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SUMMARY:The Migration Intersections Grid (MIG): An organizing framework for migration research in and through the 21st century
DESCRIPTION:Invited and prepared for the upcoming special issue honoring the 60th anniversary of the International Migration Review\, we use this paper to develop and provide a comprehensive organizing framework to inform and guide migration research in and through the remainder of the 21st century. We start by inventorying and examining efforts to summarize and synthesize directions of travel in migration research over the years\, decades\, and beyond via six types of primary vehicles. From these summaries and syntheses\, we then identify and describe ten components that constitute our proposed organizing framework for migration research\, which we call the Migration Intersections Grid (MIG). A key hallmark of the MIG is the need to simultaneously consider these ten components and their intersections to ensure that migration research—including not just what is researched\, but also how and why—in and through the 21st century is inclusive\, rigorous\, and impactful.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-migration-intersections-grid-mig-an-organizing-framework-for-migration-research-in-and-through-the-21st-century/
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SUMMARY:How does climate migration affect conflict? Review of evidence from statistical modelling
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URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/how-does-climate-migration-affect-conflict-review-of-evidence-from-statistical-modelling/
LOCATION:H 0112
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SUMMARY:Climate-Smart Interventions in Humanitarian Contexts: A Scoping Review and Evidence Gap Map
DESCRIPTION:The Evidence to Action (E2A) team at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) seeks to strengthen humanitarian response to the climate crisis through the provision of evidence and practical guidance on promising climate smart interventions and approaches. As a part of this project\, we are developing a scoping review and an evidence gap map (EGM). The scoping review will identify interventions spanning across Health\, Water and Sanitation\, Protection\, Livelihoods/Cash\, and Education. It will also have a cross-sectoral focus on Risk Preparedness & Planning\, Systems & Capacity Strengthening. It will assess which approaches are promising or well-established; identifying climate markers and potential for transformative impact. The evidence gap map (EGM) will speak to the volume and strength of the evidence as well as highlight gaps in the evidence base. We will also develop cell-wise summaries (hosted within the EGMs) to unpack information regarding intervention effectiveness\, cost-efficiency and delivery appropriateness.\nWe would like to present the findings of our scoping review and share a draft of the EGM framework. We see this as an opportune moment – given the gathering of an expert audience in both climate change and evidence synthesis – to share insights from our work and obtain valuable inputs.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-smart-interventions-in-humanitarian-contexts-a-scoping-review-and-evidence-gap-map/
LOCATION:H 0112
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T143000
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SUMMARY:Climate Mitigation & Adaptation: Lessons from UNICEF’s Horn of Africa Drought Emergency Response 
DESCRIPTION:BACKGROUND: The Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes that global prosperity and wellbeing will ultimately depend on how we fulfil our obligation to protect the world’s children. Today\, more than 3 out of 4 United Nations humanitarian appeals involve extreme weather events\, an increase from just over one third back in 2001. With its new Sustainability & Climate Change Action Plan (2023)\, UNICEF commits itself to working with partners towards protecting the most vulnerable children from the effects of climate change and to more systematically measure the outcomes of its climate-resilient programming. \nRESEARCH OBJECTIVES & METHODOLOGY: The Horn of Africa is one of the driest geographies in the world and the 2022-23 drought has been especially devastating. In 2022\, UNICEF launched a L3/L2 drought emergency response covering 5 countries\, Ethiopia\, Kenya\, Somalia\, Djibouti and Eritrea. In 2023/24\, the UNICEF Evaluation Office conducted a mixed-method review of UNICEF’s work on climate change mitigation and adaptation as part of its mandated evaluation of the response. The research involved the review of 100+ documents\, analysis of results data and financial analysis\, 40 key informant interviews and field visits to 7 project intervention areas. \nCONCLUSIONS: The review found substantial evidence that UNICEF had increased climate resilience and reduced the environmental footprint of its response by (a) transitioning from water trucking to durable\, climate resilient strategic borewells and switching from generators to sustainable solar power\, and (b) comprehensively assessing climate risks and adopting a multi-step methodology to target areas with the greatest needs. The durable solutions approach strengthened community resiliency and contributed to breaking the cycle of displacement. Key innovations include technology solutions around climate-resilient water supply. The financial analysis made a compelling case for funding durable solutions. However\, some water trucking also continued\, and there were data gaps especially around sustainability.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-mitigation-adaptation-lessons-from-unicefs-horn-of-africa-drought-emergency-response/
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SUMMARY:UNICEF Interventions to address a Climate Emergency - What Works
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives\, to defend their rights\, and to help them fulfil their potential\, from early childhood through adolescence. Increasingly UNICEF is working to address the impact of the climate emergency which threatens all children. UNICEF actively evaluates its programmes in order to identify what works and how to improve the impact of its interventions. \nObjectives and Methods: In partnership with Newcastle University\, 631 UNICEF evaluations were synthesised\, and this included a focus on those programmes addressing climate emergencies. \nResults: The review identified 20 programmes that addressed climate change\, and its impact. In all cases\, the programmes aimed to support adaptations to respond to the consequences of climate change. The range of interventions included seeking to build safe and resilient water\, sanitation and hygiene systems\, for example\, developing infrastructures to protect from drought and flooding. They also included working closely with national and local governments to develop research and build business cases relating to green growth\, and protect vulnerable communities. The review highlighted that children are overlooked in key regional\, national\, climate and energy related strategies\, policies and legislation. UNICEF is actively seeking to provide educational interventions\, so children become central to climate policy.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/unicef-interventions-to-address-a-climate-emergency-what-works/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T142900
