My research focuses on ethics and political philosophy in the Anthropocene, especially related to climate justice, deliberative democracy, environmental values and valuation, and biodiversity conservation.

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Climate
    • Climate Change
  • Arts and Humanities

    • Justice
    • Climatic Change
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Emissions
    • Policy
    • Value
    • Science and Technology

Organisations

Publications

2024
Assessing multiple values of nature in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action PlansPeople and Nature, 6(3), 1355-1365 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Murali, R., Lliso, B., Mannetti, L. M., Filyushkina, A., Amaruzaman, S., Amin, A. M., Hyldmo, H. d. S., Koessler, A.-K., Lenzi, D., Lutti, N. & Yiu, E.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10645Building on Spash's critiques of monetary valuation to suggest ways forward for relational values researchEnvironmental Values, 33(2), 139-162. Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Anderson, L. M., Arévalo, P. A., Chapman, M., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B. & Tadaki, M.https://doi.org/10.1177/09632719241231422The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the AnthropoceneProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(5), Article e2301531121, e2301531121. Rockström, J., Kotzé, L., Milutinović, S., Biermann, F., Brovkin, V., Donges, J., Ebbesson, J., French, D., Gupta, J., Kim, R., Lenton, T., Lenzi, D., Nakicenovic, N., Neumann, B., Schuppert, F., Winkelmann, R., Bosselmann, K., Folke, C., Lucht, W., … Steffen, W.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301531121An earth system governance research agenda for carbon removalEarth System Governance, 19, Article 100204. Low, S., Boettcher, M., Asayama, S., Baum, C., Borth, A., Brown, C., Clingerman, F., Dauvergne, P., De Pryck, K., Gupta, A., Honegger, M., Lenzi, D., Reitsma, R., Schenuit, F., Scott-Buechler, C. & Valenzuela, J. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2024.100204Why nature matters: A systematic review of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational valuesBioScience, 74(1), 25-43. Himes, A., Muraca, B., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Beery, T., Cantú-Fernández, M., González-Jiménez, D., Gould, R. K., Hejnowicz, A. P., Kenter, J., Lenzi, D., Murali, R., Pascual, U., Raymond, C., Ring, A., Russo, K., Samakov, A., Stålhammar, S., Thorén, H. & Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad109
2023
Hope, Pessimism, and the Shape of a Just Climate FutureEthics and International Affairs, 37(3), 344-361 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0892679423000254Justice, sustainability, and the diverse values of nature: why they matter for biodiversity conservationCurrent opinion in environmental sustainability, 64, Article 101353. Lenzi, D., Balvanera, P., Arias-Arévalo, P., Eser, U., Guibrunet, L., Martin, A., Muraca, B. & Pascual, U.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101353An inclusive typology of values for navigating transformations towards a just and sustainable futureCurrent opinion in environmental sustainability, 64, Article 101301. Raymond, C. M., Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Vatn, A., Amin, A. M., Arias-Arévalo, P., Christie, M., Cantú-Fernández, M., Gould, R. K., Himes, A., Kenter, J. O., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B., Murali, R., O'Connor, S., Pascual, U., Sachdeva, S., Samakov, A. & Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.1013014. Climate Engineering and the Future of JusticeIn Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies: An Introduction (pp. 83-112). Open Book Publishers. Taebi, B., Lenzi, D., Buhr, L., Claassen, K., Gerola, A., Hofbauer, B., Paiusco, E. & Rijssenbeek, J.https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0366.04Diverse values of nature for sustainabilityNature, 620(7975), 813-823. Pascual, U., Balvanera, P., Anderson, C. B., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Christie, M., González-Jiménez, D., Martin, A., Raymond, C. M., Termansen, M., Vatn, A., Athayde, S., Baptiste, B., Barton, D. N., Jacobs, S., Kelemen, E., Kumar, R., Lazos, E., Mwampamba, T. H., Nakangu, B., … Zent, E.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06406-9Improving Arguments for Local Carbon Rights: The Case of Forest-Based SequestrationJournal of Applied Philosophy (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Heyward, C. & Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12628“How should we respond to climate change? Virtue ethics and aggregation problems”Journal of Social Philosophy, 54(3). Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12488Justice in benefitting from carbon removalGlobal Sustainability, 6, Article e22. Lenzi, D., Schübel, H. & Wallimann-Helmer, I.https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2023.22
2022
Conceptualizing the diverse values of nature and their contributions to peopleIn The Methodological Assessment Report on The Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature (pp. 31-122). Zenodo. Anderson, C. B., Athayde, S., Raymond, C. M., Vatn, A., Arias-Arévalo, P., Gould, R. K., Kenter, J., Muraca, B., Sachdeva, S., Samakov, A., Zent, E., Chan, K. M., Lenzi, D., Murali, R., Amin, A. & Cantú-Fernández, M.https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.6493134Nature's disvalues: what are they and why do they matter?Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 56, Article 101173. Lliso, B., Lenzi, D., Muraca, B., Chan, K. M. & Pascual, U.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101173Correction to: Equity implications of net zero visions (Climatic Change, (2021), 169, 3-4, (20), 10.1007/s10584-021-03270-2)Climatic change, 172(1-2), Article 11. Lenzi, D., Jakob, M., Honegger, M., Droege, S., Heyward, J. C. & Kruger, T.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03361-8
2021
Equity implications of net zero visionsClimatic change, 169(3-4), Article 20. Lenzi, D., Jakob, M., Honegger, M., Dröge, S., Heyward, J. C. & Kruger, T.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03270-2Integrating justice in climate policy assessments: towards a deliberative transformation of feasibilityIn Principles of Justice and Real-World Climate Politics (pp. 15-34). Rowman & Littlefield. Lenzi, D. & Kowarsch, M.Special Claims from Improvement: A Comment on ArmstrongGlobal Justice, 13(1), 17-32. Heyward, C. & Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.21248/gjn.13.01.247On the Permissibility (Or Otherwise) of Negative EmissionsEthics, Policy and Environment, 24(2), 123-136. Lenzi, D.https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2021.1885249

Research profiles

Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

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