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- The comprehensive literature review confirms a shift towards adaptation and mitigation solutions in climate change research.
- Low-income vulnerable countries remain underrepresented in climate change research despite an increase in overall contributions.
- There is a growing emphasis on interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in addressing the challenges of climate change.
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- A comprehensive literature review conducted by researchers confirms a shift towards adaptation and mitigation solutions. The review spans over three decades and encompasses nearly 130,000 articles published between 1990 and 2021. It is led by Danial Khojasteh of the University of South Wales and co-authored by Robert Nicholls, director of the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia. The review was published on WIREs Climate Change.
- …there has been a relative shift in academic climate change research from understanding the physical science basis of climate change towards evaluating risks and responses – adaptation and mitigation.
- Looking at climate change research topics per decade, in 1990, climate variability, long-term climate, ocean overturning circulation, land use/cover change, and terrestrial ecosystems were the most popular topics of research.
- In 2000 this shifted to water resources, biodiversity, mid-to-high latitude climate, and climate models.
- In 2010 and 2020, there was an increase in interdisciplinary research, with particular attention to the rate of warming and sea-level, human/ecosystem health, agriculture and food security, adaptive management, public perception, tropical cyclones, and mountains including their rapidly disappearing glaciers.
- Emerging areas such as biodiversity, climate extremes, food security, vulnerability and adaptation, public health and perception, sea-level change, and high mountains are also gaining prominence in current climate change research.
Read the full post at Tyndall Talks Series.
