Climate change may be the greatest health threat of the twenty-first century, impacting lives
both directly and indirectly, through undermining the environmental and social determinants …

Executive summary Record-breaking temperatures were recorded across the globe in 2023.
Without climate action, adverse climate-related health impacts are expected to worsen …

Executive summary In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened
in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of …

Short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Recent evidence shows that carbon emissions in China are likely to peak ahead of 2030.
However, the social and economic impacts of such an early carbon peak have rarely been …

Renewable energy sources (RES) have significant potential to contribute to the economic,
social and environmental energy sustainability. They improve access to energy for most of …

Over 100 countries have set or are considering net-zero emissions or neutrality targets.
However, most of the information on emissions neutrality (such as timing) is provided for the …

Chapter 3 assesses the emissions pathways literature in order to identify their key
characteristics (both in commonalities and differences) and to understand how societal …

The low-carbon power transition, which is key to combatting climate change, has far-
reaching effects on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of issues …

This paper explores the technical and economic characteristics of an accelerated energy
transition to 2050, using new datasets for renewable energy. The analysis indicates that …