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SUMMARY:Towards Effective Subnational Climate Policy: A Systematic Five-Step Analytical Approach Based on Evidence from German States
DESCRIPTION:While much of the discussion focuses on international and national climate policy\, achieving international climate goals will also require rigorous climate policy action at the subnational level. However\, it is challenging to evaluate and formulate the level and type of subnational action required within this complex and interconnected multi-level context. Synthesising insights from projects in the German states of Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate\, we propose a five-step analytical approach to derive effective and targeted climate policy measures for the state level. The first step involves scenario modelling and model synthesis to establish an analytical reference point. In this context\, we advocate for the derivation of state and sector-level carbon dioxide (CO2) budgets aligned with Paris Agreement requirements to underscore the necessary climate policy ambition. Secondly\, a scenario comparison is used to discern sectors where government intervention is particularly imperative. The third step identifies goal-oriented strategies that subnational climate policies should target. Fourth\, a barrier and stakeholder analysis pinpoints priority areas for action. Lastly\, recommendations for action are derived from a systematic synthesis of the preceding steps. Taken together\, this approach promises a systematic and evidence-based method for crafting subnational climate policies\, contributing to the overall effectiveness of climate change mitigation efforts.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/towards-effective-subnational-climate-policy-a-systematic-five-step-analytical-approach-based-on-evidence-from-german-states/
LOCATION:H 0110
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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SUMMARY:Maximizing the Contribution of Aviation to 2050 Net-Zero Emission Reduction Pathways through Evidence-Based Policy
DESCRIPTION:The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and multiple influential trade groups such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have announced goals to make aviation net-zero by 2050. However\, in most net-zero pathways aviation is still considered a hard-to-abate sector that is unlikely to contribute meaningfully to emissions reductions in this timeframe. Designing ambitious policies that can achieve dramatic cuts in aviation emissions requires granular empirical evidence on current innovations\, investments\, commitments\, flight routes\, and other actions across a range of stakeholders. Here\, we build a novel evidence base combining data on aviation start-ups\, corporate commitments\, and demonstration projects and combine it with a sectoral and integrated assessment model to evaluate how policy action scenarios can accelerate emissions abatement in the aviation industry. \nWe use the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM)\, a technology-rich integrated assessment model\, to investigate different technology and policy pathways to decarbonize the aviation sector in the US and EU. We focus on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and novel aircraft designs (electric and hydrogen planes) as the primary abatement technologies\, separating policy actions into technology supply and demand-side categories and accounting for different levels of corporate ambition. We use granular data inputs from i3 Cleantech on aviation start-ups and ICAO on technology development and corporate adoption to quantify the scaling potential of abatement technologies. \nOur results show that while complete decarbonization of aviation may be difficult and costly\, the sector can deliver emissions reductions that limit the need for offsetting in net-zero pathways. Full decarbonization of the aviation sector will likely place additional burdens on biofuel production and scaling of clean electricity generation unless coupled with demand reduction policies such as mode shifting. Combining an evidence base with policy scenarios can allow policymakers to design and gauge the role of aviation in net-zero pathways more accurately.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/maximizing-the-contribution-of-aviation-to-2050-net-zero-emission-reduction-pathways-through-evidence-based-policy/
LOCATION:H 0110
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240531T073601Z
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UID:10000162-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:The Social\, Economic\, and Political Trade-offs of Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda: Towards building resilient communities
DESCRIPTION:Worldwide and Uganda in particular\, climate change continues pose significant challenges to communities. The changing climate\, characterized by erratic rainfall patterns\, prolonged droughts\, land degradation\, and extreme weather events have adversely affected agriculture\, water resources management\, public health\, and infrastructure development. To address these challenges\, various initiatives have been implemented by state actors\, non-state actors\, and local farmers in Uganda. Drawing on a mixed methods study involving over 1500 respondents\, my presentation will examine the social\, economic\, and political trade-offs of climate change adaptation in Uganda. The findings show that while some individuals possess knowledge of adaptive practices through traditional wisdom or local innovations\, others lack access to information or resources necessary for effective adaptation measures. This creates disparities in adaptive capacities among different groups. Gender dynamics and socioeconomic disparities also play a role in exacerbating social inequalities during the adaptation process. Economically disadvantaged smallholder farmers who rely heavily on rain-fed agriculture struggle to invest in technologies that could enhance their adaptive capacities due to financial constraints. Balancing short-term livelihood needs with long-term investments becomes a complex trade-off that policymakers must address. The political dimension of climate change adaptation explores the governance structures required for effective planning and implementation. Coordinated efforts among multiple stakeholders including government agencies at national and local levels as well as civil society organizations are crucial for successful adaptation. However\, “”policy implementation gaps”” often hinder progress due to limited institutional capacity or conflicting priorities across sectors.\nThe presentation emphasizes the importance of integrated approaches that consider the interlinkages between social equity (including gender dynamics)\, economic realities (such as financial constraints)\, and political frameworks in climate change adaptation strategies. Understanding these complexities can help policymakers and practitioners develop more robust approaches that maximize benefits while minimizing negative consequences.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-social-economic-and-political-trade-offs-of-climate-change-adaptation-in-uganda-towards-building-resilient-communities/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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UID:10000151-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Public preferences for phasing-out fossil fuels in the German building and transport sectors
