Investing in nature improves equity, boosts economy
A new study shows that current trends in environmental degradation will lead to large economic losses in the coming decades, hitting the poorest countries...
How coral reefs can survive climate change
Similar to the expeditions of a hundred or two hundred years ago, the Tara Pacific expedition lasted over two years. The goal: to research...
Humans’ evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
Researchers have identified the oldest decisive evidence of humans' close evolutionary relatives butchering and likely eating one another.
Human impact on wildlife even in protected areas
The largest long-term standardized camera-trap survey to date finds that human activity impacts tropical mammals living in protected areas and sheds light on how...
Citizen-led planning increases climate change impact awareness and preparedness
Better adaptation methods are needed in the face of rapid climate change. A pilot process for inclusive adaptation planning reveals that empowering citizens to...
State of global land regulation inadequate to control biofuel land-use-change emissions
Under current land-use regulation, carbon dioxide emissions from biofuel production exceed those from fossil diesel combustion. Therefore, international agreements need to ensure the effective...
Experience exceeds awareness of anthropogenic climate change in Greenland
AbstractAlthough Greenland is a hub for climate science, the climate perceptions of Greenland’s predominantly Indigenous population have remained largely unstudied. Here we present two...
Innovation exceeds fear of climate change in Greenland
Greenland is central to climate research and research now shows that Greenlanders are far more aware of a rapidly changing Arctic climate than of...
Bioenergy-induced land-use-change emissions with sectorally fragmented policies
AbstractControlling bioenergy-induced land-use-change emissions is key to exploiting bioenergy for climate change mitigation. However, the effect of different land-use and energy sector policies on...
Green premiums are a challenge and an opportunity for climate policy design
Adjusting green public support programmes to green premiums can reduce public spending, yet this is challenged by uncertainty. Underfunding green technologies can delay the...
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