Ten New Insights in Climate Science

May 11, 2025. Dr. Nyangon has co-authored a major new peer-reviewed publication, “Ten New Insights in Climate Science 2024,” published in the journal One Earth. The article responds to the unprecedented global warming observed in 2023 and 2024, highlighting the growing urgency for informed and coordinated climate action.

Recognizing the challenge policymakers face in navigating an ever-expanding climate science literature, the study delivers a concise, policy-relevant synthesis grounded in broad international expertise. The research team elicited input from 188 climate experts across 45 countries through an extensive online questionnaire and systematically prioritized ten advances in climate science with the greatest implications for decision-making.

The selected insights span a wide range of critical topics, including evolving methane and aerosol emissions, climate system feedbacks, social and political drivers of public acceptance of climate policies, and governance challenges in the energy transition. Together, they underscore the need for integrated, cross-disciplinary approaches to mitigation, adaptation, and resource governance.

Importantly, this work forms the foundation of a science-policy report distributed to national delegations ahead of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29). The report is designed to inform negotiations and national positions on pressing issues such as heat-adaptation planning, comprehensive mitigation strategies, and strengthened governance across energy-transition mineral value chains.

Dr. Nyangon’s contribution reinforces the role of rigorous, globally informed science in shaping effective climate policy at a critical moment for the planet.