Ten new insights in climate science 2023

Global Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

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 implications overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for rapid managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future contribution sinks, (5) intertwinedness crises biodiversity loss change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain glacier loss, (8) human immobility face risks, (9) adaptation justice, (10) just transitions food systems. Technical The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports provides scientific foundation international negotiations constitutes an unmatched resource researchers. However, assessment cycles take multiple years. As to cross- interdisciplinary understanding diverse communities, we have streamlined annual process synthesize significant advances. collected input from experts various fields using online questionnaire prioritized 10 key insights relevance. This year, focus on: overshoot urgency scale-up joint governance accelerated amidst present succinct account these insights, reflect their implications, offer integrated policy-relevant messages. science synthesis communication effort is also basis report contributing elevate every year time United Nations Conference. Social media highlight – more than 200 experts.

Language: Английский

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Supply‐side climate policy: A new frontier in climate governance

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(6)

Published: July 3, 2024

Abstract From the margins of climate governance, supply‐side policies that seek to restrict production climate‐heating fossil fuels and keep sizeable quantities remaining reserves in ground are gaining greater prominence. national‐level bans phase‐out divestment campaigns creation “climate clubs,” such as Beyond Oil Gas Alliance (BOGA), an increasing number being adopted by national state governments, cities financial actors around world. This marked shift governance reflects a growing recognition temperature goals Paris Agreement cannot be achieved without enhanced efforts leave large swathes fuel actively existing infrastructures. Unsurprisingly, there has been scholarly attention different dimensions policy: from identifying nature scale “production gap” (between planned which is compatible with goals), initial attempts map explain adoption across regions sectors, well forward‐looking analysis possible pathways multilateral agreements. article surveys this academic policy landscape review what we currently know about policies: how, when, why whom they adopted, how significant are, ways regional measures might supported multilaterally. categorized under: Policy Governance > Multilevel Transnational Climate Change Climate, Nature, Ethics Global Justice

Language: Английский

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Pursuing electric mobility in India: Regional disparities and strategic gaps in sub-national electric vehicle policies

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 125, P. 104113 - 104113

Published: May 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Phasing-out ‘coal tradition’ in favour of ‘renewable colonialism’: how the press contributes to the discursive (de)legitimization of coal and renewables in a coal region in transition

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(2), P. 381 - 402

Published: Nov. 23, 2023

Abstract This article examines the Sulcis coal region in Italy and illustrates how discursive dynamics can impede energy transition by delegitimizing decline diffusion of renewable energies. Combining quantitative analyses textual data argumentative discourse analysis, we analyze newspaper articles published between 2011 2021 national, regional, local press. Our findings reveal that shifts topic salience storylines reflect different phases (coal legitimacy, regime destabilization, reconfiguration). Throughout analyzed period, newspapers have cultivated a environment weakens efforts to phase out promote low-carbon amplifying particular endorsed competing coalitions. Media consistently portrays decarbonization phase-out as threatening, anticipating disruption regional livelihoods traditions. Over time, energies are marginalized or hindered promoting stability legitimacy), soft transformation (coal-to-gas transition), and, finally, reconfiguration (utility-scale transition) promoted incumbents resisted locally based coalitions perceiving it form colonialism. study sheds light on interplay complexities challenges destabilization–reconfiguration pathway regions. It contends approaches combining both build-up break-down into analysis transitions offer more nuanced, politically sensitive understanding practical insights instigate navigate equitable pathways.

Language: Английский

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Phase-in and phase-out policies in the global steel transition

Climate Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(9), P. 1163 - 1176

Published: May 13, 2024

To reach the goals of Paris Agreement, global emissions should be reduced to net zero by mid-century. The steel sector is an emission-intensive industrial subsector where low-carbon production routes are emerging, and recent studies have shown that rapid decarbonization technically possible. However, several barriers block sector-wide diffusion steelmaking. Inertia exit inhibit closure plants, thus driving overcapacity trade conflicts which in turn risk undermining transition. Drawing on transitions literature, we find phase-out policy has a key role play overcoming inertia exit, increasing pace exits sector, enabling market space for low-emission Still, reviewing mixes top four steelmaking jurisdictions, observe these primarily oriented towards phasing-in capacity rather than phasing-out capacity. In analysis projects LeadIT Green Steel Tracker, almost half financially backed government, revealing support phase-ins sparking renaissance subsidies sector. At same time, green projects, aggregate, total minimize transition, policymakers develop new corresponding policies increase closures, enable

Language: Английский

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“These industries have polluted consciences; we are unable to envision change“: Sense of place and lock-in mechanisms in Sulcis coal and carbon-intensive region, Italy

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 86, P. 102850 - 102850

Published: May 1, 2024

European coal and carbon-intensive regions (CCIRs) face the intricate challenge of navigating destabilization-reconfiguration pathways, requiring a nuanced understanding how phase-out intertwines with innovation lock-in mechanisms. The success this transformation depends on multitude factors, including socio-political, economic, material conditions, as well psychosocial cultural dimensions place. This study examines feedback loops between structural factors (i.e., socio-economic, infrastructural) sense place can either disrupt or reinforce mechanisms path dependency in CCIRs. focuses Sulcis CCIR (Sardinia, Italy), where extractive metal industries are deeply ingrained region's culture economy. To reconstruct trajectory gain depth across time, we triangulate different data sources policy documents, newspapers, participatory workshops, interviews key stakeholders. findings reveal profound influence grounded shared industrial myth along associated meanings, identities, memories Positive have legitimated dominance impeding recognition need for change obscuring windows opportunity low-carbon transformation. Following definite destabilization coal, dominant meanings being actively challenged, while legacy is serving guiding frame shaping legitimacy imaginaries defining just transition pathway. discusses importance recognizing addressing role its interaction perpetuating to ensure effective deliberate efforts navigate reconfiguration

Language: Английский

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Anticipatory climate policy mix pathways: a framework for ex-ante construction and assessment applied to the road transport sector

Climate Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 30

Published: Sept. 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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A tale of two coal regimes: An actor-oriented analysis of destabilisation and maintenance of coal regimes in Germany and Japan

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 105, P. 103297 - 103297

Published: Oct. 7, 2023

Language: Английский

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Exploring Transition in Coal- and Carbon-Intensive Regions Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

Springer climate, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 127 - 149

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Deriving a justified budget for peatland rewetting – Applying the German coal phase-out as a blueprint

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 147, P. 107363 - 107363

Published: Oct. 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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