🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 10 is out now, with the latest on #energyjustice ✈️, banks' #climate commitments 🏦, #climatechange skepticism in 🇦🇪 & 🇸🇦, energy literacy training in 🇮🇳 , South Korea's carbon contracts for difference scheme 🇰🇷 , & collaborative governance in 🇮🇷 Check it out below💡 ⬇️

🔓 : Sovereign green bonds show great potential as a key #climatefinance instrument, but challenges such as debt accumulation, equitable use of proceeds, and the need for standardised impact reporting require attention, say Owusu-Mante et al. @tufts.edu in new study on 🇨🇱 🇪🇬 🇮🇩 🇳🇬 Read more⬇️

🚜 What influences the adoption of #greenhousegas (GHG) #mitigation measures among European farmers? Ahangarkolaee et al. identify three key drivers: 1️⃣ Previous adoption of technology 2️⃣ Positive peer networks and advisory support 3️⃣ Government support and targeted policy incentives Read more⬇️

🌍 How far is #climaterisk integrated into financial policies in Africa? Paola D'Orazio finds: ➡️ Most climate-related financial policies are voluntary ➡️ Central banks & financial regulators lead on disclosure & prudential oversight, while stock exchanges & banking associations remain underutilised

🌱 Trade and investment rules often act as a barrier to effective green industrial policymaking (GIP), particularly for developing economies, and should be reformed to ensure policy space for GIP, say Bandara et al. @gdp-center.bsky.social ⬇️

🏙️ What drives urban #climatechange #adaptation? Liu et al. find: ➡️ Public awareness, early engagement & management capacity shape adaptation decisions ➡️ City-specific features shape co-benefits derived from adaptation strategies ➡️ Progress differs in funding, preferred actions, & action frequency

🇮🇳 Equitable #climateaction in India is constrained by centralised authority, regulatory weakening & civic exclusion, find Thomas & Antony. India's Panchamrit Policy must embed environmental democracy, restore institutional pluralism & strengthen civic accountability to ensure a #justtransition⬇️

🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🏥 China's media frames climate-related health risks as systemic & state-managed, while the US focuses on local, personal impacts, find Cheng Chen & Renping Liu. Divergent narratives shape governance & public response ⬇️

#Adaptation projects cannot and will not deliver transformative change due to their social, spatial & temporal limitations, say @mmikulewicz.bsky.social et al. @sunyofficial.bsky.social. We need to move on and pursue alternative vehicles for transformative adaptation around the world ⬇️

🇨🇳 From an enterprise perspective, China's #emissions trading system #ETS faces three key challenges, find Wang et al.: 1️⃣ Policy uncertainty: increases risk aversion 2️⃣ Block trading: limits market transparency, liquidity & ETS price discovery function 3️⃣ Limited knowledge of marginal abatement costs

🇨🇳 Offshore #carboncapture, utilisation and storage #CCUS is crucial for #China to meet its #emissions reduction goals, but current #environmental risk regulations need improving. Read Jinpeng Wang & Xin Zheng @helsinki.fi's policy recommendations ⬇️

🇧🇪 What drives public opinion of #climatepolicies in Belgium? Gugushvili et al. find: 👎 Strongest predictors of #climatepolicy opposition: lack of perceived responsibility for addressing #climatechange & old age 👍 Strongest predictors of support: biospheric values & political ideology Read below⬇️

🔓 ✈️ How do we make #climatepolicies fair and effective? 💚 Ringhofer et al. @uni-graz.at find that perceived fairness, especially distributional fairness, is crucial for public acceptance of demand-side push policies in leisure air travel ⬇️

🏦 As COP30 kicks off, read Anne Kervers' analysis of the rules & practices that govern commercial, ethical & promotional bank lending, spotlighting overlooked financial tools for aligning credit portfolios. Equity differences shape financial barriers to heat grid lending, the empirical referent ⬇️

🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 9 is out now, with the latest on #climatejustice, #adaptation #finance allocation, translating #emissions targets into policy, #carbonmarkets, #justtransition & much more💥 💡 Insights from @marthewens.bsky.social @yarime.bsky.social @chantal-st.bsky.social & more⬇️

