Ten new insights in climate science 2022

Martin, Maria A. and Boakye, Emmanuel A. and Boyd, Emily and Broadgate, Wendy and Bustamante, Mercedes and Canadell, Josep G. and Carr, Edward R. and Chu, Eric K. and Cleugh, Helen and Csevár, Szilvia and Daoudy, Marwa and de Bremond, Ariane and Dhimal, Meghnath and Ebi, Kristie L. and Edwards, Clea and Fuss, Sabine and Girardin, Martin P. and Glavovic, Bruce and Hebden, Sophie and Hirota, Marina and Hsu, Huang-Hsiung and Huq, Saleemul and Ingold, Karin and Johannessen, Ola M. and Kameyama, Yasuko and Kumarasinghe, Nilushi and Langendijk, Gaby S. and Lissner, Tabea and Lwasa, Shuaib and Machalaba, Catherine and Maltais, Aaron and Mathai, Manu V. and Mbow, Cheikh and McNamara, Karen E. and Mukherji, Aditi and Murray, Virginia and Mysiak, Jaroslav and Okereke, Chukwumerije and Ospina, Daniel and Otto, Friederike and Prakash, Anjal and Pulhin, Juan M. and Raju, Emmanuel and Redman, Aaron and Rigaud, Kanta K. and Rockström, Johan and Roy, Joyashree and Schipper, E. Lisa F. and Schlosser, Peter and Schulz, Karsten A. and Schumacher, Kim and Schwarz, Luana and Scown, Murray and Šedová, Barbora and Siddiqui, Tasneem A. and Singh, Chandni and Sioen, Giles B. and Stammer, Detlef and Steinert, Norman J. and Suk, Sunhee and Sutton, Rowan and Thalheimer, Lisa and van Aalst, Maarten and van der Geest, Kees and Zhao, Zhirong Jerry (2022) Ten new insights in climate science 2022. Global Sustainability, 5 (e20). ISSN 2059-4798

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Martin, Maria A. and Boakye, Emmanuel A. and Boyd, Emily and Broadgate, Wendy and Bustamante, Mercedes and Canadell, Josep G. and Carr, Edward R. and Chu, Eric K. and Cleugh, Helen and Csevár, Szilvia and Daoudy, Marwa and de Bremond, Ariane and Dhimal, Meghnath and Ebi, Kristie L. and Edwards, Clea and Fuss, Sabine and Girardin, Martin P. and Glavovic, Bruce and Hebden, Sophie and Hirota, Marina and Hsu, Huang-Hsiung and Huq, Saleemul and Ingold, Karin and Johannessen, Ola M. and Kameyama, Yasuko and Kumarasinghe, Nilushi and Langendijk, Gaby S. and Lissner, Tabea and Lwasa, Shuaib and Machalaba, Catherine and Maltais, Aaron and Mathai, Manu V. and Mbow, Cheikh and McNamara, Karen E. and Mukherji, Aditi and Murray, Virginia and Mysiak, Jaroslav and Okereke, Chukwumerije and Ospina, Daniel and Otto, Friederike and Prakash, Anjal and Pulhin, Juan M. and Raju, Emmanuel and Redman, Aaron and Rigaud, Kanta K. and Rockström, Johan and Roy, Joyashree and Schipper, E. Lisa F. and Schlosser, Peter and Schulz, Karsten A. and Schumacher, Kim and Schwarz, Luana and Scown, Murray and Šedová, Barbora and Siddiqui, Tasneem A. and Singh, Chandni and Sioen, Giles B. and Stammer, Detlef and Steinert, Norman J. and Suk, Sunhee and Sutton, Rowan and Thalheimer, Lisa and van Aalst, Maarten and van der Geest, Kees and Zhao, Zhirong Jerry
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Political Science > Public policy Social sciences > Economics > Production > Sustainable development Natural Sciences > Earth sciences > Geology, hydrology, meteorology > Climatology and weather
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7116
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2022.17

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