Editorials

Keeping politicians and the public informed about advances in climate science would benefit from the active participation of social scientists in the process.

Dealing with the impacts of climate change is better than suffering their full extent — even if it's not the best possible outcome — but to what extent are we doing so?

A well-organized global grassroots campaign for climate protection could eclipse the IPCC in political influence.

Lessons from addiction may help to transform our high-carbon lifestyle.

The effect of climate change on precipitation and flooding is of global concern.

A report that assesses a decade of extreme events provokes thoughts on weather, climate change and what is to come.

As the journal's first impact factor is released, it is time to reflect on journal metrics and how Nature Climate Change has been making its mark.

Countries met again at a new climate change meeting, but this time to work out solutions.

Many believe that double-blind peer review reduces referee bias, real or perceived.

Although a policy consensus regarding shale gas is emerging in the United States, arguments about fracking continue unabated in Europe.

People's acceptance of global warming can be influenced by many filters.

There are many barriers that must be overcome if South Africa is to control its greenhouse-gas emissions.

The success of Nature Climate Change in attracting an increasing number of high-quality submissions necessarily means that editorial criteria for publication are becoming steadily more demanding.

More commitment is needed in assessing and responding to climate-related risk.

California's newly inaugurated carbon-trading scheme should contribute to a cleaner, greener future.

Policymakers struggle to agree on new binding climate commitments and science warns time is already short if we are to avoid dangerous global warming.

Nations will eventually reach a robust and long-lasting compromise on climate, but any agreement reached must be fair on the world's poorest people.

A web focus spotlights some of the potential impacts of climate change on the world's water resources.

Meeting global, national and regional targets for greenhouse-gas emissions reduction requires concerted action on several fronts.

The burgeoning of public databases is benefiting climate change research, and the archiving of data in accessible, permanent repositories will soon become the norm.