/m...

How do we confront the historical and ongoing oppression of #elite #environmentalism ?
 
But, historically marginalised communities are not victims.

They are, and have been, pushing back. In this paper we witness such ‘non-elite’ environmentalism.

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The political ecology of disasters: The impact of knowledge/power on the responses to urban coastal disasters in Pekalongan, Indonesia This article examines the role of knowledge production in disaster management. This article argues that knowledge and scientific institutions need to be adapted as a new way of perceiving and respond...

🌊New #OA paper in Geo🌊

'The political ecology of disasters: The impact of knowledge/power on the responses to urban coastal disasters in Pekalongan, Indonesia' by Erlis Saputra et al.

This paper examines the role of knowledge production in disaster management.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Links between the ornamental sector and alien plants in Southern Africa Given the historical role of the ornamental industry in plant invasions in Southern Africa, we assess how the ornamental sector and practices there relate to alien plants. The sector's operation and ...

💐New #OA paper in Geo💐

'Links between the ornamental sector and alien plants in Southern Africa' by Diana Rodríguez-Cala et al.

This paper explores plant invasions in the historical context of colonial legacies and cultural hybridity in Southern Africa.

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Happy to share our latest article in Geo: Geography and Environment (RGS-IBG): A Mixed-Methods Approach for Identifying High Conservation Value Areas in the Indian Himalayan Region.
#SDGs #Biodiversity #Conservation #HCVs #WWFIndia #SECUREHimalaya

A mixed‐methods approach for identifying high conservation value areas in the high‐altitude landscapes of the Indian Himalayan region A new framework for identifying high conservation value (HCV) areas has been developed. A mixed-method approach incorporating multi-step modelling was employed. HCVs provide a strategic tool for guid...

⛰️New #OA paper in Geo⛰️

'A mixed-methods approach for identifying high conservation value areas in the high-altitude landscapes of the Indian Himalayan region' by @mehebubsahana.bsky.social et al.

This paper proposes a new framework for guiding conservation efforts.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky