Africa > Clean Energy (Progress in Energy, Review):

Leapfrogging the darkness: contextualising the meaning of energy transitions for African countries
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NASA's Gavin Schmidt on Record Temps (Nature Commentary):

Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory
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Africa > Vector-Borne Diseases (Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Opinion):

Climate-influenced vector-borne diseases in Africa: a call to empower the next generation of African researchers for sustainable solutions
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Smart Energy & Ethics Of Care v. Justice (ERSS):

Beyond energy justice: Ethics of care as a new approach in the energy system
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Iran > Impacts On Water (Nature):

Spatiotemporal monitoring of climate change impacts on water resources using an integrated approach of remote sensing & Google Earth Engine
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American Samoa > Shoreline Threats (Nature):

Rising sea levels & the increase of shoreline wave energy at American Samoa
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Rockström et al. / Planetary Boundaries > Global Freshwater Cycle (Nature):

Notable shifts beyond pre-industrial streamflow & soil moisture conditions transgress the planetary boundary for freshwater change
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Africa > Apes At Risk (PLOS):

Exposure of African ape sites to climate change impacts
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Bangladesh > Coastal Infrastructure Risks (Nature):

Climate threats to coastal infrastructure & sustainable development outcomes
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Keven Trenberth > Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Heat, Temp & Hydrological Cycles (J of Climate Action, Research & Policy):

Characterizing Climate Change from Heating, Not Merely Temperature
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China, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, & India > Risks At the National Scale (Climatic Change Collection):

COLLECTION: Accrual of Climate Change Risk in Six Vulnerable Countries (7 Open Access Papers)
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East Africa > Glacier Loss (ERL):

Tropical glacier loss in East Africa: recent areal extents on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, & in the Rwenzori Range from high-resolution remote sensing data

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Indonesia > Raptor At Risk (Geography & Sustainability):

Projected impacts of climate change & anthropogenic effects on habitat distribution of endangered Javan Hawk-Eagle in Indonesia
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Louisiana > Risk To Coastal Wetlands (Nature):

Real-world time-travel experiment shows ecosystem collapse due to anthropogenic climate change

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Middle East > Precipitation Predictability (Nature):

Unraveling sub-seasonal precipitation variability in the Middle East via Indian Ocean sea surface temperature
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Tehran > Urban Resilience (SCS):

Assessing & mapping urban ecological resilience using the loss-gain approach: A case study of Tehran, Iran
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Africa > Dryland Resilience (Nature):

Over-reliance on water infrastructure can hinder climate resilience in pastoral drylands
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US > Denial & Social Media (Nature):

The social anatomy of climate change denial in the US

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Mexico > Fisheries At Risk (GEC):

Self-governance mediates small-scale fishing strategies, vulnerability & adaptive response
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Middle East & North Africa > Locust Dynamics (Science):

Unveiling the role of climate in spatially synchronized locust outbreak risks
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Rwanda > Resettlement As Adaptation (Climate & Development):

Climate resettlement & livelihood transformation in Rwanda: the case of Rweru Model Green Village
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Chile > Wildfires (Nature):

Extreme fire weather in Chile driven by climate change & El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
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Morocco > Drought Risk (Landscape & Urban Planning):

Drought threatens agroforestry landscapes & dryland livelihoods in a North African hotspot of environmental change
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Puerto Rico > Hurricane Flooding (NHESS):

Current & future rainfall-driven flood risk from hurricanes in Puerto Rico under 1.5 & 2 °C climate change
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California > Heat/Wildfire Impacts & Social Justice (Science):

Exploring spatial heterogeneity in synergistic effects of compound climate hazards: Extreme heat & wildfire smoke on cardiorespiratory hospitalizations in California
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Bangladesh & NE India > Increasing Extreme Rainfall (RMetS):

Climate change quadruples flood-causing extreme monsoon rainfall events in Bangladesh & northeast India
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Egypt > Crops & Water Stress (Nature):

Mitigation of water stress in broccoli by soil application of humic acid
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US > Widespread Denial (Nature):

A representative survey experiment of motivated climate change denial
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Central-West Africa > Water Scarcity & Conflict (Earth's Future):

Understanding Links Between Water Scarcity & Violent Conflicts in the Sahel & Lake Chad Basin Using the Water Footprint Concept
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Africa > Impacts On Elephants (PLOS):

Dynamic modeling of African elephant populations under changing climate & habitat loss across the Greater Virunga Landscape
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British Columbia, Canada > Indigenous Resilience (Canadian Geographies):

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study
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E Africa > Public Support of Mitigation Policies (Climate Policy):

Public acceptability of policy instruments for reducing fossil fuel consumption in East Africa
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India > Forests (Nature):

Warming inhibits increases in vegetation net primary productivity despite greening in India
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Impacts From Boreal Forest Exploitation By Settlers (GRL):

Pollen in Polar Ice Implies Eastern Canadian Forest Dynamics Diverged From Climate After European Settlement
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ExxonMobil Deception (Science Review):

Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections
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Sudano-Sahel Region, Africa > Dryland Vegetation (Earth's Future):

Simulated Tree-Grass Competition in Drylands Is Modulated by CO2 Fertilization
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"Planetary Commons" For Comprehensive Stewardship (Rockström et al., PNAS):

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene
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Indigenous Knowledge & Solutions (Science Editorial):

Time to support Indigenous science
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Earth System / Planetary Boundaries (Rockström et al., Nature Review):

Translating Earth system boundaries for cities & businesses

For More on These Boundaries, See Blog Resources Page (Add'l Resources)
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Nature Commentary):

Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical & equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples & Lands
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Indigenous & Local Community Knowledge of Impacts (Sustainable Earth Reviews):

Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples & local communities
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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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