‘weak’ sustainability approach for the European bioeconomy requires a fundamental shift in paradigms and values, and this is increasingly and finally recognised by major international science–policy organisations such as the UNEP, EEA, and policy assessments, such as the IPCC, and IPBES (2024), ...
Delusionists have also accepted the comforting fallacy that—if global temperatures were to overshoot 1.5°C—they could be reduced back to desirable levels by carbon capture and storage (CCS). In fact, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that overshoot is almost...
In IPCC special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (pp. 321–445). Cambridge University Press. https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/chapter-4-sea-level-rise-and-implications-for-low-lying-islands-coasts-and-communities/. Accessed 4 Apr 2024 Orth, R. J., Lefcheck, J...
Given the years passed since the future climate projections that served as basis for the IPCC 4th, 5th and 6th Assessment Reports were released, it is now possible to answer this fundamental question if the projected global warming has been over or underestimated. This study presents a comparison...
Concurrently, human activities have produced half of the world's total CO₂ emissions since the Industrial Revolution, and urbanization has been expanding at a fast pace since 1970 (IPCC, 2014). The 600 largest cities on Earth are responsible for housing 20 %, sixty percent of the global ...
The concept of net-zero carbon emissions has emerged from physical climate science. However, it is operationalized through social, political and economic systems. We identify seven attributes of net zero, which are important to make it a successful frame
s leaders with the tools and insights they will need to realise such ambitious goals. The trail-blazing IPCC 1.5 °C Special Report pioneered a focus on deep decarbonisation pathways, but a vast landscape of detail must still be explored if we are to confidently manage such a profound ...
This distinguishes climate change from more domestic environ- mental issues that do not cross national boundaries. In addition, while there is a great deal of scientific consensus surrounding the problem's existence and general causes (IPCC 2013), uncertainty about specific ...
Climate resilience refers to “the ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner,” (IPCC, 2012, p. 5), or the ability of individuals and communities to withstand, adapt to...
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