🚑 Hu et al. develop an innovative assessment model of #climatechange health #adaptation (CCHA) policy impacts on the healthcare stock market within an integrated macro-micro research framework, theoretically expanding the boundaries of economic evaluations of climate policies⬇️

🇨🇳 Government environmental auditing promotes local #lowcarbon innovation, strengthening government environmental regulation & mitigating the constraining effect of weak rule of law, find Liu et al. in new study from China ⬇️

🔓 International transparency arrangements are often expected to benefit national-level policymaking. Yet, reporting and review are perceived to mainly support minor policy changes, find Pietarila, @harrovanasselt.bsky.social et al. @fiia.fi, with limited influence on policy instruments & goals ⬇️

🔓 🇳🇱 Higher education institutions are increasingly severing research ties with the #fossilfuel industry. This "fossil free research" (FFR) norm has been heavily contested - read @mathieublondeel.bsky.social @ppattberg.bsky.social @ivm-vu-amsterdam.bsky.social analysis of the dynamics at play ⬇️

📈 High inflation tends to reduce public attention to #climatechange, finds Théophile Bassène @upecofficiel.bsky.social. As a result, environmental policies are generally more successful during periods of low or moderate inflation 🌱 ⬇️

🚚 🇪🇺 Powering road freight in the EU with #renewable #hydrogen is unlikely to help reach #NetZero objectives, find Lafaille & Vernay. The European Commission should: ➡️ Fix several methodological errors in its policy framework ➡️ Focus on other road freight #decarbonization levers Read more ⬇️

❗ Inner Mongolian herders are increasingly vulnerable to #climatechange due to government policies that restrict their movement, exclude them from environmental discourse & limit their traditional #adaptation strategies, finds Ruona Qi - a more inclusive, cooperative model is needed⬇️

The world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies should shoulder a major share of the investment needed to develop carbon removal technologies, according to a new peer-reviewed study in @climate-policy.bsky.social. #carbonmajors #CDR #climatepolicy

❗ Large investor-owned 'carbon majors' can be assigned the responsibility of investing in novel #carbondioxideremoval technologies to buy down costs, based on principles of #climatejustice, propose Kellou et al. @climateanalytics.org @iiasa.ac.at ⬇️

Different #climate performance indices can yield contradictory results due to subjective methodological choices. Dhara et al. propose a novel framework to classify indices based on embedded normative choices, enhancing transparency of what the index truly measures and contextualising its outcomes⬇️

🇷🇴 How well adapted are Romanian cities to #climatechange? ⬇️ 👉 Some cities successfully integrate #adaptation into governance, while others lack comprehensive planning & measurable actions 👉 Planning, reporting & implementation gaps remain key challenges Read Falcescu et al.'s findings⬇️

✈️💲🏭 Wealth inequality fuels the climate crisis — not just through luxury emissions, but through power, status, and high-carbon investments. Don't miss out on this paper by our researchers from ICTA-UAB, @morrison-james.bsky.social, @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social

💰 Wealth inequality impacts #carbonemissions through four mechanisms, find @morrison-james.bsky.social @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social @giorgoskallis.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social: 1️⃣ Increased power of elites 2️⃣ Luxurious lifestyles 3️⃣ Higher status consumption 4️⃣ Investment in high carbon activities

How does wealth inequality impact climate change? My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.