DESCRIPTION:In most of Europe\, the decarbonisation of the building and transport sectors lags behind emission targets. Achieving full decarbonisation requires not only the diffusion of net-zero emission technologies but also the phase-out of technologies that emit greenhouse gases (GHG). However\, implementing policy changes in these sectors can have an immediate and significant impact on people’s day-to-day life\, leading to a higher risk of political backlash\, as exemplified by the yellow vest movement in France. In this study\, we investigate public preferences for phase-out policy packages in both sectors in Germany by conducting two conjoint experiments with 1\,777 respondents in March 2022. Respondents collectively evaluated a total of 17\,770 policy packages per sector\, specifically targeting the phase-out of fossil fuel-based heating systems and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). We find that respondents favour earlier phase-out dates for both technologies\, but the type of preferred instruments varies: while regulatory instruments like bans are preferred for heating systems\, economic instruments like taxes are preferred for ICEVs. These preferences are even more pronounced in people most concerned about climate change. In addition\, we find that people with higher knowledge about sector emissions tend to demonstrate higher acceptance of policy interventions and that supportive measures significantly enhance the attractiveness of policy packages. Our findings can inform the design of phase-out policy packages\, potentially increasing their acceptability and political feasibility.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/public-preferences-for-phasing-out-fossil-fuels-in-the-german-building-and-transport-sectors/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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UID:10000148-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Unraveling the Link Between Political Discourse on Climate Change in EU Party Manifestos and Climate Policy Implementation
DESCRIPTION:How do political parties discuss climate change and climate policies in their manifestos? To what extent does such discourse correlate with countries’ climate policy output? With more ambitious climate action required to achieve global climate mitigation goals\, climate change has become increasingly salient in the political arena. However\, the literature currently lacks a comprehensives analysis of EU parties’ climate policy positions and of the extent to which parties’ electoral programs are translated into climate policy output. In this paper\, we build a dataset of party positions on climate change and climate policy instruments for most parties active in all EU countries from 1980 to 2021. To do so\, we test and apply a set of multilingual transformers to the corpus of political manifestos made available by the Manifesto Project. To test the correlation between political discourse in the electoral manifestos of winning coalitions and the amount and stringency of climate policies that are actually implemented\, we combine our dataset on party positions with data on implemented climate policies made available by the OECD Climate Actions and Policy Measurement Framework. With this paper\, we make the following contributions: 1) The expansion of the Manifesto Project dataset to include specific climate policy variables for EU countries; 2) The implementation of an efficient and replicable pipeline for multilingual and multiclass text classification for political discourse; and 3) The evaluation of correlations between party positions on climate policy and actual climate mitigation policy outcomes.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/unraveling-the-link-between-political-discourse-on-climate-change-in-eu-party-manifestos-and-climate-policy-implementation/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T102648Z
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SUMMARY:Breaching the social contract? Insights on the public acceptability of fossil fuel subsidy removal in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:The elimination of fossil fuel subsidies presents a practical strategy for global south countries to bolster climate mitigation endeavours. In our research paper\, we delve into the crucial role of public attitude toward the subsidy removal in Colombia. Since 2022\, the Colombian government has gradually elevated gasoline prices to align with global market rates\, aligning with its aspiration to become a carbon neutral society. A parallel initiative for diesel prices is slated for implementation in this year. \nWhile fuel subsidies historically aimed to support vulnerable households\, their primary beneficiaries are high-income households that consume greater amounts of fossil energy. The elimination of these subsidies raises concerns about the government’s fulfilment of its social contract\, for instance if adequate replacements for poor and vulnerable households are lacking. Other instances\, such as those in Ecuador\, France\, Nigeria\, and more recently Germany\, illustrate how the elimination of subsidies incite widespread protests with broad societal support\, highlighting their role in the countries’ social contract. \nOur research adopts a mixed-method approach to assess the public acceptability of the elimination process and its implications for Colombia’s social contract. We conduct interviews with stakeholders involved in or affected by the process to gather diverse perspectives on the impact of subsidy removal on the social contract. Additionally\, we explore alternative reform designs that could enhance public acceptability. Using insights from these interviews\, we design a discrete choice experiment to test various reform options\, aiming to identify alternatives that effectively improve public attitudes toward the policy.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/breaching-the-social-contract-insights-on-the-public-acceptability-of-fossil-fuel-subsidy-removal-in-colombia/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T102620Z
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UID:10000146-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:A Systematic Review of the Literature on Determinants of Public Acceptance of Climate Policies
DESCRIPTION:Mitigating dangerous climate change will require a rapid decarbonisation of the world economy\, with emissions brought to net zero levels within the next three decades. By now\, 145 countries covering close to 90% of the global emissions have announced or are considering net zero targets by 2050 or 2070. However\, policies and action put in place so far in most countries are insufficient for achieving their targets. Bolder policy measures need to be passed and implemented—an effort whose success\, as numerous experiences of failed attempts have shown\, critically depends on the level of public support (or acceptance\, at least) behind the policy initiatives. This paper provides a systematic review of the large and growing research into the determinants of public support for climate policy initiatives. Our review aims to achieve three goals. Firstly\, we provide an updated review of the literature\, which has grown significantly since the publication of previous reviews\, and we cover all policy types (aimed at climate mitigation) and all researched determining factors for public support. Secondly\, we provide a rigorous and ML-assisted analysis of the research landscape in this area\, and we\, in particular\, delineate the gaps still existing in the literature\, as well as the key questions that are still open. Thirdly\, we synthesise the state-of-the-art knowledge on political feasibility of climate policies\, and we formulate our synthesis around an integrative framework well-suited to inform future policy design with view of the public’s perception and acceptance.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/a-systematic-review-of-the-literature-on-determinants-of-public-acceptance-of-climate-policies/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T114122Z
CREATED:20240508T112542Z
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UID:10000145-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Long-term Degradation Rate of Photovoltaic Modules: A Meta-analysis
