East and West: global challenges to achieving carbon neutrality by S. S. Belikova, A. V. Belikov

“…The main objective of the research is to study the mechanism of cross-border carbon regulation aimed at protecting European producers from environmental dumping and designed to reduce the risks of migration of carbon-intensive industries to countries with a less stringent climate policy. The relevance of the research topic is due to the need to identify steps to modernise the energy sector of the economies of countries that are just embarking on the path of carbon neutrality in order to prevent such energy crises. …”
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A principle-based framework to determine countries’ fair warming contributions to the Paris Agreement by Mingyu Li, Setu Pelz, Robin Lamboll, Can Wang, Joeri Rogelj

“…Abstract Equity is a cornerstone of global climate policy, yet differing perspectives mean that international agreement on how to allocate mitigation efforts remains elusive. …”
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Global sustainable development programs: Challenges to the achievement of the goals by V. P. Vasiliev

“…It is noted that under these conditions, the Russian Federation is pursuing a long-term climate policy aimed at achieving a balance between anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and their absorption, in a way that is consistent with national interests and priorities of socio-economic development. …”
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High-resolution gridded dataset of China’s offshore wind potential and costs under technical change by Kangxin An, Wenjia Cai, Xi Lu, Can Wang

“…This dataset offers extensive potential for use as an input in climate policy and energy system research.…”
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Numbers of environmental injustice: The measurement of impunity in Mexico by Juan Antonio Le Clercq, Celeste Cedillo

“…Environmental impunity is defined through a thick approach following green criminology and refers to the lack of investigation, prosecution, punishment, and damage reparation of crimes committed against the environment; non-compliance of environmental or climate policy objectives; and the inexistence of intergenerational strategies and policy programs. …”
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Email outreach attracts the US policymakers’ attention to climate change but common advocacy techniques do not improve engagement by Riley N. Loria, Jessica Pugel, Matthew H. Goldberg, Deborah A. Halla, Rebecca Bascom, J. Taylor Scott, Max Crowley, Elizabeth C. Long

“…This demonstrates the importance of testing communication methods within the appropriate populations, especially a population with considerable influence over climate policy.…”
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The role of political parties in multi-level environmental governance in the European Union and Germany by A. D. Lisenkova

“…For practical illustration, the climate policy guidelines of Germany’s main national parties (the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Alternative for Germany, the Free Democratic Party of Germany, the Left and the Alliance 90 / The Greens) and their European affiliations (the European People’s Party, the Party of the European Socialists, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the European Green Party and the Party of European Left) were compared with an emphasis on the new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Tides of Time: The Dutch Delta Works as Time-Mediating Climate Adaptation Infrastructure by Huub Dijstelbloem, Victor Toom, Annick de Vries

“…The relationship between infrastructure, climate change and time is a crucial but often misunderstood element of climate policy. This article argues that climate adaptation infrastructures mediate between different temporal regimes and can even be said to generate temporal regimes themselves. …”
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A comprehensive dataset of above-ground forest biomass from field observations, machine learning and topographically augmented allometric models over the Kashmir HimalayaZenodo by Syed Danish Rafiq Kashani, Faisal Zahoor Jan, Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, Nadeem Ahmad Najar, Irfan Rashid

“…This dataset serves as a crucial resource for forest management, carbon monitoring, and ecological modeling, with broad applications in regional conservation strategies, biodiversity planning, and climate policy development in mountainous ecosystems.…”
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Managing agricultural water use in the Western United States: A search for efficient climate adaptation institutions by Frank A. Ward, Nicholas A. Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik

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Environmental Governance Challenges of Indigenous Forest Recognition: Climate Solution Ideal and Its Uneven Outcomes in Indonesia by Abdurrahman Abdullah, Micah R. Fisher, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide

“…We apply a lens from political ecology and draw from critical research on land and property to identify the unevenness of an emerging climate policy solution. Through grounded village-level research engagements lasting over three years in the span of over a decade, we identify a range of ethnographic perspectives on land, resources, authority, and shifting identity formation. …”
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Assessing the robustness and implications of econometric estimates of climate sensitivity by Trude Storelvmo, Menghan Yuan, Thomas Leirvik, Kari Alterskjær, Peter C B Phillips, Chris Smith

“…TCR is highly correlated with near-term climate projections, and thus of relevance for climate policy, but remains poorly constrained in part due to uncertainties in the representation of key physical processes in Earth System Models (ESMs). …”
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Towards equitable carbon responsibility: Integrating trade-related emissions and carbon sinks in urban decarbonization by Junliang Wu, Yafei Wang, Shuya Zhang, Yu Zhu, Bingyue Fu, Zhihui Zhang, Hanxi Chen, Shaoqing Chen

“…Under an enhanced climate policy scenario, the growth rate of total mitigation quotas from 2025 to 2035 is projected to decrease by 40 % compared to a business-as-usual trajectory, reducing the burden on major producer cities. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“… Next to the swelling book shelves in the natural sciences, there is a growing library on the ethics of climate policy. This is of small surprise as anthropocentic climate change is one of the greatest problems facing mankind. …”
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Climate change policies reduce air pollution and increase physical activity: Benefits, costs, inequalities, and indoor exposures by Sean Beevers, Nosha Assareh, Andrew Beddows, Gregor Stewart, Mike Holland, Daniela Fecht, Yunzhe Liu, Anna Goodman, Heather Walton, Christian Brand, Dimitris Evangelopoulos, Dylan Wood, Tuan Vu, David Dajnak

“…In this UK study we estimated the co-benefits of Net Zero (NZ) climate policy on the health benefits of air pollution reduction, increased active travel, outdoor exposure inequalities and indoor air pollution changes. …”
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Des initiatives locales européennes pour atteindre le facteur 4 ? by Elsa Mor

“…We will examine brakes and levers which meet the local initiatives in Europe, in sectoral, energy-climate policies and governance, by leaning of forerunners examples.…”
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Debt Brake or Breach of the Rules? Building Budget Reserves in Times of Crisis by Thiess Büttner

“…Abstract The German federal government is facing criticism for using the exemption from the national debt brake due to the coronavirus crisis to expand the fiscal leeway for its future energy and climate policies. The budget dispute is taking place against the backdrop of a massive expansion of government debt in Europe. …”
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A review of studies assessing the benefits of clean air and climate mitigation policies for child and adult health by Frederica Perera, Kathleen Lau

“…We include the findings of 26 studies of the health benefits of clean air or climate policies, presenting estimates of the numbers of avoided cases of mortality or morbidity in infants, children, and/or adolescents, as well as adult illness or mortality when included in the same study. …”
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Economic Policy Perspectives for a New German Federal Government by ZG Überblick

“…The current issue provides insights into new research in the fields of fiscal policy, populism research, financial market regulation, distribution and climate policy…”
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Exploring dilemma games in sustainable urban planning: A Cypriot case study on urban rooftop utilization for climate change by Merry Anna, Zachariou Aravella, Yau Jane

“…Through learning and role-play scenarios, target groups can: voice their attitudes towards climate policies; gain valuable insights into specific initiatives; and enhance their acceptance of green infrastructure and sustainable urban planning. …”
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