Central Asia > Weather Extremes (Climatic Change):

Exploring the impact of the recent global warming on extreme weather events in Central Asia using the counterfactual climate data ATTRICI v1.1

Africa > Malaria Transmission (Science):

Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology

California > Indigenous Leadership In Adaptation & Justice (Weather, Climate & Society):

Climate Justice & Climate Adaptation in California: Indigenous Community Climate Adaptation Leadership & Opportunities for Scientific Collaboration

Caribbean > Sea-level Rise (Nature):

Determining sea-level rise in the Caribbean: A shift from temperature to mass control

EU > GDPs, Sustainability & Social Equality (Ecological Economics):

How close are European countries to the doughnut-shaped safe & just space? Evidence from 26 EU countries

E. Africa > Extreme Events (Earth System Dynamics):

The perfect storm? Co-occurring climate extremes in East Africa

What Is Happening In the Atlantic Ocean? Watch Stefan Rahmstorf on AMOC (50 min):

 See Also: AMOC Tipping Point (Oceanography Overview)

Human Displacement & Migration (One Earth):

Research priorities for climate mobility

Los Angeles > Flood Exposure Inequality (Multidiscip. J. Civ. Eng.):

Quantifying Social Inequalities in Flood Risk

Madagascar > Drought (Nature):

Climate change linked to drought in Southern Madagascar

Global Economic Inequality (ERL Review):

Climate change impacts increase economic inequality: evidence from a systematic literature review

Indigenous Knowledge & Water Quality (Frontiers):

The contributions of Indigenous People's earth observations to water quality monitoring

Equality Is Essential For Sustainability (Nature Commentary):

Why the world cannot afford the rich

Policy & Inequality (Energy Research & Social Science):

Climate action from a gender perspective: A systematic review of the impact of climate policies on inequality

Justice & Indigenous Peoples’ Participation In Policy (PLOS Commentary):

Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ participation in climate policy processes

Africa > Adaptation By Smallholder Farmers (Climate Services Review):

Targeting smallholder farmers for climate information services adoption in Africa: A systematic literature review

Shifting Our Diets (Johan Rockström et al., Science):

Food matters: Dietary shifts increase the feasibility of 1.5°C pathways in line with the Paris Agreement

Africa > Tropical Human Heat Stress (Int. J. Biometeorol.)

The effects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa

Africa > Challenges & Solutions (Nature Commentary):

Challenges & ways forward for sustainable weather & climate services in Africa

Impacts on Indigenous Peoples' Health & Rights (PLOS):

Climate change, biodiversity loss, & Indigenous Peoples’ health & wellbeing: A systematic umbrella review

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

Leapfrogging the darkness: contextualising the meaning of energy transitions for African countries

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

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

Smart Energy & Ethics Of Care v. Justice (ERSS):

Beyond energy justice: Ethics of care as a new approach in the energy system

Iran > Impacts On Water (Nature):

Spatiotemporal monitoring of climate change impacts on water resources using an integrated approach of remote sensing & Google Earth Engine

American Samoa > Shoreline Threats (Nature):

Rising sea levels & the increase of shoreline wave energy at American Samoa

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

Africa > Apes At Risk (PLOS):

Exposure of African ape sites to climate change impacts

Bangladesh > Coastal Infrastructure Risks (Nature):

Climate threats to coastal infrastructure & sustainable development outcomes

Keven Trenberth > Earth’s Energy Imbalance, Heat, Temp & Hydrological Cycles (J of Climate Action, Research & Policy):

Characterizing Climate Change from Heating, Not Merely Temperature

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)

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

Indonesia > Raptor At Risk (Geography & Sustainability):

Projected impacts of climate change & anthropogenic effects on habitat distribution of endangered Javan Hawk-Eagle in Indonesia

Louisiana > Risk To Coastal Wetlands (Nature):

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

Middle East > Precipitation Predictability (Nature):

Unraveling sub-seasonal precipitation variability in the Middle East via Indian Ocean sea surface temperature

Tehran > Urban Resilience (SCS):

Assessing & mapping urban ecological resilience using the loss-gain approach: A case study of Tehran, Iran

Africa > Dryland Resilience (Nature):

Over-reliance on water infrastructure can hinder climate resilience in pastoral drylands

US > Denial & Social Media (Nature):

The social anatomy of climate change denial in the US

Mexico > Fisheries At Risk (GEC):

Self-governance mediates small-scale fishing strategies, vulnerability & adaptive response

Middle East & North Africa > Locust Dynamics (Science):

Unveiling the role of climate in spatially synchronized locust outbreak risks

Rwanda > Resettlement As Adaptation (Climate & Development):

Climate resettlement & livelihood transformation in Rwanda: the case of Rweru Model Green Village

Chile > Wildfires (Nature):

Extreme fire weather in Chile driven by climate change & El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Morocco > Drought Risk (Landscape & Urban Planning):

Drought threatens agroforestry landscapes & dryland livelihoods in a North African hotspot of environmental change

Puerto Rico > Hurricane Flooding (NHESS):

Current & future rainfall-driven flood risk from hurricanes in Puerto Rico under 1.5 & 2 °C climate change

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

Bangladesh & NE India > Increasing Extreme Rainfall (RMetS):

Climate change quadruples flood-causing extreme monsoon rainfall events in Bangladesh & northeast India

