Climate change research continued to feature prominently in news and social media feeds throughout 2025. IIASA researchers contributed to seven out of the 25 most mentioned papers in news and social media feeds; one is even the most featured paper ranking at #1 - congratulations to all the authors!
As in previous years, using data from Altmetric, which scores research papers according to the attention they receive online, Carbon Brief has compiled its annual list of the 25 most talked-about climate-related studies of the past year. IIASA-affiliated authors contributed to the following papers:
#1: Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
#5: The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable and just food systems
#8: Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors
#13: High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
#15: The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: climate change action offers a lifeline
#22: Emerging climate impact on carbon sinks in a consolidated carbon budget
#25: A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage
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