Editorials in 2016

The built environment will play a key role in determining future emissions, so it is essential that low-carbon infrastructure and design are implemented.

A statement on the availability of data is now needed on all research published in Nature Climate Change.

The academic community is beginning to gather content for a special report on the Paris Agreement's most ambitious aspiration.

Atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are at the highest level for around 15 million years. Accurate accounting is crucial for informed decision-making on how to curb the rise.

Three IPCC special reports are scheduled, which will require the Working Groups to harmonize approaches and potentially influence the formulation of the sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Hot on the heels of last year's Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, representatives from the global conservation community met to set the conservation agenda that will help to implement these targets.

Popular culture reflects both the interests of and the issues affecting the general public. As concerns regarding climate change and its impacts grow, is it permeating into popular culture and reaching that global audience?

Ambitious temperature targets are intended to be catalysts of political and practical action on climate change. They also pose many applied research questions to science.

Weather is unpredictable and storms such as those seen in June have always occurred. Now climate change, in the form of sea-level rise, is increasing the risk of damage along the coasts and has implications for insurance and preparedness.

A research agenda that integrates understanding of the social processes with technical analysis of climate and energy systems is necessary to catalyse a transition to a low-carbon world.

After the success of last December's climate negotiations, politicians and researchers are starting to eye a 'post-Paris' agenda.

Economic research is starting to pay increasing attention to the social impacts of significant (if less likely) climatic events.

Much has happened in the climate change arena over the past half-decade, culminating in the Paris Agreement, but much more remains to be done.

Scientists are often accused of poorly communicating their findings, but improving scientific literacy is everyone's responsibility.

Failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation ranks as the most impactful risk to society, according to the 2016 Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum.

Human activities have shifted the Earth away from energy balance. As a result, the climate is changing, with the ocean playing a major role in heat absorption.