🇷🇺 #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⬇️
🔥 🇨🇳 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 ⬇️ 🔗
🌾 Different adoption levels of Climate-Smart Agriculture require different, stage-specific strategies, find Jing Zhao et al. in new study from Henan Province, China⬇️ 🇨🇳
🔓️ Between 39% and 60% of right wing UK newspapers' editorial/opinion sections discussing #NetZero include at least three misleading statements, find James Painter at al. @ox.ac.uk ⬇️ 🔗 🇬🇧
🔓️ As South Africa's electricity generation relies heavily on coal, a #greentransition risks increasing unemployment. Davidson et al. propose a Green Transition Framework which profiles workers who are likely to be impacted, helping inform effective policies to mitigate #energytransition risks ⬇️ 🌱 🇿🇦
📃 EDITORIAL: Scaling up #CarbonDioxideRemoval is unavoidable - but getting the policies right is anything but easy. Malte Winkler & Axel Michaelowa @perspectivescc.bsky.social introduce our upcoming Special Issue, which offers a structured roadmap for policymakers navigating CDR policy design ⬇️
📃 EDITORIAL: Introducing our upcoming special issue, @chrisbataille.bsky.social et al. present advancements in the Deep Decarbonization Pathways (DDP) methodology to support national #carbonneutral transitions, highlighting the need for wide-ranging sector-focused policy packages⬇️
💡 What are the welfare effects of different hydrogen subsidies? Xinyu Li & Machiel Mulder find:
Hydrogen production subsidies ➡️ raise emissions
Hydrogen consumption subsidies ➡️ reduce domestic emissions, may raise emissions abroad
Both ➡️ benefit hydrogen users but increase electricity prices
🔓️ Increasing public support for a green industrial transition requires balancing emission reductions with job losses. @oskarwoodhansen.bsky.social & Max Koslowski propose a sector-specific policy framework with 4 strategies: Protect & proceed; Keep & decarbonize; Decarbonize or decline; & Let live ⬇️
🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 4 is out now, with the latest on the #EUTaxonomy, #adaptation, #lowcarbon transitions & labour productivity, climate-influenced #migration & more 💡
🖋️ Insights from @hectorpollitt.bsky.social @frankjotzo.bsky.social @romainweikmans.bsky.social @franticpedantic.bsky.social & more ⬇️
🔓️ Contrary to common assumptions, introducing pull policies before shifting to stricter push policies may not boost public support for tougher #climateaction, find Thomas Bernauer et al. Rather than policy-sequencing, governments may benefit from contemporaneous bundling of pull and push measures⬇️
🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 3 is out now, with the latest on #CarbonDioxideRemoval, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), climate literacy, community-led solutions, fossil dependency & more💡
✒️ Insights from @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social @thisislauri.bsky.social @harrovanasselt.bsky.social & more ⬇️
🇨🇴 22.6% of Colombian employment is linked to green jobs, which are mostly held by wealthier workers: men, urban residents & the higher-educated, find Oscar Becerra & Juana Piñeros-Ruíz. Targeted training programs are key to tackle inequalities & help non-green workers transition to green jobs⬇️
🔓️ #CarbonDioxideRemoval perspectives studies are dominated by the Global North, limiting marginalised voices and potential dissent, find Delaney Pues et al. @uofcalifornia.bsky.social. Vulnerable communities & #climatejustice must be prioritised for more effective, inclusive #climateaction⬇️
🔓️ In Tanzania, #ClimateChange mainstreaming is driven by governance dynamics (institutional mandates, fiscal rules, sector relevance) rather than by policy language, find Abbas Salum Kitogo et al. A multi-level governance approach is key to turn policy commitments into action 🇹🇿
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🔓️ 🇩🇰 Katrine Skagen @cicero.oslo.no investigates how Denmark became the first country to introduce #carbonpricing on agricultural emissions: through clear long-term #NetZero targets, positive politicisation & integration in a larger policy portfolio with substantial funding & revenue recycling ⬇️
