Global Sustainability (Jan 2022)
Ten new insights in climate science 2022
- Maria A. Martin,
- Emmanuel A. Boakye,
- Emily Boyd,
- Wendy Broadgate,
- Mercedes Bustamante,
- Josep G. Canadell,
- Edward R. Carr,
- Eric K. Chu,
- Helen Cleugh,
- Szilvia Csevár,
- Marwa Daoudy,
- Ariane de Bremond,
- Meghnath Dhimal,
- Kristie L. Ebi,
- Clea Edwards,
- Sabine Fuss,
- Martin P. Girardin,
- Bruce Glavovic,
- Sophie Hebden,
- Marina Hirota,
- Huang-Hsiung Hsu,
- Saleemul Huq,
- Karin Ingold,
- Ola M. Johannessen,
- Yasuko Kameyama,
- Nilushi Kumarasinghe,
- Gaby S. Langendijk,
- Tabea Lissner,
- Shuaib Lwasa,
- Catherine Machalaba,
- Aaron Maltais,
- Manu V. Mathai,
- Cheikh Mbow,
- Karen E. McNamara,
- Aditi Mukherji,
- Virginia Murray,
- Jaroslav Mysiak,
- Chukwumerije Okereke,
- Daniel Ospina,
- Friederike Otto,
- Anjal Prakash,
- Juan M. Pulhin,
- Emmanuel Raju,
- Aaron Redman,
- Kanta K. Rigaud,
- Johan Rockström,
- Joyashree Roy,
- E. Lisa F. Schipper,
- Peter Schlosser,
- Karsten A. Schulz,
- Kim Schumacher,
- Luana Schwarz,
- Murray Scown,
- Barbora Šedová,
- Tasneem A. Siddiqui,
- Chandni Singh,
- Giles B. Sioen,
- Detlef Stammer,
- Norman J. Steinert,
- Sunhee Suk,
- Rowan Sutton,
- Lisa Thalheimer,
- Maarten van Aalst,
- Kees van der Geest,
- Zhirong Jerry Zhao
Affiliations
- Maria A. Martin
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
- Emmanuel A. Boakye
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Emily Boyd
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- Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Wendy Broadgate
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- Future Earth Secretariat, Stockholm, Sweden
- Mercedes Bustamante
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- University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
- Josep G. Canadell
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- CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
- Edward R. Carr
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- Clark University, Worcester, USA
- Eric K. Chu
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- University of California, Davis, California, USA
- Helen Cleugh
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Szilvia Csevár
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- The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Centre of Expertise Global Governance, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Marwa Daoudy
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- Georgetown University, Washington, USA
- Ariane de Bremond
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- Global Land Programme, Centre for Environment and Development, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Meghnath Dhimal
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- Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Kristie L. Ebi
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- Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Clea Edwards
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- Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
- Sabine Fuss
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- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Berlin, Germany
- Martin P. Girardin
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- Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Quebec City, Canada
- Bruce Glavovic
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- School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Sophie Hebden
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- Future Earth Secretariat, Stockholm, Sweden
- Marina Hirota
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Huang-Hsiung Hsu
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- Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Saleemul Huq
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- ICCCAD, Dhaka, Bangladesh IIED, London, UK
- Karin Ingold
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- Institute of Political Science and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland Environmental Social Sciences, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Ola M. Johannessen
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- Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen, Norway
- Yasuko Kameyama
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
- Nilushi Kumarasinghe
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- Future Earth Secretariat, Montreal, Canada Sustainability in the Digital Age, Montreal, Canada
- Gaby S. Langendijk
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- Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany
- Tabea Lissner
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- Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany
- Shuaib Lwasa
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- Global Center on Adaptation, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Catherine Machalaba
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- EcoHealth Alliance, New York, USA oneHEALTH Global Research Network, New York, USA
- Aaron Maltais
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- Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Manu V. Mathai
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- Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India
- Cheikh Mbow
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- Centre De Suivi Écologique, Dakar, Senegal Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Karen E. McNamara
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- The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Aditi Mukherji
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- International Water Management Institute, New Delhi, India
- Virginia Murray
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- Global Disaster Risk Reduction, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK
- Jaroslav Mysiak
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- Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Venice, Italy Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
- Chukwumerije Okereke
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- Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
- Daniel Ospina
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- Future Earth Secretariat, Stockholm, Sweden
- Friederike Otto
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- Imperial College London, London, UK
- Anjal Prakash
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- Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
- Juan M. Pulhin
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- University of the Philippines Los Banos, Los Banos, Philippines
- Emmanuel Raju
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- Global Health Section, Department of Public Health & The Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research, University of Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark African Centre for Disaster Studies, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Aaron Redman
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- Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
- Kanta K. Rigaud
- World Bank, Washington, USA
- Johan Rockström
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Joyashree Roy
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- Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
- E. Lisa F. Schipper
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- University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Peter Schlosser
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- Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
- Karsten A. Schulz
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- University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Kim Schumacher
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- Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Luana Schwarz
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück, Germany
- Murray Scown
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- Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Lund University, Lund, Sweden Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Barbora Šedová
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
- Tasneem A. Siddiqui
- University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Chandni Singh
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- School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru, India
- Giles B. Sioen
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan Future Earth Secretariat, Tsukuba, Japan
- Detlef Stammer
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- University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Norman J. Steinert
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- NORCE, Bergen, Norway
- Sunhee Suk
- Future Earth Secretariat, Tsukuba, Japan Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Rowan Sutton
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- National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- Lisa Thalheimer
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- Princeton University, Princeton, USA
- Maarten van Aalst
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- Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Kees van der Geest
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- United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany
- Zhirong Jerry Zhao
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- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2022.17
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5
Abstract
Non-technical summary We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. Technical summary We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. Social media summary Science has evidence on barriers to mitigation and how to overcome them to avoid limits to adaptation across multiple fields.
Keywords
- adaptation and mitigation
- climate security
- earth systems
- ecology and biodiversity
- economics
- energy
- food
- gender
- human security
- policies
- politics and governance
- water