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SUMMARY:Maximizing climate and health co-benefits of climate action in low- and middle-income countries: Regional evidence mapping\, priority research and policy agendas\, and stakeholder mobilization
DESCRIPTION:There are likely mutually reinforcing co-benefits from public action that seeks to integrate climate mitigation and adaption interventions with efforts to strengthen health systems. Given the breadth and overlap of climate-related risk factors\, and the complexities in measuring\, mitigating\, and adapting to the climate crisis\, the health sector response needs to be based on evidence that is generated from interdisciplinary research findings. It also needs to go hand in hand with national\, regional\, and global climate responses and include civil society organizations\, private sector actors\, and government leaders. \nDespite these urgent needs\, the current state of the climate and health research field remains critically underdeveloped. Contributing communities are not sufficiently supported to implement meaningful coordinated approaches\, foster North-South/South-North collaborations and truly reach the most impacted populations\, including equity seeking groups. As a response\, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is supporting research teams across the globe to map available regional evidence and gaps and to help craft pathways towards healthy\, equitable\, and sustainable health systems and societies. \nThe proposed session will bring together civil society and research experts from Africa\, Asia\, and the Americas to share insights into the conducive factors that could lead to climate and health co-benefits in their regions. They will also share their views on priority research and policy agendas and pathways for change at the national\, regional\, and global levels. These include\, for example\, the need for stronger responsive data and information systems\, resilient health workforce and community responses\, climate-resilient infrastructures\, and evidence informed social and economic policies that promote health.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/maximizing-climate-and-health-co-benefits-of-climate-action-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-regional-evidence-mapping-priority-research-and-policy-agendas-and-stakeholder-mobilization/
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SUMMARY:Indigenous food systems as pathways to nutrition\, health and resilience
DESCRIPTION:Reducing hunger and improving nutrition remain key developmental priorities in India\, however\, despite substantial economic prosperity\, slow progress has been demonstrated. Poor nutrition levels are attributed to unhealthy diets which are calorie-dense\, convenience-based and lacking in micronutrients. The challenge is exacerbated manifold for the poor and marginalised\, more so amongst the indigenous communities inhabiting remote and conflict-ridden rural areas. Climate change is further aggravating the situation by pushing people into states of vulnerability and inequity. \nTribal or indigenous communities in India co-exist in biodiverse lands and rely on their traditional food and knowledge systems\, seen to be of high nutritive value. Gradual alienation from their environment and invisibility of traditional foods from the policy space has however led to the stigmatization and gradual erosion of indigenous peoples’ knowledges and practices\, marginalizing their voices in the process. Approaches that focus on generating and co-producing localised contextual knowledge on healthy diets are largely absent. \nUsing a case of Santal communities in India\, our research seeks to create a platform for documentation and exchange of knowledge on sustainable food systems using various creative and participatory tools. Working with an interdisciplinary consortium of NGO partners\, researchers\, nutritionists\, and Santal youth\, we investigated the nutritional components of locally available and affordable traditional foods and designed nutritionally adequate recipes to form a Santal recipe book. Translation of these recipes among the communities as cooking demonstration workshops by the Santal youth have created conversations around biodiversity loss\, shown an improvement in nutrition related knowledge\, attitudes and practices among participants\, emphasizing the importance of targeted interventions for nutrition literacy and healthier dietary practices. Our research contributes to building a pathway to food security and nutrition in India\, that goes beyond agriculture to focus on a holistic food system\, ensuring resilience and sustainability of the ecosystem.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/indigenous-food-systems-as-pathways-to-nutrition-health-and-resilience/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
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DTSTAMP:20240604T120219Z
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SUMMARY:Summative remarks
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URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/summative-remarks/
LOCATION:H 0110
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
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SUMMARY:Setting research priorities to understand the biological impacts of climate and environmental change on maternal\, newborn and child health and nutrition globally
DESCRIPTION:Within climate change\, much work has been done around epidemiology and risks; however our understanding of biological and environmental pathways and mechanisms through which climate change affects human health and development remains limited. To shed light on this understanding\, a two-day symposium/workshop was held in Toronto in December 2023 consisting of global and regional experts across North and South America. As part of a series of activities to develop a common understanding and consensus around research priorities for climate change and its impact on the health and nutrition of vulnerable groups globally\, this workshop entailed a multi-disciplinary consultation to facilitate wider sharing and application of knowledge and insights from evidence\, focusing on discovery\, innovation and epidemiology to foster a different set of priority questions. Plenary discussions and group work focused on 1) environment and air quality; 2) agriculture\, food systems and nutrition; 3) emerging science – epigenetics\, microbiome and other “omics”; and 4) the role of big data analytics\, remote sensing and artificial intelligence in climate research. Groups were asked to discuss four key cross-cutting questions pertaining to their assigned area of focus and generate a list of key prioritized questions or themes. Based on the outcomes of this workshop and a previous one held in Dubai\, UAE\, a set of priority areas were identified and categorized by climate hazards (e.g.\, extreme temperatures\, weather events\, air pollution)\, vulnerable populations (e.g.\, women\, children)\, and health outcomes (e.g.\, mental health\, neurodevelopment\, nutrition\, new/emerging infectious diseases). As part of a series of workshops\, results of these collective workshop outputs will include a comprehensive list of priority research questions\, and a collaborative scientific report for publication\, while also feeding into other similar and more global initiatives.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/research-priorities-to-understand-the-biology-of-climate-change-and-mnch-globally-next-steps/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