DESCRIPTION:A critical factor in determining the ecological and economic benefits of photovoltaic investments is the projected lifespan of the installed photovoltaic modules. Therefore\, a well-founded estimate of the decline in power output over an extended period is essential in assessing whether an installation under a specific set of conditions can meet performance expectations. This power decline\, commonly referred to as degradation rate\, is dependent on multiple factors that result in a large heterogeneity of contingency factors determining the degradation rate. To derive the summarized effect of all reported degradation rates of outdoor exposed photovoltaic modules across the academic literature and explain the large differences observed\, we conducted a meta-regression analysis of 85 primary studies reporting 699 observations for the degradation rate. Using a wide set of moderator variables\, including geographical characteristics\, installation differences\, methodological differences\, and publication characteristics\, the analysis revealed a median degradation rate of 0.94 %/year\, with the cell technology\, mounting location\, and methodological differences being the main drivers of heterogeneity in reported degradation rate observations. Interestingly\, technological advances have not been found to systematically reduce reported degradation rates. Finally\, we use the meta-regression results to derive an implied degradation rate under best practice conditions and found the widely employed crystalline silicon modules degrade at rates of 0.39 % to 1.44 %/year. In contrast\, thin-film modules exhibit degradation rates twice as high at around 2 %/year. Consequently\, the empirical literature suggests a projected lifespan of 51 years under the most favorable conditions\, i.e.\, a well-ventilated installation of crystalline silicon modules mounted in cold climate conditions. The results of this study can guide future research as we summarize the status quo of the academic evidence on photovoltaic degradation. Moreover\, the aggregated degradations can serve as a benchmark for future photovoltaic investment decisions.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/mapping-and-synthesising-the-rigorous-evidence-base-of-sustainable-energy-in-lmics/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T114041Z
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UID:10000144-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Systematic review of the achieved emissions reductions of carbon offset projects across all major sectors
DESCRIPTION:Many net-zero emission targets by governments and fi¬rms rely on offsetting emissions. Several studies have raised concerns about the environmental integrity of individual offset projects\, though systematic evidence is missing. We synthesised existing rigorous empirical studies evaluating 2\,353 offset projects across all major offset sectors. Our analysis shows that offset projects achieved considerably lower emissions reductions than officially claimed. We estimate that only 12 % of the total volume of existing credits across four major sectors constitute real emissions reductions\, with 0 % for wind power\, 0 % for improved forest management\, 9.6 % for cookstoves\, 22.1 % for REDD+ and 59.6 % for chemical processes. Our results thus indicate that 88% of the total credit volume across these four sectors in the voluntary carbon market does not constitute real emissions reductions. This offset achievement gap corresponds to almost twice the annual German CO2 emissions. Our results do not apply to novel and permanent carbon removal methods that are currently emerging.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/systematic-review-of-the-achieved-emissions-reductions-of-carbon-offset-projects-across-all-major-sectors/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T113509Z
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UID:10000142-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Co-benefits of CO2 emission reduction from China’s green finance pilot policy between 2012-2020
DESCRIPTION:At present nearly 150 countries and regions are ready to propose or have already proposed carbon neutral targets\, and finance is a key issue in global climate governance. China has pledged to “strive to reach the peak before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060”\, which requires up to 100 trillion yuan of financial support\, urgently needs the financial system to support green investment and financing activities in a market-oriented way.The green finance reform and Innovation Demonstration Zone is an important practice of green finance in China and plays an important role in addressing climate change.In this paper\, 8 green finance pilot cities in China and the other 269 prefecture-level cities between 2012-2020 are selected as the research objects\, and the effect and mechanism of pollution reduction and carbon reduction policies in the pilot area are deeply studied\, and the DID model and the mediation effect model be conducted empirical analysis .The results show that the China’s green finance pilot policy of the experimental area has a remarkable effect on reducing pollution and carbon emissions\, and the effect is increasing year by year. From the study of the mechanism of the policy in the green finance pilot cities\, it is found that the policy mainly exerts the effect of reducing pollution and carbon through optimizing the energy consumption structure and promoting the upgrading of industrial structure.Based on this\,it should focus on the optimization of energy structure and the upgrading of industrial structure\, increase green technology innovation\, and improve policies according to local conditions to promote the further development of the pilot cities.In addition\, it is necessary to give play to the demonstration role of the pilot zone policy\, promote its advanced experience\, and promote other cities across the country to jointly contribute to China’s “double carbon” goal
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/co-benefits-of-co2-emission-reduction-from-chinas-green-finance-pilot-policy-between-2012-2020/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T113417Z
CREATED:20240508T112129Z
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UID:10000141-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Adding Water to the Nexus: A Systematic Review of Carbon\, Biodiversity\, and Water Offsetting
DESCRIPTION:Offsetting has become an increasingly prominent instrument in climate and environmental policy. The focus here is primarily on carbon and biodiversity offsetting\, with water being added as a new type of offset. In the discussions to date\, these three offsetting types have largely been considered in isolation. This could lead to new externalities caused by the individual offset types that are not taken into account\, such as neglecting the impact on biodiversity when planting tree monocultures for a carbon offsetting project. To enable multi-dimensional environmental policy\, a nexus approach is needed to assess carbon\, biodiversity and water offsetting and identify potential synergies and trade-offs. The aim of this work is twofold: to introduce water as a new offsetting type and to illustrate the intersection between the different offsetting types. This contribution aims to facilitate such a nexus approach\, with a systematic literature review\, using the AI-aided open source systematic review software AS Reviewer to support an efficient evidence synthesis. The results provide a comparison of the three offsetting types alongside multiple offsetting characteristics including mitigation hierarchy\, net-discourse\, and project types. In this way\, we can outline the commonalities of offset types along with the mitigation hierarchies and contrast them with a discussion of their differences using the discourses of carbon neutrality\, no-net loss\, and water neutrality. The results additionally indicate that publications dealing with at least two offsetting types are still scarce. Publications that meet this criterion\, for example\, discuss ways of pooling different types of offsets (credit stacking and bundling) or propose carbon credits as a financing mechanism for water offsetting. With this systematic literature review\, we give insights into the complex relationships between carbon\, biodiversity\, and water offsetting. The results serve as a building block to develop comprehensive and multi-dimensional environmental policies.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/adding-water-to-the-nexus-a-systematic-review-of-carbon-biodiversity-and-water-offsetting/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240529T113329Z
