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Decarbonizing the power sector: renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment
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19/11/2019 - Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters globally. To keep global warming well below 2°C, several paths lead to zero emissions in the ...
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Lancet Countdown: Forschungsbericht zu Klimawandel und Gesundheit
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14.11.2019 - Bis zum Ende dieses Jahrhunderts sind jährlich bis zu fünf zusätzliche Hitzewellen in Norddeutschland und bis zu 30 in Süddeutschland zu erwarten, ...
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PIK awarded for Equality and Diversity
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07/11/2019 - Once again, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has been awarded the "Total E-Quality" prize. For a period of three years, the ...
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Just 15 years of post-Paris emissions to lock in 20 cm of sea level rise in 2300: study
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5.11.2019 - Unless governments significantly scale up their emission reduction efforts, the 15 years’ worth of emissions released under their current Paris ...
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Early warning: Physicists from Giessen, Potsdam and Tel Aviv forecast "El Niño" for 2020
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04/11/2019 -The serious weather phenomenon "El Niño" could soon occur again in the Pacific region. Researchers at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), the ...
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West & East Africa
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In the face of climate change, sub-Saharan Africa has to cope with diverse challenges. A fast growing population, increasing demand for resources and arising ...
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South Asia & India
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In a region with seasonally occurring extreme weather events, adaptation of all sectors to these circumstances was and is key to development and stability. Due ...
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Central Asia & Russia
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The Central Asian and Russian development highly depends on water resources and dry steppes cover a vast area. Although some of those steppes function as the ...
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From Berlin to New York: United in Science
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23/09/2019 - Millions of people all around the globe crowded the streets last Friday, demanding rapid action from policy makers to counter climate risks. The ...
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