🔓️ Most sustainable finance taxonomies are not yet designed to fully support the transition to #NetZero, find Catherine Marchewitz et al. @diw.de, as green economic activities are prioritised while transitional activities are largely omitted ⤵️

Sustainable finance taxonomies – Designed to support the transition to a net-zero economy?

A growing number of sustainable finance taxonomies aim to redirect capital towards climate change mitigation. Yet achieving net zero requires not only financing green economic activities but also t...

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New analysis of the Belém #Adaptation Indicators from @sunkiehabib.bsky.social highlights the importance of measurement justice & context-sensitive implementation for ensuring fair global tracking of adaptation progress. Lessons from Africa reveal how indicators can succeed or fail on the ground ⬇️

Bridging global ambition and local reality: African insights for the future of the Belém Adaptation Indicators

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🇰🇪 Locally led #adaptation in Kenya is constrained by centralized fiscal authority, find Judith Mulwa & Marie Ladekjaer Gravesen @diis.dk: ensuring local control over #adaptationfinance is just as important as increasing finance 💰️

From devolution to distortion: political and fiscal constraints on locally led adaptation in Kenya

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🔓️💡 #EnergyPolicy results from technologists' bottom-up & economists' top-down models diverge but complement each other, say Bye et al. Choosing which to emphasise depends on the focus + purpose of the study. Furthermore, comparing models is preferred to technically complex & costly model linking ⬇️

Comparing the model traditions of energy economics and energy technology: the case of Norwegian energy-efficiency policies

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🔓️ Local, place-based approaches to industrial #decarbonization are important, but are insufficient on their own, find @imogenrattle.bsky.social & Peter G. Taylor @edrc-uk.bsky.social in new analysis of the UK's Local Industrial Decarbonization Plans (LIDPs) competition. National support is key⬇️

Decarbonization from the ground up: what Local Industrial Decarbonization Plans reveal about place-based approaches to decarbonizing industry in the UK

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🔓️ #ClimatePolicy effectiveness in the #energy sector varies across regional contexts, find Rahel Mandaroux et al. Three factors in particular shape effective policy intervention: ➡️ Institutional capacity ➡️ Interest group support ➡️ Market structure Find out more⬇️

Contextual factors for effective climate policies in the energy sector: a systematic review of entry points

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New from the CDR-PoEt consortium (CDRterra Phase 1): A @climate-policy.bsky.social Special Issue on #CDR #governance shows that responsible scale-up needs policy mixes, ethics and stakeholder participation. Read more: www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcpo20/2... #CDR #ClimatePolicy @climateanalytics.org

📣 SPECIAL ISSUE: Scaling up #CarbonDioxideRemoval is unavoidable, but policy design is complicated. Our Special Issue "Carbon Dioxide Removal: Policies & Ethics" offers a structured, research-backed package for policymakers navigating the complex ethical+governance dimensions of CDR policy design⬇️ 🔗

Special Issue: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR): Policies and Ethics

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🇬🇧 UK firms maintained emissions reduction commitments after transitioning from the EU #ETS to the UK ETS, find Mattia Chiappari et al. 📃 🔗 Linking the UK ETS with the EU ETS would: ➡️ Strengthen #climatepolicies ➡️ Reduce administrative burdens ➡️ Mitigate risks of #carbonleakage & more⬇️

The impact of the UK's withdrawal from the EU ETS on firms' carbon emissions: evidence from the UK ETS

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🔓️ OPEN ACCESS: Institutional trust + energy citizenship shape public expectations in Longyearbyen’s #energytransition, find Tom Erik Julsrud & Karina Standal. Currently there is a lack of trust among many residents & targeted political action is needed to rebuild confidence + build engagement ⬇️ 🔗

Is there enough trust for a low carbon transition in the Arctic? Exploring public expectations for renewable energy in Longyearbyen

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🔓️ 🇦🇺 Australia's Safeguard Mechanism, which employs a cap-and-trade framework, is weak, non-binding & does not sufficiently incentivise emission reduction, find Tarra Brain et al. Reforms are needed: the policy-wide Emission Reduction Contribution must increase from 4.9% to 9.2% to meet climate aims⬇️

Cap-and-trade frameworks for reducing fossil fuel emissions: insight from Australia’s safeguard mechanism and its impact on the coal sector

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🇬🇭 61.5% of Ghanaian households have low adaptive capacity to cope with flooding, find Emmanuel Tetteh Narh et al. (KNUST). Adaptive capacity is influenced by: 💰️ Household income 🏢 Access to infrastructure 🌊 Flood preparedness training 🤝 Institutional support Read more⬇️

Flood-prone and prepared? Assessing household adaptive capacity to perennial flooding in greater Kumasi metropolitan area (GKMA), Ghana

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🔓️ 👫 Citizens should be involved in the translation of climate assembly outputs into policy & action, where outputs are reframed as dynamic and the start of a participatory process, of which arts-based & creative participatory methods can contribute, say Jayne Carrick et al. ⬇️ 🔗

What’s next? How arts-based and creative participatory methods can address the problem of climate assembly follow-up

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🔓️ The overall size of #climatepolicy mixes significantly drives environmental innovation, while policy diversity and green industrial policies have limited impact, finds Carmen Heinrich, revealing the static nature of industrial policy design over time ⬇️ 🔗

Assessing the impact of climate and green industrial policy mixes on eco-innovation

