This article reviews climate change mitigation policies implemented in five major emitting
economies: China, the European Union, India, Japan and the United States. It analyses their …

Brazil contains the largest volume of freshwater of any nation in the world; however, this
essential natural resource is threatened by rapid increases in water consumption and water …

It has been suggested that rainfall in the Amazon decreases if forest loss exceeds some
threshold, but the specific value of this threshold remains uncertain. Here, we investigate the …

In the increasingly polarized international political arena, it has become difficult to find
common ground to solve Brazil's ongoing environmental crisis, which has global as well as …

Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

Buildings play a key role in the transition to a low-carbon-energy system and in achieving
Paris Agreement climate targets. Analyzing potential scenarios for building decarbonization …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the most biodiverse savannas in the world, yet 46%
of its original cover has been cleared to make way for crops and pastures. These extensive …

Afforestation is considered a cost‐effective and readily available climate change mitigation
option. In recent studies afforestation is presented as a major solution to limit climate …

Almost all global scenarios under ambitious climate targets rely on the deployment of
negative emission technologies (NETs). Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage …