The contribution of biofuels to save greenhouse gas emissions has been challenged over the last years. A still unresolved question is how to quantify emissions from indirect land use change (iLUC). In this article we discuss the implications of uncertainties on the current policy proposals in...

More than 30 years have passed since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide governments at all levels with scientific information they can use to address climate change....

More than 100 experts from academia, industry, and government convened Dec. 7-8, 2021, to identify priorities for engineering research that address one of the world’s most vexing challenges: climate change. The Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) event keenly focused on ways...

In March 2022 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking titled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” that would require public companies to make detailed public disclosures of their energy use and...

Replacing coal with cleaner energy carriers is a crucial lever to reach the Paris climate targets. However, as coal decline results in local job loss, political backlash might arise, jeopardizing the clean energy transition. Yet, we lack evidence on whether such backlash exists. Here, we analyze...

In Brazil, the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension services originated in the late 1940s, when the Association of Credit and Rural Assistance was created in the state of Minas Gerais in 1948. The purpose of this work is to analyze the evolution of such service in Brazil since its creation...