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SUMMARY:Setting research priorities within climate change to address key gaps in maternal\, child and adolescent health: A focus on low- and middle-income countries in Africa\, Asia and the Middle-East
DESCRIPTION:Climate change (CC) is now the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are particularly vulnerable to CC\, however the global evidence in relation to (health and nutrition) risk relationships in LMICs remains limited and interventions related to adaptation and building resilience fragmented. To shed light on this pressing issue\, key climate and health-related research priorities and gaps were drawn from prior exercises\, including a Gap map\, undertaken with a LMIC focus and formulated into a set of (123) research questions mapped against type of CC hazard\, health outcome\, implementation setting (urban/rural) and context (gender and conflict). These preliminary questions were shared with key experts in the field and additional research questions were sought from (27) participants invited to a hybrid workshop on “Research Priorities for CC and Health in LMICs” held in Dubai\, UAE in August 2023. Workshop participants ranked questions from ‘not important’ (0) to ‘very important’ (3)\, an average score was calculated for each question\, and questions were further divided into three groups from ‘most important’ to ‘medium importance’ to ‘low importance’. Following this exercise\, participants engaged in plenary discussions and generated additional priority themes/areas/questions to consider\, generating a comprehensive set of refined and context-specific priority research questions of relevance to women and children’s health and nutrition. Most of the research priority questions focused on interventions and implementation activities\, accountability\, best practices\, and capacity building\, with a focus on gender sensitivity and engagement of women. Identifying and understanding health impacts/outcomes/risks due to climate change followed\, with specific and specialized themes such as extreme (heat) temperatures\, nutrition and mental health. As part of a series of workshops\, results of these collective workshop outputs will include a collaborative scientific report for publication\, while also feeding into other similar and more global initiatives.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/research-priorities-to-address-priority-gaps-in-maternal-child-and-adolescent-health-from-lmics/
LOCATION:H 0110
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SUMMARY:The Experimental Approach to Net Zero Policies
DESCRIPTION:The upcoming climate-critical decade will determine whether we progress sufficiently toward a net-zero economy to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. Climate innovation\, alongside major behavioral change\, is critical for success\, as around 35 percent of the technologies necessary for net zero are not yet developed and/or deployed1. However\, despite having the most ambitious decarbonization agenda\, Europe still needs to create a culture and practice of evidence-based policy- and decision-making\, which is already emerging in the US2\,3. In the light of the billion euros being spent on green deal policies\, we urgently require better evidence on what energy innovation policy instruments are most effective4. To do so\, the continent should apply the scientific method to its net zero science policy\, which the US does with the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. Specifically\, it should leverage experimental methods such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as sources of evidence to inform climate policies5. So far\, they are almost exclusively conducted in the field of development policies; where they received the Nobel prize for alleviating global poverty. Increasingly\, they have been used to make innovation policies more evidence-based6. We argue that their deployment for creating more evidence-based climate and green innovation policies is promising to maximize their effectiveness per Euro spent7. The method is often considered a gold standard of impact evaluation as it enables understanding of the causal effects of policies with a high level of confidence. Ideally\, they could help identify what works well – and what does not – in greening growth policies7. So far\, their potential is underexplored in the field of climate policies8\, especially covering firms9\, but also with regards to behavioral aspects of reducing carbon emissions10. The potential return on investment of such a paradigm shift is estimated to range between 21 and 37 percent11.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-experimental-approach-to-net-zero-policies/
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UID:10000167-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:The Economic Impacts of Carbon Taxes in the Developing World: Evidence from South Africa
DESCRIPTION:The use of carbon taxes to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is gaining increasing attention\, both in developed and developing economies. However\, policymakers\, particularly those from developing countries\, still lack rigorous empirical evidence on various issues related to the effects of carbon taxes. Despite strong opposition from the industry\, South Africa was the first country on the African continent to introduce a carbon tax in 2019. Using detailed tax administrative data on the universe of South African firms\, we are the first to provide empirical evidence on the economic\, environmental and distributional consequences of the introduction of the carbon tax in 2019. Empirically\, we rely on a matched difference-in-difference approach\, where we compare economic outcomes of carbon tax firms with non-carbon tax firms over time. Preliminary results suggest that on average\, the introduction of the carbon tax did not impose any substantial costs on the economy. However\, we do find some sectoral heterogeneity in the effects.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-economic-impacts-of-carbon-taxes-in-the-developing-world-evidence-from-south-africa/
