The 10 New Insights in Climate Science series is a scientist-led collaborative initiative to highlight key research advances and their policy implications, on an annual basis. Our primary objective is to equip policymakers and other decision-makers with a carefully curated selection of scientific insights to help them make sense of and confront the climate emergency.

Since 2017, this science-policy report is distributed to all Parties to the UNFCCC ahead of the COP. The scientific content of the report is initially prepared as an academic manuscript and submitted for publication, undergoing independent peer review. You can find published articles from prior installments here: Schaffer et al. (2025) and Bustamante et al. (2023). The latest manuscript has also been accepted for publication in the journal Global Sustainability. 

The 10 New Insights in Climate Science series is a joint effort led by Future Earth, The Earth League, and the World Climate Research Programme. 


We welcome your contribution!

This annual process begins with this request for expert input from the global community of climate change researchers. Tell us what are key recent developments in climate change research that should be raised to the attention of policymakers. 

We invite contributions from researchers around the world, spanning disciplines across the natural and social sciences. Relevant topics encompass a broad scholarship on the underlying bio/geophysical patterns and processes of the climate system, the impacts of climate change, as well as the means and barriers to addressing the climate emergency.


Through this questionnaire, we also seek to identify potential co-authors for the report and the academic manuscript. 

Completing this questionnaire takes approximately 10 minutes.

**Deadline for submitting your input: January 31, 2026**

If you have any questions or comments, please contact: daniel.ospina@futureearth.org and paula.mirazo@asu.edu

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GIVE US YOUR PITCH

What key recent advance in climate change research do you think policymakers should be aware of? 

What we are looking for:

• "Key advance": Usually implies new evidence or analyses that significantly update our understanding of the patterns or process of climate change, its impacts on societies, and the possible means and barriers to address it.
  Occasionally, this can refer to an emerging research area, arising in response to novel social or environmental phenomena relevant to climate change. 

• "Recent": The suggested research advances must be supported by at least one peer-reviewed reference published in 2025 or 2026.

Submissions that meet these criteria will be considered by our interdisciplinary Editorial Board. They will deliberate and select a final set of 10 New Insights, prioritising the robustness of scientific support and policy relevance. 

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Examples of Insights from previous years: 

• 2025 – Accelerating sea surface warming and intensifying marine heatwaves
• 2024 – Public’s acceptance of (or resistance to) climate policies crucially depends on perceptions of fairness 
• 2023 – A rapid and managed fossil fuel phase-out is required to stay within the Paris Agreement target range