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

Whether or not people choose to attend a climate protest partly depends on its expected size. When they expect a larger protest, they are less likely to take part – as Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research (CLICCS) shows in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Mass protests are an important...

Under the motto “Climate Research and Future Scenarios,” the sixth Student Climate Congress was held on September 21 in Hamburg. More than 650 schoolchildren accepted the invitation to learn about the latest research on climate change, engage in discussions with researchers, and conduct some experiments of their own at the...

Since 1999, gasoline and diesel have been taxed in Germany. Initially planned as an ambitious project, the eco-tax was locked in at 15 cents per liter as early as 2003. Until now, there have been doubts about its benefits. Piero Basaglia and Prof. Moritz Drupp have now shown that the tax has massively reduced CO2, saving...