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This briefing summarizes three recent studies on how specific emotions—such as fear, guilt, hope, and sadness—influence individual and collective support for climate policies and sustainable behaviors across the United States, Australia, and India.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the implications for Australia of the Paris Agreement's goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C. It argues that the remaining global carbon budget is extremely limited and that Australia's current emissions and reliance on fossil fuel exports are incompatible with these targets.

This WRI fact sheet provides a regional analysis of coral reefs in Australia, detailing their scale, the low impact of local human threats compared to the severe projected impacts of climate change, and the extent of marine protected areas.

This technical paper details the modeling methodology used by the World Resources Institute for the 'Reefs at Risk Revisited' analysis. It describes how the project quantified and mapped global threats to coral reefs by integrating over 50 data sources into a geographic information system (GIS) to create indices for local and global pressures, including coastal development, pollution, overfishing, thermal stress, and ocean acidification.

This executive summary from the Stockholm Environment Institute describes the cumulative impact of global and local stressors on marine ecosystems. It highlights that over 40 percent of the marine environment is already affected by combined stressors, such as ocean warming, acidification, and overfishing. The document argues that current management strategies are often too narrow, focusing on single issues rather than the synergistic interactions between stressors, and calls for a cross-scale governance system to increase ecosystem resilience.