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Not even the bare minimum: unpacking Germany's 2030 climate package
Dr Robert Brecha, Bill Hare, Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
On 20 September, the German government released its long-awaited climate package. It is nowhere near ambitious enough to meet the objective of the Paris Agreement to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Troubled land: a call for sustainable land use and rapid climate action
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Dr Quentin Lejeune
How extreme weather conditions could last longer due to climate change
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Dr Peter Pfleiderer
Carbon tax in schools: a laboratory for change
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner
Over two million school kids from 135 countries have participated in the climate strikes this year. The "Fridays for future" movement, initiated by climate activist Greta Thunberg, has boosted discussions on which policy tools can have a tangible effect in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One of these tools is putting a price on carbon.
(Also available in German)
Tell me what you need — how to make really useful climate tools
Dr Quentin Lejeune, Inga Menke
Implementing science-based climate policies requires communication and collaboration between various actors in the interdisciplinary climate field. The ISIpedia project is one of the growing number of efforts addressing this challenge by involving decision makers and practitioners in developing a tool that is meant to benefit them — a user-friendly information portal of climate change impacts.
