Cluster of ExcellenceClimate, Climatic Change,
and Society (CLICCS)

Am 2. Dezember 2019 beginnt die 25. Weltklimakonferenz in Madrid. Vier Jahre nach dem Abkommen von Paris ist die Staatengemeinschaft weit davon entfernt, das damals vereinbarte Ziel zu erreichen und die Erderwärmung auf 1,5 oder maximal 2 Grad zu begrenzen. Warum das so ist und wie die Delegierten mit dem bisherigen...

When individual countries clear less of their rainforests, they receive a financial reward from the United Nations (UN). In this regard, it is up to each country to prove how much of its local rainforests was preserved. But the costs involved in delivering the proof can be higher than the prospective bonus payments, as...

Researchers from Europe, India, Israel and the USA will meet today and tomorrow at the Universität to discuss on future scenarios in connection with climate change and security. Here the focus will be less on physical factors, and more on views of the future, such as those currently being discussed in sociology...