Outlining Scalable Policy Pathways to Address the Planetary Crisis
UNU-CPR and partners launch new report translating breakthrough science into actionable policy for planetary health.
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What a Recent Court Win Reveals About the Trump Administration's Unlawful Attacks on Climate Science
How Can City Administrations Innovate to Advance Green Transitions While Strengthening Democracy?
Revealed: 10 New Insights in Climate Science
Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. The latest report delivers a stark warning.
New Global Science Highlights Business Risks from Nature Loss
The assessment comes as the EU is stepping up its push for greater investment and private finance for nature.
Arctic Scientists 'feel Pretty Uncomfortable' on Greenland
Arctic Scientists 'feel Pretty Uncomfortable' on Greenland
Science in the Arctic - and Greenland - is on the frontline of pressing challenges facing humanity, like climate change and genetics. Some researchers worry international collaboration is at risk.
US Withdrawal from Major Environmental International Organisations Weakens Its Credibility
US Withdrawal from Major Environmental International Organisations Weakens Its Credibility
On 4 January 2026, the US announced it will leave dozens of international organisations, many of which exist to protect the climate and environment. Theresa Jedd warns that this America-first policy of international environmental isolationism is disappointing for the world, and could harm the people it claims to protect
African Union Launches Science-led Frontline Against Disaster Risks
African Union Launches Science-led Frontline Against Disaster Risks
The African Union Commission (AUC) has launched a decisive effort to bridge the gap between scientific research and policy action, inaugurating the first-ever Symposium of the Africa Science and Technology Advisory Group on Disaster Risk Reduction in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Switzerland's Climate Researchers Reveal the Emotional Side of Science
Accelerating Climate Action in Unfavourable Local Contexts: the Role of Policy Entrepreneurship
Accelerating Climate Action in Unfavourable Local Contexts: the Role of Policy Entrepreneurship
Local authorities are expected to lead on net-zero delivery, irrespective of their capacity to do so. This paper addresses the extent to which they can act on climate change and how policy entrepreneurs can exert agency.
Finnish experts’ perceptions of IPBES operating principles – Synergies and tensions between the multiple evidence base and credibility, policy relevance and legitimacy
Finnish experts’ perceptions of IPBES operating principles – Synergies and tensions between the multiple evidence base and credibility, policy relevance and legitimacy
Intergovernmental science policy organizations assess and mediate knowledge for decision makers, especially their member governments. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is known as a trailblazer in acknowledging plural knowledge systems because of the multiple evidence base approach it has adopted, which has challenged the older operating principles of credibility, policy relevance, and legitimacy. This paper juxtaposes those principles and the multiple evidence base to study their context-sensitive synergies and tensions, based on experts’ perceptions of IPBES operations.
Human wellbeing on a finite planet towards 2100: new study shows humanity at a crossroads
Human wellbeing on a finite planet towards 2100: new study shows humanity at a crossroads
This study identifies five turnarounds which could fundamentally alter humanity's trajectory: ending poverty, reducing inequality, empowering women, and transforming global food and energy systems.
Climate policy can save half of the world’s glaciers
A study published in Science finds that twice as much of the world’s glacier mass could be preserved by meeting the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement.
Failure to communicate
Geoengineering could be crucial in the fight against climate change. But first scientists need to learn how to talk to the public about it
Glacier Intervention Research Isn't Just for Glaciologists
Prospects for mitigating sea level rise by slowing flows of glacial ice into the ocean are worthy of research, but this work must involve all rights holders and stakeholders.
The Upside of Climate Pessimism
Optimism doesn't always lead to action on climate change, whereas pessimistic outlooks can sometimes help.
Study raises concerns about the climate change and global conflict crises
State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy
Multiple policy mechanisms exist to create climate policy. In this comment, the authors discuss the institution capacity and fiscal space that shape national policies around sticks and carrots mechanisms.
Scientists Highlight Three Ways to Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals
Scientists Highlight Three Ways to Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals
In Nature Communications, a group of over 50 scientists presents three ways to implement the agreement made by world leaders on the SDGs.
A Multi-model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change
A Multi-model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change
Climate change and economic inequality are critical issues, and we still lack understanding of the interaction between them. Multi-model analysis shows how climate policies compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement, including revenue-redistribution schemes, can reduce inequality-particularly in the short and medium terms.
Climate Scientists Express Their Views on Possible Future Climate Scenarios in a New Study
Climate Scientists Express Their Views on Possible Future Climate Scenarios in a New Study
A new survey of climate experts reveals that a majority believes the Earth to be headed for a rise in global temperatures far higher than the 2015 Paris Agreement targets of 1.5 to well-below 2°C.
US Politicians Support Climate Action when Linked to Certain Other Issues
US Politicians Support Climate Action when Linked to Certain Other Issues
The US House of Representatives is more likely to vote on climate action when it is linked with certain other environmental issues
To Avoid Sea Level Rise, Some Researchers Want to Build Barriers Around the World’s Most Vulnerable Glaciers
To Avoid Sea Level Rise, Some Researchers Want to Build Barriers Around the World’s Most Vulnerable Glaciers
Call to study glacial geoengineering stirs up “civil war” among polar scientists
Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality
Climate Action from a Gender Perspective: A Systematic Review of the Impact of Climate Policies on Inequality
This systematic review highlights the scarcity of research integrating a gender perspective into climate policy impact assessments and calls for more gender-sensitive analyses and the application of feminist theory to address this gap.
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