A University of Plymouth researcher has played a critical role in a groundbreaking United Nations report that calls for the global climate and sustainable development crises to be tackled in tandem.
The report, published in September 2023, outlines the steps governments should take to maximise the impact of their policies and actions by creating such synergies.
It demonstrates that aggressively acting on climate and development in an integrated and synergistic way is an important opportunity to achieve the course correction needed to protect our planet now and in the future.
It also highlights some of the challenges, but also the opportunities, if the international community is seriously committed to enhancing these synergies and thereby addressing these challenges.
Dr Chatterjee, who joined the University in December 2022, was approached by the report’s coordinators earlier this year as a result of his previous research.
This has included specific projects focussed on energy demand modelling, modelling the socio-economic impacts and sustainable development goals, and the energy transition towards a net-zero energy system.
He formed part of the core team conducting the research and drafting the report, while his research is also cited extensively within it.
Dr Souran Chatterjee
