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        <pubDate>2026-05-14T21:19:40.591+00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Audience engagement with climate change content on YouTube: an analysis of video attributes and user interactions]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-28T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Vered Aharonson</author><author>Vasiliki Christodoulou</author><author>Christos Karpasitis</author><author>Jared Joselowitz</author><author>Slawomir Nowaczyk</author><author>Teddy Lazebnik</author><author>Kalypso Iordanou</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Effective public engagement with climate change is central to advancing sustainability goals, yet the factors shaping audience responses to climate-related digital content remain insufficiently understood. This study investigates how presenter identity, message framing, and interaction structure influence audience engagement with climate change videos on YouTube. Using a mixed-methods approach, we analysed 129 English-language YouTube videos and their associated user comments, combining manual coding of video attributes with natural language processing and supervised machine learning to analyse comment sentiment. A binary logistic regression model was used to predict positive versus negative audience attitudes at the video level, with chi-square tests employed as supporting analyses. Results indicate that videos presented by scientists are significantly more likely to elicit positive audience attitudes than those presented by politicians or other public figures. Solution-focused framing is strongly associated with positive engagement, while blame-oriented framing is associated with negative responses. Additionally, threaded comment discussions show a higher proportion of positive attitudes than independent comments, suggesting that conversational interaction enhances constructive engagement. These findings highlight the importance of expertise-based communication, solution-oriented narratives, and interactive discourse in digital sustainability communication. The study contributes both methodological tools and practical insights for designing climate change communication strategies that foster informed and constructive public engagement.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How do students and pre-service teachers perceive the climate crisis and global warming through the IPCC Lens?]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-09T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Yiğit Cebeci</author><author>Hüseyin Çalışkan</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Conceptual clarity in climate-related terminology is essential for enabling individuals to accurately interpret environmental phenomena and develop well-grounded attitudes. Despite growing scholarly attention to climate perceptions, comparative studies examining how secondary school students and pre-service teachers simultaneously conceptualise both the climate crisis and global warming remain limited. This study addresses that gap by investigating these perceptions through the globally recognised framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which encompasses not only physical and scientific dimensions but also social, psychological, governance, and ecological ones. Employing a phenomenological research design, this study comparatively examined how 18 secondary school students from a public secondary school and 24 pre-service teachers from a public university in Türkiye conceptualised the climate crisis and global warming through metaphors during the 2024–2025 academic year. Data were collected via a semi-structured, open-ended Metaphor Perception Form and subjected to descriptive analysis grounded in an IPCC-derived thematic framework comprising six categories: Physical Threat and Scientific Findings; Social Vulnerability and Justice; Psychological Perception and Uncertainty; Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies; Science, Policy, and Decision-Making; and Ecosystem and Natural The study identified 12 distinct metaphors for the climate crisis and 14 for global warming among students, and 21 for the climate crisis and 22 for global warming among pre-service teachers. In both groups, metaphors most frequently corresponded to the Physical Threat and Scientific Findings category. Students produced no metaphors aligned with Social Vulnerability and Justice, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies, or Science, Policy, and Decision-Making for either phenomenon. Pre-service teachers similarly produced no metaphors within Social Vulnerability and Justice for the climate crisis, nor within Social Vulnerability and Justice or Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for global warming. The predominance of threat-centred metaphors across both groups suggests that climate-related learning remains anchored in physical and disaster-oriented frames, with justice, governance, and mitigation dimensions largely absent from participants’ conceptual repertoires. These findings highlight the need for pedagogical approaches that move beyond disaster imagery toward climate justice, democratic agency, and active participation in solution processes within both secondary and teacher education contexts.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Open government data as a driver of climate resilience and digital transformation in Tanzania agriculture]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-04-02T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Ruth Samwel Temba</author><author>Liya Di</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The study investigated the role of Open Government Data (OGD) toward improving climate resilience and digital transformation in the agricultural sector in Magu District, Tanzania. The study was guided by the Public Value Theory and Adaptive Governance Theory and focused on; examining the access and use of OGD, the role of OGD in promoting climate resilience among stakeholders and the impact of OGD on digital transformation in agriculture. The study utilized a mixed methods approach, with the use of interviews and structured surveys of 316 respondents. Results showed moderate awareness along with access to OGD services, but actual usage remained low due to low digital literacy, language barriers, and infrastructure challenges. Despite the adoption of climate-smart agriculture initiatives such as drought-resistant crops and improved soil conservation, the adoption of digital platforms in agriculture is still low. Correlational analysis revealed a notable but moderate association between access to OGD and advancement in digital transformation. The study recommends that to leverage maximum public value as well as resilience benefits of OGD, there is a need to strategically design digital language skills and participatory policy framing tailored to the local communities.