“What Works Climate Solutions” project launched to accelerate the implementation of effective climate policies

With greenhouse gas concentrations at record levels and emissions yet to peak, there is a need for rigorous, synthesised evidence on what climate solutions are effective, under what conditions, for whom and why. The project, led by Jan Minx, head of the Evidence for Climate Solutions working group at PIK, aims to fill that gap, providing decision-makers with information and resources they need on policies that work and their enabling conditions.

In addition to reviewing and building a living evidence bank, the project will provide training and support for decision-makers, hold high-level events and workshops, produce a Global South-led synthesis of effective solutions on climate and health, and grow a network to build partnerships between scientists, policymakers and practitioners to leverage the impact of real-world solutions.

The project is an expansion of an initiative that was launched in 2024 at the What Works Climate Solutions summit in Berlin. The funding to undertake this work has been provided by the Wellcome Trust.

The project partners are:

• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
• Cochrane
• Cochrane Africa
• Cochrane Nigeria
• Future Evidence Foundation (FEF)