Microstructure–Mechanical Properties and Application of Magnesium Alloys

Transport is a major contributor to CO2 emissions and is considered the most urgent global climate problem [...]

Climate Change Challenges and Community-Led Development Strategies: Do They Fit Together in Fisheries Regions?

Coastal and terrestrial fisheries communities in Europe, often economically marginalised, are likely to face severe impacts as climate change becomes more acute. Although progress on climate mitigation and adaptation from national governments remains slow, local development actions can also address these impacts from the bottom up. In this paper we analyse the Fisheries and Sea Operational Programme 2014–2020 and 36 Local Development Strategies prepared within the framework of this programme for the case of Poland. The strategies, which were prepared by cross-sectoral, area-based partnerships known as Fisheries Local Action Groups, are analysed using a content analysis approach. The aim was to assess the degree to which local stakeholders sought to address the climate challenge. We found that the mitigation of climate impacts and the development of renewable energy did not feature prominently in the analysed documents, suggesting that both central policymakers and local stakeholders in Polish fisheries regions had a low level of awareness about the climate problem and their potentially important role in addressing it. Transformation to a post-carbon society undoubtedly requires additional, targeted support and extensive educational activities at the local level, in Poland and elsewhere.

A Study on International Cooperation Model of Shenzhen International Low Carbon City

As the climate problem is worsening, low-carbon cities are becoming more popular worldwide. The low carbon city development in China started later than developed countries and thus there is room and need for international collaboration. Shenzhen International Low Carbon City is a flagship project of Sino-EU Partnership on Low Carbon and Sustainable Urban Development, which aims at fostering the international cooperation in the field of low carbon city development. After reviewing relevant theories and analyzing the cases of low carbon cities in China and abroad, this research designs an international cooperation model for Shenzhen International Low Carbon City, which is suitable for its own.

Carbon Capture Can’t Solve the Climate Problem Without Individual Actions

Individual choices like the adoption of electric vehicles are going to factor heavily in meeting the climate objectives of the Paris Agreement.

Pareto-Improving Carbon-Risk Taxation

Anthropogenic climate change produces two conceptually distinct negative economic externalities. The first is an expected path of climate damage. The second, the focus of this paper, is an expected path of economic risk. To isolate the climate-risk problem, we consider three mean-zero, symmetric shocks in our 12-period, overlapping generations model. These shocks impact dirty energy usage (carbon emissions), the relationship between carbon concentration and temperature, and the connection between temperature and damages. By construction, Our model exhibits a de minimis climate problem absent its shocks. However, due to non-linearities, symmetric shocks deliver negatively skewed impacts, including the potential for climate disasters. As we show, Pareto-improving carbon taxation can dramatically lower climate risk, in general, and disaster risk, in particular. The associated climate-risk tax, which is focused exclusively on limiting climate risk, can be as large as, or larger than, the carbon average-damage tax, which is focused exclusively on limiting average damage.