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The Review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM), undertaken at COP25, was an opportunity for a stronger commitment for action and support, including new and additional finance, capacity building and technical support. Long intense negotiations and a united position among developing countries of G77 and China, lead to an acceptable outcome.
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Home by the sea: new science shows more sea-level rise impacts on small islands
Dr Alexander Nauels, Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
Oceans and seas around the world will continue to rise for centuries, even long after global mean temperatures have stabilised, new research shows. Add to that another recent finding that more land is below the high tide line than originally estimated and the implications for small island communities are clear: they face serious and protracted challenges from global warming related sea-level rise. Steep carbon emission reductions and limiting warming to 1.5°C, as governments agreed by signing the Paris Agreement, will significantly reduce risks related to long-term sea level rise.
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Our blog for World Children's Day — Massive climate strikes around the world demonstrate that children and youth are increasingly aware that climate change is a looming shadow over their future. So what will their future in a changing climate look like and how are children already affected by climate change?
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Why climate scenarios need to better incorporate ‘adaptive capacity’
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
The scientific literature has clearly established the multiple benefits of stringent mitigation action to achieve the 1.5°C temperature goal and limit the impacts of climate change.
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Heute auf dem Lehrplan: Dekarbonisierung
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
Über zwei Millionen Schüler aus 135 Ländern haben in diesem Jahr an den Klimastreiks teilgenommen. Die von der Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg initiierte Bewegung “Fridays for future” hat die Diskussion darüber angeregt, welche politischen Instrumente einen konkreten Beitrag zur Reduzierung der Treibhausgasemissionen leisten können. Eines dieser Werkzeuge ist es, Kohlenstoff einen Preis zu geben.
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(K)eine gemeinsame Zukunft? Verschleppter Klimaschutz und intergenerationale Gerechtigkeit
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
Schülerinnen und Schüler auf der ganzen Welt gehen dieser Tage mit einem klaren Ziel auf die Straße: sie fordern stringenten Klimaschutz zur Einhaltung des 1.5°C Ziels des Pariser Abkommens ein. Denn sie werden die sich verschärfenden Klimafolgen von morgen wie zum Beispiel Hitzewellen, Dürren, Fluten und steigender Meeresspiegel noch erleben. Vor allem aber beraubt die Verschleppung des Klimaschutzes von heute sie zunehmend ihrer Chance, das Klimaproblem noch erfolgreich bewältigen zu können.