One EarthPub Date : 2023-12-15DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.011
Oliver Perkins, Peter Alexander, Almut Arneth, Calum Brown, James D.A. Millington, Mark Rounsevell
{"title":"Toward quantification of the feasible potential of land-based carbon dioxide removal","authors":"Oliver Perkins, Peter Alexander, Almut Arneth, Calum Brown, James D.A. Millington, Mark Rounsevell","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Global climate-change overshoot scenarios, where warming exceeds Paris Agreement limits before being brought back down, are highly dependent on land-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). In the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), such scenarios are supported by optimistic global assessments of the technical and economic potential for land-based CDR. However, a further type of potential—the “feasible” potential, which includes socio-cultural, environmental, and institutional factors—is noted in the AR6 but not quantified. Here, we set out research frameworks to work toward quantification of this feasible potential. We first argue that quantifying the feasible potential will substantially reduce current assessed CDR potential. Second, we demonstrate how transdisciplinary methods are improving understanding of feasibility constraints on land-based CDR. Third, we explore frameworks for synthesizing these advances during the next IPCC assessment process. We conclude that the research community should carefully consider the use of techno-economic CDR assessments in evidence for policymakers.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138688476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.013
Ning Wei, Jianyang Xia
{"title":"Robust projections of increasing land carbon storage in boreal and temperate forests under future climate change scenarios","authors":"Ning Wei, Jianyang Xia","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Terrestrial ecosystems<span><span> play a critical role in climate change mitigation<span> by offsetting approximately 30% of anthropogenic carbon emissions annually. However, whether and where the terrestrial ecosystem could continue to function as robust </span></span>carbon sinks<span> under future climate scenarios remain unclear. In this study, using a robustness metric with state-of-the-art Earth system models, we detected robust projections of increasing land carbon storage under three climate change scenarios, primarily in boreal and temperate forests. The projected land carbon change remained uncertain over approximately 60% of the land surface, with productivity-driven effects emerging as the primary source of uncertainty in over 50% of these uncertain regions. Overall, our study pinpoints specific biomes with the potential to persist as carbon sinks under future climate change scenarios while also underscoring the widespread uncertainty of the projected land carbon change in current Earth system models.</span></span></p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138688473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.004
Aljoša Slameršak, Giorgos Kallis, Daniel W. O’Neill, Jason Hickel
{"title":"Post-growth: A viable path to limiting global warming to 1.5°C","authors":"Aljoša Slameršak, Giorgos Kallis, Daniel W. O’Neill, Jason Hickel","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Existing climate mitigation scenarios assume future rates of economic growth that are significantly higher than what has been experienced in the recent past. In this article we explore how assuming lower rates of growth, in line with the hypothesis of secular stagnation, changes the range of mitigation possibilities. We compare scenarios with moderate and strong policy ambition under both high-growth and low-growth assumptions. The results show that low growth makes it more feasible to decrease emissions in a way that is consistent with 1.5°C–2°C of warming. Moreover, low growth reduces the need to rely on unprecedented buildout of low-carbon energy infrastructure, and the unprecedented rates of energy-GDP decoupling that characterize existing scenarios. By contrast, pursuing higher growth rates, such as those represented in IMF projections, jeapordizes the Paris Agreement. The challenge is that lower growth is commonly associated with recession, which raises concerns about equity between and within countries, social stability, and the ability to finance a low-carbon energy transition. Recent literature on achieving a ‘‘post-growth’’ transition points to novel policies that could address these problems, which should be explored and evaluated in future mitigation scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"9 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.008
Andy Reisinger, Oliver Geden
{"title":"Temporary overshoot: Origins, prospects, and a long path ahead","authors":"Andy Reisinger, Oliver Geden","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The world looks almost certain to reach and then exceed global warming of 1.5°C during the 2030s, given recent trends and limited near-term action. The next-best option still within reach is to ensure this exceedance is both limited and temporary, by bringing global warming levels back down below 1.5°C as soon as possible and by 2100 at the latest. In this primer, we set out the key elements that would make such a “temporary overshoot” trajectory a relevant and feasible prospect. We elaborate on the origins of temporary overshoot as a concept in the scientific literature as well as its emerging role in international climate policy, the need for a typology of risks that a future decline in temperature would reduce or avoid, and the emission pathways that could achieve a return of global warming levels to below 1.5°C, along with their feasibility and implications for climate policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138517063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-11-28DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.007
Francisco d’Albertas, Gerd Sparovek, Luis-Fernando G. Pinto, Camila Hohlenwerger, Jean-Paul Metzger
{"title":"Yield increases mediated by pollination and carbon payments can offset restoration costs in coffee landscapes","authors":"Francisco d’Albertas, Gerd Sparovek, Luis-Fernando G. Pinto, Camila Hohlenwerger, Jean-Paul Metzger","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ecological restoration is vital for reversing biodiversity loss and climate change but faces cost-related implementation challenges, hampering global restoration efforts. Identifying when restoration within agricultural landscapes provides financial benefits—either by increasing crop yields or providing carbon credits—is imperative. Here, we developed restoration scenarios and estimated their financial outcomes to understand conditions where coffee yield and carbon-credit-derived restoration benefits compensate restoration costs in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot. We found that costs can be balanced by yield increases when farms already have >10% forest cover and restoration targets are below 25% forest cover. Additionally, a CO<sub>2</sub> value of USD 20/ton would make restoration more attractive. This study demonstrates conditions where ecological restoration can be an economically viable approach for landscape management, concurrently promoting biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation. These insights hold significant strategic value for the scaling up of restoration initiatives to meet ambitious restoration commitments.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"9 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.027
