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Next Stop: Sustainable Transport!
How electric buses can revolutionize public transport and help mitigate global warming.
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Thomas P. Russell shares the highlights of his career, current research focus, and his thoughts on the future of materials science.
The Overlooked Role of Discourse in Breaking Carbon Lock-In: The German Energy Transition
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Courts and Litigants in Climate Governance
The literature on climate change litigation highlights key emerging, interdisciplinary themes including the role of science, time, place and human rights claims in climate change litigation and explores the relationship between litigation and climate governance.
Institutional and Environmental Effectiveness: Will the Paris Agreement Work?
The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change’s collective goal—keeping global warming “well below” 2°C above pre-industrial levels—remains ambitious.
Best of Advanced Engineering Materials 2018
Welcome to the virtual Best of Advanced Engineering Materials 2019 issue that presents the Editors' selection of some of the most outstanding articles of the past year! Advanced Engineering Materials brings the latest breakthroughs in structural materials with a...
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Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and their Reform
The production and consumption of fossil fuels need to decrease significantly to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement’s ambitious climate change goals. However, fossil fuels continue to receive significant amounts of government support.
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