Täglich berichten Zeitungen von Naturkatastrophen. Forscher warnen davor, dass wir mit mehr und verheerenderen Überschwemmungen, Hitzeperioden, Stürmen und anderen wetterbedingten Gefahren rechnen müssen. Was sagt die Wissenschaft dazu?
The IASS is initiating and facilitating a Series of Critical Dialogues and curated LABS on the practicalities of implementing the New Urban Agenda – and its possible constraints – in the political context of Habitat III (UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, 2016
As the recent earthquakes in Nepal have reminded us, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, impinging on the development of increasingly complex and vulnerable societies.
Emissions of methane, other volatile organic compounds, and oxides of nitrogen can occur during all stages of gas exploration and exploitation and for all types of gas deposits (conventional and unconventional).
“Solar Radiation Management: Foresight for Governance (SRM4G)” is a 3-workshop project running over the course of 2015 that will use foresight methods to construct scenarios that investigate varying contexts and contingencies surrounding “Global Responses to Climate Change in 2030”.
Climate change poses fundamental questions about current practices in the use of water and energy resources. Decarbonizing the energy system must go hand in hand with measures to increase water and energy security for a growing population.