Editorial: Evidence synthesis for accelerated learning on climate solutions

• Published in: Campbell systematic review Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. e1128 - n/a
• Main Authors: Berrang‐Ford, Lea, Döbbe, Friederike, Garside, Ruth, Haddaway, Neal, Lamb, William F., Minx, Jan C., Viechtbauer, Wolfgang, Welch, Vivian, White, Howard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-12-2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Acceleration (Education); Adaptation; Biodiversity; Change agents; Citizen Participation; Climate; Climate change; Collaboration; Decision making; Emission standards; Emissions; Environmental policy; Ethnography; Evidence; Futures (of Society); Governance; Learning; Literature Reviews; Paris Agreement; Psychoeducational Methods; Qualitative research; Science; Social sciences; Systematic review; Transformation
• ISSN: 1891-1803; 1891-1803
• DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1128

Because anthropogenic carbon emissions have already caused consequential warming of about 1°C since preindustrial times, there is a further need to reduce vulnerabilities and adapt to climate impacts that cannot be avoided (IPCC, 2014, 2018). ASSESSING EVIDENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE Because there is no time left for trial and error and since resources for organising a transformation into a carbon-neutral world are inherently limited, decision-making on climate solutions needs to be based on the best available evidence. CSCG, Campbell Climate Solutions Coordinating Group; IPBES, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The IPCC has made continuous progress in building up knowledge on forward-looking questions that emerge around understanding, dealing with and mitigating potentially severe, pervasive and irreversible climate impacts that could affect human and natural systems in the absence of an adequate human response. Systematic review research, meanwhile, has struggled to respond to the scope and heterogeneity of the climate literature, in particular the central role of contextual and mediating factors in influencing climate solutions. [...]a robust middle layer of the evidence pyramid is partially lacking.