The withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and its impact on global climate change governance
December 2017
The global community has prepared for the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Agreement since Donald Trump was elected as the president of the U.S. However, Trump's formal declaration of withdrawal...
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U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Reasons, impacts, and China's response
December 2017
Applying qualitative and quantitative methods, this article explains the driving forces behind U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, assesses the impacts of this...
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Understanding systemic risk induced by climate change
June 2021
The systemic risk induced by climate change represents one of the most prominent threats facing humanity and has attracted increasing attention since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end...
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An overview of climate change impacts on the society in China
April 2021
Society could sustain the impact of climate change by adapting to the change and mitigating risks from adverse effects of increasing changes, so that it can continue maintaining its prospect and improving...
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Contributions of natural systems and human activity to greenhouse gas emissions
December 2018
In this study, we conducted a literature review of relevant research and then statistically analyzed global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from natural systems, including forest fires, oceans, wetlands,...
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Achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals requires carbon neutrality by middle century with far-reaching transitions in the whole society
April 2021
The concept of carbon neutrality is much emphasized in IPCC Spatial Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C in order to achieve the long-term temperature goals as reflected in Paris Agreement. To keep these...
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Impacts of climate-induced permafrost degradation on vegetation: A review
February 2021
Under a warming climate, degrading permafrost profoundly and extensively affects arctic and alpine ecology. However, most existing relevant studies are more focused on the hydrothermal impacts of vegetation...
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Disaster effects of climate change in High Mountain Asia: State of art and scientific challenges
June 2024
High Mountain Asia (HMA) shows a remarkable warming tendency and divergent trend of regional precipitation with enhanced meteorological extremes. The rapid thawing of the HMA cryosphere may alter the...
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Traditional ecological knowledge in High Mountain Asia: A pathway to climate resilience in agriculture amidst changing climates
February 2025
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) often represents centuries of empirical observation and adaptation to specific ecological conditions, which is relevant to meaningful nature-human relations. Yet,...
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Assessing the added value of convection-permitting modeling for urban climate research: A case study in eastern China
February 2025
Accurate urban-resolving climate data are essential for urban climate research and applications. However, General Circulation Models (GCMs) often lack the resolution and urban representation needed...
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Glacier geoengineering to address sea-level rise: A geotechnical approach
December 2020
It is remarkable that the high-end sea level rise threat over the next few hundred years comes almost entirely from only a handful of ice streams and large glaciers. These occupy a few percent of ice...
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Detection, attribution and projection of changes in the extreme temperature range in the Northern Hemisphere
December 2024
The extreme temperature range (ETR) is the span between the highest and lowest temperature of a given year, and is a manifestation of extreme temperature variability. It is regarded as having significant...
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Integrated impacts of climate change on glacier tourism
June 2019
Glacier tourism is an important type of nature-based tourism with great global potential. However, glacial landscapes and environments are seriously affected by global warming. This study used a scoping...
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Future changes in population exposure to intensified heatwaves over three major urban agglomerations in China based on excess heat factor
February 2025
Heatwave events (HWs) have become more frequent and intense due to climate change and urbanization, posing risks to human health, yet the influence of rapid temperature fluctuation on human adaptation...
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Debates on the Causes of Global Warming
25 March 2012
The controversy between the IPCC and Non-governmental IPCC (NIPCC) on the attribution of global warming are reviewed. IPCC holds that today’s global warming is mainly due to anthropogenic activities...
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Analysis of environmental impacts of drone delivery on an online shopping system
September 2018
In rural areas, drones are designed to replace road deliveries so as to overcome infrastructure challenges; though drones notably consume less fuel and consequently have a smaller impact on the environment,...
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Reflection and operationalization of the common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities principle in the transparency framework under the international climate change regime
December 2018
“Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities” (CBDRRC) is the most significant guiding principle in the international climate change regime, created by the United Nations...
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Wind power correction model designed by the quantitative assessment for the impacts of forecasted wind speed error
February 2025
The errors in wind power forecast will incur additional cost. It is critical to quantify the relationship between forecasting error in wind speed and power output. Unlike previous works that have rarely...
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Saltwater intrusion into groundwater systems in the Mekong Delta and links to global change
June 2021
In recent decades, changes in temperature, wind, and rainfall patterns of Southeast Asia induced by climate warming in the Tibetan Plateau result in many environmental changes that have serious impacts...
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Impact of climate change on landslides along N-15 Highway, northern Pakistan
Available online 20 February 2025
Landslides, which are aggravated by climate change, greatly threaten mountainous regions like northern Pakistan. However, existing research lacks a complete, region-specific analysis of the climatic...
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Challenges and countermeasures for developing countries in addressing loss and damage caused by climate change
April 2024
Loss and damage caused by extreme climate events have attracted increasing attention. The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter referred...
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Evaluating the performance of CMIP6 Earth system models in simulating global vegetation structure and distribution
August 2021
Evaluation of vegetation structure and distribution simulations in Earth system models (ESMs) is the basis for understanding historical reconstruction and future projection of changes in terrestrial...
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A representative CO2 emissions pathway for China toward carbon neutrality under the Paris Agreement's 2 °C target
December 2023
In 2021, China updated its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, which prompts a more accurate measurement of its emissions inventory and a reasonable pathway toward...
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Will China achieve its 2060 carbon neutral commitment from the provincial perspective?
April 2022
China has pledged to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. However, the significant variations of provincial carbon emissions make it unclear whether...
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Sea-level change in coastal areas of China: Status in 2021
June 2024
The sea level in coastal areas of China reached the second highest in 2021, just after that recorded in 2022. External force and dynamic analyses based on tide gauges, satellite observations, reanalysis...
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