The potential of biofuels from first to fourth generation

P Cavelius, S Engelhart-Straub, N Mehlmer… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The steady increase in human population and a rising standard of living heighten global
demand for energy. Fossil fuels account for more than three-quarters of energy production …

Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community

C Howard, AJ MacNeill, F Hughes… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Accelerating the decarbonisation of local and national economies is a profound public
health imperative. As trusted voices within communities around the world, health …

Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions

P Achakulwisut, P Erickson, C Guivarch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mitigation scenarios database of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's
Sixth Assessment Report is an important resource for informing policymaking on energy …

Analysis of emission reduction effects of carbon trading: Market mechanism or government intervention?

B Lin, C Huang - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon trading is a crucial policy to combat climate change and China's carbon market is
considered one of the carbon markets to consider. Some studies have shown that China's …

Rising temperatures erode human sleep globally

K Minor, A Bjerre-Nielsen, SS Jonasdottir, S Lehmann… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
Ambient temperatures are rising worldwide, with the greatest increases recorded at night.
Concurrently, the prevalence of insufficient sleep is rising in many populations. Yet it …

Paris climate agreement and global environmental efficiency: New evidence from fuzzy regression discontinuity design

M Salman, X Long, G Wang, D Zha - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The most remarkable global climate agreement to date, the Paris Agreement of 2015
requires all countries to set emissions-reduction commitments. However, experts say that the …

Linking SDG 7 to assess the renewable energy footprint of nations by 2030

J He, Y Yang, Z Liao, A Xu, K Fang - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a guideline
for humanity to respond to an array of pressing challenges. Due to our increasing need for …

Incorporating human behaviour into Earth system modelling

B Beckage, FC Moore, K Lacasse - Nature Human Behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change and other challenges to the stability and functioning of natural and
managed environmental systems are driven by increasing anthropogenic domination of the …

Coevolutionary dynamics via adaptive feedback in collective-risk social dilemma game

L Liu, X Chen, A Szolnoki - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Human society and natural environment form a complex giant ecosystem, where human
activities not only lead to the change in environmental states, but also react to them. By …

Reviewing the sociotechnical dynamics of carbon removal

BK Sovacool, CM Baum, S Low - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
In recent years, carbon removal and associated net-zero energy technologies have
emerged as serious options for policymakers and scientists to consider when trying to …