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Framing agricultural climate risks for policy action: insights from impact chain assessments in five European regions]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-02-18T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Jane Ihrfors</author><author>Bishwajit Roy</author><author>Tomás Calheiros</author><author>Ricardo Encarnação Coelho</author><author>Tiago Capela Lourenço</author><author>Amandine Valérie Pastor</author><author>Robert Oakes</author><author>Kariuki Weru</author><author>Iván Ramos-Diez</author><author>Sara Barilari</author><author>Peter Gyuris</author><author>Attila Némethy</author><author>Alfredo Reder</author><author>Giusy Fedele</author><author>Sofie Hellsten</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate change presents regionally diverse risks to agriculture, with altered precipitation patterns and increased temperatures threatening crop yields and food security. To support more coherent and actionable adaptation strategies, this study applies and compares the impact chain methodology across five European case study regions: Gotland (Sweden), Tarn-et-Garonne (France), the Southern Great Plain (Hungary), Almería (Spain), and the Azores (Portugal). Drawing on stakeholder co-production and high-resolution climate projections, the study identifies key biophysical and institutional drivers of vulnerability. Across all regions, the results highlight a consistent shift toward wetter winters and drier summers, with significant implications for irrigation demand and crop water stress. Despite climatic differences, common impact pathways emerge: water scarcity affecting agricultural productivity, soil degradation leading to long-term yield loss, and institutional fragmentation delaying adaptation. The consolidated impact chain synthesizes these shared pathways and links them to regionally suitable land-use-based adaptation and mitigation solutions (LAMS). The findings show that while LAMS can address local biophysical vulnerabilities, their implementation depends critically on institutional capacity, governance coordination, and access to resources. Although similar risk patterns emerge across regions, the effective implementation of adaptation measures must be tailored to local ecological, economic, and governance contexts to ensure feasibility, acceptance, and long-term impact. This study demonstrates how impact chains serve as an effective visual tool to mind map climate risks, engage with local stakeholders, and shape climate action interventions and policies. In this work, impact chains were co-created with case study stakeholders allowing for a shared and broad understanding of the different risk elements, their dynamics and how they can be addressed by adaptation solutions. By linking local assessments with broader policy frameworks, impact chains offer a scalable approach to support climate-resilient land use and agricultural planning under the European Green Deal and beyond.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Accuracy-directed climate reasoning: how self-efficacy, interest, confidence and judgments relate to knowledge and reasoning outcomes]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-02-13T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Melike Hanedar</author><author>Doug Lombardi</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This study examined how cognitive and motivational factors relate to individuals’ reasoning about climate change and sustainability. Specifically, we investigated whether self-efficacy, interest, and confidence in accomplishing environmental sustainability tasks are associated with plausibility judgments, climate change knowledge, and reasoning directionality. A sample of 503 U.S. adults completed measures assessing these constructs. Structural equation modeling showed that interest, self-efficacy, and confidence were positively associated with plausibility judgments, which in turn related to higher levels of climate change knowledge and accuracy-directed reasoning. Participants demonstrating accuracy-directed reasoning exhibited enhanced self-efficacy, greater interest, higher knowledge, and stronger plausibility judgments compared to those engaging in desired outcome-directed reasoning. These findings suggest that self-efficacy, interest, and critical evaluation skills are meaningfully related with epistemic engagement and scientifically grounded reasoning, and may be relevant targets for future efforts at supporting sustainability-oriented action and decision-making.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The role of carbon labels for consumer decisions: evidence from a class of Chinese students]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-01-16T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Li Liu</author><author>Kaiqing Wang</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Although achieving China's “3060” dual-carbon goals is an urgent priority, current research in the field of carbon labeling has paid limited attention to its pathways on consumers' green purchase decision. Drawing on market signaling theory, this paper proposes an innovative purchase decision model for carbon-labeling items. First, based on the theory of action (TRA), we have proposed the hypothesis that subjective norms and attitudes positively influence carbon labeling purchase intentions. Second, we initially extended TRA by incorporating two variables: environmental values and low-carbon knowledge. Finally, we introduce the quality trust variable, offering a completely new viewpoint to extend the TRA model. We adopted a structural equation model (SEM) approach to examine our research model, using 341 samples. The results reveal that consumers' decisions to purchase carbon-labeling items are primarily influenced by their trust in items' quality and attitudes. Additionally, low-carbon knowledge and environmental values directly or indirectly affect purchasing intentions, while subjective norms also demonstrate a positive impact on decision-making. By extending TRA, this study clarifies the decision-making process behind carbon-labeling items consumption, offering significant insights for advancing carbon labeling systems and fostering green consumption trends.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Framework for assessing the climate vulnerability of unpaved roads in Sierra Leone]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-10-21T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Phodie Musa Kamara</author><author>Yaw Adubofour Tuffour</author><author>Frank Baffour-Ata</author><author>Daniel Atuah Obeng</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionUnpaved roads make up 80% of the global road network and 90% in developing countries. In Sierra Leone—one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations—secondary unpaved roads account for 96% of the core network, serving as vital links for rural access, markets, and social inclusion. Yet, no structured framework currently guides the management of climate risks to these roads.MethodsThis study reviewed international climate risk and vulnerability assessment frameworks and identified their limited applicability in resource-constrained contexts due to heavy data demands, proprietary software, and high computing requirements. To address this gap, a five-phase, context-specific framework was developed, adapted from the IPCC vulnerability model. The framework employs cost-effective, open-source tech tools (QGIS, QField, PostGIS, cloud storage, and Microsoft Power BI) and integrates index-based, spatial, and stakeholder-driven approaches to generate composite indicators of road condition deficiency, maintenance efficacy, and roads’ criticality.ResultsApplication of the framework in Sierra Leone demonstrated its ability to identify climate-vulnerable unpaved road segments and highlight priority areas for adaptation. The framework proved practical under local data and institutional constraints, avoiding reliance on costly proprietary tools or high-end computing infrastructure.DiscussionNationally, the framework offers the first structured approach for integrating climate resilience into road management in Sierra Leone, supporting the National Roads Agency. Globally, it contributes a transferable, resource-efficient, and community-driven methodology for embedding climate adaptation into transport planning across the Global South. It aligned with national and international policies (Sierra Leone National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Sierra Leone Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), UN Sustainable Development Goas (SDGs 9, 11 and 13).]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Identifying potential for rice expansion in Burkina Faso: integrating EO and climate data for suitability mapping]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-09-29T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Jonas Meier</author><author>Andreas Hirner</author><author>Komlavi Akpoti</author><author>Kwame Hackman</author><author>Ursula Gessner</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Over the last years, food security in West Africa has been strongly influenced by increasing weather variability, including rising temperatures, irregular precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme events. These factors threaten traditional rain-fed agriculture, while population growth and urbanization are driving greater demand for rice—a crop increasingly replacing traditional staples. To reduce dependency on imports, West African countries are seeking to expand domestic rice production. Inland valleys and floodplains, due to their high water retention and fertile soils, offer significant but underutilized potential for rice cultivation. To assess the suitability and current extent of rice cropping, we selected Burkina Faso as a representative country in West Africa that exemplifies the challenges outlined above. Inland valleys were delineated using a digital elevation model (SRTM), and rice cropping areas in 2020 were mapped using a random forest classifier applied on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite time series. The classification was based on temporal-spectral metrics, including vegetation indices such as NDVI and backscatter statistics, and validated against reference samples to assess accuracy. Climatic suitability from 1999 to 2021 was evaluated using ERA5-Land reanalysis data, based on crop growth requirements of rice across different growth stages. Only 0.71% of Burkina Faso’s land is currently used for rice cropping, closely matching national FAO statistics (0.74%) and independent mapping efforts. However, approximately 10% of the national territory consists of inland valleys, which are biophysically suitable for rice cultivation. While the southwestern regions show relatively stable climatic suitability, the central and northern areas are more variable and vulnerable to drought, limiting their long-term potential without irrigation. The integration of climatic suitability and landform-based potential highlights considerable opportunities for expanding rice cultivation in Burkina Faso. This study provides a spatial decision-support framework for policymakers to guide sustainable intensification, reduce import dependency, and adapt agricultural systems to climate change.