Global Impacts on Indigenous Peoples (Nature):

Indigenous Peoples & local communities report ongoing & widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems
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Holistic, Restorative & Just Mitigation (Wm Ripple, et al. ERL Commentary):

An environmental & socially just climate mitigation pathway for a planet in peril
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US > Unequal Urban Flood Risk (Nature)

High urban flood risk & no shelter access disproportionally impacts vulnerable communities in the USA
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Sub-Saharan Africa > Food Security (Nature):

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa
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US > Inequity & Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Demographics & risk of isolation due to sea level rise in the US
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India > Just Energy Transition (Energy Research & Social Science):

Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India
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Indian Ocean Fisheries & Inequity (Nature):

Fisheries subsidies exacerbate inequities in accessing seafood nutrients in the Indian Ocean
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Just Adaptation Policies (Nature Editorial):

Effective climate adaptation must be imaginative & inclusive

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California > Just Energy Grids (Enviro Research):

Toward equitable grid resilience: operationalizing climate adaptation strategies to mitigate flooding impacts
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Africa > Drought & Human Settlement Patterns (Earth's Future):

Drought & Human Mobility in Africa
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New Tipping Point Report (Tim Lenton, Et al.):

Global Tipping Points (Download Full Report)

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Global Disaster-Induced Human Movement (Nature):

Exploring interactions between socioeconomic context & natural hazards on human population displacement
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Africa > Wildfire Behavior (iScience):

Positive feedback to regional climate enhances African wildfires
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Ending Extreme Poverty Worldwide (Nature):

Ending extreme poverty has a negligible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
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Human Rights & Adaptation (Nature):

The human right to climate adaptation
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E. Africa > Drought Hotspots (Climatic Change):

Potential impacts of 1.5 °C & 2 °C global warming levels on drought modes over Eastern Africa
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Africa > Impacts on Migration (Sustainability Review):

A Systematic Review of International & Internal Climate-Induced Migration in Africa
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Systems-Informed Just Solutions (Science of the Total Enviro):

Thinking outside the ocean-climate nexus: Towards systems-informed decision making in a rapidly changing world

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California Forests > Precolonial Fire Regimes (Science):

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests
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Earth System Boundaries > Blue Water, (Rockström et al., Nature):

Living within the safe & just Earth system boundaries for blue water

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Arctic Governance & Indigenous Decision Making (The Polar Journal):

Old Sea, New Ice: sea ice geoengineering & indigenous rights in Arctic Ocean governance
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Michael Mann > A Reason For Hope (Frontiers Commentary):

Warming ends when carbon pollution stops
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Breaching Tipping Points (Earth's Future):

Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points
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S. Africa > Temps & Inequality (ERL):

Inequality & growth impacts of climate change—insights from South Africa
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James Hansen, et al. > What Is Required Of Us Now (Oxford Open Climate Change):

Global warming in the pipeline
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Human Rights Approach to Global Policy (Nature Commentary):

Protect the ‘right to science’ for people & the planet; Upholding human rights can ensure that environmental policy is driven by facts & evidence, not denialism, greed & profit.

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US > Disadvantaged Communities, Greenspace & Human Health (Science of the Total Enviro):

The relationship between greenspace exposure & telomere length in the National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey
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Johan Rockström Speaks in Scotland (44th TB Macaulay Lecture, 98 min):


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India > Air Pollution & Justice (Nature):

An environmental justice analysis of air pollution in India
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    Just Urban Adaptation (Habitat Int'l):

    Socio-economic projections in urban climate change adaptation planning: Practices & prospects for just adaptation
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    Our Planetary Emergency (Bioscience):

    The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory
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    Conservation of Indigenous Peoples Lands (Biological Conservation):

    Even after armed conflict, the environmental quality of Indigenous Peoples' lands in biodiversity hotspots surpasses that of non-Indigenous lands
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    Equity & Disaster Risk Modeling (Nature):

    The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
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    East Africa > Adaptation (Climate Policy):

    Tracking climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa: integrating governmental & livestock keeper perspectives
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    Global Conservation & Social Equity (PNAS):

    Avoiding an unjust transition to sustainability: An equity metric for spatial conservation planning
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    Indigenous Food Systems & Ecological Restoration (Frontiers):

    Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration
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    Global Indigenous > Health, Mitigation & Adaptation (PLOS Review):

    Indigenous Peoples: Traditional knowledges, climate change, & health
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    Canada > Indigenous-Led Conservation (FACETS):