CREATED:20240508T112020Z
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UID:10000140-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Systematic review of the effectiveness of green financial policies in re-directing finance flows in line with the Paris Agreement
DESCRIPTION:Reaching a pathway towards net zero GHG emissions requires massive investments in low-carbon infrastructure. At the same time\, it is crucial to rapidly transition finance away from fossil assets. Accordingly\, the redirection of finance flows is a key objective of the Paris Agreement (Art. 2.1c). Over the last decade\, countries have started to enact policies to influence financial actors to this end\, with 136 such “green financial policies” reported as of 2019 in the OECD alone (cf. Steffen 2021 ERL). While it is generally agreed that such green financial policies can complement “real economy” policies like carbon pricing\, technology subsidies\, or energy sector regulation\, the actual impact of financial policy interventions is poorly understood. Conceptual studies suggest a variety of potential outcomes: Effects on firms’ emission intensity\, re-allocation of capital between high-carbon/low-carbon firms\, and also intermediate outcomes that eventually lead to a change in emission intensity or capital allocation (e.g.\, quality of climate-related financial disclosures\, mark-ups/discounts in the cost of capital). An increasing body of primary empirical research evaluates past interventions\, with numerous studies studying especially disclosure requirements\, green state investment banks\, and interventions by central banks. However\, the piecemeal evidence base has not been synthesized so far\, making it hard to derive learnings that apply across regional and time-specific contexts. To fill this gap\, we conduct a systematic review of green financial policy effectiveness in OECD countries. As a first step\, we present a rigorous qualitative synthesis of evidence concerning impact channels and outcome measures (drawing on both empirical studies and computational modeling studies). Building on its result\, the second step uses empirical literature only and conducts a quantitative meta-analysis concerning the impact of climate-related disclosure requirements\, and green state investment banks. We also derive important research gaps and avenues forward for green financial policy analysis.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/systematic-review-of-the-effectiveness-of-green-financial-policies-in-re-directing-finance-flows-in-line-with-the-paris-agreement/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T075143Z
CREATED:20240508T105901Z
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UID:10000126-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Geospatial Impact Evaluation of Agricultural Intensification Program in Niger
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is exacerbating food insecurity around the world\, particularly in drought-prone areas that are already highly vulnerable\, such as the Sahel region of West Africa. To improve food security and resilience\, the government of Niger\, with funding from the West African Development Bank (BOAD)\, implemented a multi-faceted agricultural production intensification program in 2011 (PIPA/SA). We employ geospatial data (spectral indices from Landsat-7 imagery) and a synthetic difference-in-differences (SDID) design to measure the impact of this program (irrigation and land rehabilitation efforts) on agricultural production\, water availability\, siltation\, and desertification (using proxies for “level of greenness” such as NDVI\, SAVI\, etc.). Determining the impact of this program will inform the Government of Niger’s future policy and programming related to climate change mitigation/adaptation and food intensification\, with implications for human health\, nutrition\, livelihoods\, and economic development more broadly. \nThis project contributes to the evidence base on climate and nutrition interventions\, and provides more evidence on the benefits and application of geospatial/remote sensing data in climate-related impact evaluation.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/geospatial-impact-evaluation-of-agricultural-intensification-program-in-niger/
LOCATION:H 0112
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T075101Z
CREATED:20240508T105757Z
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UID:10000125-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Urban form features determine spatio-temporal variation of ambient temperature: Assessing the transferability of land Use classes effect across diverse Urban Contexts
DESCRIPTION:Driven by ongoing urbanization and accelerated global warming\, urban heat stress develops into a major threat for a large part of the world population. While the literature is clear about the relevance of urban form in modifying urban heat\, the spatially explicit context of heat modifications by the built environment is insufficiently explored across cities. Here we develop a consistent methodology based on a machine learning model to determine the predictive features of urban form that shape urban ambient temperature (AT) under different urban and climate conditions. For this\, we combine urban climate data at 100 m resolution from the UrbClim model with urban form features computed from different open datasets. We exemplify our innovation by evaluating summer daytime and nighttime temperature variation within three European cities that are representative of distinct geographies and climates: Berlin\, Zürich\, and Sevilla. Mean AT at dense urban spots was higher by 3 ◦C (on average) during summer\ncompared to sub-urban sites across all cities. We find that urban form features explain around 2/3 of within-city temperature variations. Vegetation cover and water bodies are most significant in explaining spatial temperature patterns during the daytime\, while the impervious land cover is most critical at nighttime. Cooling effect of water areas can accumulate to – 1.5 ◦C\, while heating effects of roads can induce +0.5 ◦C during daytime. The magnitude of effects varies across cities\, primarily based on the climate type\, altitude\, and dominant land-cover. However\, further testing should be conducted to develop a better understanding of impact variations. The findings of this research will provide urban planners and policymakers with crucial insights towards heat mitigation and sustainable urban developments through region-tailored modifications and replacement of land-cover.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/urban-form-features-determine-spatio-temporal-variation-of-ambient-temperature-assessing-the-transferability-of-land-use-classes-effect-across-diverse-urban-contexts/
LOCATION:H 0112
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T075017Z
CREATED:20240508T105505Z
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UID:10000123-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Current challenges in agricultural intensification and land use change in Latin America: land sparing\, land sharing\, rebound effect\, and leakage.