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unwinding the spiral of silence in rural America: looking backward with stories to plan forward]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-08-13T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Mary L. Keller</author><author>Kristiana Hansen</author><author>J. J. Shinker</author><author>Kristen D. Landreville</author><author>Kathryn E. Cooper</author><author>Emily Donaldson</author><author>Michelle Kim</author><author>Ginger B. Paige</author><author>Anders Van Sandt</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionIn regions where climate change is perceived to be a controversial topic, people often self-silence rather than explore their concerns by speaking with others in their local social networks. The “spiral of silence” is a social feedback loop in which individuals are reluctant to speak about an issue because they believe they hold a minority opinion, leading to anxiety and fear, which prohibit action. Facilitating conversations about climate change is therefore a crucial step for researchers concerned with enhancing adaptive capacity. The goal of this paper is to provide a road map for engaging rural communities in conversations about their lived experiences with and local knowledge related to climate and water-related risks (e.g., drought). Our research focuses on unwinding the spiral of silence through community engagement to address the following questions: 1. How do rural Wyoming community members perceive recent climate conditions and water-related risks; and 2. How do rural Wyoming community members perceive and discuss future climate scenarios?MethodsOur first research question is addressed through analysis of results from a statewide survey, which are used to develop prompts for a scenario planning workshop to support the second research question. Our second research question is addressed through transcription and coding of recorded discussions and responses during and after participatory scenario planning workshops in key communities around the state.ResultsResults from the statewide survey indicate that respondents largely agree that all seasons are getting warmer than in the past and that drought is the dominant water risk of concern; however, there is uncertainty about community preparedness. Inclusion of prompts in our participatory scenario planning workshops that were aligned with statewide survey results allowed shared communication opportunities among community members and identified local knowledge of past drought events and associated adaptation strategies for the future.DiscussionOur mixed-method approach provides an example for unwinding the spiral of silence in rural communities experiencing challenges and impacts of climate change.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perspectives on future climate research: a preface to the special collection from the World Climate Research Programme 2023 Open Science Conference]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-07-17T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Perspective</category>
        <author>Detlef Stammer</author><author>Helen Cleugh</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Since its inception in 1980, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has coordinated and facilitated international climate research to develop, share, and apply the climate knowledge that contributes to societal well-being. Through international science coordination and partnerships, WCRP contributes to advancing our understanding of the multi-scale dynamic interactions between natural and social systems that affect climate. WCRP-supported research builds the climate science that is the basis for IPCC Assessments and Special Reports and underpins the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change including national commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement. It also contributes to the knowledge that supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and multilateral environmental conventions. To shape the future climate science agenda, WCRP organized its second Open Science Conference, which took place between October 23 and 27, 2023 and was hosted by the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) in Kigali, Rwanda. This once-in-a-decade event took place in a truly hybrid setting, bringing together over 1,400 participants representing scientists from diverse research communities worldwide as well as practitioners, planners, and politicians.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Modeling climate change impacts on the potential distribution of bighorn sheep in Mexico]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-06-25T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Hilda C. Zamora-Maldonado</author><author>V. Sophie Avila-Foucat</author><author>Víctor G. Sánchez-Sotomayor</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate change is expected to significantly reshape the geographic distribution of many species worldwide. The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), a species of ecological, economic, and cultural importance in Mexico, is particularly vulnerable to these environmental shifts. This study applies ecological niche modeling to estimate the probability of species occurrence based on bioclimatic variables under future climate scenarios. Using four Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 2.6, 4.5, 6.0, 8.5) and six General Circulation Models, projections are made for the period 2041–2060. This analysis is based on 280 georeferenced records of bighorn sheep occurrences and evaluates changes in temperature and precipitation, which are assumed to influence their potential distribution. Projections suggest a significant reduction in geographic distribution, with drier periods and extreme temperatures exerting the most detrimental effects. These findings pose considerable challenges for long-term conservation and management of bighorn sheep populations, as current strategies may be insufficient. The ecological niche model suggests focusing conservation efforts on Northern Baja California (Californian ecoregion) to identify potential distribution. This research emphasizes the critical need to integrate climate projections into conservation strategies to better manage the uncertainties of climate change.