At first glance, it seems plausible: with the right price and the right technology, nothing stands in the way of solving the climate crisis. But effective climate policy requires multiple perspectives.

What are the realistic options for achieving climate targets? Researchers such as Richard Bärnthaler (WU Wien), Ernest Aigner (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH), Melanie Pichler (Boku Wien) and Andreas Novy (WU Wien) write in their guest commentary about what it takes.

In light of the deeply concerning findings of a new climate report, William Ripple, lead author of the report, is increasingly justified in using drastic language. Science has a duty both to warn of existential threats and to provide policy recommendations (see "Peak temperatures like those of 2023 may have occurred for the first time in 100,000 years").

But which approaches are actually available to policymakers, read more at: derstandard.at