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COP29: evidence and viewpoints from PLOS Climate authors
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With the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the UNFCCC getting underway in Baku, we’re highlighting some of the vital contributions PLOS Climate publications have made to the discourse around cross-sectoral climate action this year.
Harnessing nature-based solutions for economic recovery: A systematic review
Alexandre Chausson and colleagues compile evidence for an important role for nature-based climate solutions in driving economic development and recovery.
“Bending the curve”: The need for legal innovation in the UNFCCC-CBD nexus
Susan Samuel and colleagues argue that creative approaches are needed to strengthen the ties between UN processes on climate and biodiversity.
Measuring the climate security nexus: The Integrated Climate Security Framework
Grazia Pacillo and colleagues demonstrate a new framework for exploring linkages between climate impacts and security, including an applied case study in Kenya.
Peace in an extreme climate: How climate-related security risks affect prospects for stability in Lake Chad
Chitra Nagarajan and colleagues underline the deep connections between climate risks and socio-political stability in the Lake Chad region.
Data-driven complementary indices and metrics for assessing national progress on climate risk and adaptation
Fidel Serrano-Candela and colleagues develop a new set of indices for measuring national progress on climate risk and adaptation.
Integration of urban climate research within the global climate change discourse
PLOS Climate Section Editor Negin Nazarian and colleagues highlight the special importance of urban climate science, particularly in the context of the upcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.
The physical science basis of climate change empowering transformations, insights from the IPCC AR6 for a climate research agenda grounded in ethics
Valérie Masson-Delmotte shares reflections from leading an IPCC Working Group and visions for the future of the climate science community.
Bridging evidence gaps in attributing loss and damage, and measures to minimize impacts
Mastawesha Engdaw and colleagues highlight challenges in attributing losses and damages to climate change in developing countries and underscore strategies to overcome those challenges using examples from the agri-food sector.
Preventing heat-related deaths: The urgent need for a global early warning system for heat
Chloe Brimicombe and colleagues share a vision for implementing much-needed effective global heat early warnings.
Climate data democracy is essential for climate action
Harini Nagendra and colleagues argue that democratic access to climate data is essential to catalysing rapid, scalable and impactful climate action.