Three decades of climate mitigation policy: what has it delivered?

J Hoppe, B Hinder, R Rafaty, A Patt… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
After tentative efforts during the 1990s, the past two decades have seen a rapid increase in
the number of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation policies, initially in a few …

Burden of cardiovascular disease attributed to air pollution: a systematic review

AH Khoshakhlagh, M Mohammadzadeh… - Globalization and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are estimated to be the leading
cause of global death. Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to public health …

Diverse carbon dioxide removal approaches could reduce impacts on the energy–water–land system

J Fuhrman, C Bergero, M Weber, S Monteith… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a critical tool in all plans to limit warming to below 1.5° C,
but only a few CDR pathways have been incorporated into integrated assessment models …

A multimodel analysis of post-Glasgow climate targets and feasibility challenges

DJ van de Ven, S Mittal, A Gambhir, RD Lamboll… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
The COP26 Glasgow process resulted in many countries strengthening their 2030
emissions reduction targets and announcing net-zero pledges for 2050–2070 but it is not …

Approaching national climate targets in China considering the challenge of regional inequality

B Yu, Z Zhao, YM Wei, LC Liu, Q Zhao, S Xu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Achievement of national climate targets and the corresponding costs would entirely depend
on regional actions within the country. However, because of substantial inequalities and …

Achieving net‐zero emissions targets: An analysis of long‐term scenarios using an integrated assessment model

I Dafnomilis, M den Elzen… - Annals of the New York …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
More than 100 countries have communicated or adopted new Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs) and net‐zero target pledges. We investigate the impact on global …

Deployment expectations of multi-gigatonne scale carbon removal could have adverse impacts on Asia's energy-water-land nexus

JD Ampah, C **, H Liu, M Yao, S Afrane… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Existing studies indicate that future global carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (CDR) efforts could
largely be concentrated in Asia. However, there is limited understanding of how individual …

Prioritizing non-carbon dioxide removal mitigation strategies could reduce the negative impacts associated with large-scale reliance on negative emissions

JD Ampah, C **, H Liu, S Afrane, H Adun… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is necessary for reaching net zero emissions, with studies
showing potential deployment at multi-GtCO2 scale by 2050. However, excessive reliance …

Population density regulation may mitigate the imbalance between anthropogenic carbon emissions and vegetation carbon sequestration

D Liang, H Lu, Y Guan, L Feng, L He, L Qiu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing imbalance between anthropogenic carbon emissions and vegetation carbon
sequestration is impeding cities' sustainability. However, previous research has not reached …

Paris targets within reach by aligning, broadening and strengthening net-zero pledges

I Dafnomilis, M den Elzen, D van Vuuren - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Many countries have recently announced the ambition to reach net-zero emissions targets.
Here we explore the climate and energy transition impacts of the following strategies using …