The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures
from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The …

Cities and urban areas are increasingly recognized as strategic arenas for climate change
action. Processes of urban governance addressing climate change reconfigure the politics …

Developing countries face a difficult challenge in meeting the growing demands for food,
water, and energy, which is further compounded by climate change. Effective adaptation to …

Heightened concerns about long-term sustainability have of late enlivened debates around
the circular economy (CE). Defined as a series of restorative and regenerative industrial …

In response to the ongoing climate crisis, many countries have issued policies to support the
uptake of renewable energy. In the same vein, the European Union (EU) has issued a …

There is a growing imperative for responses to climate change to go beyond incremental
adjustments, aiming instead for society‐wide transformation. In this context, sociotechnical …

Whether disasters influence adaptation actions in cities is contested. Yet, the extant
knowledge base primarily consists of single or small-N case studies, so there is no global …

Natural hazard events provide opportunities for policy change to enhance disaster risk
reduction (DRR), yet it remains unclear whether these events actually fulfill this …

Highlights•We review relevance and meaning of positive tipping points (PTPs) to assess the
required transformations for achieving the 2–1.5 C target.•A procedural synthesis is …

Understanding climate risk is crucial for effective adaptation action, and a number of
assessment methodologies have emerged. We argue that the dynamics of the individual …