2021 Archives - 10insightsclimate

Introduction

“To put it simply, the state of the planet is broken,” as United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres said in the 2021 State of the Planet address.1 Over the course of this past year and while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, massive wildfires wreaked havoc in places such as Siberia, western USA, […]

Costs of climate change mitigation can be justified by the multiple immediate benefits to the health of humans and nature

Building resilience of marine ecosystems is achievable by climate-adapted conservation and management, and global stewardship

Nature-based Solutions are critical for the pathway to Paris – but look at the fine print

Political challenges impede effectiveness of carbon pricing

Supporting household behaviour changes is a crucial but often overlooked opportunity for climate action

Global climate action must be just

High-impact risks from climate tipping elements

Megafires – climate change forces fire extremes to reach new dimensions with extreme impacts

Rapid growth in methane and nitrous oxide emissions put us on track for 2.7°C warming

2021

The 2021 10 New Insights in Climate Science report warns that we are on the verge of or already past the point of exhausting the carbon budget for exceeding global warming of 1.5°C, with observed increases in methane and nitrous oxide emissions that may even set us on a path to 2.7°C warming. As temperature […]

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2021

Introduction

Costs of climate change mitigation can be justified by the multiple immediate benefits to the health of humans and nature

Building resilience of marine ecosystems is achievable by climate-adapted conservation and management, and global stewardship

Nature-based Solutions are critical for the pathway to Paris – but look at the fine print

Political challenges impede effectiveness of carbon pricing

Supporting household behaviour changes is a crucial but often overlooked opportunity for climate action

Global climate action must be just

High-impact risks from climate tipping elements

Megafires – climate change forces fire extremes to reach new dimensions with extreme impacts

Rapid growth in methane and nitrous oxide emissions put us on track for 2.7°C warming

2021

Stabilizing at 1.5°C warming is still possible, but immediate and drastic global action is required

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