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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e19 |
| Journal | Global Sustainability |
| Volume | 7 |
| Early online date | 1 Dec 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Non-technical summary. We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for a rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges for scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding the future contribution of natural carbon sinks, (5) intertwinedness of the crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility in the face of climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. Technical summary. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides the scientific foundation for international climate negotiations and constitutes an unmatched resource for researchers. However, the assessment cycles take multiple years. As a contribution to cross- and interdisciplinary understanding of climate change across diverse research communities, we have streamlined an annual process to identify and synthesize significant research advances. We collected input from experts on various fields using an online questionnaire and prioritized a set of 10 key research insights with high policy relevance. This year, we focus on: (1) the looming overshoot of the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) the urgency of fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges to scale-up carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future natural carbon sinks, (5) the need for joint governance of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) advances in understanding compound events, (7) accelerated mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility amidst climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. We present a succinct account of these insights, reflect on their policy implications, and offer an integrated set of policy-relevant messages. This science synthesis and science communication effort is also the basis for a policy report contributing to elevate climate science every year in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Social media summary. We highlight recent and policy-relevant advances in climate change research – with input from more than 200 experts.
Keywords
- Climate risks, Earth system governance, just transition, mitigation and adaptation, science-policy, vulnerability
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Global and Planetary Change
- Environmental Science(all)
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Global Sustainability, Vol. 7, e19, 2024.
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T1 - Ten new insights in climate science 2023
AU - Bustamante, Mercedes
AU - Roy, Joyashree
AU - Ospina, Daniel
AU - Achakulwisut, Ploy
AU - Aggarwal, Anubha
AU - Bastos, Ana
AU - Broadgate, Wendy
AU - Canadell, Josep G.
AU - Carr, Edward R.
AU - Chen, Deliang
AU - Cleugh, Helen A.
AU - Ebi, Kristie L.
AU - Edwards, Clea
AU - Farbotko, Carol
AU - Fernández-Martínez, Marcos
AU - Frölicher, Thomas L.
AU - Fuss, Sabine
AU - Geden, Oliver
AU - Gruber, Nicolas
AU - Harrington, Luke J.
AU - Hauck, Judith
AU - Hausfather, Zeke
AU - Hebden, Sophie
AU - Hebinck, Aniek
AU - Huq, Saleemul
AU - Huss, Matthias
AU - Jamero, M. P.Laurice
AU - Juhola, Sirkku
AU - Kumarasinghe, Nilushi
AU - Lwasa, Shuaib
AU - Mallick, Bishawjit
AU - Martin, Maria
AU - McGreevy, Steven
AU - Mirazo, Paula
AU - Mukherji, Aditi
AU - Muttitt, Greg
AU - Nemet, Gregory F.
AU - Obura, David
AU - Okereke, Chukwumerije
AU - Oliver, Tom
AU - Orlove, Ben
AU - Ouedraogo, Nadia S.
AU - Patra, Prabir K.
AU - Pelling, Mark
AU - Pereira, Laura M.
AU - Persson, Åsa
AU - Pongratz, Julia
AU - Prakash, Anjal
AU - Rammig, Anja
AU - Raymond, Colin
AU - Redman, Aaron
AU - Reveco, Cristobal
AU - Rockström, Johan
AU - Rodrigues, Regina
AU - Rounce, David R.
AU - Schipper, E. F.Lisa
AU - Schlosser, Peter
AU - Selomane, Odirilwe
AU - Semieniuk, Gregor
AU - Shin, Yunne Jai
AU - Siddiqui, Tasneem A.
AU - Singh, Vartika
AU - Sioen, Giles B.
AU - Sokona, Youba
AU - Stammer, Detlef
AU - Steinert, Norman J.
AU - Suk, Sunhee
AU - Sutton, Rowan
AU - Thalheimer, Lisa
AU - Thompson, Vikki
AU - Trencher, Gregory
AU - van der Geest, Kees
AU - Werners, Saskia E.
AU - Wübbelmann, Thea
AU - Wunderling, Nico
AU - Yin, Jiabo
AU - Zickfeld, Kirsten
AU - Zscheischler, Jakob
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Non-technical summary. We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for a rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges for scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding the future contribution of natural carbon sinks, (5) intertwinedness of the crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility in the face of climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. Technical summary. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides the scientific foundation for international climate negotiations and constitutes an unmatched resource for researchers. However, the assessment cycles take multiple years. As a contribution to cross- and interdisciplinary understanding of climate change across diverse research communities, we have streamlined an annual process to identify and synthesize significant research advances. We collected input from experts on various fields using an online questionnaire and prioritized a set of 10 key research insights with high policy relevance. This year, we focus on: (1) the looming overshoot of the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) the urgency of fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges to scale-up carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future natural carbon sinks, (5) the need for joint governance of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) advances in understanding compound events, (7) accelerated mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility amidst climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. We present a succinct account of these insights, reflect on their policy implications, and offer an integrated set of policy-relevant messages. This science synthesis and science communication effort is also the basis for a policy report contributing to elevate climate science every year in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Social media summary. We highlight recent and policy-relevant advances in climate change research – with input from more than 200 experts.
AB - Non-technical summary. We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for a rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges for scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding the future contribution of natural carbon sinks, (5) intertwinedness of the crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility in the face of climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. Technical summary. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides the scientific foundation for international climate negotiations and constitutes an unmatched resource for researchers. However, the assessment cycles take multiple years. As a contribution to cross- and interdisciplinary understanding of climate change across diverse research communities, we have streamlined an annual process to identify and synthesize significant research advances. We collected input from experts on various fields using an online questionnaire and prioritized a set of 10 key research insights with high policy relevance. This year, we focus on: (1) the looming overshoot of the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) the urgency of fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges to scale-up carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future natural carbon sinks, (5) the need for joint governance of biodiversity loss and climate change, (6) advances in understanding compound events, (7) accelerated mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility amidst climate risks, (9) adaptation justice, and (10) just transitions in food systems. We present a succinct account of these insights, reflect on their policy implications, and offer an integrated set of policy-relevant messages. This science synthesis and science communication effort is also the basis for a policy report contributing to elevate climate science every year in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Social media summary. We highlight recent and policy-relevant advances in climate change research – with input from more than 200 experts.
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KW - Earth system governance
KW - just transition
KW - mitigation and adaptation
KW - science-policy
KW - vulnerability
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