Cities are promoting nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change. Urban nature-based solutions including urban forests, parks, and vertical greenery can mitigate urban heat and flooding whilst providing space for recreation and supporting biodiversity. However, the species planted in these systems are themselves vulnerable to climate change, including rising temperatures, extreme precipitation and more severe… Continue reading How will tropical vegetation respond to climate change? Implications for nature-based solutions and adaptation

Inclusive and land use efficient urbanisation is crucial for achieving sustainable development, particularly in African and Asian cities that will have over 90 per cent of the total increase in the world’s urban population in the next three decades. Using density growth rate, as an alternative indicator to SDG11.3.1, in corroboration with 11 in-depth cases… Continue reading The efficiency of cities in using land: A comparison of Africa and Asia

There is no consensus on the policy effort required to accelerate the growth of wind and solar power for the climate goals. Some point out that the declining costs assure future expansion even without strong policies. Others document increasing opposition and non-cost barriers and argue that policy interventions should intensify, not abate, over time. Here,… Continue reading Projecting mid-term growth of wind and solar power growth under empirically-grounded policy assumptions

As a policy objective, mitigating climate change needs to be reconciled with ensuring energy security. While decarbonisation is often beneficial to energy security, the opposite is not true: certain energy security strategies may result in increasing rather than decreasing emissions. In this paper we explore the empirical evidence on the effect of this alignment on… Continue reading Aligning decarbonisation with energy security: the case of REPowerEU

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plays a key role in many climate mitigation scenarios and strategies, yet the feasibility of its rapid upscaling has been vigorously debated. Recently, there has been growing interest in CCS and if current plans are realised, global CCS capacity would grow eight-fold from by 2030. However, the bulk of today’s… Continue reading Feasible deployment of carbon capture and storage and the requirements of climate targets

Rapid phase-out of coal power is essential for achieving climate targets. Here, we synthesize historical evidence on coal decline and phase-out to develop realistic scenarios and inform future policies. We identify 43 countries that have pledged to stop using coal by a specified date. We show that such pledges were initially made by wealthy countries… Continue reading Phasing out coal: technology, policy and justice

Climate change poses a complex challenge, impacting both the physical environment and human well-being. This study investigates how communities in Ganvié, Benin, construct and perceive climate change, and how these perceptions might influence their health. Employing a qualitative approach, the research involved: • Data collection: o Twenty-five diverse households, strategically chosen for socio-economic and gender… Continue reading Social Representations and Health Implications of Climate Change in Ganvié, Benin