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Happy that my article on @theGCF private climate finance in the Global South was the most read article in @Climate_Policy  in the last year. Thanks to all that made this possible and in particular to @RIFS_Potsdam

🚨Delighted to announce our TOP 10 viewed papers published July 2023 - Dec 2024! Congratulations to all the authors👏 Great range: finance, biodiversity, adaptation, justice, democracy, CBAM, shipping, agriculture, China governance... Read the list here: climatepolicyjournal.org

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This recently published perspective piece from @Climate_Policy has been getting a lot of attention online and in the news 🗞️ Find out why for yourself 👇 #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism spr.ly/6014Qw6hj

🇪🇹 Moving to a #NetZero emissions pathway in Ethiopia could significantly increase GDP growth & lead to many co-benefits, including poverty reduction and job creation, find Dagne et al. @WRIafrica ➡️bit.ly/3BCLABG

🔓🇮🇳: #NetZero could be a net socio-economic positive for India, find Narassimhan et al. @policy_climate @SFC_India - provided India focuses on: 🟢Green innovation & industrial policies 🟢Individual sector readiness for #decarbonization & more ➡️ bit.ly/417cYC8

🇳🇿 Small tree patches store and sequester critical carbon, find @DanRRichards et al. @mwlr_nz in new study from Aotearoa-New Zealand 🌳Co-benefits include erosion control & shade provision 🌳Major policy adjustments needed to protect small tree patches ➡️bit.ly/497JWEF

🔓: Existing informal proposals can guide the development of national laws to govern solar radiation management, find Brent et al. @CMS_UTas Policymakers must take the next step and put broad principles into practice through domestic legislation & more➡️bit.ly/4gaQNj3

🇹🇭 #Climatechange must be addressed at the community level to build risk resilience. Tanwattana & Toyoda @ChulalongkornU study the Community-Based Climate Risk Resilience (CBCRR) approach & demonstrate need for local capacity building, risk mapping & more➡️bit.ly/3ZrQXNu

🇨🇳 China's Low-Carbon City Pilot policy (LCCP) may be a source of inequity, benefiting capital at the expense of labour & exacerbating wage distortions. Xing et al. recommend: ➡️ Reforming factor markets ➡️ Enhancing regulation & much more ➡️ bit.ly/48V02kJ

🔓🇯🇵: An equal-per-capita (EPC) distribution of CO2 emissions in line with Japan's 2030 target would result in 2/3 of households unable to meet basic energy needs, finds Okushima @UNIV_TSUKUBA_EN ❕Need for widespread low-carbon energy accessibility ➡️bit.ly/3Z6IP4z

🇨🇳Which carbon #emissionstrading system (ETS) rules should be localized & which should be globally harmonized? Feng et al. @MaastrichtU examine China's C-ETS & compare it to the EU model, offering insights on designing a legal ETS infrastructure globally➡️bit.ly/3CozIUa

🔓: Direct Air Carbon Capture and Sequestration #DACCS technology must be rapidly deployed to meet climate targets. @JuliusWesche & Skjølsvold @NTNU offer policy insights for gigaton-scale carbon removal➡️ bit.ly/3ANlDPp

🔓: Oil and gas 'superprofits' in 2022 amounted to the entire annual international #climatefinance funding commitments - several times over, find Egli et al. @TU_Muenchen 🔸Fossil fuel profits should be on the agenda at this year's COP29 & G20 summit ➡️bit.ly/4fseCTy

🔓🇬🇭: Donor policies often prioritise 'in situ' climate change #adaptation and #resilience-building, which limits outmigration. This approach has key limitations, find @LSLindegaard et al. @diisdk, including inability to address diverse impacts & needs ➡️bit.ly/4ep8av4

Female parliamentarians drive #energyjustice, find Tadadjeu et al. @Univ_Dschang ✅Women tend to be more sustainability-conscious & more affected by climate change ✅Increasing female political representation (e.g. with parity quotas) reduces emissions ➡️bit.ly/3YF6I1T

🔓: #Carbonremoval must be part of a #justtransition, but its emerging configurations and governance run counter to just transition principles, find Nawaz et al. @AmericanU 🔸Radical interventions are necessary to reorient its practical delivery➡️bit.ly/4fJa1f5

With #COP29 kicking off in #Baku #UNFCCC, check out this article by Chepeliev et al. on mitigation in 🇦🇿 @PurdueUnivNews @WorldBank 🏙️ Although adversely affected by global decarbonization, Azerbaijan would benefit from domestic mitigation policies ➡️bit.ly/3YYOR7e

🚨NEW ISSUE: Issue 10 is out now, with the latest on #carbonpricing, #lowcarbon agriculture, climate-motivated food taxes & #climatechange information campaigns🌿 🔎 Find insights from @FournierGabela, @_shanetimmons et al. ➡️bit.ly/Issue10-2024