Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

HO Pörtner, RJ Scholes, A Arneth, DKA Barnes… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

The meaning of net zero and how to get it right

S Fankhauser, SM Smith, M Allen, K Axelsson… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
The concept of net-zero carbon emissions has emerged from physical climate science.
However, it is operationalized through social, political and economic systems. We identify …

Harnessing the potential of nature-based solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change

N Seddon - Science, 2022 - science.org
Although many governments, financial institutions, and corporations are embracing nature-
based solutions as part of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies, some nations …

Electroreduction of CO2: Advances in the Continuous Production of Formic Acid and Formate

K Fernández-Caso, G Díaz-Sainz… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The study of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to obtain formate (HCOO–) or formic acid
(HCOOH) is receiving much attention as a promising technology. Since continuous–mode …

Net zero: science, origins, and implications

MR Allen, P Friedlingstein, CAJ Girardin… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This review explains the science behind the drive for global net zero emissions and why this
is needed to halt the ongoing rise in global temperatures. We document how the concept of …

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

D Bauman, C Fortunel, G Delhaye, Y Malhi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …

Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

OJ Schmitz, M Sylvén, TB Atwood, ES Bakker… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and
enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These …

A global meta-analysis of soil organic carbon in the Anthropocene

D Beillouin, M Corbeels, J Demenois, D Berre… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic activities profoundly impact soil organic carbon (SOC), affecting its
contribution to ecosystem services such as climate regulation. Here, we conducted a …

Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas

N Pettorelli, NAJ Graham, N Seddon… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an increasing recognition that, although the climate change and biodiversity crises
are fundamentally connected, they have been primarily addressed independently and a …

Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

YJ Shin, GF Midgley, ERM Archer, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate
change and biodiversity loss. We are entering a pivotal decade for both the international …