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SUMMARY:CLARE Threads: weaving together co-produced research evidence
DESCRIPTION:A key part of CLARE’s theory of change is to support research partnerships\, produce knowledge and innovation\, strengthen capacity and pursue research impact in support of transformational change. This requires individual research projects’ to focus on impact pathways\, as well as identifying and pursuing some “threads” that bring together findings that have potential for transformational change across multiple research projects. This presentation will share some of the emerging findings on the main impact pathways that are emerging across the CLARE projects\, which highlight important entry points in the evidence-policy interface. CLARE has identified cross-cutting Threads that tie together the 18 different research projects. Two cross programme Threads have emerged so far. The first explores the link between short term disaster responses and long term climate adaptation actions; looking to connect these two timescales and better understand the potential consequences to help avoid maladaptation. The second explores how lived experiences of extreme events can shape future adaptation responses. Each of these topics is being explored within different projects and the Thread synthesis of overarching learning will help to shape future practice and policy.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/clare-threads-weaving-together-co-produced-research-evidence/
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SUMMARY:Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE): evidence-based climate adaptation action through transdisciplinary\, co-created\, capacity-focussed research and syntheses
DESCRIPTION:Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) is a UK-Canada framework research programme that aims to build resilience to climate change in Africa and Asia-Pacific (https://clareprogramme.org). CLARE is producing action-oriented research and syntheses\, ranging from anticipating and acting ahead of cyclones and droughts\, to the investments needed now to understand and tackle future climate risks\, to locally-led pathways for long-term\, inclusive resilience in rural-urban settings\, in 30 countries in Africa and Asia. This research is carried out by 18 teams bringing together 125 organizations in 38 countries\, two-thirds of which in Africa and Asia\, supported by CLARE’s two ‘hubs’ dedicated to capacity strengthening and research-for-impact provide collaborative spaces that foster learning and synthesis. \nCLARE is demonstrating that “what works” for producing\, synthesising and catalysing evidence for achieving climate action is research that is carried out – co-created – by transdisciplinary and diverse teams\, with practitioners working alongside researchers; that is led from people and institutions in the countries where the research is relevant; and that has strong focus on both capacity of researchers and ‘users’ and supporting tangible action. Emerging findings reinforce the importance of lab-type approaches across a diverse range of actors and diverse spatial scales to co-create inclusive policies; the need – and practical ways – to remove barriers to access to research finance for southern organisations to achieve evidence-based\, adaptation action on the ground; anSd the key roles of both knowledge brokering and capacity strengthening in fostering climate adaptation. \nThis presentation aims to introduce the session\, providing an overview of the range of evidence and syntheses that are being produced by CLARE projects beyond those more detailed covered in the session; and share emerging learning on enabling and measuring adaptation across scales and timelines\, that is locally-led and potentially transformative. \n 
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-adaptation-and-resilience-clare-evidence-based-climate-adaptation-action-through-transdisciplinary-co-created-capacity-focussed-research-and-syntheses/
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SUMMARY:Keynote - Assessing land-based climate solutions in IPCC assessments
DESCRIPTION:Cheikh Mbow is Director General at Centre de Suivi Ecologique\, Sénégal.\nKey messages: \n\nMany land-based adaptation and mitigation climate solutions can also combat desertification\, land degradation and enhanced food security.\nMost of the response options assessed contribute positively to sustainable development and other societal goals (high confidence). \nIPCC assessment would benefit from more efficient closing of evidence gaps. In particular\, it is critical to have better evidence on what natural climate solutions work\, under what conditions\, and why – in developing countries opportunities to lift global environmental assessments as well as evidence synthesis to the next level.\n\nFollowed by a panel on Natural climate solutions
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/keynote-assessing-land-based-climate-solutions-in-ipcc-assessments/
LOCATION:H 0104
CATEGORIES:Keynote
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T094500
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SUMMARY:Keynote - Mapping out the evidence on the role of natural climate solutions in climate change mitigation
DESCRIPTION:Samantha Cheng is Director of Conservation Evidence at World Wildlife Fund.\nKey messages: \n\nSystematic mapping of the evidence on climate solutions is critical for efficient synthesis efforts\, the identification of evidence gaps as well as efficiently allocating scarce research funding resources\nThe evidence base for NbIs is significant and growing – with the majority assessing the relationship NBS and proxy outcomes of climate change mitigation. \nKey gaps in knowledge hamper the ability to inform ongoing and future investment and implementation at scale. \n\nFollowed by a panel on Natural climate solutions
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/keynote-mapping-out-the-evidence-on-the-role-of-natural-climate-solutions-in-climate-change-mitigation/
LOCATION:H 0104
CATEGORIES:Keynote
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SUMMARY:Panel -  The role of nature-based solutions in international climate policy
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URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/panel-natural-climate-solutions/
LOCATION:H 0104
CATEGORIES:Panel
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T183000
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SUMMARY:Panel -  Challenges to providing a global evidence base to address societal challenges
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URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/panel-challenges-to-providing-a-global-evidence-base-to-address-societal-challenges/
LOCATION:H 0104
CATEGORIES:Panel
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SUMMARY:Urban communities’ readiness for low-cost nature-based climate adaptation in Pakistan
DESCRIPTION:Climate change poses serious challenges to cities around the world\, undermining their economic potential to generate economic growth and improve the quality of life. While Pakistani cities frequently experience extreme temperatures\, heat waves\, humidity\, flooding\, and acute water shortages; their susceptibility is aggravated by socioeconomic challenges such as poverty\, unemployment\, and inadequate provisions of basic services. Estimates suggest that more than half of the Pakistani population will be residing in cities by 2050\, meaning that the urban population will be highly vulnerable to climate extremes. Due to the capacity and resource constraints of the relevant government departments\, empowering households and communities to adapt to climate change is inevitable. Against this background\, the present research investigates citizens’ readiness to adopt low-cost nature-based climate adaptation options in two Pakistani cities. Using a primary survey and a binary logistic regression technique\, this study advances the existing knowledge by exploring cost-effective nature-based adaptation solutions in a communal setting where decision-making is often collective and influenced by social norms. The findings reveal that citizens’ perceptions of weather changes\, e.g. rainfall decrease\, risk of an unstable future\, and experience of the natural environment are key predictors of their adaptation behavior. Interestingly\, citizens’ social networks also influence their adaptation behavior which is an expected result considering that Pakistan is a social norms-driven society where choices and decision-making have a communal aspect. Lastly\, socioeconomic characteristics\, such as age and education affect citizens’ readiness to adapt to study areas.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/urban-communities-readiness-for-low-cost-nature-based-climate-adaptation-in-pakistan/
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SUMMARY:Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe
DESCRIPTION:In the context of climate change adaptation\, coastal cities deserve special attention as they are faced with an abundance of climate impacts while also being engines of economic development\, innovation\, and culture with\, in theory\, high adaptation potential. While there is eclectic evidence for urban adaptation\, we are lacking a global overview of the extent to which coastal cities are on track in adapting to climate risks. Building on the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative (GAMI)\, this paper presents findings from a global review of empirical evidence for adaptation in coastal cities. We systematically analysed adaptation actions reported in the scientific literature for 199 coastal cities to provide the first stocktake of empirical evidence of coastal urban adaptation. The paper addresses four questions: (1) How is evidence for coastal urban adaptation spread across the globe? (2) Which hazards and trends of exposure and vulnerability are reported? (3) Which responses are reported and which actors are involved in their implementation? (4) What is the speed\, scope\, and depth of the reported adaptation? Using the World Bank’s income groups and city sizes as cross-cutting lines of analysis\, our findings show among others that there is comparatively little published knowledge on coastal urban adaptation in low and middle-income economies. Reported adaptation measures are predominantly designed based on past and current\, rather than future\, patterns in hazards\, exposure\, and vulnerability and implementation actors differ depending on the income group. Overall\, the assessed evidence mostly presents coastal urban adaptation that is rather slow\, of narrow scope\, and not transformative. These and further findings from this evidence mapping represent valuable insights for both\, scientists and policy-makers as they provide a nuanced overview of the state of adaptation in coastal cities.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/progress-and-gaps-in-climate-change-adaptation-in-coastal-cities-across-the-globe/
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SUMMARY:Modelling Future Urban Growth Scenarios in the Context of SSPs and Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Address Flood risk in Huế Vietnam.
DESCRIPTION:The city of Huế has experienced significant urban growth\, driven by population growth\, economic development\, and rural-to-urban migration. This expansion has intensified the city’s vulnerability to flooding\, a recurring natural hazard exacerbated by climate change and inadequate urban planning. Despite growing awareness of the importance of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban flood management\, there remains a gap in understanding how these strategies can be effectively integrated into urban planning processes\, particularly in the context of rapidly growing cities like Huế. This study therefore aims to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of incorporating ecosystem-based adaptation measures into urban growth modeling to enhance flood resilience. The study integrates ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) strategies and an empirical model into a CA-based model (UGM) to explore potential future urban growth scenarios by 2050 and their impact on flood risk in Huế. Three different scenarios based on the shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs 1\, 2\, and 3) are developed in the context of the rate of urbanization\, restricting urban growth in flood-prone areas\, land areas with tourism opportunities (tourism is a major economic sector in Huế)\, and high opportunities for ecosystem services in the city. Scenario 1\, aligned with SSP 1\, portrays future urban growth characterized by robust ecosystem-based adaptation measures. Scenario 2 (SSP2) reflects the current trajectory\, incorporating partial ecosystem-based adaptation measures\, while scenario 3 (SSP3) depicts limited ecosystem-based adaptation. Across all scenarios\, urban land use expands through inner densification and extension of existing urban areas. However\, the topography of the province\, flanked by mountains in the west and the sea and lagoon in the east\, constrains future urban growth. Notably\, regardless of the scenarios\, urban expansion is anticipated in the low-lying plains of the province\, exacerbating the city’s exposure to flooding.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/modelling-future-urban-growth-scenarios-in-the-context-of-ssps-and-ecosystem-based-adaptation-to-address-flood-risk-in-hue-vietnam/
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SUMMARY:Developing a global spatiotemporal database of urban adaptation actions
DESCRIPTION:Climate adaptation is needed as cities around the world face climate impacts increasing in intensity and frequency. Cities have taken many different adaptation approaches\, but efforts have largely fallen short. Tracking adaptation progress is needed to ensure adequate implementation\, especially in the most vulnerable and under-resourced areas. Despite the importance of tracking progress\, a systematic mapping of adaptation at the local level has been hampered by the lack of structured data\, given the variety of languages and formats of municipal documents. Most notably\, there remains a critical gap in conducting multi-lingual syntheses and\, as a result\, countries in the Global South tend to be disproportionately underrepresented. \nHere\, we aim to develop a global spatiotemporal database on urban adaptation plans and actions. More specifically\, we want to investigate (a) which measures have been proposed for which sectors and climate impacts\, (b) to which extent these plans have been implemented and outcomes recorded\, including comparisons of actions mentioned in previous studies\, (c) who are the key actors involved in these plans and which voices are “unheard”. We will focus on a range of globally representative cities for which climate change adaptation plans and hazard-specific plans (eg. flood\, drought\, wildfire) have been developed. Relevant documents will be collected from previous studies and complemented by adding new data sources including self-disclosed adaptation actions from the Carbon Disclosure Project and other adaptation-specific databases. The identified documents will then be analysed using a range of natural language processing (NLP) methods\, including neural network pre-trained models (e.g. XLM-RoBERTa) with state-of-the-art transformers architecture. By developing such a multilingual text classifier\, we expect to be more inclusive of the data assessed. The expected results will add to the current understanding of adaptation progress globally\, filling in data gaps and identifying key information for further research to support implementation.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/developing-a-global-spatiotemporal-database-of-urban-adaptation-actions/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
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SUMMARY:Contrasting Adaptation Measures: Developing Plans for Urban Greening Against Heat in the Interface between Climate Modelling and Stakeholder Participation
DESCRIPTION:The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML)\, located in the Mediterranean region\, is particularly vulnerable to climate hazards\, such as extreme temperatures. In particular\, the concentration of population in this urban area has largely increased the exposure to the urban heat island effect (UHI) and heatwaves are posing substantial challenges to human health\, infrastructures and energy systems\, and human and land productivity. At the same time\, adaptation planning at local scales and higher resolutions lacks wide and publicly available climate data to ensure an evidence-based approach. Similarly\, the efficiency of measures of greening the urban fabric to respond to heat extremes lacks a sufficient quantification\, resulting in possible mismatches between policy imperatives\, climate change and the results of adaptation actions.\nWe investigate how the development of urban greening plans by urban planners and region- and city-scale stakeholders can assist in the decrease of heat stress for the metropolitan area and in two selected neighbourhoods in the municipalities of Lisbon and Almada. Using the climate model UrbClim to project urban heat stress at a 100- and 1-meter resolution\, we identify particular areas of concern. Together with stakeholders and urban planners we connected the results of the heat stress modelling with existing policies and plans\, as well as with planning and design principles for urban resilience to heat.\nThrough establishing a set of policy statements for the degree and configuration of greening measures\, we model the efficiency of different adaptation actions according to global climate scenarios. The interoperability between climate modelling\, urban planning and stakeholder participation\, that is\, the linkage between land-use/land-cover\, urban planning and design principles and climate modelling\, allows planners and stakeholders to explore different degrees (and specific designs) of greening measures and match them against the scenarios whose impacts they want to prioritize.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/contrasting-adaptation-measures-developing-plans-for-urban-greening-against-heat-in-the-interface-between-climate-modelling-and-stakeholder-participation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
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SUMMARY:Climate change adaptation interventions in cities of LMICs from a gender lens: A qualitative systematic review of intervention features and implementation issues
DESCRIPTION:Extreme climatic events like heat waves\, floods\, and droughts affect men and women from the marginalized sections differentially. The vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated by the intersection of gender with other inequalities such as class\, social status\, and location. This review attempts to develop a typology of climate change adaptation (CCA) interventions to tackle extreme weather events resulting from climate change in urban settings in low- and middle-income countries. The peer-reviewed publications as well as grey literature studies in English describing CCA interventions and their implementation are eligible for this review.\nA comprehensive and systematic search strategy relying on searching multiple academic databases such as PubMed\, Web of Science\, PLOS Climate\, Cochrane\, and Campbell libraries\, supplemented by grey literature searches\, citation tracking\, and hand searches of selected journals is used. The study selection\, data extraction\, and risk of bias assessment of studies are done by two researchers.\nThe intervention features are synthesized using the TIDIeR checklist. Also\, a gender analysis of the included intervention designs is done to assess where the interventions may be placed along a spectrum of various approaches spanning from gender-blind\, gender-neutral\, and gender-accommodative to gender-transformative. The implementation issues are analyzed using a thematic synthesis.\nThe findings of the review are useful in assessing the constituents of varied CCA interventions\, the barriers and facilitators in implementing interventions\, and also to see whether these interventions are gender-responsive. Equity\, climate justice\, social justice\, and inclusion-focused actions promote climate-resilient development\, lessen trade-offs\, and more sustainable results (IPCC 2023: 4.4). This review is thus important from the SDGs perspective as well as towards developing resilient societies.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-change-adaptation-interventions-in-cities-of-lmics-from-a-gender-lens-a-qualitative-systematic-review-of-intervention-features-and-implementation-issues/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T170000
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CREATED:20240508T140620Z
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SUMMARY:Creating clear and concise climate change and health communication
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is a global phenomenon that poses significant risks to public health but communicating these risks can be challenging given the complexity of the science findings\, unfamiliar terminology\, and technical jargon. The ENBEL consortium\, a collaboration of research projects dedicated to climate change and health\, produced dozens of scientific publications\, yet one challenge was how to condense and synthesize findings into clear\, concise formats. Plain language factsheets that translate research findings from climate change research into accessible information for a broader audience are one tool that can be used to effectively convey complex information. Using this approach\, ENBEL developed a research factsheet series dedicated to ‘Climate Change and Health’ that synthesized study findings produced by fourteen ENBEL projects. The series covers fourteen themes including topics such as heat\, heart\, lung disease\, and air pollution\, diarrheal disease\, schistosomiasis\, vector-borne disease\, the heat impact on pregnant women and newborns\, early warning systems\, and non-traditional chronic kidney disease\, to name a few. The formatting of the series was designed by a graphic design specialist and all factsheets were reviewed by relevant ENBEL researchers to ensure scientific accuracy. The aim of the series is to raise awareness of these issues and facilitate understanding among non-experts\, encouraging informed decision-making based on the evidence. This series expands the reach of ENBEL’s research beyond the scientific community\, fostering greater societal impact. The series holds potential for global stakeholders\, including national public health institutes\, regional organizations such as Africa CDC\, and global networks including the International Association of National Public Health Institutes. This presentation will discuss the development methods\, what worked\, and the dissemination process used to promote the utilization of this series among a broad range of national\, regional and global stakeholders.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/creating-clear-and-concise-climate-change-and-health-communication/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T170000
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SUMMARY:Producing ultra-rapid contextualized evidence syntheses to inform pressing climate-change challenges
DESCRIPTION:Addressing the climate change crisis requires global cooperation to implement solutions that are informed by the best-available evidence. As emphasized by the Global Commission on Evidence\, this requires investing in the global evidence architecture for a suite of living evidence syntheses (LESs) on priority questions (including climate change)\, and leveraging technology to enable LESs to be harnessed to address climate change priorities. This is particularly important in situations where decision-makers must determine how best to urgently respond to climate-related emergencies such as wildfires that recently affected many countries in 2023. Addressing urgent priorities such as this requires domestic evidence-support units to be able produce ultra-rapid evidence syntheses that draw on what is known from routinely updated LESs and contextualized with insights from local evidence\, specific interventions\, priority populations and/or experiences from other countries. Our team has developed an approach for providing ultra-rapid contextualized evidence syntheses that: 1) engage subject-matter experts to scope the question and consider relevant context; 2) identify highly relevant evidence from existing evidence syntheses and key single studies; 2) assess evidence for relevance (using a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive framework of decision-relevant considerations about the challenge faced) and methodological quality; 3) document experiences from other countries that can be used to contextualize the findings; and 4) provide a profile of evidence and experiences that focuses on identifying coverage by and gaps in existing evidence syntheses\, key insights from the most relevant evidence documents and priorities for next steps. We will present our model for evidence support\, and insights about how we were able to respond to a series of urgent climate change priorities in Canada in a way that wouldn’t have been possible without harnessing the global evidence architecture in the form of a machine-learning enabled evidence map of global research on climate and health.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/producing-ultra-rapid-contextualized-evidence-syntheses-to-inform-pressing-climate-change-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
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SUMMARY:Creating a model for preventing occupational heat stress in a world experiencing climate change
DESCRIPTION:Occupational heat stress poses significant challenges to workers and businesses. As the effects of climate change worsen\, the world must adapt faster. Higher ambient temperatures and heat waves lead to higher incidences of occupational heat-related illnesses and injuries among the workforce\, including heat exhaustion\, heat stroke\, accidents\, acute kidney injury\, and subsequent fatal chronic kidney disease of non-traditional cause (CKDnt). La Isla Network (LIN) and its team of researchers have developed a model to prevent these from occurring through funding provided by Germany’s GIZ\, BMZ\, and DEG that developed the Adelante Initiative and Center of Excellence (CoE) at a sugar mill facing severe issues with heat stress and its consequences in its supply chain in Nicaragua. Through the CoE\, we conduct research and build evidence on-site\, which is translated into practice and policy. Through the Adelante Initiative\, we have dispelled biases that occupational health interventions harm the bottom line. We have demonstrated that evidence-based interventions of rest\, shade\, hydration\, and sanitation\, coupled with changes in organizational management reduced harm\, decreasing the incidence of acute kidney injury by 94% over four harvest seasons\, increased the productivity of workers by as much as 20%\, despite working fewer hours\, and provided a 22% return-on-investment for the company implementing the programs. These results demonstrate that reducing harm\, increasing productivity\, and providing an ROI are all interconnected aspects of a successful intervention addressing occupational heat stress. Today we are scaling our approach through the PREP 4 Change program in several sugarcane mills in Mesoamerica and developing similar programs based on our methodology for construction workers in the USA and migrant laborers supplying fruit and vegetables from Spain for major German and British grocery chains\, which will also help German suppliers comply with the German SCDDA. As the climate warms\, these programs will be increasingly important.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/creating-a-model-for-preventing-occupational-heat-stress-in-a-world-experiencing-climate-change/
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SUMMARY:Promoting evidence informed policymaking on the climate and health nexus: Insights into two policy research projects
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, there has been increasing research on and attention for the climate-health nexus. There is no longer a lack of scientific evidence on the impacts of climate change on human health\, wellbeing and vice versa. However\, the available knowledge is not yet sufficiently applied and integrated into policymaking. To date\, health policies remain siloed and simultaneously\, health has only played a minor role in climate policy. Yet\, there are co-benefits when climate and health policies are being pursued coherently. Incorporating a health perspective into (climate) policy can help to generate support from public and policy-makers for more ambitious climate policies. To shed a light on how climate and health are currently and can be potentially integrated in policy-making\, we will present preliminary findings from two research projects focusing on the integration of climate and health policy and governance: (1) preliminary findings from expert interviews with policy-makers in Germany that are conducted as part of a multi-country study generating insights into the national climate and health policy ecosystem in diverse geographies to drive climate action among policy stakeholders\, led by the Centre for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. (2) Preliminary findings from the PHONIC project\, a collaboration with the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich as well as the Helmholtz Centre Munich\, assessing and prioritizing public health operations to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The project aims to (i) identify and analyse the available evidence by conducting a scoping review; (ii) develop a practical guidance for decision-makers with a set of indicators evaluating transformative leadership and governance by conducting expert consultations; (iii) pilot the developed guidance in Germany and in Kenya for identifying strengths and gaps in the respective system by facilitating stakeholder workshops. Both projects aim to strengthen the knowledge base to develop a climate-health governance structure in Germany.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/promoting-evidence-informed-policymaking-on-the-climate-and-health-nexus-insights-into-two-policy-research-projects/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T170000
DTSTAMP:20260908T111014
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SUMMARY:Long-term Degradation Rate of Photovoltaic Modules: A Meta-analysis
DESCRIPTION:A critical factor in determining the ecological and economic benefits of photovoltaic investments is the projected lifespan of the installed photovoltaic modules. Therefore\, a well-founded estimate of the decline in power output over an extended period is essential in assessing whether an installation under a specific set of conditions can meet performance expectations. This power decline\, commonly referred to as degradation rate\, is dependent on multiple factors that result in a large heterogeneity of contingency factors determining the degradation rate. To derive the summarized effect of all reported degradation rates of outdoor exposed photovoltaic modules across the academic literature and explain the large differences observed\, we conducted a meta-regression analysis of 85 primary studies reporting 699 observations for the degradation rate. Using a wide set of moderator variables\, including geographical characteristics\, installation differences\, methodological differences\, and publication characteristics\, the analysis revealed a median degradation rate of 0.94 %/year\, with the cell technology\, mounting location\, and methodological differences being the main drivers of heterogeneity in reported degradation rate observations. Interestingly\, technological advances have not been found to systematically reduce reported degradation rates. Finally\, we use the meta-regression results to derive an implied degradation rate under best practice conditions and found the widely employed crystalline silicon modules degrade at rates of 0.39 % to 1.44 %/year. In contrast\, thin-film modules exhibit degradation rates twice as high at around 2 %/year. Consequently\, the empirical literature suggests a projected lifespan of 51 years under the most favorable conditions\, i.e.\, a well-ventilated installation of crystalline silicon modules mounted in cold climate conditions. The results of this study can guide future research as we summarize the status quo of the academic evidence on photovoltaic degradation. Moreover\, the aggregated degradations can serve as a benchmark for future photovoltaic investment decisions.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/mapping-and-synthesising-the-rigorous-evidence-base-of-sustainable-energy-in-lmics/
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SUMMARY:Systematic review of the achieved emissions reductions of carbon offset projects across all major sectors
DESCRIPTION:Many net-zero emission targets by governments and fi¬rms rely on offsetting emissions. Several studies have raised concerns about the environmental integrity of individual offset projects\, though systematic evidence is missing. We synthesised existing rigorous empirical studies evaluating 2\,353 offset projects across all major offset sectors. Our analysis shows that offset projects achieved considerably lower emissions reductions than officially claimed. We estimate that only 12 % of the total volume of existing credits across four major sectors constitute real emissions reductions\, with 0 % for wind power\, 0 % for improved forest management\, 9.6 % for cookstoves\, 22.1 % for REDD+ and 59.6 % for chemical processes. Our results thus indicate that 88% of the total credit volume across these four sectors in the voluntary carbon market does not constitute real emissions reductions. This offset achievement gap corresponds to almost twice the annual German CO2 emissions. Our results do not apply to novel and permanent carbon removal methods that are currently emerging.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/systematic-review-of-the-achieved-emissions-reductions-of-carbon-offset-projects-across-all-major-sectors/
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SUMMARY:Are Payments for Forest Conservation a Cost-Effective Way to Fight Climate Change? A Meta-Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Deforestation\, especially in the tropics\, is bad news. It contributes to climate change\, but also to the degradation of biodiversity and the decrease in the quality and availability of water re-sources. Payments for forest conservation\, which compensate landowners for the preservation of forest cover\, have been proposed as a way to curb deforestation. Very conflicting results exist in the literature for the effectiveness of these programs\, with some estimates suggesting very large impacts and high benefit cost-ratios\, while other papers suggest disappointing results. Which parameters are critical for computing the climate benefits of Payments for ForestConservation Programs is also still unclear. We show that three key parameters are crucial for computing the climate benefits of Payments for Forest Conservation:additionality\,perma-nenceandleakage. We run an extensive meta-analysis of the literature looking for estimates of these three parameters. We show that one key covariate reconciles the conflicting estimates of the additionality of Payments for Forest Conservation: baseline deforestation rates. The additionality of Payments for Forest Conservation is higher where deforestation pressure is large\, and is lower where deforestation pressure is low. We also find evidence in favor of some permanence of effects and no evidence of leakage effects. Introducing our estimates into a benefit-cost analysis\, we find that the climate benefits of forest conservation programs are higher than their costs when deforestation pressure is moderate to large.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/are-payments-for-forest-conservation-a-cost-effective-way-to-fight-climate-change-a-meta-analysis/
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SUMMARY:Co-benefits of CO2 emission reduction from China’s green finance pilot policy between 2012-2020
DESCRIPTION:At present nearly 150 countries and regions are ready to propose or have already proposed carbon neutral targets\, and finance is a key issue in global climate governance. China has pledged to “strive to reach the peak before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060”\, which requires up to 100 trillion yuan of financial support\, urgently needs the financial system to support green investment and financing activities in a market-oriented way.The green finance reform and Innovation Demonstration Zone is an important practice of green finance in China and plays an important role in addressing climate change.In this paper\, 8 green finance pilot cities in China and the other 269 prefecture-level cities between 2012-2020 are selected as the research objects\, and the effect and mechanism of pollution reduction and carbon reduction policies in the pilot area are deeply studied\, and the DID model and the mediation effect model be conducted empirical analysis .The results show that the China’s green finance pilot policy of the experimental area has a remarkable effect on reducing pollution and carbon emissions\, and the effect is increasing year by year. From the study of the mechanism of the policy in the green finance pilot cities\, it is found that the policy mainly exerts the effect of reducing pollution and carbon through optimizing the energy consumption structure and promoting the upgrading of industrial structure.Based on this\,it should focus on the optimization of energy structure and the upgrading of industrial structure\, increase green technology innovation\, and improve policies according to local conditions to promote the further development of the pilot cities.In addition\, it is necessary to give play to the demonstration role of the pilot zone policy\, promote its advanced experience\, and promote other cities across the country to jointly contribute to China’s “double carbon” goal
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/co-benefits-of-co2-emission-reduction-from-chinas-green-finance-pilot-policy-between-2012-2020/
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SUMMARY:Adding Water to the Nexus: A Systematic Review of Carbon\, Biodiversity\, and Water Offsetting
DESCRIPTION:Offsetting has become an increasingly prominent instrument in climate and environmental policy. The focus here is primarily on carbon and biodiversity offsetting\, with water being added as a new type of offset. In the discussions to date\, these three offsetting types have largely been considered in isolation. This could lead to new externalities caused by the individual offset types that are not taken into account\, such as neglecting the impact on biodiversity when planting tree monocultures for a carbon offsetting project. To enable multi-dimensional environmental policy\, a nexus approach is needed to assess carbon\, biodiversity and water offsetting and identify potential synergies and trade-offs. The aim of this work is twofold: to introduce water as a new offsetting type and to illustrate the intersection between the different offsetting types. This contribution aims to facilitate such a nexus approach\, with a systematic literature review\, using the AI-aided open source systematic review software AS Reviewer to support an efficient evidence synthesis. The results provide a comparison of the three offsetting types alongside multiple offsetting characteristics including mitigation hierarchy\, net-discourse\, and project types. In this way\, we can outline the commonalities of offset types along with the mitigation hierarchies and contrast them with a discussion of their differences using the discourses of carbon neutrality\, no-net loss\, and water neutrality. The results additionally indicate that publications dealing with at least two offsetting types are still scarce. Publications that meet this criterion\, for example\, discuss ways of pooling different types of offsets (credit stacking and bundling) or propose carbon credits as a financing mechanism for water offsetting. With this systematic literature review\, we give insights into the complex relationships between carbon\, biodiversity\, and water offsetting. The results serve as a building block to develop comprehensive and multi-dimensional environmental policies.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/adding-water-to-the-nexus-a-systematic-review-of-carbon-biodiversity-and-water-offsetting/
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SUMMARY:Systematic review of the effectiveness of green financial policies in re-directing finance flows in line with the Paris Agreement
DESCRIPTION:Reaching a pathway towards net zero GHG emissions requires massive investments in low-carbon infrastructure. At the same time\, it is crucial to rapidly transition finance away from fossil assets. Accordingly\, the redirection of finance flows is a key objective of the Paris Agreement (Art. 2.1c). Over the last decade\, countries have started to enact policies to influence financial actors to this end\, with 136 such “green financial policies” reported as of 2019 in the OECD alone (cf. Steffen 2021 ERL). While it is generally agreed that such green financial policies can complement “real economy” policies like carbon pricing\, technology subsidies\, or energy sector regulation\, the actual impact of financial policy interventions is poorly understood. Conceptual studies suggest a variety of potential outcomes: Effects on firms’ emission intensity\, re-allocation of capital between high-carbon/low-carbon firms\, and also intermediate outcomes that eventually lead to a change in emission intensity or capital allocation (e.g.\, quality of climate-related financial disclosures\, mark-ups/discounts in the cost of capital). An increasing body of primary empirical research evaluates past interventions\, with numerous studies studying especially disclosure requirements\, green state investment banks\, and interventions by central banks. However\, the piecemeal evidence base has not been synthesized so far\, making it hard to derive learnings that apply across regional and time-specific contexts. To fill this gap\, we conduct a systematic review of green financial policy effectiveness in OECD countries. As a first step\, we present a rigorous qualitative synthesis of evidence concerning impact channels and outcome measures (drawing on both empirical studies and computational modeling studies). Building on its result\, the second step uses empirical literature only and conducts a quantitative meta-analysis concerning the impact of climate-related disclosure requirements\, and green state investment banks. We also derive important research gaps and avenues forward for green financial policy analysis.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/systematic-review-of-the-effectiveness-of-green-financial-policies-in-re-directing-finance-flows-in-line-with-the-paris-agreement/
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SUMMARY:Behavioural science interventions within the development and environmental fields in developing countries: A systematic review
DESCRIPTION:Human behaviour is a key driver of climate change\, and behavioural science interventions offer promising opportunities to promote positive environmental/climate and development outcomes. Yet rigorous empirical guidance is lacking in terms of how to change behaviour most effectively to support adaptation and emissions reductions in developing countries. The primary objective of this systematic review (SR) is to identify\, assess and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of feedback\, reminders\, salience (communication)\, salience (experience design)\, and goal-setting interventions conducted in developing countries on environmental/climate and development outcomes. We first conducted an interactive evidence gap map (EGM) using a broader research scope to provide an overview of the evidence base on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions\, covering 22 interventions. The full SR followed an aggregative review approach\, including only the rigorous quantitative impact evaluations of these five interventions. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as well as quasi-experimental studies that used quantitative methods. We conducted 12 meta-analyses in our SR to examine the overall effects of feedback\,
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/behavioural-science-interventions-within-the-development-and-environmental-fields-in-developing-countries-a-systematic-review/
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SUMMARY:Results from an Evidence Synthesis of Process Evaluations of Climate Adaptation in Smallholder Food Production Programs
DESCRIPTION:Food security and environmental crises have become major concerns worldwide\, particularly affecting vulnerable groups in the Global South. Small-scale producers must adopt innovative\, climate-adaptive practices to mitigate these crises. Norad commissioned AIR to synthesize the barriers and facilitators to successful climate adaptations in food production for small-scale food producers and fishers. We identified 1\,627 process evaluations from four scholarly and 23 practitioner databases\, 70 of which we included. We mapped study characteristics by adaptation focus\, geography\, and sector; assessed methodological quality; extracted relevant data using a deductive coding framework based on DAC criteria; and inductively identified new themes during data coding. We applied GRADE-CERQUAL to assess confidence in the review findings.\nInterventions that incorporated contextual analyses\, needs assessments\, and consideration of women’s roles were far more relevant to participants than those that did not. Further\, demonstrating the profit or production value of the climate adaptation facilitated uptake\, particularly when results were seen quickly. Linkages with the private sector and support to produce market-quality products were important to adopting new practices.\nInterventions that failed to incorporate needs assessments were less relevant to participants\, encountered more difficulties during implementation\, and were less likely to be sustainable. A lack of understanding of needs\, capacities\, and practicalities meant that some projects used inappropriate approaches for the context or left significant challenges unaddressed.\nDesigns failed to account for severe weather events\, limited water infrastructure and access\, and the general inaccessibility of project sites impeded intervention effectiveness. Two cultural factors—the mobile and migratory nature of participants and gender norms restricting women’s participation in activities—also moderated the intervention effectiveness. Finally\, inflation and changes in input prices were the primary economic factors that hindered the effectiveness and sustainability of climate adaptive approaches.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/results-from-an-evidence-synthesis-of-process-evaluations-of-climate-adaptation-in-smallholder-food-production-programs/
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SUMMARY:What is the state of evidence on SDG 13 outcomes in low- and middle-income countries?
DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the organising agenda for global development\, with SDG 13 in particular calling for climate action. While developed countries bear primary responsibility for the climate crisis\, climate change is potentially devastating for low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs). There is a need for rigorous evidence about which programmes and policies are most effective in achieving SDG13 targets in L&MICs. The Development Evidence Portal (DEP)\, maintained by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation\, is a database that gathers such evidence in the form of impact evaluations and systematic reviews focused on L&MICs. \nWe analyse data from the DEP to answer the following question: What is the state of the evidence base for planet-focused SDGs—particularly SDG 13—and where are the gaps in the evidence? Understanding the state of the evidence can help policymakers find relevant evidence to inform decisions\, and can guide the research community in filling key evidence gaps. \nWe find there has been surprisingly few rigorous evaluations assessing impact of climate-related interventions on L&MICs\, with the notable exception of studies on Chinese environmental policy. The number of China-focused evaluations measuring SDG 13 outcomes in 2022 alone (n = 286) exceeds the number of evaluations focused on all other L&MICs combined since 1990 (n = 154). The situation is similar for SDGs targeting sustainable cities (SDG 11) and responsible consumption/production (SDG 12). Evidence bases for SDGs focused on life below water and on land (SDGs 14-15) are very limited. \nWe call for renewed efforts to apply rigorous evaluation methods to climate-related policies and to measure key SDG 13 indicators in L&MICs. To fill this large evidence gap\, we will need innovative\, low-cost evaluation methods using remote sensing and non-randomized designs.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/what-is-the-state-of-evidence-on-sdg-13-outcomes-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/
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SUMMARY:What is effective adaptation in the context of the Global Goal on Adaptation
DESCRIPTION:Assessment of the effectiveness of adaptation featured in several sections of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Reports. However\, the main challenge still exists in defining effective adaptation\, given the context- and region-specific characteristics of adaptation. With the recent global adaptation targets adopted at COP28 in the global goal on adaptation (GGA) framework\, establishing the guiding principles and conceptual framework that assess the effectiveness of adaptation in the context of GGA is critical for successful tracking of progress of the GGA targets implementation. To develop the conceptual framework\, we are undertaking a systematic review and synthesis of evidence from scientific literature. This framework will be applied to synthesise evidence of human adaptation from a variety of sources\, including scientific literature\, UN reports\, other technical reports and government documents\, and reporting to the UNFCCC with the aim for tracking adaptation progress. We will present the synthesis of adaptation information to provide evidence of a pool of effective adaptation options that can contribute to achieving GGA targets. Thus\, the synthesis results inform the frontline organisations and governments on effective adaptation for achieving GGA targets. This work is also important in informing the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Cycle\, given that countries have agreed to update the IPCC’s 1994 guidelines on climate adaptation\, vulnerability\, and impacts assessment. The results of the work provide input for the review of the GGA framework for further work needed in the context of the temperature goal and global adaptation goal expressed in the Paris Agreement.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/what-is-effective-adaptation-in-the-context-of-the-global-goal-on-adaptation/
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SUMMARY:Nature based solutions: an evidenced-based hype? A systematic review of the effectiveness of adaptation interventions in agricultural and coastal sectors
DESCRIPTION:The global evidence-base on the effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been rapidly growing in recent years\, particularly in the agricultural and coastal sectors. This paper presentation addresses the question of whether results are consistent across pre-defined types of interventions\, outcomes and sectors using a systematic review of 363 empirical observations published in the scientific literature. Results show that nature-based solutions (NbS) have the strongest positive effects for both the coastal and agricultural sectors. In the coastal sector\, NbS contribute to reduce the risk of climate-related shocks and stressors\, while in the agricultural sector\, they enhance adaptive capacity (i.e.\, specifically the provision of economic benefits). Informational and infrastructure interventions also exhibit positive effects in the agricultural sector. Social/behavioural interventions in the coastal sector show particularly negative effects. Taken together\, our results highlight the opportunity for development and climate adaptation practitioners to promote co-benefits beyond risk reduction\, particularly in the case of NbS.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/nature-based-solutions-an-evidenced-based-hype-a-systematic-review-of-the-effectiveness-of-adaptation-interventions-in-agricultural-and-coastal-sectors/
