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 …

Global warming has been changing the planet's climate pattern, leading to increasing
frequency, intensity and duration of extreme weather events and natural disasters. These …

Safely achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement requires a worldwide
transformation to carbon-neutral societies within the next 30 y. Accelerated technological …

Current worldwide trends are not sustainable. The Club of Rome's warnings published in the
book Limits to Growth are still valid. Remedies that are acceptable for the great majority tend …

This paper updates estimates of fossil fuel subsidies, defined as fuel consumption times the
gap between existing and efficient prices (ie, prices warranted by supply costs …

A remarkable exploration of the science, history, and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the
most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned experts Meteorites …

Effective mitigation of climate change will require far-reaching transformations of electricity,
heat, agricultural, transport, and other systems. The energy studies and modeling research …

The natural science in GEO-6 makes clear that a range and variety of unwelcome outcomes
for humanity, with potentially very significant impacts for human health, become increasingly …

Thirty years ago, the UN report Our Common Future placed sustainable development firmly
on the international agenda. The Imperatives of Sustainable Development takes the ethical …

For the first time in half a century, real transformative innovations are coming to our world of
passenger transportation. The convergence of new shared mobility services with automated …