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| August 20, 2021 / Volume 4, Issue 8 |
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On the cover
California is home to expansive, water-intensive industrial agriculture. As the state faced severe drought in the 2010s, industry remained buoyed by unjust water rights. Farms grew food for the world's wealthy while neighboring families suffered without access to water for drinking and bathing. In Guilded Valley, Tali Weinberg uses weaving to transform found images of lush agricultural landscapes into drought-stricken fields. As the state faces more frequent droughts, this work questions systems that protect industry while leaving communities ever-more vulnerable to the worsening climate crisis. Cover by Tali Weinberg, courtesy of the artist.
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Climate change is already here, and the impacts are being felt around the globe. Even under ambitious mitigation scenarios, temperatures are expected to increase further over the coming decades. As they do, the risks posed by climate change will continue to grow—along with the need for data and information to enhance resilience. Climate services aim to help fill this growing need. This month’s issue of One Earth explores the scientific dimensions of developing and implementing effective climate services in vulnerable sectors and regions.
The One Earth editorial team
Resilience through climate services
Anna M. Stewart Ibarra, Chris Hewitt, Yunita T. Winarto, Sue Walker, Victoria W. Keener, Jules Bayala, Isadora Christel, Hannah Bloomfield, Kirsten Halsnæs, Daniela Jacob, Guy P. Brasseur, Tonya Haigh, and Bart van den Hurk |
Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts, synergies, and pathways forward
Mette Bendixen, Lars L. Iversen, Jim Best, Daniel M. Franks, Christopher R. Hackney, Edgardo M. Latrubesse, and Lucy S. Tusting |
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It’s not just about the rain (PHDI)
One hundred and twenty years of Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) data for California transformed into an abstracted handwoven landscape by using plant fibers and dyes, part of a series drawing attention to local manifestation of worsening climate crisis.
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Alternative-energy-vehicles deployment delivers climate, air quality, and health co-benefits when coupled with decarbonizing power generation in China
Liqun Peng, Feiqi Liu, Mi Zhou, Mingwei Li, Qiang Zhang, and Denise L. Mauzerall |
Financial incentives to poor countries promote net emissions reductions in multilateral climate agreements
Yali Dong, Shuangmei Ma, Boyu Zhang, Wen-Xu Wang, and Jorge M. Pacheco
Open Access |
Solely economic mitigation strategy suggests upward revision of nationally determined contributions
Pu Yang, Zhifu Mi, Yun-Fei Yao, Yun-Fei Cao, D'Maris Coffman, and Lan-Cui Liu
Open Access |
Incorporating political-feasibility concerns into the assessment of India's clean-air policies
Wei Peng, Sung Eun Kim, Pallav Purohit, Johannes Urpelainen, and Fabian Wagner
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Marine Protected Areas provide more cultural ecosystem services than other adjacent coastal areas
Emily Erskine, Rosie Baillie, and David Lusseau |
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