The role of NGOs in China’s climate change governance, and in environmental issues more generally, is fundamentally different than that of its counterparts in Western countries in many respects.

Vision of a Sustainable Future
To address climate change, we need to reduce net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero as soon as possible; that is, hopefully by 2050 or so.

Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – September 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.

Remove Nuclear Waste With Smart Photonic Crystals
Photonic crystal hydrogels for monitoring and removal of uranium in water.

Cover Art – Featuring Stem Cell Constructs, Prostate Cancer Detection and Polymer Micelles
This week’s Advanced Healthcare Materials covers.

Human Well-Being and Climate Change Mitigation
What is human well-being – and why does it matter for climate change mitigation?

Materials Research at RIKEN-CEMS
Issue 25/2017 of Advanced Materials is a special issue featuring research carried out at RIKEN-Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS).

Turning Down the Heat on Solar Fuels – Chimie Douce
Musings on “solar fuels machines” for an efficient, scalable and cost-effective way to convert water and carbon dioxide into value added molecular energy carriers.

Power to Ammonia
ISPT and its partners in the Power to Ammonia project have recently concluded a feasibility study into the storage of renewable energy in ammonia.

Engineering Digest – Featuring Titanium Alloys, Stretchable Electrodes and More
This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials cover and top papers.