LOCATION:H 0107
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UID:10000166-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:European carbon pricing in boom and bust times
DESCRIPTION:In this study\, we explore the relationship between European carbon prices\, energy prices and the macroeconomy in boom and bust times. Utilizing a smooth transition structural VAR model\, we analyze monthly data spanning from 2006 to 2023. Our model benefits from identification through non-Gaussianity and the correlation with external carbon and energy shock series. Notably\, our analysis reveals heterogeneous effects observed across two distinct regimes of economic activity and when considering the cost pass-through to the transport sector specifically. Furthermore\, our findings support that crises affect carbon prices\, but challenge the notion of a strengthened linkage between carbon prices and economic performance in recent periods. Linking carbon price dynamics to the business cycle allows to discuss the role of a flexible emission cap in enhancing the effectiveness of carbon pricing across various economic conditions. This is particularly relevant for the recent extensions of the EU ETS to sectors like road transportation.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/european-carbon-pricing-in-boom-and-bust-times/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T085953Z
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UID:10000165-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Does Free Public Transport Reduce Carbon Emissions? Causal Evidence from Luxembourg
DESCRIPTION:In March 2020\, Luxembourg became the first country in the world to offer free public transport across all modes of transport. We leverage this unique quasi-experimental setting to evaluate whether Luxembourg’s free public transport policy has induced a shift\nfrom private motorized transport to free public transport. To assess this shift we measure the reduction in carbon emissions from road transport as an indicator of reduced dependence on private motorized vehicles. We use spatial panel data from the European Emission Database on Global Atmospheric Research and utilize the recently proposed\nSynthetic Difference-in-Differences method that combines the advantages of the canonical Difference-in-Difference and Synthetic Control approaches. The study estimates a 6.5% reduction in road transport emissions as a result of the policy\, indicating a significant\nmodal shift from private vehicles to public transport. We carefully consider Luxembourg’s distinctive characteristics and account for the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic to address potential challenges associated with identification and control measures. In particular\, we control for confounding factors such as the COVID-related restrictions\,\nthe carbon taxation policies\, and changes in working-from-home. Event study analyses and robustness checks indicate the overall reliability of our results.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/does-free-public-transport-reduce-carbon-emissions-causal-evidence-from-luxembourg/
LOCATION:H 0107
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T080821Z
CREATED:20240508T115354Z
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UID:10000163-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Climate Change and Poverty Solutions: Mapping the integration of social protection policies and climate in LMICs 
DESCRIPTION:Social protection programs offer an important policy instrument to manage the poverty\, inequality\, and other social impacts of climate change. A large literature anecdotally documents the roles that cash transfers\, public employment\, and other social assistance and labor programs have played in managing both physical and transition risks arising from climate change (Costella et al.\, 2023). However\, despite increasing policy interest\, efforts to systematically track and assess these programs are limited. Understanding the extent to which government-led social protection programs integrate climate considerations\, how they do so\, and whether they have been successful is crucial to inform evidence-based expansion of climate-resilient social protection in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). \nOur research maps the current integration of climate considerations in social protection programs in LMICs. We estimate the number of program and their share of the global portfolio in terms of coverage and funding. We also identify program features and climate resilience outcomes of such programs\, and\, when evaluations exist\, we assess the extent to which programs’ climate-related outcomes match their intended or potential objectives. \nBecause climate features of social protection programs are not tracked in existing repositories\, our research first reviewed almost four hundred academic and grey literature documents to map relevant programs. We identified over a hundred such programs\, and\, for each\, we conducted a detailed\, qualitative analysis of climate-related program features and outcomes based on official program documents. We then quantitatively analyzed the entire dataset including connections across program types\, geographies\, features\, and outcomes. Findings from the full analysis will be available in March 2024 and a dataset of programs will also be made available when the research is finalized. Initial findings highlight the importance of explicit climate considerations in program design for climate-resilient social protection to become a more relevant climate policy instrument in LMICs.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/climate-change-and-poverty-solutions-mapping-the-integration-of-social-protection-policies-and-climate-in-lmics/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
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SUMMARY:How do savings groups influence resilience? Evidence from Nigeria
DESCRIPTION:Women’s savings group programs are increasingly seen as an important strategy for advancing women’s economic empowerment and may have the potential to increase the resiliency of members and their communities to covariate shocks\, such as climate change. While various studies have examined how savings groups have mitigated the effects of shocks\, empirical evidence on resilience remains thin\, however. This study examines how women’s savings groups in Nigeria could influence resilience by leveraging a quasi-experimental study of a government-implemented savings group program in Nigeria. The study combines longitudinal data of over 6\,000 surveys with women and their husbands with surveys of over 1\,200 women’s savings groups in six states in Nigeria. We combine these longitudinal data with a survey examining perceptions of climate change among the same households and panel data of an adaptation of a resilience index developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis). We first examine whether the resilience index predicts coping behavior followed by a difference-in-difference analysis to assess the impact of women’s savings groups on resilience. Next\, we assess the pathways of change by linking the impacts on resilience to impacts on women’s decision-making power\, asset ownership\, and income and household-level consumption\, and agricultural productivity. We also assess how climate change perceptions and exposure to droughts and floods moderated the impact of women’s savings groups on resilience. We will have results at the time of the conference.\nThe presentation will include the findings as well as a presentation by the World Bank about their evidence needs related to climate change and resilience. The World Bank will discuss how they plan to use the findings in the contexts of savings group programming in close consultation with the government of Nigeria.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/how-do-savings-groups-influence-resilience-evidence-from-nigeria/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T080656Z