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bridging climate science, policy, and communities: collaborative pathways for climate resilience in the Indo-Pacific]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-05-27T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Aditi Modi</author><author>Mathew Koll Roxy</author><author>Shipra Jain</author><author>Chi Huyen Truong</author><author>Quang-Van Doan</author><author>Christopher Jack</author><author>Svetlana Jevrejeva</author><author>Arvind Singh</author><author>Chirag Dhara</author><author>Sahana Ghosh</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The Indo-Pacific region, a critical economic and geopolitical hub, faces intensifying climate risks, including accelerating sea-level rise, extreme weather events—particularly heatwaves amplified by rapid urbanization—and glacial retreat in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. While advancements in climate science have significantly improved future climate projections, gaps remain in translating this knowledge into actionable adaptation strategies. Barriers such as data inaccessibility, weak institutional and international coordination, and financial constraints hinder effective climate action. This study synthesizes existing climate knowledge for the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing the need for localized, community-driven adaptation approaches. Key challenges include the vulnerability and exposure of coastal communities to sea-level rise, the limitations of current urban-scale climate modeling, and the underrepresentation of sociocultural factors in climate adaptation strategies. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in climate models presents an opportunity to enhance urban climate resilience, while the incorporation of indigenous knowledge rooted in scientific principles offers a critical pathway to improving localized adaptation efforts. Additionally, science communication plays a pivotal role in ensuring that climate research reaches policymakers and communities in an accessible and actionable manner. We advocate for a paradigm shift from a linear value chain to a value cycle approach, where scientific insights inform policy and local contexts inform research priorities. By bridging climate science, policy, and communities through regional platforms such as the Indo-Pacific My Climate Risk Hub at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, India, this paper outlines pathways for collaborative climate action. This work proposes actionable strategies for regional resilience.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Preparedness for climate change in rural areas—case study in three southern Finnish villages]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-04-29T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Community Case Study</category>
        <author>Josefiina Ruponen</author><author>Kaisa Tuominen</author><author>Susanna Vanhamäki</author><author>Eeva Aarrevaara</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The anticipated climate change is intensifying short-term extreme weather events and changing their timing and frequency. It is having harmful impacts on local living conditions, such as human safety and health. Different settlements will face different risks. This case study examines how rural residents are prepared for the short-term climate risks caused by extreme weather events in Southern Finland. It also explores how these skills can be improved through public participation, including raising awareness and knowledge sharing. The scope of the study covered rural residential areas, excluding agricultural land. The case study in three rural villages included knowledge sharing and workshops with residents, climate risk reviews based on literature and field observations, and small-scale surveys based on self-assessment on how the experienced preparedness had changed. The results demonstrate that residents in the target villages experience themselves to be relatively well prepared for climate risks. Nevertheless, awareness raising resulting in increased knowledge seemed to make a positive impact on the residents’ preparedness skills in the studied areas. On average 25% of the respondents experienced that their preparedness skills had increased during the process, although this number has to be treated with caution due to small sample size and the study setting. The results encourage similar studies on a larger scale in Finnish rural areas.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[State-level climate obstruction and discourses of climate delay: insights from Arizona]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-04-25T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Phoenix Eskridge-Aldama</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This study applies the discourses of climate delay (DCD) framework developed by Lamb et al. (2020) to analyze Arizona legislative discourse surrounding House Bill 2686 (2020) and House Bill 2101 (2022), both of which had significant implications for state-level climate governance. Using qualitative discourse analysis of public hearing transcripts, I identify rhetorical strategies that obstruct climate action, particularly those used by utility representatives and their allies. The analysis reveals that delay tactics most often emphasized the negative consequences of climate action and promoted non-transformative solutions, especially those aligned with fossil fuel interests. In contrast, “redirect responsibility” and “surrender” strategies were used less frequently, and “whataboutism” was notably absent. This absence suggests that, in Arizona, obstruction is less about shifting blame and more about affirming local identity and resisting perceived external influence. Based on these findings, I propose an expansion of the DCD framework to include a new subcategory—“pride, identity, and culture”—to capture how regional cultural values influence climate discourse. This study contributes to climate policy scholarship by demonstrating how localized rhetorical strategies sustain climate inaction and by offering a refined framework for future research on discursive climate obstruction.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Co-production of climate services: challenges and enablers]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-03-25T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Perspective</category>
