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Understanding the complex relationship between land and climate
Dr Quentin Lejeune, Inga Menke
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Germany's coal exit law, or the politics of inertia
Bill Hare, Gaurav Ganti
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How West Africa can expand power supply and meet climate goals
Dr Robert Brecha
Expanding renewable energy and cross-border cooperation could allow developing countries in West Africa to leapfrog or at least minimise the commitment to a climate-damaging future of fossil-fuel energy generation while powering sustainable development. Our new research shows that combining smartly selected, sustainably managed hydropower projects with an expansion of solar and wind energy is a no-regrets way forward for this region.
(Also available in French)
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Responding to a global crisis - the coronavirus pandemic and the climate emergency
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Dr Kim Coetzee
Governments around the world are doubling down on containing the COVID-19 pandemic, showing what a response to a global crisis – also the climate crisis - can and should look like: government action informed by science, individual behavioural change enabling the transformation, and leaving no one behind while focusing on protecting the most vulnerable.
(This article is also available in German)
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Why climate scenarios need to better incorporate ‘adaptive capacity’
Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner