Ten new insights in climate science 2024
Journal
One Earth
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
6
Start Page
101285
ISSN
2590-3322
Date Issued
2025-06
Author(s)
Schaeffer, Roberto
Schipper, E. Lisa F.
Ospina, Daniel
Mirazo, Paula
Alencar, Ane
Anvari, Mehrnaz
Artaxo, Paulo
Biresselioglu, Mehmet Efe
Blome, Tanja
Boeckmann, Melanie
Brink, Ebba
Broadgate, Wendy
Bustamante, Mercedes
Cai, Wenju
Canadell, Josep G.
Cardinale, Roberto
Chidichimo, Maria Paz
Ditlevsen, Peter
Eicker, Ursula
Feron, Sarah
Fikru, Mahelet G.
Fuss, Sabine
Gaye, Amadou T.
Gustafsson, Örjan
Harring, Niklas
He, Cheng
Hebden, Sophie
Heilemann, Adrian
Hirota, Marina
Janardhanan, Nandakumar
Juhola, Sirkku
Jung, Tae Yong
Kejun, Jiang
Kilkiș, Şiir
Kumarasinghe, Nilushi
Lapola, David
Lee, June-Yi
Levis, Carolina
Lusambili, Adelaide
Maasakkers, Joannes D.
MacIntosh, Claire
Mahmood, Jemilah
Mankin, Justin S.
Marchegiani, Pía
Martin, Maria
Mukherji, Aditi
Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A.
Niazi, Zeenat
Nyangon, Joseph
Pandipati, Santosh
Perera, Amarasinghage T.D.
Persad, Geeta
Persson, Åsa
Redman, Aaron
Riipinen, Ilona
Rockström, Johan
Roffe, Sarah
Roy, Joyashree
Sakschewski, Boris
Samset, Bjørn H.
Schlosser, Peter
Sharifi, Ayyoob
Sioen, Giles B.
Sokona, Youba
Stammer, Detlef
Suk, Sunhee
Thiam, Djiby
Thompson, Vikki
Tullos, Erin
van Westen, René M.
Vargas Falla, Ana Maria
Vecellio, Daniel J.
Worden, John
Wu, Henry C.
Xu, Chi
Yang, Yang
Zachariah, Mariam
Zhang, Zhen
Ziervogel, Gina
Abstract
The years 2023 and 2024 were characterized by unprecedented warming across the globe, underscoring the urgency of climate action. Robust science advice for decision makers on subjects as complex as climate change requires deep cross- and interdisciplinary understanding. However, navigating the ever-expanding and diverse peer-reviewed literature on climate change is enormously challenging for individual researchers. We elicited expert input through an online questionnaire (188 respondents from 45 countries) and prioritized 10 key advances in climate-change research with high policy relevance. The insights span a wide range of areas, from changes in methane and aerosol emissions to the factors shaping citizens’ acceptance of climate policies. This synthesis and communications effort forms the basis for a science-policy report distributed to party delegations ahead of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to inform their positions and arguments on critical issues, including heat-adaptation planning, comprehensive mitigation strategies, and strengthened governance in energy-transition minerals value chains.
Subjects
adaptation
climate policy
climate science
governance
just transition
mitigation
resilience
science policy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Description
Article number: 101285
Type
journal article