        <author>Daniela Jacob</author><author>Asun Lera St. Clair</author><author>Roché Mahon</author><author>Simon Marsland</author><author>Mzime Ndebele Murisa</author><author>Carlo Buontempo</author><author>Roger S. Pulwarty</author><author>Md Rezwan Siddiqui</author><author>Amanda Grossi</author><author>Anna Steynor</author><author>Raymond Mugandani</author><author>Lisa V. Alexander</author><author>Alex C. Ruane</author><author>Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes</author><author>Geneva List</author><author>Maria Wolff</author><author>Sameera Noori</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate change is often connected to an increase in weather extreme frequencies and severity, demanding an increased necessity in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to and building resilience to these changes and impacts. This happens in a background of climate variability that already impacts several climate-sensitive sectors. There is an urgent need for fit-for-purpose climate services and service professionals to support these mitigation and adaptation efforts. Co-development of climate services can enhance their usefulness (context-specific and fit for purpose), usability (easy access and handling), and usage (transfer and upscale) by ensuring appropriate and iterative engagement between climate service providers and users, development of timely, reliable and usable products, and the provision of services to users in a truly accessible manner. Achieving co-development asks for reframing and scaled-up transdisciplinary, sustained, and multidirectional approaches between a diversity of information users and providers. For these processes, it is key to also address and further minimize or overcome barriers of co-production, while supporting enabling and accelerating mechanisms, better preparation of climate services providers including National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, private actors, civil society, and academia for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work, enhanced individual and institutional capacity development and governance mechanisms.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Impact of scientific research on the international climate regime: the strategic niche of the emissions gap reports]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-02-25T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Joseph Alcamo</author><author>Anne Olhoff</author><author>Niklas Höhne</author>
        <description><![CDATA[In the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, countries agreed to a two-track approach to emissions and climate targets. For emissions they agreed to voluntary national emission reduction commitments (pledges), and for climate, to hold global temperature increases to “well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” with a major effort to “limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C.” But the Agreement does not address the possible disconnect between these two tracks nor answer the question: When summed together, are national commitments for reducing emissions sufficient for staying within the agreed-upon global temperature limits? In order to address this question, and fill an important niche in the climate regime, the Emissions Gap report series presents an annual analysis of the discrepancy between pledges to reduce national emissions and agreed-upon temperature limits. In this paper we use an established framework to assess the impacts of the report series. An example of its impact is that data and findings from the report have been used for several years by country delegations to Climate COPs to inform and/or justify national policies to reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions. We conjecture that several factors contribute to the impacts of the report series. For example, it appears to provide an accepted neutral playing field for debating the sufficiency of national emissions commitments to meeting global temperature targets. Other factors include its timeliness in addressing a key international policy question, its contribution to framing the policy of “ambition-raising and stocktaking,” its impartial synthesis of results from many different scientific groups and high scientific quality, its usefulness as an awareness-raising tool, and its production by a major, credible international boundary organisation (UNEP), among other factors. In general, the Emissions Gap report series shows that research findings, if strategically targeted and presented, can fill an important information niche in the policy landscape and have a tangible positive influence on climate policymaking. Yet after all this, its ultimate impact is certainly more modest since after several report editions, the emissions gap remains wide.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[From skyscrapers to sky savers: how New York City’s Local Law 97 advances climate resilience and public health]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-02-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Ethan Chervonski</author><author>Marisa A. Guerrero</author><author>William N. Rom</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Anthropogenic climate change, while once regarded primarily as an environmental concern, has evolved into a global health crisis. As a victim of escalating climate-related phenomena, New York City (NYC) has positioned itself at the forefront of climate resilience and public health action. Local Law 97 (LL97) is the latest in NYC’s long trajectory of climate action initiatives, setting progressively stringent caps on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large buildings greater than 25,000 square feet. LL97 represents one of the most ambitious—and divisive—climate action policies in the United States and if successful, is poised to make NYC carbon neutral by 2050. At the same time, the potential public health benefits of LL97 are broad, including improved local air quality, decreased cost barriers to residential cooling, and if in principle applied to city buildings worldwide, reduced global GHG emissions capable of stabilizing global warming for posterity. Nevertheless, LL97’s reliance on a carbon-intensive electricity grid, creation of complex financial incentives, and divisive reception by political groups threaten its impact. The following paper reviews the public health consequences of building emissions through the lens of NYC’s built environment. It explores the role of LL97 and other relevant local and state legislation in mitigating the public health impacts of building emissions. Finally, the law’s limitations are critically assessed. By analyzing LL97’s potential successes and obstacles, this paper aims to provide actionable insights for other cities seeking to design effective climate action plans that balance sustainability, public health, and equity.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska]]></title>
