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Democratic crisis piggybacking on the climate crisis?

Political scientist Prof. Henrike Knappe on doubts as to whether democracies really protect the climate, on right-wing populist voting behavior and climate denial.

Historic parks suffer from climate stress - nationwide study comes to alarming conclusions

For the first time, researchers by the group of Prof. Kühn, TU Berlin have recorded the damage to trees and shrubs caused by climate change in the majority of historical parks and gardens in Germany.

Lack of political control, pluralism of interests, lack of land availability

TU scientist Dr. Juliane Biehl investigated why the expansion of onshore wind energy in Germany has not progressed so far.

New Typo3 website goes online.

As of 5.1.2023, the new design is effective; the old site was taken offline as of 4.1.2023.

Prof. Kleinschmit gives a keynote in preparation for the World Climate Conference (COP27) in Cairo.

With her presentation, she informed about innovations in earth observation to cope with climate change, water and weather extremes.

With her presentation, she informed about innovations in earth observation to cope with climate change, water and weather extremes. Possible solutions were discussed with experts from science together with startups in a panel discussion and several workshops. The ideas will be taken to the COP27 negotiations.

In addition to the president of the…

Research Article on biodiversity loss published.

Study initiated during a PhD thesis at the Chair of Landscape Planning and Development pub-lished in PLOS One.

An analysis of the conservation status of 14,669 European terrestrial, freshwater and marine species (approx. 10 % of continental fauna and flora) shows that 19 % of European species are threatened with extinction, with the risk of extinction being higher for plants (27 %) and invertebrates (24 %) than for vertebrates (18 %). Around two million…

World Water Day 2024

22 March is World Water Day. Prof. Birgit Kleinschmit gave an interview to the Einstein Foundation published in the ALBERT magazine.

22 March is World Water Day, one more reason to think about our most important resource.

Prof. Birgit Kleinschmit gave an interview to the Einstein Foundation published in the ALBERT magazine. (In German)