DESCRIPTION:Humanity faces a double threat: burgeoning food demand from a growing population and ecological degradation fueled by agricultural expansion. Crop production can be increased through cropland expansion (more land)\, and crop intensification (producing more per unit of cropland). Embracing sustainable intensification on existing agricultural land rather than the unsustainable quest for ever-greater acreage has been proposed. This approach is known as land-sparing. Nevertheless\, there is a risk that land sparing can lead to a rebound effect where increased yields lead to increased demand for agricultural products\, which in turn drives further expansion of cropland. In addition to these challenges\, there is also the risk of leakage\, where land use change in an area is caused by land use change in another area. This can happen when global markets allow for the transfer of agricultural products from one region to another. With 23% of the world’s arable land\, 46% of tropical forests\, and 31% of freshwater\, Latin America possesses unparalleled potential for revolutionizing food production. By embracing sustainable intensification and conserving natural ecosystems\, the region can nourish a growing population without further deforestation\, protect vital ecosystems\, safeguard biodiversity mitigating climate change\, and become a global leader in sustainable food production. While studies have explored land sparing\, land sharing\, rebound effects\, and leakage in Latin America\, significant regional gaps remain. Existing research often lacks integration into the causes and consequences of these phenomena in diverse local contexts and potential pathways for the effective implementation of sustainable solutions. This study employs an evidence synthesis approach (https://asreview.nl/) to comprehensively analyze the existing literature. Our goal is to identify the main drivers and consequences of crop expansion and intensification across Latin America exploring potential pathways for policy implementation that fosters sustainable food production while protecting the environment.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/current-challenges-in-agricultural-intensification-and-land-use-change-in-latin-america-land-sparing-land-sharing-rebound-effect-and-leakage/
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UID:10000093-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Women are under-represented in adaptation policy research and are more likely to emphasise justice topics
DESCRIPTION:This paper is the first to analyse the role of women authors in fostering justice-relevant topics in climate adaptation research.\nAs representation\, citation and payment patterns remain gender-biased across scientific disciplines\, we explore the case of climate science\, particularly adaptation\, as its most human-oriented facet. In climate research and policy\, there has been a recent surge of interest in climate justice topics. Between the latest assessment cycles of the IPCC (AR5 and AR6)\, mentions\nof justice in the reports of the Working Group on Impacts\, Adaptation and Vulnerability have increased almost 10-fold. We conduct a systematic examination of the topic space in the adaptation policy scholarship. As it is a vast and rapidly growing field\, we use topic modelling\, an unsupervised machine learning method\, to identify the literature on climate justice and related fields and examine the relationship between topic prevalence and the gender of the authors. We find climate change adaptation policy research to be male dominated\, with women holding 38.8% of first and 28.8% of last authorships. However\, we observe topic-specific variability\, whereby the shares of female authors are higher among publications on justice-relevant\ntopics. Female authorship is highly linked to topics such as Community\, Local Knowledge\, and Governance\, but less to Food Security and Climate Finance. Our findings corroborate the evidence that female authors play a significant role in advancing the research and dialogue on the relationship between climate change and areas that have meaningful impact on lives of women and other marginalised groups.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/women-are-under-represented-in-adaptation-policy-research-and-are-more-likely-to-emphasise-justice-topics/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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UID:10000092-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Multilingual topic modelling international collaborations: lessons from United Nations initiatives on food\, water and climate
DESCRIPTION:In a variety of domains\, the United Nations (UN) asks countries and other actors to submit large volumes of documents. Natural Language Processing\, especially topic modelling\, can be used to gain insights into such datasets and their underlying politics. Here\, we use topic models to analyse three different UN processes: the Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement\, the Food Systems Summit and the Water Action Agenda. We find marked similarities\, despite the differing domains and underlying politics: submissions broadly represent the interests of the submitting party; moreover\, many submissions discuss fairly general topics\, while regionally dominant- and politically sensitive topics are either left out of the submissions (e.g. dietary change) or left out of official summaries (the Global Stocktake). We discuss the consequences for transparency efforts at the international level and share practical lessons on the topic modelling of multilingual datasets. BERTopic\, in particular\, can make use of recent advances in Large Language Models to create multilingual topic models without the need for translation. At present\, however\, it is also a more complex model to understand and fine-tune\, so we discuss when it is appropriate to use such methods over more established alternatives\, such as non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). Overall\, we stress that multilingual data sources can and should be considered more to address structural data inequalities in the tracking of climate impacts and adaptation\, especially given the continuing rapid advances in multilingual NLP.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/multilingual-topic-modelling-international-collaborations-lessons-from-united-nations-initiatives-on-food-water-and-climate/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T100015Z
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UID:10000091-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Evidence synthesis of data for tracking progress on adaptation globally