⚡ #ClimateRisk shocks significantly exacerbate labour outsourcing expenditures, primarily through increased economic uncertainty & investment expenditure, find Zhang et al. ❗ Intensified climate risks increase firms' tax avoidance incentives & partially drive transformation initiatives Read⬇️

🇬🇭 District Assemblies play a critical role in #climatechange education - but how are they perceived by coastal residents in Ghana? Abednego Baffour finds that: ➡️ 72% say that DAs have not sufficiently educated their communities ➡️ 45.5% say they have "very poor" access to #climatechange info Read⬇️

🌎 Latin America's Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) climate models need improvements, find Bressan & Nieto: 1️⃣ Reduce large uncertainty ranges across models 2️⃣ Account for the future not looking like the past 3️⃣ Consider tail risks + improve hazard suites (for physical risks) Read⬇️

🪨 Coal power phasedown is essential for achieving #climate targets, but risks major job losses. Meng et al. find that reducing utilisation rates & implementing workforce resettlement strategies greatly reduces job losses + costs incurred, ensuring a #justtransition ⚖️ ⬇️

🌍 Over 86% of people worldwide are concerned about #climatechange, with higher concern in developed economies, find Chen & Liao. Key drivers of climate change concern include: 🌪️ Extreme weather experience 🎓 Education level 💭 National worry index Find out more⬇️

🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 8 is out now, with the latest on #climatefinance, agro-pastoral #adaptation, the gap between #mitigation targets and #climatepolicy, the IMF's #climatepolicy approach, & more 💡 📣 Insights from @benclift.bsky.social @aliceclimate.bsky.social @lukemoffett.bsky.social & more ⬇️

🔓 Contribution claims in voluntary #carbonmarkets (VCM) are gaining traction as an alternative to #carbonneutrality claims. A uniform framing for contribution claims can ensure the VCM serves its mitigation financing function while reducing risk of misleading stakeholders, find Chagas et al. ⬇️

🔥 Wildfires negatively impact residential property values, but positively influence agricultural & commercial land, find Wang et al. (Renmin University of China); wildfire policies need to be tailored to account for different land uses ⬇️

Migrants are especially vulnerable to #climatechange, facing socio-economic marginalisation, low adaptive capacity and spatial discrimination, find Yerlikaya & Balaban in study from Istanbul 🇹🇷 ❗ To achieve #climatejustice, #adaptation policies must address systemic migrant vulnerabilities ⬇️

🔓 Currently implemented allocation of free #emission allowances (OBA) boosts output in the EU's emission intensive and trade exposed sectors more than the scheduled carbon border adjustment mechanism #CBAM, find Bye et al. (Statistics Norway) 🇪🇺 Read below⬇️

⚡ Deep decarbonisation of the power sector is essential for the #netzero transition, & will require substantial financial support, market reforms, capacity building, technological innovation & more, analyse Vishwanathan, @chrisbataille.bsky.social et al. in study on 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇿🇦 ⬇️

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🔓 What factors affect public acceptability of parking space reallocation? In new study from Germany, Goetting et al. @tuberlin.bsky.social @rifs-potsdam.bsky.social identify key positive influences: ✅ Equality-based distribution rather than equity-based ✅ Smaller changes ✅ Citizen participation

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In our @climate-policy.bsky.social editorial @yacobmulugetta.bsky.social, @pieterpauw.bsky.social and I unpack what today's uncertain times mean for climate policy. We argue for renewed attention, but with greater focus on how climate policy is embedded in larger political and economic questions.

🏙️ Nasr et al. propose a method for deriving scenario-dependent optimal discount rates that account for varying socio-economic characteristics presented in different #climatechange scenarios, & which are used to better evaluate the cost-effectiveness of infrastructure #adaptation investments⬇️

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Dismantling climate policy is bad for the economy New study in @climate-policy.bsky.social showing that it is possible to reduce emissions, decrease inequality and strengthen welfare and the economy. Lowering fuel taxes is inefficient from multiple perspectives. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡 EDITORIAL: In this special Editorial, our co-Editors-in-Chief @ndubash.bsky.social & @yacobmulugetta.bsky.social, and Editor @pieterpauw.bsky.social reflect on navigating #climatepolicy amidst an uncertain landscape of key political shifts, geopolitical tensions and narrative changes ⬇️ ⚡

🔓 Climate-influenced #migration can lead to persistent poverty, food insecurity & increased inequality, find Khavarian-Garmsir et al. (University of Isfahan). Policymakers should: 🎓 Improve access to education & skills training 📄 Revise immigration policies to ensure access to rights & more⬇️