🔓️ Different independent assessments of corporate #lowcarbon transition strategies employ different methodologies, causing gaps. Straub et al. @newclimate.bsky.social propose a centralised repository to track, compare & combine methodologies, supporting their integration into regulatory frameworks💡
🇨🇳 Local government attention significantly enhances both distributive and procedural justice in China's #energytransition, find Xiuyun Yang et al., whereas influence on restorative justice remains statistically nonsignificant⚖️
Marked regional disparities highlight need for region-specific policy⬇️
🔓️ #ClimateChange is driving widespread, unexpected shifts in social cohesion, find Lily Lindegaard & Francis Jarawua in new study from 🇳🇪 & 🇬🇭 :
👫 Losses & gains to social cohesion across different contexts
📉 Significant cascading impacts to socio-emotional & material well-being
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🔓️ 🇪🇺 Rural #climateaction is misaligned with European Green Deal (EGD) ambitions, focusing on energy & transport and neglecting crucial priorities such as #adaptation, biodiversity, water quality & sustainable food systems, find Yuval Damari & Tristan Berchoux @ciheammontpellier.bsky.social ⬇️
🔓️ 🇮🇩 Indonesia's #climatepolicies frame #gender narrowly, focusing on vulnerability & overlooking agency, leadership & structural inequalities. Policies also prioritise top-down institutional knowledge over diverse community-led insights. Pratiwi et al. call for a more intersectional approach⬇️
🇨🇳 China's carbon emissions trading system #ETS encourages governments to allocate more land to low-carbon high-tech industries, driving a green industrial transformation, find Wenjing Fan & Anlu Zhang 🌱
🌍️ International climate agreements greatly stimulate innovation in Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (#CCUS) technologies by providing policy signals and incentives for #lowcarbon technologies, find Truong et al. ⬇️
🔓️ 🇨🇳 China's support for clean technologies is effectively subsidising a global green transition, argue @james7jackson.bsky.social & @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. Chinese dominance presents dilemmas for the EU, the US & other countries: compete, cooperate, surrender, or abandon the green transition🌏️
🌱 Earth Observation (EO) is a crucial tool to improve the accessibility, accuracy & consistency of #greenhousegas reporting in the Land Use, Land-Use Change & Forestry (LULUCEF) sector, and yet less than 40% of Paris Agreement parties have reported using EO in transparency reports, find Cima et al.⬇️
🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 2 is out now, with the latest on #climateprojections & #adaptation planning, #lossanddamage, the UK #ClimateChange Committee, #carbonoffsetting in cities & much more 💡
✒️ Insights from @etheokritoff.bsky.social @rachel-james.bsky.social @ailishcraig.bsky.social & more ⬇️
🌱 2 coalitions shape #climatepolicy in 🇦🇷 's agriculture, forestry & land use sector, find Daniel Ryan & Luciana Apaza Laguna: a dominant productivist coalition prioritising growth & competitiveness, & a minority socio-environmental coalition prioritising land use reforms & regulation🌳
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🇪🇺 The EU #CBAM's one-week price predictability window allows importers to strategically allocate certificate purchases for unpaid #emissions, generating an average 4.36% cost advantage over EU allowances (EUAs) which increases as EUA prices decline, find Jihun Paek & Brian H. S. Kim 💰️
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👨🌾 How does carbon accrual uncertainty affect adoption of #carbonfarming schemes? Photinodellis et al. @univparissaclay.bsky.social find:
▪️ Result-based schemes -> higher allocative efficiency
▪️ Activity-based schemes -> lower MRV costs & risk
▪️ Hybrid schemes may provide an effective compromise
🔓️ What #justtransition approaches do individuals shaping global #climatepolicy favour? Alexia Faus Onbargi & @malerbadaniele.bsky.social @idos-research.bsky.social identify key priorities⬇️
➡️ Addressing broader sustainable development issues
➡️ Policy coherence
➡️ Accountability for #climatechange