Has climate change hijacked the environmental agenda?

• Published in: Nature Conservation Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 157 - 164
• Main Authors: Pereira, Cássio Cardoso, Negreiros, Daniel, Barbosa, Milton, Goulart, Fernando Figueiredo, Dias, Rodrigo de Loyola, Melillo, Maria Clara, Camarota, Flávio, Pimenta, Mariana Antunes, Cruz, Marina, Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 05.09.2023
• Subjects: Air quality management; Analysis; Biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; climate; Climate change; Climatic changes; Conservation; decision making; ecosystems; Emissions; energy; Environmental degradation; Environmental impact; Environmental policy; Greenhouse gases; industry; Influence; Land use; Laws, regulations and rules; private sector; society; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; United States; weather; United States

Since the establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), decision-makers have realised that periodic assessments were needed to closely monitor climate change. Studies on it became widespread and include the science of greenhouse gas emissions, the composition of these gases...