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SUMMARY:Anticipatory cash transfers in the context of weather disasters: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial
DESCRIPTION:Anticipatory humanitarian assistance is a novel approach to aid in the context of weather disasters\, drawing on meteorological forecasts to predict risk. Using a randomized study design\, we analyze the impact of anticipatory cash transfers distributed to pastoralist households in Mongolia during an extreme winter event. We do not find overall effects on livestock assets\, income\, investments\, or consumption across the study population. No heterogenous effects are found for different levels of disaster intensity. However\, there is robust evidence that cash transfers benefited households with lower pre-treatment wealth. The paper concludes by highlighting practical challenges in evaluating (anticipatory) humanitarian interventions.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/anticipatory-cash-transfers-in-the-context-of-weather-disasters-evidence-from-a-randomized-controlled-trial/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTAMP:20240531T080609Z
CREATED:20240508T114800Z
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UID:10000158-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:The Complications and Consequences of a Managed Retreat Law
DESCRIPTION:Managed retreat\, the relocation of households out of harm’s way\, was tried in New Zealand on an unusually large scale after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake\, shifting almost 20\,000 people in a well-compensated program of managed retreat. This presentation will focus on the empirical evidence about the economic and mental-health effects of this managed retreat on the relocated population. It will then explore the implications of these effects for the design of a Managed Retreat Law in New Zealand in the context of increasing risk because of climate change.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/the-complications-and-consequences-of-a-managed-retreat-law/
LOCATION:H 0111
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
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DTSTAMP:20240529T113801Z
CREATED:20240508T112344Z
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UID:10000143-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Are Payments for Forest Conservation a Cost-Effective Way to Fight Climate Change? A Meta-Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Deforestation\, especially in the tropics\, is bad news. It contributes to climate change\, but also to the degradation of biodiversity and the decrease in the quality and availability of water re-sources. Payments for forest conservation\, which compensate landowners for the preservation of forest cover\, have been proposed as a way to curb deforestation. Very conflicting results exist in the literature for the effectiveness of these programs\, with some estimates suggesting very large impacts and high benefit cost-ratios\, while other papers suggest disappointing results. Which parameters are critical for computing the climate benefits of Payments for ForestConservation Programs is also still unclear. We show that three key parameters are crucial for computing the climate benefits of Payments for Forest Conservation:additionality\,perma-nenceandleakage. We run an extensive meta-analysis of the literature looking for estimates of these three parameters. We show that one key covariate reconciles the conflicting estimates of the additionality of Payments for Forest Conservation: baseline deforestation rates. The additionality of Payments for Forest Conservation is higher where deforestation pressure is large\, and is lower where deforestation pressure is low. We also find evidence in favor of some permanence of effects and no evidence of leakage effects. Introducing our estimates into a benefit-cost analysis\, we find that the climate benefits of forest conservation programs are higher than their costs when deforestation pressure is moderate to large.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/are-payments-for-forest-conservation-a-cost-effective-way-to-fight-climate-change-a-meta-analysis/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
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DTSTAMP:20240531T085725Z
CREATED:20240508T105018Z
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UID:10000120-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Interventions promoting resilience through climate-smart agricultural practices for women farmers: a systematic review
DESCRIPTION:Women farmers in many developing countries are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and lack the ability to adapt quickly due to their limited access to resources such as land\, capital and technology. As a result\, they are less likely to be able to adopt Climate-smart Agricultural Approaches (CSA) approaches that can reduce the negative impacts of climate change. Developing countries must prioritize investments in climate-smart agriculture to ensure that women farmers can access the resources they need to adapt to a changing climate. We conducted a forthcoming systematic review of interventions to promote CSA approaches. The review aimed to determine the effectiveness of the interventions in increasing the adoption of CSA practices and decreasing the use of harmful agricultural practices by women farmers. After systematic search and screening\, eight impact evaluations (two randomized controlled trials and six quasi-experimental studies) were included. Overall\, the evidence is concentrated in six countries: Bangladesh\, China\, Ghana\, India\, Kenya\, Tanzania and Uganda. The findings from these studies suggest that gender-responsive training and education through Farmer Field Schools led to increased participation of women farmers. This involvement led to increased knowledge retention\, improved decision-making and enhanced adoption of recommended CSA approaches. It was observed that when women farmers are actively involved in decision-making processes and have equal access to information and resources\, they are more likely to adopt improved CSA approaches. The meta-analysis indicated that knowledge dissemination approaches have proven to be highly effective in enhancing farmers’ knowledge and adoption of specific CSA approaches\, including integrated pest management techniques\, Stress-tolerant Rice Varieties and the use of botanical pesticides. \nTargeted efforts to enhance women farmers’ awareness and knowledge about CSA practices and their benefits are effective at increasing their adoption.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/interventions-promoting-resilience-through-climate-smart-agricultural-practices-for-women-farmers-a-systematic-review/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTAMP:20240531T085641Z
