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

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Do countries perceive climate change as a threat to their security – and as a result take it into account in their security strategies? A study just published from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at Univeristät Hamburg (IFSH) has examined this question in detail.   

Dr. Judith Nora Hardt and Alina...

Energy poverty, power outages, deforestation – images like this shape our idea of energy issues in Africa. However, in reality renewable energies are booming there. How are energy transitions progressing on the African continent – and how fair are they? A team of researchers led by the newly appointed Junior Professor...