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70% of today's operating coal capacity must be retired early to reach #NetZero by 2050, find Camille Macaire et al. While a substantial upfront investment is required, replacing coal with low-carbon energy could generate trillions in global economic gains, driven primarily by CO₂ pricing⬇️

High voltage: financing the path to zero coal

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🇺🇸 President Obama's first term in office prioritised #climatechange science & advanced climate-policymaking, while his second term defended the integrity of #climatescience & relied on administrative actions, reflecting increased climate skepticism, find Youngmin Oh & David Sonnenfeld ⬇️ 🔗

Climate science or politics? Blurred demarcation and interplay during the Obama administrations, 2009–2017

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🌊 Marine #carbondioxideremoval (mCDR) is scientifically uncertain and politically controversial, find Coline Seralta et al. in new paper analysing US, UN & EU regulatory frameworks ⬇️ 🇺🇸 US incentivises mCDR deployment 🇺🇳 UN restricts mCDR deployment 🇪🇺 EU remains unclear Read more⬇️

Analysing policy signals from the US, EU and UN regulations for the deployment of marine carbon dioxide removal

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🇨🇳 Distributive justice in #lowcarbon urban renewal is not merely a product of liberal democratic procedures, but emerges from context-specific governance configurations of political accountability, participatory inclusion and cultural recognition, find Chunyu Shi et al. ⬇️ 🔗

When does low-carbon urban renewal deliver justice in China: an fsQCA study

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👴 💰️ Elderly individuals are much more likely to support #carbontaxes if they are perceived as fair, find Yuhao Ba et al. in new study from Singapore🇸🇬 ⬇️ 🔗

Equitable transitions in ageing societies: how fairness perceptions transform carbon tax resistance

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🖥️ While #AI negatively impacts #carbonneutrality (CN), accelerating CN conversely boosts AI development & enhances technological capabilities, find Chi Wei Su et al. in new 🇨🇳 study, suggesting a complex long-term relationship in which AI & CN may both complement and constrain each other over time⬇️

Artificial Intelligence: facilitator or destroyer of carbon neutrality? Evidence from China

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🔓️ Emphasising #carboninequality increases public support for using wealth tax revenues to finance the #greentransition, especially if spent on public investment in transport infrastructure & subsidies for #lowcarbon technologies, find Leo Ahrens, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Lukas Hakelberg ⬇️ 🌱

Taxing uber-polluters: carbon inequality and support for wealth taxation to finance the green transition

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🔓️ How ready are West African countries to tackle #LossAndDamage? @sunkiehabib.bsky.social & Susan S. Ekoh @idos-research.bsky.social apply a diagnostic framework across 5 nations, showing most remain Nascent while none are Integrated. Key gaps: non-economic losses, finance & institutional mandates ⬇️

Understanding loss and damage in West African climate policies: a comparative analysis of national approaches in five countries

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🔓️ Why stay in #climaterisk areas if moving is financially feasible? @bjoernvollan.bsky.social @steimani.bsky.social @maxburger.bsky.social & Andreas Neef find that place attachment, selective risk information avoidance, sunk-cost reasoning, & low adaptation self-efficacy shape mobility decisions ⬇️ 🇧🇩

Decision to stay in climate-risk areas: cognitive biases and preferences in coastal Bangladesh

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🔓️ The US Environmental Protection Agency has the regulatory authority to abate industrial emissions of nitrous oxide, which could deliver important environmental, economic & human health benefits from avoided climate change & stratospheric ozone depletion, find David Kanter et al. ⬇️ 🇺🇸

Abating industrial nitrous oxide emissions in the United States: legal, economic and scientific dimensions

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📣 SPECIAL ISSUE: Our Special Issue "Deep #Decarbonization Pathways for national development consistent with #carbonneutrality" is out now, with the latest research on #NetZero transitions in 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇲🇽 🇿🇦 , across key sectors (energy, transport, land use) & across diverse national contexts ⬇️ 🔗

Special Issue: Deep Decarbonization Pathways for national development consistent with carbon neutrality

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💰️ #ClimateFinance significantly reduces the risk of resource-related conflict in recipient developing countries, promoting peace & stability alongside #adaptation, find Chin-Hsien Yu et al. In particular, #climatefinance alleviates water scarcity & reduces #fossilfuel dependence💧 Read below🔗 ⬇️

Climate finance as a catalyst for peace

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🪙 The average annual willingness to pay for #climatefinance to developing countries among South Korean households is KRW 5,291 (USD 3.87), with perceived public benefits outweighing national costs, find Boram Shin & Sung-Yoon Huh ⬇️🇰🇷

Public support for climate finance to developing countries: a contingent valuation study in South Korea

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🇷🇺 #Climate #adaptation in Russia is rarely just about climate, as the term becomes a catch-all to advance other political & economic goals, finds @serafimaa.bsky.social. #ClimateChange is not a primary driver of national policy development, but regional plans prioritise issue-specific risks⬇️

Adapting to what? Regional climate policy in Russia

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🔥 🇨🇳 Heatwaves briefly increase emotional salience of #climaterisks, boosting public receptiveness to #climatecommunication and potentially informing policy interventions, find Yu Feng et al. in new study on Chinese social media ⬇️ 🔗

Heatwaves and online climate sentiment: evidence from Chinese social media

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🌾 Different adoption levels of Climate-Smart Agriculture require different, stage-specific strategies, find Jing Zhao et al. in new study from Henan Province, China⬇️ 🇨🇳

From heterogeneity factors to targeted policy: an application of econometrics and machine learning to Climate-Smart Agriculture adoption in maize production

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