CREATED:20240508T104846Z
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UID:10000119-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Institutional innovations for mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture in policy and programs: a systematic review of barriers and enablers
DESCRIPTION:The severe and disruptive climate change impacts on agriculture and food systems will continue to jeopardize the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa if unprecedented efforts and actions are not committed to climate-resilient development pathways. While deploying and upscaling climate-resilient technologies\, is crucial\, institutional innovations for mainstreaming climate-resilient innovations in agricultural development policy and programs are also necessary. Recently connecting science and policy for mainstreaming of climate-resilient technologies and practices in agricultural development policy and program has been promoted as an institutional climate-smart innovation. While the success of the science-policy interfacing initiatives with regards to variety of outcomes have been analyzed\, enabling and constraining factors have not been systematically analyzed across case studies to provide new insights and lessons to inform effective science policy engagement. This paper aims to fill this gap by systematically analyzing and synthesizing barriers and enablers of effective science-policy interfacing for adaptation in agriculture and food systems across the globe and a structured analysis of case studies on national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa. Our synthesis of the resulting 151 cases from 62 publications and three empirical cases from Ghana\, Mali and Niger presents a systematic and comprehensive stocktake of barriers and enablers of effective science-policy interfacing for adaptation in agriculture and food systems. Science-policy interfacing initiatives for adaptation in agriculture and food systems are geographically fragmented\, occurring often at national level and in the context of specific projects.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/institutional-innovations-for-mainstreaming-climate-smart-agriculture-in-policy-and-programs-a-systematic-review-of-barriers-and-enablers/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T085552Z
CREATED:20240508T104729Z
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UID:10000118-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Making climate solutions work for women in agri-food systems: Building an evidence base to catalyze action
DESCRIPTION:Climate resilient agri-food systems are critical for global food security and public health. Within these systems\, vulnerable socio-economic groups\, particularly women\, bear the brunt of disproportionate impacts of climate change\, necessitating a re-evaluation of solution designs. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)\, acknowledged as a viable solution for sustainable agricultural development\, is a holistic approach for enhancing productivity\, supporting adaptation and mitigation\, and bolstering farmers’ resilience. However\, its adoption and impact hinge significantly on persistent gender inequalities in agricultural contexts.\nWomen\, constituting approximately 43% of the agricultural labor force\, confront disparities in land rights\, access\, and resources that influence their abilities to cope and adapt to climate change. Their challenges extend beyond effective participation in food production to the difficulties in accessing markets\, credit\, information\, and technologies. Climate change compounds these challenges and imposes an additional burden on them to sustainably manage both food and livelihood security. Such increasing vulnerability of women in agriculture poses questions on the potential of CSA to generate impact at scale. Gender-smart climate solutions hold immense potential to integrate women into agricultural value chains and generate cascading effects on poverty reduction\, improved health\, and enhanced food security. To bridge this knowledge gap on whether and to what extent CSA works for women\, CGIAR’s Gender Impact platform worked with various partners and experts to build an evidence base to inform climate-smart agricultural solutions that are gender-responsive. A meta-synthesis of the research outputs including evidence and gap map\, learning agenda and a series of systematic and scoping reviews on various dimensions of CSA and gender provide a nuanced understanding on how women can drive climate change responses when solutions are tailored to their needs. In essence\, the evidence emphasizes the necessity to integrate gender-responsive and climate-smart approaches for timely course correction and an equitable evolution of CSA practices.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/making-climate-solutions-work-for-women-in-agri-food-systems-building-an-evidence-base-to-catalyze-action/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
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DTSTAMP:20240531T085456Z
CREATED:20240508T104107Z
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UID:10000117-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Crop\, livestock\, and forestry integration to reconcile soil health\, food production\, and climate change mitigation in the Brazilian Cerrado: A review
