Ten new insights in climate science 2024

Roberto Schaeffer; E. Lisa F. Schipper; Daniel Ospina; Paula Mirazo; Ane Alencar; Mehrnaz Anvari; Paulo Artaxo; Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu; Tanja Blome; Melanie Boeckmann; Ebba Brink; Wendy Broadgate; Mercedes Bustamante; Wenju Cai; Josep G. Canadell; Roberto Cardinale; Maria Paz Chidichimo; Peter Ditlevsen; Ursula Eicker; Sarah Feron; Mahelet G. Fikru; Sabine Fuss; Amadou T. Gaye; Örjan Gustafsson; Niklas Harring; Cheng He; Sophie Hebden; Adrian Heilemann; Marina Hirota; Nandakumar Janardhanan; Sirkku Juhola; Tae Yong Jung; Jiang Kejun; Şiir Kilkiș; Nilushi Kumarasinghe; David Lapola; June Yi Lee; Carolina Levis; Adelaide Lusambili; Joannes D. Maasakkers; Claire MacIntosh; Jemilah Mahmood; Justin S. Mankin; Pía Marchegiani; Maria Martin; Aditi Mukherji; Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson; Zeenat Niazi; Joseph Nyangon; Santosh Pandipati; Amarasinghage T.D. Perera; Geeta Persad; Åsa Persson; Aaron Redman; Ilona Riipinen; Johan Rockström; Sarah Roffe; Joyashree Roy; Boris Sakschewski; Bjørn H. Samset; Peter Schlosser; Ayyoob Sharifi; Wan Yu Shih; Giles B. Sioen; Youba Sokona; Detlef Stammer; Sunhee Suk; Djiby Thiam; Vikki Thompson; Erin Tullos; René M. van Westen; Ana Maria Vargas Falla; Daniel J. Vecellio; John Worden; Henry C. Wu; Chi Xu; Yang Yang; Mariam Zachariah; Zhen Zhang; Gina Ziervogel

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101285

Ten new insights in climate science 2024

Roberto Schaeffer, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Daniel Ospina^*, Paula Mirazo^*, Ane Alencar, Mehrnaz Anvari, Paulo Artaxo, Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Tanja Blome, Melanie Boeckmann, Ebba Brink, Wendy Broadgate, Mercedes Bustamante, Wenju Cai, Josep G. Canadell, Roberto Cardinale, Maria Paz Chidichimo, Peter Ditlevsen, Ursula Eicker, Sarah FeronMahelet G. Fikru, Sabine Fuss, Amadou T. Gaye, Örjan Gustafsson, Niklas Harring, Cheng He, Sophie Hebden, Adrian Heilemann, Marina Hirota, Nandakumar Janardhanan, Sirkku Juhola, Tae Yong Jung, Jiang Kejun, Şiir Kilkiș, Nilushi Kumarasinghe, David Lapola, June Yi Lee, Carolina Levis, Adelaide Lusambili, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Claire MacIntosh, Jemilah Mahmood, Justin S. Mankin, Pía Marchegiani, Maria Martin, Aditi Mukherji, Tischa A. Muñoz-Erickson, Zeenat Niazi, Joseph Nyangon, Santosh Pandipati, Amarasinghage T.D. Perera, Geeta Persad, Åsa Persson, Aaron Redman, Ilona Riipinen, Johan Rockström, Sarah Roffe, Joyashree Roy, Boris Sakschewski, Bjørn H. Samset, Peter Schlosser, Ayyoob Sharifi, Wan Yu Shih, Giles B. Sioen, Youba Sokona, Detlef Stammer, Sunhee Suk, Djiby Thiam, Vikki Thompson, Erin Tullos, René M. van Westen, Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Daniel J. Vecellio, John Worden, Henry C. Wu, Chi Xu, Yang Yang, Mariam Zachariah, Zhen Zhang, Gina Ziervogel

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Abstract

The years 2023 and 2024 were characterized by unprecedented warming across the globe, underscoring the urgency of climate action. Robust science advice for decision makers on subjects as complex as climate change requires deep cross- and interdisciplinary understanding. However, navigating the ever-expanding and diverse peer-reviewed literature on climate change is enormously challenging for individual researchers. We elicited expert input through an online questionnaire (188 respondents from 45 countries) and prioritized 10 key advances in climate-change research with high policy relevance. The insights span a wide range of areas, from changes in methane and aerosol emissions to the factors shaping citizens’ acceptance of climate policies. This synthesis and communications effort forms the basis for a science-policy report distributed to party delegations ahead of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to inform their positions and arguments on critical issues, including heat-adaptation planning, comprehensive mitigation strategies, and strengthened governance in energy-transition minerals value chains.

Original language	English
Article number	101285
Journal	One Earth
Volume	8
Issue number	6
Early online date	7 May 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101285
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2025

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adaptation
climate policy
climate science
governance
just transition
mitigation
resilience
science policy

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Schaeffer, R., Schipper, E. L. F., Ospina, D., Mirazo, P., Alencar, A., Anvari, M., Artaxo, P., Biresselioglu, M. E., Blome, T., Boeckmann, M., Brink, E., Broadgate, W., Bustamante, M., Cai, W., Canadell, J. G., Cardinale, R., Chidichimo, M. P., Ditlevsen, P., Eicker, U., ... Ziervogel, G. (2025). Ten new insights in climate science 2024. One Earth, 8(6), Article 101285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101285

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Ten new insights in climate science 2024

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