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Enhancing fairness in climate action through policy packages
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02751-5 Achieving climate neutrality requires policies perceived as fair, with equity both between and within income groups. Here researchers evaluate the equity implications of different European Union climate policy packages and show how a mixed policy design can balance trade-offs between two equity dimensions.
Selecting climate solutions creates new institutional authority
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02771-1 Selecting climate solutions creates new institutional authority
Topographic variation shapes organismal responses across mountain landscapes
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02773-z The authors developed simulations to examine the role of topographic variation in mediating species response to climate change. They show that topographic variation can reduce energy expenditure by up to 20.8% and increase buffering benefits of elevation shifts by 82.1% for a diurnal ectotherm.
Making sense of loss and damage at the national level
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02768-w Climate change is already causing widespread losses and damages, and these impacts will intensify as human and natural systems exceed their capacity to adapt. Recent research allows us to understand if and how countries are prioritizing this issue in national policies.
Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 29 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02736-4 Security analysts and government economists increasingly present policymakers with different pictures of the same climate and nature risk. We argue that governments need a shared way to weigh these assessments, particularly given that under-preparing for a severe, irreversible outcome costs far more than over-preparing.
Generative artifical intelligence for climate dialogue justice
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02759-x Climate action requires inclusive dialogue among diverse stakeholders to help inform decision-making for governance and planning. We examine how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) could broaden participation and support synthesis across regions, disciplines and participants, while underscoring the importance of human authority to safeguard AI.
Public support for novel carbon removal hinges on procedural and distributive fairness
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02741-7 Public support is crucial for carbon removal deployment, yet the role of fairness remains unclear. Using surveys from six countries (N = 10,852), this study shows that procedural and distributive fairness are key determinants of support for carbon removal projects across diverse contexts.
Carbon removal projects need to get justice right
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02739-1 Public support for carbon removal grows when people get a say and a share in the benefits, across diverse sociopolitical contexts. No amount of carbon removed can substitute for fair process and fair outcomes. Fairness must be designed into carbon removal governance from the start.
Earlier and faster heatwave onset on land under a warming climate
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02762-2 Heatwaves are expected to become more frequent and intense with global warming. Here the authors assess changes in their timing, finding that the heatwave season expands and that many regions see a faster onset of heatwaves.
Increasing LGBTQIA+ inclusion in climate science
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02748-0 LGBTQIA+ climate scientists have long encountered oppression and discrimination across society and in the workplace. We suggest specific actions, which need to be supported by more data, to make climate science more inclusive.
Genetically engineered crops increase climate resilience of US fields
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02750-6 Analyses of four decades of data show that genetically engineered varieties of corn, soybean and cotton raised average yields, reduced year-on-year yield variability and blunted the climate-driven northward drift of crop production. These findings indicate that biotechnology is an under-recognized instrument of climate adaptation.
New labour and agricultural damages improve climate cost estimates
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02749-z Heat stress reduces labour productivity, but economy-wide assessments are mostly missing. Using high-resolution projections and global economic modelling, the authors provide new cost estimates, and updated agricultural damages improve confidence in the social cost of carbon.
Marine carbon removal at a crossroads
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02740-8 Marine carbon dioxide removal must advance through rigorous, transparent science, but caution cannot become paralysis. With billions of tonnes of carbon removal likely to be needed each year, we need to test promising approaches responsibly while uncertainty remains.