DESCRIPTION:Integrated crop-livestock (ICL) and crop-livestock-forest (ICLF) systems have been widely adopted in the Brazilian Cerrado. Accordingly\, an enormous increase in the number of publications evaluating ICL and ICLF systems has been observed in the last decade. However\, to the best of our knowledge\, this information has never been analyzed together in a comprehensive way. Here\, we gathered the publications regarding the effects of ICL and ICLF systems on soil health\, plant and animal production\, and carbon (C) balance\, and then synthesized them in comparable terms\, aiming to evaluate the sustainability of these systems in a broader and comprehensive approach. Based on evidence from 65 peer-reviewed publications\, it was observed that adopting integrated systems can improve soil health in the Brazilian Cerrado. With a few exceptions\, positive effects on chemical\, physical\, and biological indicators of soil health were observed for most of the studies that compose our data. Accordingly\, results showed that ICL and ICLF systems can improve plant yield and animal production\, but special attention regarding the grazing regime and tree management (e.g.\, spacing\, pruning\, thinning) is required. Moreover\, the soil C accumulation fully offset soil N2O emissions\, underscoring the feasibility of ICL and ICLF systems for decreasing the C footprint of agricultural commodities in this region. The research assembled in this review has undoubtedly advanced our knowledge about integrated systems in the Brazilian Cerrado. However\, there are still significant knowledge gaps that should be addressed\, such as their effects on soil physics and biology. Despite these shortcomings\, our literature review demonstrates that ICL and ICLF systems are important strategies to intensify agricultural production in the Brazilian Cerrado while ensuring sustainability.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/crop-livestock-and-forestry-integration-to-reconcile-soil-health-food-production-and-climate-change-mitigation-in-the-brazilian-cerrado-a-review/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T085407Z
CREATED:20240508T103844Z
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UID:10000116-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:A map of the evidence of climate change and biodiversity interventions on environmental and human outcomes in L&MICs
DESCRIPTION:Climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected crises\, with feedback loops that can exacerbate both issues. Low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs) are disproportionately affected by both crises as livelihoods in these countries often depend on local natural\, animal\, and plant resources. They also face greater exposure to changing environmental conditions and to more frequent and severe negative shocks. The severity of these two crises\, the possible irreversible changes that they bring\, and the limited resources to tackle these issues underscore the crucial need for evidence-informed action. \nEvidence Gap Maps (EGMs) provide a structured overview of the state of the evidence and easy access to individual studies to inform policy\, programming and research decisions. Leveraging and connecting related resources and previous synthesis efforts\, we will present the findings of a systematic search and categorisation of impact evaluations and systematic reviews of climate change and biodiversity interventions implemented in L&MICs. Based on the latest strategic and policy papers around climate change and biodiversity\, the EGM covers interventions focused on mitigation\, adaptation\, protection\, conservation\, and restoration across four natural systems and productive activities – land and forests\, agriculture and livestock\, coasts and oceans\, and aquaculture and fisheries – and includes evaluations reporting environmental and human outcomes. \nWe will summarise the main characteristics of the evidence and identify primary evidence and synthesis gaps to guide future research and investments in the climate and biodiversity space.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/a-map-of-the-evidence-of-climate-change-and-biodiversity-interventions-on-environmental-and-human-outcomes-in-lmics/
LOCATION:H 3005
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DTSTAMP:20240531T074504Z
CREATED:20240508T073817Z
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UID:10000023-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Measuring transition progress through systemic indicators: tracking carbon emissions overestimates actual energy transition progress
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URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/measuring-transition-progress-through-systemic-indicators-tracking-carbon-emissions-overestimates-actual-energy-transition-progress/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
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CREATED:20240508T073640Z
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UID:10000022-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Phasing out coal: technology\, policy and justice
DESCRIPTION:Rapid phase-out of coal power is essential for achieving climate targets. Here\, we synthesize historical evidence on coal decline and phase-out to develop realistic scenarios and inform future policies. \nWe identify 43 countries that have pledged to stop using coal by a specified date. We show that such pledges were initially made by wealthy countries that produce and use little coal\, and only after their coal use had already peaked and begun to decline. Over time\, these pledges expanded to countries with lower incomes and larger reliance on coal. Still\, the planned coal phase-out is not faster than what has been observed historically and is not sufficient to deliver on Paris climate targets. Additionally\, the largest coal users including India and China are yet to pledge a definite coal phase-out. We show that in a scenario where these economies phase out coal as fast as planned in Germany\, emissions from burning coal would be compatible with 2°C-2.5°C warming. \nSuch ambitious coal phase-out would require just transition policies compensating negatively affected workers\, communities\, and companies. To estimate the likely cost of such compensation\, we build the first database of coal phase-out compensation policies worldwide. We show that all countries with notable coal phase-out pledges plan just transition compensations\, globally amounting to over $200 bln. The size of compensation is roughly proportional to the emissions avoided as a result of enforcing coal phase-out and is comparable to recent carbon prices under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme. We show that if China and India pursue coal phase-out in line with Paris climate targets and implement compensation similar to that observed in other countries\, the required financial resources would be as large as already pledged climate finance to all developing countries. \nWe conclude with policy recommendations on accelerating coal phase-out and just transition policies.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/phasing-out-coal-technology-policy-and-justice/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T074359Z
CREATED:20240508T073520Z
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UID:10000021-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Feasible deployment of carbon capture and storage and the requirements of climate targets