        <pubdate>2025-01-16T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Jessica E. Christian</author><author>Richard M. Buzard</author><author>Katie L. Spellman</author><author>Harper L. Baldwin</author><author>Reyce C. Bogardus</author><author>Jeanette Carlson</author><author>Gabe Dunham</author><author>Susan Flensburg</author><author>Roberta J. T. Glenn</author><author>Jacquelyn R. Overbeck</author><author>Chris V. Maio</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Arctic amplification of climate change has resulted in increased coastal hazards impacts to remote rural coastal communities in Alaska where conducting research can be difficult, requiring alternate methods for measuring change. The pilot program, Stakes for Stakeholders, was initially planned to be funded from 2016–2018. Upon project completion the work has shifted to individual community’s partnering with several agencies to continue the work. This research showcases a successful long-term community-based erosion monitoring program in two rural communities in Southwest Alaska. The resulting outputs from the workflow we developed were (1) locally prioritized data products, such as a hazard assessment report for Chignik Bay and (2) evaluation rubrics used to assess the suitability of future sites and the efficacy of the program. Our model of two-way communication, responsiveness to individual community needs, and attention to efficiency and effectiveness of the program workflow, can serve as a model for universities, for-profit, non-profit, Tribal, city, state, and federal research agencies and communities partnering to respond to global climate change.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Climate extremes and risks: links between climate science and decision-making]]></title>
        <pubdate>2024-12-18T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Jana Sillmann</author><author>Timothy H. Raupach</author><author>Kirsten L. Findell</author><author>Markus Donat</author><author>Lincoln M. Alves</author><author>Lisa Alexander</author><author>Leonard Borchert</author><author>Pablo Borges de Amorim</author><author>Carlo Buontempo</author><author>Erich M. Fischer</author><author>Christian L. Franzke</author><author>Bin Guan</author><author>Marjolijn Haasnoot</author><author>Ed Hawkins</author><author>Daniela Jacob</author><author>Roché Mahon</author><author>Douglas Maraun</author><author>Monica A. Morrison</author><author>Benjamin Poschlod</author><author>Alex C. Ruane</author><author> Shampa</author><author>Tannecia Stephenson</author><author>Narelle van der Wel</author><author>Zhuo Wang</author><author>Xuebin Zhang</author><author>Josipa Županić</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) envisions a future where actionable climate information is universally accessible, supporting decision makers in preparing for and responding to climate change. In this perspective, we advocate for enhancing links between climate science and decision-making through a better and more decision-relevant understanding of climate impacts. The proposed framework comprises three pillars: climate science, impact science, and decision-making, focusing on generating seamless climate information from sub-seasonal, seasonal, decadal to century timescales informed by observed climate events and their impacts. The link between climate science and decision-making has strengthened in recent years, partly owing to undeniable impacts arising from disastrous weather extremes. Enhancing decision-relevant understanding involves utilizing lessons from past extreme events and implementing impact-based early warning systems to improve resilience. Integrated risk assessment and management require a comprehensive approach that encompasses good knowledge about possible impacts, hazard identification, monitoring, and communication of risks while acknowledging uncertainties inherent in climate predictions and projections, but not letting the uncertainty lead to decision paralysis. The importance of data accessibility, especially in the Global South, underscores the need for better coordination and resource allocation. Strategic frameworks should aim to enhance impact-related and open-access climate services around the world. Continuous improvements in predictive modeling and observational data are critical, as is ensuring that climate science remains relevant to decision makers locally and globally. Ultimately, fostering stronger collaborations and dedicated investments to process and tailor climate data will enhance societal preparedness, enabling communities to navigate the complexities of a changing climate effectively.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The uneven foundations of a just transition for workers: a UK perspective]]></title>
        <pubdate>2024-11-29T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
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        <author>Dave Reay</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Assessments of the workforce impacts of net zero transitions have largely focussed on job losses, gains and net changes for a particular industry, sector or state. While improved projections of quantitative changes are important, understanding the impacts of these changes on the diversity of the future workforce is arguably even more crucial in ensuring employment policy delivers a just transition for all workers. Using the example of the UK we illustrate the risk that new job creation in the transition to net zero by 2030 will perpetuate and further magnify workforce inequalities. We then discuss how national and international initiatives are attempting to mitigate these risks, with particular reference to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change work programme on Just Transition Pathways and its potentially pivotal role in informing and supporting national workforce strategies for climate action that have equality, diversity and inclusion at their heart.]]></description>
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