Egypt > Crops & Water Stress (Nature):

Mitigation of water stress in broccoli by soil application of humic acid

US > Widespread Denial (Nature):

A representative survey experiment of motivated climate change denial

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

Africa > Impacts On Elephants (PLOS):

Dynamic modeling of African elephant populations under changing climate & habitat loss across the Greater Virunga Landscape

British Columbia, Canada > Indigenous Resilience (Canadian Geographies):

A framework for Indigenous climate resilience: A Gitxsan case study

E Africa > Public Support of Mitigation Policies (Climate Policy):

Public acceptability of policy instruments for reducing fossil fuel consumption in East Africa

India > Forests (Nature):

Warming inhibits increases in vegetation net primary productivity despite greening in India

Impacts From Boreal Forest Exploitation By Settlers (GRL):

Pollen in Polar Ice Implies Eastern Canadian Forest Dynamics Diverged From Climate After European Settlement

ExxonMobil Deception (Science Review):

Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections

Sudano-Sahel Region, Africa > Dryland Vegetation (Earth's Future):

Simulated Tree-Grass Competition in Drylands Is Modulated by CO2 Fertilization

"Planetary Commons" For Comprehensive Stewardship (Rockström et al., PNAS):

The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene

Indigenous Knowledge & Solutions (Science Editorial):

Time to support Indigenous science

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)

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (Nature Commentary):

Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical & equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples & Lands

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

Global Impacts on Indigenous Peoples (Nature):

Indigenous Peoples & local communities report ongoing & widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems

Holistic, Restorative & Just Mitigation (Wm Ripple, et al. ERL Commentary):

An environmental & socially just climate mitigation pathway for a planet in peril

US > Unequal Urban Flood Risk (Nature)

High urban flood risk & no shelter access disproportionally impacts vulnerable communities in the USA

Sub-Saharan Africa > Food Security (Nature):

Stakeholder-driven transformative adaptation is needed for climate-smart nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa

US > Inequity & Sea Level Rise (Nature):

Demographics & risk of isolation due to sea level rise in the US

India > Just Energy Transition (Energy Research & Social Science):

Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India

Indian Ocean Fisheries & Inequity (Nature):

Fisheries subsidies exacerbate inequities in accessing seafood nutrients in the Indian Ocean

Just Adaptation Policies (Nature Editorial):

Effective climate adaptation must be imaginative & inclusive

California > Just Energy Grids (Enviro Research):

Toward equitable grid resilience: operationalizing climate adaptation strategies to mitigate flooding impacts

Africa > Drought & Human Settlement Patterns (Earth's Future):

Drought & Human Mobility in Africa

New Tipping Point Report (Tim Lenton, Et al.):

Global Tipping Points (Download Full Report)

Global Disaster-Induced Human Movement (Nature):

Exploring interactions between socioeconomic context & natural hazards on human population displacement

Africa > Wildfire Behavior (iScience):

Positive feedback to regional climate enhances African wildfires

Ending Extreme Poverty Worldwide (Nature):

Ending extreme poverty has a negligible impact on global greenhouse gas emissions

Human Rights & Adaptation (Nature):

The human right to climate adaptation

E. Africa > Drought Hotspots (Climatic Change):

Potential impacts of 1.5 °C & 2 °C global warming levels on drought modes over Eastern Africa

Africa > Impacts on Migration (Sustainability Review):

A Systematic Review of International & Internal Climate-Induced Migration in Africa

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

California Forests > Precolonial Fire Regimes (Science):

Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests

Earth System Boundaries > Blue Water, (Rockström et al., Nature):

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

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

Old Sea, New Ice: sea ice geoengineering & indigenous rights in Arctic Ocean governance

Michael Mann > A Reason For Hope (Frontiers Commentary):

Warming ends when carbon pollution stops

Breaching Tipping Points (Earth's Future):

Committed Global Warming Risks Triggering Multiple Climate Tipping Points

S. Africa > Temps & Inequality (ERL):

Inequality & growth impacts of climate change—insights from South Africa

James Hansen, et al. > What Is Required Of Us Now (Oxford Open Climate Change):

Global warming in the pipeline

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.

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

Johan Rockström Speaks in Scotland (44th TB Macaulay Lecture, 98 min):

India > Air Pollution & Justice (Nature):

An environmental justice analysis of air pollution in India

Just Urban Adaptation (Habitat Int'l):

Socio-economic projections in urban climate change adaptation planning: Practices & prospects for just adaptation

Our Planetary Emergency (Bioscience):

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory

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

Equity & Disaster Risk Modeling (Nature):

The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models

East Africa > Adaptation (Climate Policy):

Tracking climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa: integrating governmental & livestock keeper perspectives

Global Conservation & Social Equity (PNAS):

Avoiding an unjust transition to sustainability: An equity metric for spatial conservation planning

Indigenous Food Systems & Ecological Restoration (Frontiers):

Pop-up restoration in colonial contexts: applying an indigenous food systems lens to ecological restoration

Global Indigenous > Health, Mitigation & Adaptation (PLOS Review):

Indigenous Peoples: Traditional knowledges, climate change, & health

Canada > Indigenous-Led Conservation (FACETS):

Indigenous protected & conserved areas (IPCAs): Canada's new path forward for biological & cultural conservation & Indigenous well-being

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