DESCRIPTION:Tracking progress to reduce climate change risks through adaptation has become a topic of significant political interest and debate. Especially under the Paris Agreement’s Global Stocktake and Global Goal on Adaptation\, there are increasing calls for ways to assess progress on adaptation globally. The COP28 decision text includes calls for an iterative adaptation cycle assessment framework for seven key thematic targets: water\, food\, health\, ecosystems\, infrastructure and settlements\, poverty and livelihoods\, and cultural heritage. \nYet there are many epistemological\, normative\, methodological\, and practical challenges for tracking progress. For example\, defining and determining “”progress”” is contested\, with varying adaptation outcomes across societies. Methodologically\, the choice between qualitative and quantitative approaches\, as well as the selection of appropriate indicators\, remains a point of political contention. Practical issues include incomplete or low-quality data\, lack of detail and nuance in indicators\, and difficulties in obtaining local or subnational data\, particularly in places where adaptation is needed most. \nThe main objective of this paper is to provide a systematic assessment of existing datasets from various sources\, including reports\, scientific papers\, and online repositories. We validate our results with an expert panel. The evidence synthesis provides key datasets with conceptually clear indicators and data\, and assessing evidence gaps and limitations. We use these insights to reflect on how feasible existing datasets are to assess progress on adaptation globally and what additional steps may be needed.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/evidence-synthesis-of-data-for-tracking-progress-on-adaptation-globally/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240607T083943Z
CREATED:20240508T093001Z
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UID:10000085-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Time is of the essence: Accounting for observed past transformation progress in the ex-ante assessment of climate policies with integrated assessment models
DESCRIPTION:Years of delay in taking meaningful action on climate change\, combined with the increasing impetus to pursue the goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C\, have compressed the timescale for decarbonizing the energy system to net-zero to a few decades. The focus of research must therefore shift from the fundamental long-term characteristics of net-zero energy systems to the dynamics of the near-term energy transition.\nIn this study\, we present a detailed assessment of the near-term sector- and technology-specific transformation patterns of modeled energy-economy pathways consistent with the climate targets of the Paris Agreement\, and contrast it to the scale-up of innovative climate change mitigation technologies and the phase-out of fossil fuels observed in real-world energy systems.\nThis approach allows us to (1) derive estimates of the transformation gap\, i.e.\, the discrepancy between real-world mitigation progress and the near-term transformations needed to meet climate targets; (2) use differences in transformation gaps across sectors and technologies to assess which technologies and policies have the greatest potential for accelerated deployment; and (3) derive improved 1.5-2°C pathways that are more consistent with observed transformation patterns\nIn comparing recent trends with mitigation scenarios\, we find that the observed upscaling of solar PV\, wind power\, and electric vehicles is broadly consistent with model-derived transformation pathways. In contrast\, real-world carbon capture and storage (CCS) and nuclear power deployment tend to be far slower than in scenarios. Fossil fuel consumption also continues to grow\, in sharp contrast to the phase-out requirements of the 1.5°C limit.\nBased on the findings of the technology gap analysis and using the REMIND integrated assessment model\, we derive new 1.5°C pathways that further accelerate scale-up of technologies with rapid deployment characteristics\, while also accounting for the inertia upscaling of more complex technology systems such as CCS or hydrogen.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/time-is-of-the-essence-accounting-for-observed-past-transformation-progress-in-the-ex-ante-assessment-of-climate-policies-with-integrated-assessment-models/
LOCATION:H 3007
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DTSTAMP:20240607T083905Z
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UID:10000084-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Rigorous evidence on climate policies to inform policy design and implementation
DESCRIPTION:Tobias Kruse (OECD) will present ongoing work on the systematic collection of ex-post empirical evidence on the effectiveness of climate policies as part of the OECD’s flagship Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA) initiative. The IFCMA is OECD’s flagship initiative designed to help improve the global impact of emissions reduction efforts around the world through better data and information sharing\, evidence-based mutual learning and inclusive multilateral dialogue. As part this programme the OECD is collecting evidence from ex-post empirical studies on the effects of climate policies on emissions across all economic sectors with the aim to help governments design more effective climate policies. \nTobias Kruse is an Economist in the OECD Economics Department’s Public Economics Division. He is an applied microeconomist working on a range of topics\, including empirical climate policy evaluations focussing on environmental and economic outcomes\, systematic evidence synthesis and the public acceptability of climate policies. Prior to joining the OECD\, he obtained an MSc and PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) and was a Visiting Fellow at the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute. He has published in leading field-journals.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/rigorous-evidence-on-climate-policies-to-inform-policy-design-and-implementation/
LOCATION:H 3007
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
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DTSTAMP:20240607T083826Z
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UID:10000083-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Living\, systematic review ecosystem for understanding what climate policies work
DESCRIPTION:Having the best evidence available on what works under what conditions and why is critical for enhanced climate action and progress towards the Paris Agreement. In this presentation we deal with three fundamental challenges for building a rigorous evidence base for evidence-based climate policy. First\, there is an evidence synthesis gap in climate policy evaluation\, i.e. there is little synthesis of available ex-post policy evaluations using rigorous systematic review methods. Second\, rigorous systematic reviews are usually limited to evaluating climate policies in one outcome dimension\, but policymakers have a more comprehensive outcome demand. For example\, knowing about the effectiveness of carbon pricing is an important piece of information\, but policymakers also need to know about impacts on innovation dynamics\, labor market\, competitiveness and so on. Third\, there is a disconnect in the timing of the provision of evidence\, i.e. the evidence is usually not available when policymakers need it. Here we introduce the concept of living systematic review ecosystems as a paradigm for evidence-based climate policy. We address how this concept could be applied in a community effort to build a rigorous evidence to enhance upcoming science assessments such as the 7th assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as well as evidence-based climate policy in general. Finally\, we will outline some of the challenges that might be encountered in moving towards the living evidence model.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/living-systematic-review-ecosystem-for-understanding-what-climate-policies-work/
