Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, but advances in early detection and treatment are improving the outlook for patients. Over the past two decades, five-year survival rates have nearly doubled, rising from 15% to 27% – progress driven in large part by clinical research. This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology is highlighting how its research is advancing earlier detection, improving treatments, and enhancing quality of life for survivors.

Enhanced rock weathering could become an important carbon dioxide removal option in European agriculture, but applying rock dust is not itself evidence of durable carbon removal. A new Perspective in Energy and Climate Management argues that the European Union should develop an ERW-specific certification methodology before large-scale carbon crediting begins. The proposed approach distinguishes potential from certifiable removal, combines near-field measurements with conservative modelling of downstream processes, deducts lifecycle emissions, treats time lags and uncertainty explicitly, and requires feedstock, site-suitability and no-harm safeguards. Agricultural and soil-policy instruments could support monitored deployment while tonne-for-tonne crediting is not yet justified.

The Environmental Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (E-DSGE) model developed in this paper is a macro-financial general equilibrium model for evaluating the macroeconomic and financial stability impacts of climate transition policies in China. It incorporates pollution externalities, financial frictions in the banking sector, carbon tax policies, and a differentiated capital adequacy ratio (CAR) requirement policy. The model is well-equipped for analyzing how carbon pricing generates transition risks, how financial frictions amplify these risks, and how structural macroprudential policy can mitigate them while achieving emission reduction targets.

Evidence from 20 European countries links political uncertainty to weaker disclosed green investment, particularly among financially constrained firms. The findings highlight predictable national implementation of climate policy as important for mobilizing private capital for decarbonization.

Companies increasingly market environmentally friendly products, but it remains unclear whether highlighting multiple sustainability benefits improves consumer evaluations. A new study examined responses to sustainability claims across three studies in Japan. Consumers with stronger green consumption values evaluated products more favorably when both composition and packaging were highlighted, whereas those with weaker values preferred a single focus. The findings suggest that sustainability communication may be more effective when tailored to consumers’ environmental values.