Anita Lazurko, Vanessa Schweizer, László Pintér, David Ferguson
{"title":"Boundaries of the future: A framework for reflexive scenario practice in sustainability science","authors":"Anita Lazurko, Vanessa Schweizer, László Pintér, David Ferguson","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Scenarios are popular tools for anticipating the future of complex sustainability challenges. However, sustainability science lacks a reflexive framework to address the ambiguity inherent in scenario processes (i.e., how subjective choices determine which future conditions and values are considered within or beyond the scope of analysis). This gap presents risks to scenarios’ salience and legitimacy, particularly amid demands to enrich scenarios with the potentially transformative conditions of the 21st century (e.g., anticipating novel risks or navigating transformations to sustainability). This study developed and validated a reflexive framework that makes multiple dimensions of ambiguity explicit. The framework (Boundaries of the Future) characterizes 10 boundary judgments made in the design of a scenario process that delineate the scope of social-ecological systems change in the resulting scenarios. The framework can be operationalized as a tool to systematically enrich scenario practice with the more expansive and inclusive conditions required to navigate the 21st century.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"9 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adherence to the EAT-Lancet reference diet is associated with a reduced risk of incident cancer and all-cause mortality in UK adults","authors":"Nena Karavasiloglou, Alysha S. Thompson, Giulia Pestoni, Anika Knuppel, Keren Papier, Aedín Cassidy, Tilman Kühn, Sabine Rohrmann","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Food systems have been identified as significant contributors to the global environmental emergency. However, there is no universally agreed-upon definition of what constitutes a planetary healthy, sustainable diet. In our study, we investigated the association between the EAT-Lancet reference diet, a diet within the planetary boundaries, and incident cancer, incident major cardiovascular events, and all-cause mortality. Higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet reference diet was associated with lower incident cancer risk (hazard ratio [HR]<sub>continuous</sub>: 0.99; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.98–0.99]) and lower all-cause mortality (HR <sub>continuous</sub>: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.98–0.99), while mostly null associations were detected for major cardiovascular event risk (HR <sub>continuous</sub>: 1.00; 95% CI: 0.98–1.01). Stratified analyses using potentially modifiable risk factors led to similar results. Our findings, in conjunction with the existing literature, support that adoption of the EAT-Lancet reference diet could have a benefit for the prevention of non-communicable diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-11-20DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.028
Rebecca Swart, Christian Levers, Jac T.M. Davis, Peter H. Verburg
{"title":"Meta-analyses reveal the importance of socio-psychological factors for farmers’ adoption of sustainable agricultural practices","authors":"Rebecca Swart, Christian Levers, Jac T.M. Davis, Peter H. Verburg","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Agricultural systems support societies in various ways but also cause substantial sustainability challenges. Sustainable agricultural practices are key to achieving sustainability targets, yet we lack generalizable knowledge on why farmers apply such practices. Here, we quantified the relationship between farmers’ adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their underlying motivational factors. Based on a systematic review, we meta-analyzed 14 motivational factors from 225 studies reporting 522 effect sizes, representing 327,778 farmers from 23 European countries. We found (1) substantially stronger positive effects for general attitude, intention and perceived usefulness compared with economic outcomes and environmental awareness, (2) dissonance between intention and actual behavior, and (3) geographic, thematic, and effort-effect bias in literature. Stimulating the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices hence requires reconsidering the currently strong emphasis on economic factors in favor of a wider set of motivational factors, especially by addressing socio-psychological factors via transparency, communication, and training.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"10 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.024
Max Åhman, Björn Nykvist, Eileen Torres Morales, Jonas Algers
{"title":"Building a stronger steel transition: Global cooperation and procurement in construction","authors":"Max Åhman, Björn Nykvist, Eileen Torres Morales, Jonas Algers","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.024","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As a major buyer of steel, the construction sector is uniquely positioned to advance the decarbonization of global steel through increasing the demand for green steel. To unlock this potential, deepened international collaborations on green public procurement, climate policies, and trade are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"10 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One EarthPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.023
Sarah El Battouty
{"title":"Q&A with Sarah El Battouty: Constructing a sustainable future","authors":"Sarah El Battouty","doi":"10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sarah El Battouty, award-wining architect in the field of green and environmental building, the UN Race to Zero ambassador, and the founder of ECOnsult, Egypt’s leading environmental design and auditing company, recently spoke with <em>One Earth</em> about sustainable construction and opportunities to build a sustainable future. The views expressed by Sarah El Battouty are hers only and not necessarily those of ECOnsult.</p>","PeriodicalId":52366,"journal":{"name":"One Earth","volume":"11 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}