Klimaatbeleid kent hoge kosten, maar niks doen brengt veel hogere kosten aan klimaatschade met zich mee. In deze aflevering bespreken we met Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst (Utrecht University) de kosten van klimaatverandering en de winsten van klimaatbeleid. Hoe rendabel is deze investering? (1/2)

Effective climate policy more urgent than ever, but 1.5 degrees still achievable. Today, the IPCC synthesis report is published. What is the main message? And what were the most important findings of the last reports it synthesises? A thread (1/8) 🧵 uu.nl/nieuws/effecti…

The inclusion of the below table in the summary of the #IPCC #AR6 Synthesis report was heavily negotiated. It’s crucial in showing the diff in trajectories of CO2 & GHG *including 2035* numbers for the first time, hence the tough negotiations..

Klimaatbeleid is onderaan de streep veel goedkoper dan niets doen en telkens de schade van klimaatrampen moeten repareren uu.nl/en/news/new-st… Klimaatpersco FD Nieuws @UUCopernicus PBL Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst Detlef van Vuuren Utrecht University

Er gaat veel geld naar klimaatbeleid, maar aan het eind van de rit vallen die kosten een stuk lager uit dan de schade die niets doen zou kosten. Niets doen is uiteindelijk de duurste optie. Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst Detlef van Vuuren rtlnieuws.nl/klimaat/artike…

New comment in NatureClimate: adaptation needs to be better represented when it comes to the numbers of climate change! Read it here: rdcu.be/c9kg8

🎉Check our new NatureSustainability paper led by Xinyuan Huang !🎉 Does climate mitigation always improve air quality & health? Yes in most cases. But we need to pay more attention to land use changes. Open access: rdcu.be/dcrTW Journal link: nature.com/articles/s4189… 1/7

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I am humbled and deeply honoured to have been elected Chair of IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Stern & grumpy is something I'm usually very (too) good at. This time it was really hard to pull off though!

📚 New publication in Nature on consensus in mitigation scenarios! With the many discussions on the role of fossils during the climate conference #COP28, you may wonder what the science of climate change mitigation can tell us. Below, a thread. nature.com/articles/s4158…

RCP8.5 too high for you? Thinking of using SSP3-7.0 for a high emissions scenarios? Be careful, read this short article: nature.com/articles/s4155… Climate is affected by the SSP3 (compared to SSP5) storyline: very high aerosols and strong land-use/land-cover change assumptions!