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  • Government spending for COVID-19 recovery could have enhanced society’s resilience to environmental shocks, but it is unclear whether this was adequately reflected in policies. A study now sheds light on this issue by applying a fiscal policy taxonomy for climate change adaptation and resilience to policies across different countries.

    • Alexandra Sadler
    • Nicola Ranger
    • Brian O’Callaghan
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Sustainability
    Volume: 7, P: 270-281

  • Climate change laws are shown to reduce national CO2 emissions by 0.78% in their first three years and 1.79% in the longer term. These reductions add up to 38 GtCO2 of avoided emissions for 1999–2016—equal to a year of CO2 emissions.

    • Shaikh M. S. U. Eskander
    • Sam Fankhauser
    Research
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 10, P: 750-756

  • Net-zero emissions is more than a concept of physical climate science. It is implemented in social, political and economic contexts. This Perspective proposes seven attributes that are critical for the practical and effective implementation of net zero.

    • Sam Fankhauser
    • Stephen M. Smith
    • Thom Wetzer
    Reviews
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 12, P: 15-21

  • Following a groundswell of voluntary net-zero targets by companies, regulators are increasingly introducing mandatory rules. If governments can overcome the barriers to rigour, coherence and fairness, such mandatory ‘ground rules’ have the potential to overcome the obstructionism that holds back a just climate transition.

    • Thomas Hale
    • Thom Wetzer
    • Rupert Stuart-Smith
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 14, P: 306-308

  • At a time of stagnant international climate negotiations, national legislation on climate continues to progress apace. So what can these policy developments deliver?

    • Terry Townshend
    • Sam Fankhauser
    • Carolina Pavese
    Comments & Opinion
    Nature Climate Change
    Volume: 3, P: 430-432