LOCATION:H 3007
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240607T083747Z
CREATED:20240508T092435Z
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UID:10000081-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:A welfare theoretical framework to guide policy evaluation
DESCRIPTION:We provide a welfare-theoretic framework for synthesizing the evidence on the impact of policy evaluations and providing ‚fair‘ comparisons between policy instruments. We show how to integrate different outcome variables of interest\, such as costs of a policy\, effectiveness\, co-benefits and distributional effects in reduced-complexity metrics. We illustrate the concept for an ex-ante evaluation of different food tax policies in the EU to assess welfare effects\, multidimensional environmental effects as well as inequality effects. We conclude with implications for future research design and data requirements.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/a-welfare-theoretical-framework-to-guide-policy-evaluation/
LOCATION:H 3007
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240609T113916Z
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UID:10000049-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Demand-side interventions for sustainable food systems: A meta-analysis of food policy interventions targeting food consumption and waste behaviours
DESCRIPTION:It is now widely accepted that a significant portion of emission reductions required to meet net-zero targets must come from individual behaviour change. Shifting consumers towards more sustainable food consumption and avoiding food waste have been identified as key levers to mitigate climate change and slow biodiversity decline. However\, there remains a lack of knowledge on which food policy interventions can best harness this potential. Here\, we use a rigorous\, machine-learning-assisted systematic review and meta-analysis to comparatively assess the effectiveness of demand-side interventions targeting actual (or incentivised) food consumption and waste behaviours at the individual and household levels to comparatively assess the effectiveness of demand-side interventions targeting actual (or incentivised) food consumption and waste behaviours at the individual and household level. Based on 211 effect sizes comprising over 4.5 million observations\, we find a small overall effect size across all food consumption interventions (z = 0.15)\, and a small to medium effect size for food waste interventions (z = 0.20). When accounting for moderate publication bias\, these estimates are reduced to 0.10 and 0.18\, respectively\, but remain statistically significant at conventional levels. Our analysis reveals that\, in both domains\, structural choice architecture interventions are most effective in changing behaviour\, followed by monetary incentives. Sensitivity analysis shows that the current evidence base is characterised by substantial heterogeneity across studies\, which is not systematically related to variability in internal and external validity of studies. Our results underscore the necessity for future research to be carefully designed to uncover the factors determining when\, how and why interventions are effective.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/demand-side-interventions-for-sustainable-food-systems-a-meta-analysis-of-food-policy-interventions-targeting-food-consumption-and-waste-behaviours/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073505Z
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UID:10000047-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:INACCT Resilience and REPRESA Synergies in Climate Resilience in African Coastal Cities and Tropical Cyclone Preparedness in Southern Africa
DESCRIPTION:The intersection of the INACCT Resilience and REPRESA projects presents a unique opportunity to address climate change impacts through collaborative approaches\, enhancing climate policy\, and sharing key findings to achieve project goals. INACCT Resilience\, focusing on inclusive African coastal cities’ resilience\, and REPRESA\, aimed at improving early warnings and resilience to tropical cyclones\, both contribute to the overarching goal of building sustainable and resilient communities in the face of climate adversities. The collaborative approach between INACCT and REPRESA leverages transdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement to co-design gender-responsive resilience planning frameworks and early warning systems. This synergy enhances the capacity of local communities and governments to proactively manage and respond to climate risks\, thereby influencing climate policy at municipal and national levels. Key findings from both projects underscore the resilience and adaptability of informal settlements and vulnerable communities. INACCT’s participatory methodologies\, such as photovoice\, provide insights into local experiences of climate-related disasters\, while REPRESA’s state-of-the-art climate and flood modeling informs early warning systems and adaptation strategies. The goals of both projects align with the urgent need for evidence-based climate solutions highlighted by the What Works Climate Solutions Summit. By integrating INACCT’s inclusive resilience frameworks with REPRESA’s advancements in early warning and preparedness\, the projects contribute to the global effort of limiting warming to well below 2°C and adapting to existing climate impacts. This presentation will discuss the synergies between INACCT and REPRESA\, demonstrating how their combined efforts can lead to more effective and just climate solutions\, ultimately contributing to the body of knowledge that informs the IPCC’s 7th Assessment Report and other scientific policy advice on climate change.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/inacct-resilience-and-represa-synergies-in-climate-resilience-in-african-coastal-cities-and-tropical-cyclone-preparedness-in-southern-africa/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073418Z
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UID:10000046-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Migration as Successful Adaptation? Examining research\, policy\, and media evidence
DESCRIPTION:Human migration is an age-old strategy to manage risk. It’s nature\, quantum\, and outcomes are changing under climate change and there is conflicting evidence on whether migration can be successful adpatation or not. Drawing on a review of policies and media\, and supplemented by an ongoing evidence map of migration-as-adaptation\, this paper discusses key research areas and knowledge gaps. The work goes beyond literature reviews on the migration-adaptation interface to focus on other (non-academic) spaces where these narratives are growing and gain legitimacy from (e.g. policy documents\, popular media). The work synthesises key discourses in literature\, policy\, and media\, to articulate the need for narrative change around climate migration that (1) recognises the vulnerability and agency of climate migrants\, (2) avoids falling into the trap of environmental determinism when identifying migration drivers\, and (3) identifies entry points for expanding what we understand by ‘successful’ adpatation in an increasingly mobile world.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/migration-as-successful-adaptation-examining-research-policy-and-media-evidence/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073340Z
