The Dutch section of the European Association for Renewable Energies
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02795-7 The authors show that, for a tropical seabird model species, winter–spring phytoplankton blooms kept a stable mean timing but became more variable between years. Breeding synchrony weakened and reproductive success declined and became less consistent over the same two decades.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02769-9 Data centres are among the world’s fastest growing electricity consumers. An analysis of more than 9,000 facilities worldwide links the artificial intelligence-era expansion of data centres to delayed coal plant retirements and around 2 Gt of additional carbon dioxide emissions.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02789-5 Scientific grounds for a net-zero policy assume near-zero committed warming over a few decades after CO2 emissions cease. A modelling study suggests that if prior peak temperatures rise above 2 °C before cessation of CO2 emissions, committed warming increases, making it harder to stabilize global warming.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02794-8 Data centre expansion may slow the coal-fired power plants phase-out, complicating decarbonization pathways. This study finds that coal units exposed to post-2020 data centres have lower retirement risks and their potential lifetime extensions could cause large additional CO2 emissions.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02821-8 This work projects a decline in global emissions in 2026 as a result of clean energy and in response to conflicts. Energy demand has increased, and will continue to, with electric vehicles and solar and wind deployment mitigating emissions; accelerated deployment is needed to reduce emissions.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02790-y Climate targets are set for global temperatures, but what they mean regionally is less clear. Here the authors quantify the amount of human-induced warming in individual IPCC regions and find that, by 2025, they had reached 90–94% (65–76%) of their expected warming levels at the 1.5 °C…
Read More “All IPCC AR6 regions are close to their 1.5 °C- and 2 °C-equivalent warming limits” »
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02797-5 It has been surprisingly difficult to calculate how much warming different regions of the Earth have experienced since pre-industrial times. Now, research shows that in most land regions, the temperature thresholds that governments agreed to in Paris to keep below are already dangerously close.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02786-8 Carbon removal methodologies have different risks of stored CO2 leaking back to the atmosphere. Now a study provides a quantitative framework for comparison, a necessary tool for building carbon storage portfolios with improved delivery, valuation and cost.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02785-9 Carbon removal markets lack a standard metric for assessing permanence risk, limiting effective risk management and product development. Here researchers propose carbon at risk, a probabilistic measure, and calibrate it for forest carbon and geological storage projects, demonstrating the benefits of diversification.
Ruim dertig jaar nadat de Europese Unie haar binnengrenzen opende, bestaan er nog grote gezondheidsverschillen tussen inwoners van Europese grensregio’s. Aan welke kant van de grens je woont, kan een aanzienlijk verschil maken voor je levensverwachting.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02779-7 By integrating climate risk into health planning, Brazil is redesigning healthcare to withstand floods, heatwaves and other climate shocks.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02787-7 Baseline construction shapes estimates of mitigation cost, ambition and progress, while no-policy counterfactuals could vary with choices about policy, technology and development. Rather than relying on one constructed baseline, assessments and related conclusions should be compared across plausible baselines.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02776-w The global temperature change that happens after emissions cease is expected to be close to zero. Here the authors use model simulations to show that this zero emissions commitment depends on the warming level at which emissions cease and might be positive for higher warming.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02783-x Responding to the increasing risks of climate change in Southeast Asia requires research and effective action that considers the unique challenges of the region. In this Viewpoint, researchers and practitioners from the region share their views on the progress made in understanding and responding to climate…
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02791-x The long-term response of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets to warming is often studied using ice-only simulations. Here the authors use a coupled ice–atmosphere–ocean model and find that East Antarctica remains stable even under higher warming because changes in atmospheric circulation increase precipitation sensitivity.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02784-w As the IPCC is in its seventh assessment cycle, bridging the gap between physical climate science and economics has become more urgent. Estimating climate damages requires a rigorous translation of physical hazards into economic losses, highlighting the need for better communication between the disciplines.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02758-y This work investigates the effect of the 2016 regime shift in Antarctic sea ice on Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). The authors show that decreased sea ice and reduced freshwater subduction lead to saltier and denser AAIW, with implications for wide-scale water-mass properties.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02772-0 Extreme southward swings of the South Indian convergence zone (a major source of rainfall across southern Africa) can trigger devastating floods. Climate-model projections indicate that these swings might occur twice as often in the twenty-first century as in the previous century and produce more intense rainfall,…
Read More “Climate warming boosts frequency and intensity of southern Africa’s rainfall extremes” »
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02766-y Clean hydrogen is a versatile decarbonization option, but given its energy-intensive production, high costs and limited near-term supply, uses with the greatest environmental and economic benefits must be prioritized. Analysis of ten end-use sectors identifies high-value applications and suggests that uniform supply-side subsidies risk misallocating clean…
Read More “Targeting high-value uses to unlock the mitigation potential of clean hydrogen” »
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02767-x Extreme southward swings of the South Indian convergence zone can lead to severe rainfall and flooding in southern Africa. Here the authors show that climate change leads to an increase in the frequency and intensity of such swings.