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The world’s climate has already changed measurably in response to accumulating greenhouse gas (GHG). Considerable uncertainties surround both the extent of future climate change and the biophysical impacts of such change. Despite the uncertainties, climate scientists strongly agree that in the absence of measures to si ...

A major barrier to climate change mitigation is the political polarization of climate change beliefs. In a global experiment, the differential impact of eleven climate interventions across the ideological divide were assessed. This paper examines the political polarization of climate change at the level of beliefs and ...

There are sustainable cities, economics, construction, destruction, investing, operation, and, inevitably, consultants – “There is nothing, it seems, that cannot be called ‘sustainable’”.  A correct understanding of the term is important in the processes of policy-making and socioeconomic development as it has become a ...

A reduction of environmental and socioeconomic impacts of products and services can be achieved through a circular economy as a critical enabler of the sustainable use of natural resources.  Systematic materials cycling for closed-loop resource supply chains and the integration of resource circularity with the SDGs is ...

Even if CO₂ emissions were drastically reduced immediately, the global economy would still be heading towards a significant drop of 19% in GDP by 2050, according to a recent study published in Nature.  Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) assessed future impacts of changing climatic con ...