Long-term global scenarios have underpinned research and assessment of global
environmental change for four decades. Over the past ten years, the climate change …

Climate change adaptation needs, as well as the capacity to adapt, are unequally distributed
around the world. Global models that assess the impacts of climate change and policy …

Ambitious climate policies, as well as economic development, education, technological
progress and less resource-intensive lifestyles, are crucial elements for progress towards …

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

Migration is a widely used adaptation strategy to climate change impacts. Yet resource
constraints caused by such impacts may limit the ability to migrate, thereby leading to …

The world faces twin crises of climate breakdown and runaway inequality. The richest
people, corporations and countries are destroying the world with their huge carbon …

Climate change threatens to undermine efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. However,
climate policies could impose a financial burden on the global poor through increased …

Existing estimates of optimal climate policy ignore the possibility that carbon tax revenues
could be used in a progressive way; model results therefore typically imply that near-term …

Gender inequalities are reflected in differential vulnerability, and exposure to the hazards
posed by climate change and addressing them is key to increase the adaptive capacities of …

With the establishment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), countries worldwide
agreed to a prosperous, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable future for all …