CREATED:20240508T082221Z
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UID:10000045-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:CLARE Threads: weaving together co-produced research evidence
DESCRIPTION:A key part of CLARE’s theory of change is to support research partnerships\, produce knowledge and innovation\, strengthen capacity and pursue research impact in support of transformational change. This requires individual research projects’ to focus on impact pathways\, as well as identifying and pursuing some “threads” that bring together findings that have potential for transformational change across multiple research projects. This presentation will share some of the emerging findings on the main impact pathways that are emerging across the CLARE projects\, which highlight important entry points in the evidence-policy interface. CLARE has identified cross-cutting Threads that tie together the 18 different research projects. Two cross programme Threads have emerged so far. The first explores the link between short term disaster responses and long term climate adaptation actions; looking to connect these two timescales and better understand the potential consequences to help avoid maladaptation. The second explores how lived experiences of extreme events can shape future adaptation responses. Each of these topics is being explored within different projects and the Thread synthesis of overarching learning will help to shape future practice and policy.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/clare-threads-weaving-together-co-produced-research-evidence/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T110000
DTSTAMP:20240531T073257Z
CREATED:20240508T082029Z
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UID:10000044-1718098200-1718103600@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE): evidence-based climate adaptation action through transdisciplinary\, co-created\, capacity-focussed research and syntheses
DESCRIPTION:Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) is a UK-Canada framework research programme that aims to build resilience to climate change in Africa and Asia-Pacific (https://clareprogramme.org). CLARE is producing action-oriented research and syntheses\, ranging from anticipating and acting ahead of cyclones and droughts\, to the investments needed now to understand and tackle future climate risks\, to locally-led pathways for long-term\, inclusive resilience in rural-urban settings\, in 30 countries in Africa and Asia. This research is carried out by 18 teams bringing together 125 organizations in 38 countries\, two-thirds of which in Africa and Asia\, supported by CLARE’s two ‘hubs’ dedicated to capacity strengthening and research-for-impact provide collaborative spaces that foster learning and synthesis. \nCLARE is demonstrating that “what works” for producing\, synthesising and catalysing evidence for achieving climate action is research that is carried out – co-created – by transdisciplinary and diverse teams\, with practitioners working alongside researchers; that is led from people and institutions in the countries where the research is relevant; and that has strong focus on both capacity of researchers and ‘users’ and supporting tangible action. Emerging findings reinforce the importance of lab-type approaches across a diverse range of actors and diverse spatial scales to co-create inclusive policies; the need – and practical ways – to remove barriers to access to research finance for southern organisations to achieve evidence-based\, adaptation action on the ground; anSd the key roles of both knowledge brokering and capacity strengthening in fostering climate adaptation. \nThis presentation aims to introduce the session\, providing an overview of the range of evidence and syntheses that are being produced by CLARE projects beyond those more detailed covered in the session; and share emerging learning on enabling and measuring adaptation across scales and timelines\, that is locally-led and potentially transformative. \n 
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-adaptation-and-resilience-clare-evidence-based-climate-adaptation-action-through-transdisciplinary-co-created-capacity-focussed-research-and-syntheses/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T084500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T091500
DTSTAMP:20240609T131855Z
CREATED:20240522T104104Z
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UID:10000273-1718095500-1718097300@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Panel - Past\, Present\, Future - towards comprehensive policy analysis in the IPCC‘s 7th Assessment Report
DESCRIPTION:Panelists: Massimo Tavoni (European Institute on Economics and the Environment)\, Keywan Riahi (IIASA)\, Ashrita Saran (Global Development Network)\, Gregor Laumann (JPI-Climate) \nModerator: Jenn Thornhill Verma (McMaster Health Forum)
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/panel-past-present-future-towards-comprehensive-policy-analysis-in-the-ipccs-7th-assessment-report/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
CATEGORIES:Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240611T084500
DTSTAMP:20240609T131800Z
CREATED:20240522T104416Z
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UID:10000274-1718094600-1718095500@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Keynote - Integrating ex-ante and ex-post evidence for effective learning in science and policy
DESCRIPTION:Massimo Tavoni is the Director of the European Institute on Economics and the Environment\, and full professor of climate economic modeling at Politecnico di Milano.\nKey messages: \n\nModel intercomparisons continue to deliver critical lines of evidence to understand the solution space and alternative pathways for reaching the climate goals.\nOur understanding of feasible pathways to net-zero emissions needs to be complemented by a sound understanding of what policies work on the ground and can bring about the change observed in models in the near-term.\nA sound understanding of climate policy needs to effectively integrate ex-ante and ex-post evidence. Such an integrated understanding should be.\n\nFollowed by a panel on Past\, Present\, Future – towards comprehensive policy analysis in the IPCC‘s 7th Assessment Report
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/keynote-integrating-ex-ante-and-ex-post-evidence-for-effective-learning-in-science-and-policy/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
CATEGORIES:Keynote
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T172000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240610T183000
DTSTAMP:20240609T131550Z
CREATED:20240522T103617Z
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UID:10000271-1718040000-1718044200@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Panel - Challenges for policy learning from highly localized evidence
DESCRIPTION:Panelists: Winston Chow (IPCC; Singapore Management University)\, Sarah Whitmee (LSHTM)\, Kate Strachan (ICLEI)\, Rachel Huxley (Wellcome)\, Matthias Garschagen (LMU) \nModerator: Felix Creutzig (MCC)
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/panel-challenges-for-policy-learning-from-highly-localized-evidence/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
CATEGORIES:Panel
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