DESCRIPTION:Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plays a key role in many climate mitigation scenarios and strategies\, yet the feasibility of its rapid upscaling has been vigorously debated. Recently\, there has been growing interest in CCS and if current plans are realised\, global CCS capacity would grow eight-fold from by 2030. However\, the bulk of today’s plans are at early stages of development. Can the current push bring CCS “on track” for the Paris climate targets? \nHere we address this question by developing a suite of methods for projecting feasible growth of CCS and other policy-driven emerging technologies. In a methodological innovation\, we project feasible growth using different feasibility spaces for the different phases of the technology life-cycle: the formative\, the acceleration\, and the stable growth phase. For each phase\, we construct a feasibility space using evidence from past experience of CCS and its historical analogies. \nWe show that under the most optimistic yet realistic assumptions about the near-term growth of CCS plans and their failure rates\, CCS capacity would be 0.37 GtCO2/year by 2030\, which is considerably less than most of the 1.5°C-compatible IPCC scenarios. After 2030\, CCS could stay on-track for 2°C if it accelerates at least as fast as wind power in the 2000s and then continues growing faster than nuclear power in the 1970s-80s. Only a handful of the existing climate mitigation pathways meet the CCS feasibility constraints and all of them depict <200 GtCO2 captured and stored by 2070\, which stands in contrast to the higher end of the amounts envisioned in the current IPCC climate scenarios. \nOur findings can be used for setting more realistic targets for CCS as well as informing projections and policies on other emerging climate and energy technologies at early stages of development.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/feasible-deployment-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-and-the-requirements-of-climate-targets/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240531T074326Z
CREATED:20240508T073334Z
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UID:10000020-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Aligning decarbonisation with energy security: the case of REPowerEU
DESCRIPTION:As a policy objective\, mitigating climate change needs to be reconciled with ensuring energy security. While decarbonisation is often beneficial to energy security\, the opposite is not true: certain energy security strategies may result in increasing rather than decreasing emissions. In this paper we explore the empirical evidence on the effect of this alignment on accelerating the progress towards climate targets. \nWe focus on the REPowerEU plan proposed in 2022 by the European Commission to reduce the European Union’s (EU) dependence on fossil fuel imports from Russia. We show that REPowerEU aimed to achieve energy security objectives without compromising the EU’s climate goals and that it set unprecedented renewables targets radically departing from past incremental policies. We demonstrate that replicating such targets beyond the EU would be in line with 2°C-compatible pathways. \nWe show that this remarkable alignment of climate and energy security policies has resulted from high-level commitment to climate neutrality established prior to the security shock of 2022. We also stress the key role of growing institutional capacities and emerging technological opportunities\, arguing that the energy security crisis did not create these capacities and opportunities\, but rather enabled their translation into specific policies. \nFinally\, we assess the challenges for achieving the REPowerEU targets by comparing them with forecasts\, historical trends\, and historical analogies. We argue that though the REPowerEU targets are unprecedented in the history of renewables they are not infeasible in light of the growth of nuclear power in the 1970s-80s\, which was triggered by another energy security crisis. At the same time\, achieving REPowerEU targets would require vastly different political strategies than those used 40-50 years ago given the nature of socio-technical and political barriers currently faced by renewables.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/aligning-decarbonisation-with-energy-security-the-case-of-repowereu/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T133000
DTSTAMP:20240604T111858Z
CREATED:20240508T072957Z
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UID:10000019-1718193600-1718199000@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Projecting mid-term growth of wind and solar power growth under empirically-grounded policy assumptions
DESCRIPTION:There is no consensus on the policy effort required to accelerate the growth of wind and solar power for the climate goals. Some point out that the declining costs assure future expansion even without strong policies. Others document increasing opposition and non-cost barriers and argue that policy interventions should intensify\, not abate\, over time. \nHere\, we propose empirically-grounded methods and synthesise evidence to understand the balance of declining costs and increasing opposition in order to assess the policy effort needed for accelerating solar and wind power growth. In contrast to dominant approaches\, we use national- rather than global-level evidence and account for both cost and non-cost factors. \nWe show that the growth of renewables in many front-running countries is fast but no longer accelerating and that it does not become faster in late-comers. This indicates persistent barriers which dampen the positive effect of technological learning. We develop a model for projecting global growth of technologies based on evidence from front-running countries. Our results show that under optimistic yet realistic assumptions and without a radical policy or market change solar and wind power could grow in line with 2°C-compatible scenarios\, but 1.5°C-trajectories as well as the global renewables pledge would likely remain out of reach. \nWe also show that a scenario where the recent EU renewable targets are replicated worldwide is in line with the 1.5°C goal. The global growth of renewables in this case would be as fast as the policy-driven growth of nuclear power in Western Europe in the 1970s-1980s. Thus it is feasible to expand renewables fast enough for ambitious climate goals\, but it requires massive policy effort and new strategies to address the very real barriers. \nOur empirically grounded technology projections can be used to assess and inform policies accelerating the uptake of mature climate mitigation technologies.
URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/projecting-mid-term-growth-of-wind-and-solar-power-growth-under-empirically-grounded-policy-assumptions/
LOCATION:H 0104 (Elinor Ostrom Hall)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240612T113000
DTSTAMP:20240604T081419Z
CREATED:20240604T081419Z
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UID:10000296-1718186400-1718191800@whatworksclimate.solutions
SUMMARY:Challenges in building an evidence base to support the adoption of automation tools in evidence synthesis
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URL:https://whatworksclimate.solutions/presentation/challenges-in-building-an-evidence-base-to-support-the-adoption-of-automation-tools-in-evidence-synthesis/
LOCATION:H 0112
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