Three articles from CET in Nature-journals

The three articles were accepted between July and October; two are already published, and the third will be published in early 2025. 

In July, Tsimafei Kazlou had his first PhD-article accepted in Nature Climate Change, with co-authors Jessica Jewell and Aleh Cherp. The study found that the 2°C climate target can be out of reach without major policy and investment efforts into CCS technologies. The article was published the same week the Northern Lights CCS facility opened in Øygarden, outside of Bergen.

Later in the autumn, the main article of the project Trust in Science and Science-related Populism (TISP) was accepted for publication in Nature Human Behavior. The TISP project was led by Dr. Viktoria Cologna (Harvard University) and Dr. Niels G. Mede (University of Zurich) and is a collaborative project with 272 researchers in 68 countries. Silje Kristiansen and Håvard Haarstad from CET are co-authors and were responsible for the Norwegian part of the survey. The study, which will be published in early 2025, examined trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries, as Silje Kristiansen explains:

–  When asking more than 70,000 people in 68 different countries, we see that in most countries, most people trust scientists. A majority also thinks that scientists should engage more in society and policymaking. As expected we find variations between and within countries. However, we might want to be careful and not discount the fact that a small minority of people lack trust in scientists.

Viktoria Cologna will be presenting the findings from the article at the Day Zero opening event in February. 

In October, an article based on research on the C40 cities’ Climate Action Plans and their engagement with procedural justice was accepted for publication in Nature Cities. The work was led by Mahir Yazar, with Håvard Haarstad and Johan Elfving as co-authors. The study highlights the most hyped urban climate policies of C40 cities, as Mahir further explains:

–  Mobility policies dominate most C40 cities among the four dominant policy choices, yet procedural justice is sidelined in decision-making, resulting in tokenistic participation in urban climate governance. Moreover, global-city network leaders like Copenhagen and New York fail in procedural justice, lagging behind South American counterparts in identifying disadvantaged communities rooted in the unique historical and spatial traits of urban planning.

CET Director Håvard Haarstad is excited that CET research is published in these highly ranked journals:

– It is of course somewhat coincidental that we have three papers in Nature-journals within the span of about three months. We don’t expect one Nature paper every month. But I still think this is a result of a dedicated focus on quality in publication over time. And the centre is part of many good research networks internationally.