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🌍 Understanding the Impact of Global Climate Policies At OliveBio, our mission aligns closely with the global efforts to mitigate climate change. The recent study from the University of Oxford ranking the effectiveness of 1,500 global climate policies underscores the importance of evidence-based action in this fight. This comprehensive analysis offers valuable insights into what works—and what doesn’t—in reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability. As a company committed to sustainable biomanufacturing and the development of PHA bioplastics, we believe that such data-driven evaluations are crucial for guiding our efforts and ensuring that our innovations contribute to a more sustainable future. ➡ Read more about the study here: https://lnkd.in/enJ4AcxQ #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Bioplastics #OliveBio #ClimatePolicy #SustainableManufacturing

Often we're so focused on planning and delivering adaptation-based projects that we forget to take a step back and think about what we're doing. Is it working? Are we racing in the right direction? I've been self-reflecting a lot on whether all my efforts in adaptation are in vain. The climate is going to have the last word and maybe it's laughing at our futile efforts. This research paper has renewed a sense of motivation in me. It has reminded me that it's incredibly important to pause, reflect, re-assess, and importantly, re-direct.

We need to be smarter about #climatepolicy. It's time to assess which pollicies are working and which are not. The research article "𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴" published in Science Magazine identified the 63 most successful climate policies by evaluating 1,500 policies implemented between 1998 and 2022 across 41 countries from six continents. It offers meaningful insights, such as that effective policies vary with economic development and that the effectiveness of policy mixes varies across sectors. 📚 An inspiring weekend read, definitely 💡

The end of the year is approaching and the great research papers still keep coming 🤩!! Here are two pieces of work that are a must read for anyone working on #climatechangeadaptation: Chandni Singh has written an insightful Commentary on climate #adaptationscience, with a focus on gaps and frontiers. She lays out in detail the key gaps and where adaptation science has major issues, while also challenging us to look how these can be solved. Singh, C. (2024). Human dimensions of climate change adaptation: Gaps and knowledge frontiers. Dialogues on Climate Change, 29768659241297772. https://lnkd.in/gAFsZ3f2 Open access here: https://lnkd.in/g6wSUPqm Another key paper is by Dora Engbersen, Robbert Biesbroek, and Catrien Termeer on transformational climate adaptation in the Netherlands. The paper looks at 51 cases and offers a new framework to assess TCA. Very timely especially with the discussions on Global Goal on Adaptation and the role of Transformational Adaptation in that. Paper here: https://lnkd.in/gcRJqzty #climateadaptation #climatechange Youssef Nassef Mikko Ollikainen Mark Howden Elisabeth Gilmore Debora Ley, PhD #adaptation #science

SilverLining is proud to be a signatory of the Kigali Declaration, a global climate science community statement on climate research that includes, in its supplement, a statement on the importance of research on the potential for solar radiation modification to reduce climate risks. We support its conclusion that while #SRM and other #ClimateInterventions have potential to reduce climate risks, they are not a substitute for reducing greenhouse gases and substantial research is required to address knowledge gaps and uncertainties and assess potential benefits and risks. Rigorous, transparent, and globally inclusive research is required to facilitate the comprehensive assessments that are needed to inform climate policies on climate intervention. World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) #climate #climateintervention #srm #climaterisk #climatescience #science #research #KigaliDeclaration #WCRP

This is a great paper highlighting the essential need for baskets or portfolios of actions, and linkages across sectors. The finance system is so rigged against #climate and #biodiversity-friendly outcomes that single solutions just can’t work. These show baby steps to the transformation in financial systems that MUST come.

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades (Oxford, 2024) 🤝 The key to addressing the climate emergency is a combination of interventions; no single practice can guarantee the necessary effectiveness. 🔢 The study highlights that including emission taxation measures and price incentives is a key feature in successful cases. 🗺 The success rates of the measures vary depending on the country and the sector. 💲 Carbon emission taxes have more significant effects in profit-driven sectors, such as industry and electricity production in high-income countries. 🌐 Synergistic policy combinations, including economic subsidies and public information initiatives, have shown the greatest potential in sectors where private consumer decisions are crucial, such as construction and, to some extent, transportation.

Dear Ulf (dendro) Buentgen, let me add some words to this discussion. I'm a climate resilient systemic designer. An activist as you wish because I want health on our planet for all those kids with cancer. I want governments to have balls and close the heavy pollution taps. And I want businesses to have a purpose and repurpose their waste streams or make everything biodegradable after a strong lifespan. No rocket science. Kind of simple with #biomimicry, #biochemistry and #biodesign with microbes... In Abundance 4 ALL, we work with many scientists. Not about causes, they are always debatable, but initiating projects to implement interconnected solutions. And there you have it. There are more layers to this discussion than just 2. Nothing is polarised. Why don't you go the 7-layer path? Like the automatic layers of water? A full spectrum is layered from citizen level, to business, governments, applied scientists and fundamental sciences. Words are ambiguous. Concepts too. And science is different in many worldviews and cultures. I'm now in Indonesia. I normally work in Greece and the Netherlands... Cultures and the current timeline if cultural and economic progress count for something... Climate is climate is not climate. Mostly it is just volatile local weather we can adapt to in many simple ways... Creating abundance 4 all instead of trouble... Thanks for your thoughts in the renowned Nature magazine, Ulf... Let's just agree to disagree... #climate #science #activism

🌍 📣 Excited to share insights from a 🆕 report shaping the path to a resilient and low-carbon future: ""The next frontier for climate change science". In the report you will find: ✅ What should climate research prioritise? This report unveils crucial knowledge gaps in climate science—critical for understanding how our climate system functions, its response to rising temperatures, and strategies for ambitious mitigation and adaptation. A blueprint for transformative change! ✅ It compiles recommendations from IPCC authors, emphasising multi-disciplinarity and synergies across themes like physical climate science, impacts, risks, adaptation, and mitigation. A synthesis of wisdom guiding us towards evidence-based policymaking. ✅ Climate science, by providing us with essential knowledge, is the linchpin of effective climate action and key input to policymaking. It paves the way for robust mitigation and adaptation strategies, driving the transition to a climate-resilient future. The report directs attention to areas requiring additional research, a compass guiding future climate science. Bridging these knowledge gaps is pivotal! Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gqCZEfkE #ClimateScience #Sustainability #KnowledgeGaps #EUGreenDeal

🌍 📣 Excited to share insights from a 🆕 report shaping the path to a resilient and low-carbon future: ""The next frontier for climate change science". In the report you will find: ✅ What should climate research prioritise? This report unveils crucial knowledge gaps in climate science—critical for understanding how our climate system functions, its response to rising temperatures, and strategies for ambitious mitigation and adaptation. A blueprint for transformative change! ✅ It compiles recommendations from IPCC authors, emphasising multi-disciplinarity and synergies across themes like physical climate science, impacts, risks, adaptation, and mitigation. A synthesis of wisdom guiding us towards evidence-based policymaking. ✅ Climate science, by providing us with essential knowledge, is the linchpin of effective climate action and key input to policymaking. It paves the way for robust mitigation and adaptation strategies, driving the transition to a climate-resilient future. The report directs attention to areas requiring additional research, a compass guiding future climate science. Bridging these knowledge gaps is pivotal! Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqNyH2db #ClimateScience #Sustainability #KnowledgeGaps #EUGreenDeal