{"title":"Nepal’s swift embrace of electric vehicles","authors":"Neelima Vallangi","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02588-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02588-y","url":null,"abstract":"The rapid electrification of Nepal’s automobile sector in just five years shows how a robust mix of policies and incentives can catapult climate action.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 7","pages":"863-863"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Responsible carbon accounting","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02707-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02707-9","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon accounting shapes how climate responsibility is allocated, and expanding existing frameworks could provide a stronger basis for effective and equitable climate action.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 7","pages":"743-743"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02707-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Candelaria Bergero, Jing Cheng, Qiang Zhang, Yang Ou, Haewon McJeon, Morgan R. Edwards, Destenie Nock, Inês Azevedo, Steven J. Davis
{"title":"Residual emissions may perpetuate community-scale inequalities in US air pollution","authors":"Candelaria Bergero, Jing Cheng, Qiang Zhang, Yang Ou, Haewon McJeon, Morgan R. Edwards, Destenie Nock, Inês Azevedo, Steven J. Davis","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02675-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02675-0","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving net-zero targets reduces greenhouse gas emissions and their co-pollutants, thereby improving air quality; however, the magnitude and distribution of these improvements depend on the amount and location of residual emissions offset by carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Here we integrate a series of models and datasets to analyse community-scale particulate matter (PM2.5) impacts of different net-zero scenarios across the contiguous USA. These scenarios avoid many PM2.5-related deaths compared with a reference case, decreasing from around 200,000 to 160,000 and 130,000 deaths in 2050 in the high- and low-CDR scenarios, respectively. However, the low-CDR pathway leads to lower residual emissions and brings greater health improvements that disproportionately benefit non-white and low-income groups. Our results thus suggest that, in the absence of deliberate transition planning, large-scale CDR deployment could be at odds with the equitable distribution of climate mitigation-related health benefits in the USA. The scale of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) could determine the extent of co-emitted air pollutants in net-zero scenarios and potential health impacts. By linking a series of models and datasets, researchers find that low-CDR pathways lead to a more equitable distribution of health benefits across the USA.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 8","pages":"922-930"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02675-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148667561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Candelaria Bergero, Jing Cheng, Qiang Zhang, Yang Ou, Haewon McJeon, Morgan R. Edwards, Destenie Nock, Inês Azevedo, Steven J. Davis
{"title":"Residual emissions may perpetuate community-scale inequalities in US air pollution","authors":"Candelaria Bergero, Jing Cheng, Qiang Zhang, Yang Ou, Haewon McJeon, Morgan R. Edwards, Destenie Nock, Inês Azevedo, Steven J. Davis","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02675-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02675-0","url":null,"abstract":"Achieving net-zero targets reduces greenhouse gas emissions and their co-pollutants, thereby improving air quality; however, the magnitude and distribution of these improvements depend on the amount and location of residual emissions offset by carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Here we integrate a series of models and datasets to analyse community-scale particulate matter (PM2.5) impacts of different net-zero scenarios across the contiguous USA. These scenarios avoid many PM2.5-related deaths compared with a reference case, decreasing from around 200,000 to 160,000 and 130,000 deaths in 2050 in the high- and low-CDR scenarios, respectively. However, the low-CDR pathway leads to lower residual emissions and brings greater health improvements that disproportionately benefit non-white and low-income groups. Our results thus suggest that, in the absence of deliberate transition planning, large-scale CDR deployment could be at odds with the equitable distribution of climate mitigation-related health benefits in the USA. The scale of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) could determine the extent of co-emitted air pollutants in net-zero scenarios and potential health impacts. By linking a series of models and datasets, researchers find that low-CDR pathways lead to a more equitable distribution of health benefits across the USA.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 8","pages":"922-930"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02675-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148667579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warming dominates over circulation slowdown in reducing marine carbon storage under high-mitigation scenarios","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02687-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02687-w","url":null,"abstract":"The ocean absorbs a vast amount of carbon dioxide, mitigating climate change. The projected decrease in this absorption is often attributed to a global-warming-induced slowdown in circulation, but analysis using a mechanistic carbon decomposition and attribution framework reveals that the carbon cycle response depends on the emissions trajectory — with warming dominating under low-emission, high-mitigation scenarios.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 8","pages":"887-888"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148667564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warming dominates over circulation slowdown in reducing marine carbon storage under high-mitigation scenarios","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02687-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02687-w","url":null,"abstract":"The ocean absorbs a vast amount of carbon dioxide, mitigating climate change. The projected decrease in this absorption is often attributed to a global-warming-induced slowdown in circulation, but analysis using a mechanistic carbon decomposition and attribution framework reveals that the carbon cycle response depends on the emissions trajectory — with warming dominating under low-emission, high-mitigation scenarios.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 8","pages":"887-888"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148667569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering the unequal geography of climate change","authors":"Ashwin Rode","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02674-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41558-026-02674-1","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the socioeconomic impact of climate change at fine scale is essential for promoting real-world actions. Here I look back at a 2018 paper that disaggregated the global economic damages from climate change and discuss how high granularity analyses advance climate impact research and policy progress.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"16 7","pages":"757-758"},"PeriodicalIF":26.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148389285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}