    Indigenous protected & conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological & cultural conservation & Indigenous well-being
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    Projecting Poverty Across 175 Countries (Climatic Change):

    How many people will live in poverty because of climate change? A macro-level projection analysis to 2070

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    US > Heat Stress Inequities (One Earth):

    Residential segregation & outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the US
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    Indigenous Knowledge Re: Invasives (People & Nature):

    Contribution of Indigenous Peoples' understandings & relational frameworks to invasive alien species management
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    Amazon > Indigenous Soil Practices (Science):

    Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon
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    US > A Just Transition + Green Jobs (Nature):

    Location is a major barrier for transferring US fossil fuel employment to green jobs
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    Johan Rockström on Planetary Boundaries (TIME Commentary):

    What the Latest Health Check Tells Us About the State of Our Planet
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    Semiarid Africa > Water & Livelihoods (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    A Review of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Security & Livelihoods in Semiarid Africa: Cases From Kenya, Malawi, & Ghana
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    Robert Bullard & Enviro Justice (Nature Commentary):

    The Father of Environmental Justice
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    Chicago > Transportation & Enviro Justice (Enviro Research):

    Neighborhood-scale air quality, public health, & equity implications of multi-modal vehicle electrification
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    Watch Experts Johan Rockström & Kevin Anderson Discuss Planetary Boundaries (71 min)


     

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    US > Air Quality & Equity (Nature):

    Air quality related equity implications of US decarbonization policy
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    Extreme Weather Explainer (Expert Kevin Trenberth, The Conversation):

    How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming & making extreme weather worse
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    Global Energy Injustice (Energy Research & Social Science):

    Energy justice & energy democracy: Separated twins, rival concepts or just buzzwords?
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    US > Equity in Gov'ment Services (Environmental Justice):

    Centering Equity in the Nation's Weather, Water, & Climate Services
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    US > Justice & Equity Plans (Nature):

    US cities’ integration & evaluation of equity considerations into climate action plans
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    Latest Update > Planetary Boundaries (Science):

    Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

    Stockholm Resilience Centre: All planetary boundaries mapped out for the first time, six of nine crossed
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    US > Race & Resiliency (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    Are Underserved Populations Left Out of National Flood Mitigation Efforts & Facing Greater Impact? A Method to Assess Racial Inequality at the Census Tract Level
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    US > Just Resilience in Coastal Cities (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    Evaluating the Incorporation of Climate Justice Concerns Within Resilience Plans Across Eleven US Coastal Cities
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    Africa > Clean Energy (WRI Report):

    A Path Across the Rift: Informing African Energy Transitions by Unearthing Critical Questions & Data Needs (download 32 pg)

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    Sub-Saharan Africa > Informal Settlements (J of Climate Resilience & Justice):

    Climate Change & Urban Migration in Sub-Saharan African Cities: Impacts & Governance Challenges
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    US > Climate Justice (The Chisholm Legacy Project Report):

    Adversity to Advancement: 15 Climate Impacts & 45 Black-Led Pathways to Climate Justice ("#1545Paper," download 72 pg)
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    Africa > Conserving Biodiversity (Frontiers):

    Identifying opportunities for transboundary conservation in Africa
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    Pacific Islands Countries > Postcolonial Justice (Nature):

    Postcolonial lessons & migration from climate change: ongoing injustice & hope
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    US > Emissions Inequality (PLOS):

    Income-based US household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality & climate finance
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    US > Cooling Energy Equity Gap (Energy Policy):

    Inequalities across cooling & heating in households: Energy equity gaps
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    Free Online Book > Racism & Sustainability (Societies, Special Issue Reprint):

     Anti-racist Perspectives on Sustainabilities (download 162 pg)

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    Indigenous Lands > Worldwide Vulnerability (One Earth):

    Indigenous Peoples' lands are threatened by industrial development; conversion risk assessment reveals need to support Indigenous stewardship

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    Africa > Clean Energy (Science):

    Declining cost of renewables & climate change curb the need for African hydropower expansion

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    US > Dams Impacting Tribal Land (ERL):

    Dams & tribal land loss in the US

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    Al Gore > What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know (TEDCountdown):

     

    (26 Minutes)

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    Contributions of Indigenous People (World Economic Forum, 4 Articles):

    5 ways Indigenous people are protecting the planet

    What centring Indigenous knowledge really means when it comes to nature-based solutions

    Indigenous land rights play a vital role in protecting the Amazon rainforest. Here's how.