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SUMMARY:Mixed Methods Synthesis to Evaluate Coordination of Community and Climate Actor Just Transition Priorities
DESCRIPTION:Large scale\, complex problems like climate change require inter-institutional coordination and partnership to produce holistic\, comprehensive solutions. As climate actors agree upon the need to ensure that sustainability transitions take place as “Just Transitions” they must reckon with how to operationalize subjective concepts like “justice” in their sustainability plans. The globalized nature of these transitions\, however\, often produces impacts in other countries and continents. Battery storage systems constructed to support renewable energy development California\, for instance\, may increase environmental impacts on Latin American mineral mining communities. It is necessary that climate policy actors understand and are aligned with affected communities’ individual conceptualizations of justice. This presentation discusses a qualitative synthesis method that supports operationalization and coordination of these subjective concepts and quantitative transformation of findings to evaluate policy plans and frameworks.\nThe methodology is applied to a regional analysis of non-academic Just Transition framework priorities from 75 global actors comprising of NGOs\, governments\, multilateral institutions\, development banks\, think tanks\, and private enterprises. Organizations are categorized into two regions (Anglo-European and non-Anglo-European) to permit analysis of regional coordination between the groups’ conceptualizations. An emergent thematic coding approach distills each organization’s Just Transition conceptualization into individual Just Transition Concepts. A composite scoring method measures the presence of each concept among the frameworks in the two regions and is sorted to identify each region’s highest and lowest priorities. To illustrate regional framework coordination with community priorities\, qualitative data from frontline communities in La Guajira\, Colombia is transformed to match the language of the Just Transition Concepts. Comparison of community and framework priorities identifies areas of (mis)alignment between policy actors and communities. Just Transition frameworks from all regions are found to largely overlook community priorities of addressing local corruption\, mitigation of community conflict\, and support for community interconnection to promote a Just transition.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/mixed-methods-synthesis-to-evaluate-coordination-of-community-and-climate-actor-just-transition-priorities/
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SUMMARY:Just transitions and Green New Deals: concept synthesis of the qualitative literature
DESCRIPTION:Global discourses surrounding the low-carbon transition increasingly feature calls for equity and justice. Momentum behind just transition principles is growing\, evolving significantly from their introduction by U.S. trade unions in the 1980s. Recently\, just transition principles have begun shaping policies and governance strategies internationally. Some approaches focus narrowly on worker protections in industries undergoing structural change (e.g.\, fossil fuel extraction)\, while others take a more macro-transformative approach (e.g.\, the U.S. Green New Deal and EU Green Deal) with broader social agendas. The concept has also been adopted by a range of development and social actors\, and notably featured in the phase-out centered JETP investments for South Africa\, Indonesia\, and Vietnam. Meanwhile\, calls for a just transition are spreading to other decarbonizing sectors (including agriculture and food systems\, waste and recycling\, construction\, and transportation). The proliferation of these concepts in recent years requires careful study to understand how new and competing interpretations inform development of socially just climate policy. This paper will map and compare the usage of just transitions\, Green New Deals\, inclusive green growth\, and related emerging concepts across the literature. Using qualitative analysis methods\, we code for various aspects\, including concept definitions (consisting of motivation\, process\, and outcomes) and frameworks proposed by different actors as well as policies and governance strategies tied to just transitions (including public support for energy transition policies). Relative to prior reviews of these concepts\, our review contributes the most thorough and updated mapping of the literature\, comparing conceptual framings across disciplines\, actor interests and perspectives\, and just transition policy efforts.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/just-transitions-and-green-new-deals-concept-synthesis-of-the-qualitative-literature/
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SUMMARY:A systematic mixed-methods review of public perceptions on carbon dioxide removal
DESCRIPTION:Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a critical component of strategies to limit global warming to well below 2°C. Development and deployment of CDR methods will be crucial in the next decades as CDR needs to be scaled to several gigatonnes by mid-century. How CDR is perceived will play a vital role for this process\, as it can support\, hinder and inform large-scale implementation. Here\, we conduct a first systematic review of the literature on perceptions\, attitudes and opinions on CDR. We extend previous reviews by (1) comprehensively searching the literature using a transparent and reproducible study selection strategy enhanced with machine-learning\, (2) systematically assessing the available evidence using a mixed-methods approach with meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis\, and (3) also including perceptions of stakeholder groups such as CDR adopters or experts\, who are critical for technology scale-up.\nWe find that more than half of the identified 165 articles on CDR perceptions focuses on particular stakeholder groups\, while the other half is on general populations – often using surveys on nationally representative samples. The literature is highly concentrated on high-income countries. Quantitative studies find low levels of public awareness on CDR and investigate a variety of outcomes\, with the most frequent being acceptance and support for CDR. These perceptions are influenced by perceived advantages and risks of technologies\, subjective knowledge and trust in governance. A meta-analysis provides estimates of average effects of these factors on support. Our synthesis of qualitative studies further shows how context dependent the influence of factors are. This talk will focus on the mixed-methods approach applied in our review as part of the session “Qualitative evidence synthesis: contemporary approaches in climate policy research”.
URL:https://test.whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/a-systematic-mixed-methods-review-of-public-perceptions-on-carbon-dioxide-removal/
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