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Climate tipping points – too risky to bet against
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28/11/2019 - From the Greenland and West-Antarctic ice sheets to coral reefs or the Amazon rainforest – a number of critical elements in the Earth system could ...
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Schlacke and Edenhofer chair steering committee of “Climate Protection Science Platform” of the Federal Government
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22.11.2019 - The Federal Government assigns scientific advisors for the Climate Action Plan 2050. A steering committee consisting of representatives of ...
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PIK side-event at the Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action 2019
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12-14/11/2019 - Scientists of the RD2 Working Group 'Adaptation in Agricultural Systems' organised a side session on "Early warnings of food insecurity to ...
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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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South Asia
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South Asia, home to a large and growing population, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. More frequent extreme weather events, shifting ...
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Europe
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Sub‑Saharan Africa faces a complex set of challenges in the context of climate change. Rapid population growth, rising demand for natural resources, and ...
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South America
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Disruptive weather events such as El Niño can severely affect food and water security, undermining the foundations of resilient development at national, ...
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