    Meet 8 of the Indigenous leaders bringing their wisdom to Davos 2023
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    Tanzania > Land Inequality (PNAS):

    Large-scale land acquisitions exacerbate local farmland inequalities in Tanzania
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    Indigenous Youth (Nature Commentary):

    Indigenous youth must be at the forefront of climate diplomacy
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    Conservation & Indigenous Communities (Mongabay Commentary):

    Making space for Indigenous leadership is crucial for conservation
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    Global Pollution & Poverty (Nature):

    Global air pollution exposure & poverty
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    Greenland > Indigenous Experience (Nature):

    Experience exceeds awareness of anthropogenic climate change in Greenland
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    US > Inequity & Air Pollution (PNAS):

    Air quality equity in US climate policy
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    US > Flood-Prone Housing, Relocation & Race (ERL):

    Managed retreat: a nationwide study of the local, racially segmented resettlement of homeowners from rising flood risks

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    Climate Expert Kevin Trenberth on Warming Oceans (PBS Interview):

    Scientists issue increasingly dire warnings as ocean surface temperatures spike (video + transcript)
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    Canada > Indigenous Clean Energy (Energy Research & Social Sci):

    Indigenous legal forms & governance structures in renewable energy: Assessing the role & perspectives of First Nations economic development corporations
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    Displaced Human Populations & Extreme Weather (PNAS):

    Refugee settlements are highly exposed to extreme weather conditions
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    Johan Rockström et al. > Beyond Planetary Boundaries (Nature):

    Safe & just Earth system boundaries
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    Global Emissions & Inequality (Nature):

    Quantifying generational & geographical inequality of climate change
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    Building Resiliency (Nature Commentary by Johan Rockström et al.):

    Shaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19
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    Los Angeles > Inequality & Heat Exposure (Science):

    Unequal exposure to heatwaves in Los Angeles: Impact of uneven green spaces
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    Johan Rockström (Time Video):

    Earth Day 2023: Johan Rockström's Quest for a Healthy Planet (6:28 min)


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    Global Inequality & Flood Mortality (Nature):

    The wider the gap between rich & poor the higher the flood mortality
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    Planetary Boundaries & Clean Energy (Earth4All Paper):

    The clean energy transformation: a new paradigm for social progress within planetary boundaries (Download 23 pg)

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    Lake Michigan & Tribal Ecological Knowledge (Frontiers):

    Native knowledge of great lakes ecology: Climate changes to Odawa lands

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    Planetary Boundaries > Cost-Benefit Analysis (J Econ & Stat):

    A Welfare Economic Approach to Planetary Boundaries
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    Social Justice & Planetary Boundaries (Nature Commentary):

    Earth system justice needed to identify & live within Earth system boundaries
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    Project Drawdown Roadmap (Jonathan Foley, TEDxBoston, 17 min):


     

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    Al Gore > Powerful Comments, World Economic Forum (Davos, 5 min):

     


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    Cascading Tipping Dynamics (Nature):

    Teleconnections among tipping elements in the Earth system
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    US > Indigenous Fire Mgmt (Science):

    Indigenous fire management & cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest US from 1500 to 1900 CE
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    Inequality & Redistribution of Resources (Nature):

    Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality
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      Protected-Indigenous Forests (Current Biology):

       Indigenous lands in protected areas have high forest integrity across the tropics

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      Code Red For Our Planet (BioScience):

      World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022
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      My Latest Book Review > Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth

                                         Book Review


      Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth, by Benjamin von Brackel, The Experiment, New York, 2022, 278 pp. ISBN: 978-1-61519-861-0 (Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu).


      One of the nine components of the scientifically based planetary boundaries framework* is the loss of biosphere integrity (biodiversity losses and extinction).

      Biodiversity is all the living things on our planet – from the smallest bacteria to the largest plants and animals…. Biodiversity on Earth is the result of four billion years of evolution.

      The Royal Society

      Relatively recently, a new scientific field of research has emerged ̶ movement ecology or climate change-induced migration of flora and fauna. Placed within such context, this book, originally published in Germany (2021) under the title Die Natur auf der Flucht, reports numerous examples of how the biodiversity threshold of our world is being overstepped. 

      Read more »
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      Update on Tipping Points:

      Stockholm Resilience Ctr Briefing: World at risk of passing multiple climate tipping points above 1.5°C global warming

      (Science): Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points 

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      Podcast Interview > Johan Rockström:

       Kaj Embren: Transformers Podcast

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      Nicholas Stern > MIT Book, Free Access:

      Why Are We Waiting?: The Logic, Urgency, & Promise of Tackling Climate Change
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