Kemfert et al. find that expanding LNG infrastructure in Europe enforces the fossil fuel paradigm, is unnecessary for energy security, and delays the socio-ecological transformation toward decentraliz...

This review highlights opportunities for actively embedding equity and justice in clean-energy technology research, development, demonstration, deployment, dispatch, and disposal (R&D5). Opportunities...

As climatic impacts in oceans intensify, novel marine climate interventions are increasingly popular. However, little is known about whether such interventions are socially responsible. Our analysis o...

Basic income (BI) can contribute to bolstering economies and improving environmental conditions. We conduct a global analysis examining the economic impacts and costs of BI. We find that BI implementa...

Although climate policies alone might heighten inequality, the adoption of a “climate dividend”—redistributing carbon revenues to households—can offset this imbalance, reducing global inequality. With...

Governments at local, regional, and (inter)national levels are struggling to mobilize wide public support for climate policies. Would it help if citizens had more voice in climate policymaking? This p...

Olympios et al. investigate the implications of various domestic air-to-water heat pumps on the whole UK energy system. Heat pump cost and performance are shown to be correlated, and adopting higher-p...

The paper investigates a multifamily building in New York City, USA, to evaluate the performance of different heating systems, representing a step-by-step transition from conventional to fully electri...

Vering, Zibunas, et al. investigate the environmental performance of switching from boilers to heat pumps in residential buildings across Germany using life cycle assessment. The greenhouse gas reduct...

Pham et al. examine the value of salt hydrate thermal energy storage in reducing heating costs in US households when dispatched with air source heat pumps. This study emphasizes the drivers of the mag...

The paper investigates the impact of heating electrification of residential buildings on the US New England’s power and natural gas system under emissions constraints. We develop a framework to projec...

Electrolyte anions play a pivotal role in electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Shenjie Lv et al. reveal that KHCO3 enhances HMF adsorption and activates carbonyl groups via hydrogen bonding, outperforming Na2SO4 and BBS. The findings offer a strategy to optimize biomass upgrading by tailoring electrolyte microenvironments, advancing sustainable chemical production.

The decline in marine biodiversity necessitates the urgent restoration of our oceans; however, these efforts face unique technical, financial, and regulatory challenges. Unlike terrestrial work, methods require improvement, and the risk of failure is high. Scaling marine restoration necessitates policy reform, innovation, and adaptive frameworks that incorporate uncertainty, promote connectivity, and foster resilient ecosystems in response to a changing climate.

Oysters are critical ecosystem engineers, and the reefs they create contribute dramatically to the health, sustainability, and resilience of coastal ecosystems. However, oyster reefs are critically un...

Recycling has been touted as a solution to combat the global plastic pollution crisis, but recycling rates of 10% are ineffective against annual plastic production of >460 million tonnes. Solutions be...

Food waste patterns are rapidly evolving across countries, with growing signs of convergence. Given its increasing environmental and food security impacts, this commentary explores the structural and ...

COVID-19 exposed gaps in global disease monitoring, emphasizing the need for a One Health pandemic warning system. We developed GeoSeeq, the first climate-informed infectious disease platform, integra...

Governments at local, regional, and (inter)national levels are struggling to mobilize wide public support for climate policies. Would it help if citizens had more voice in climate policymaking? This p...

Warming from BC stays uncertain despite observational constraints.

Native plant super-dominance, often overlooked in conservation, can disrupt island ecosystems by altering habitat structure, species diversity, and nutrient cycling. Using field data and drone imagery...

Pham et al. examine the value of salt hydrate thermal energy storage in reducing heating costs in US households when dispatched with air source heat pumps. This study emphasizes the drivers of the mag...