Climate Change and Democratisation The paper examines whether democracy at the country level and global climate change matter for another. It raises the question of how to support democracy’s advance in the face of multiple challenges that include the adverse effects of global warming and extreme weather events merits much more attention than it has received so far By Peter Burnell
Conference Summary: The Great Transformation - Greening the Economy This conference report summarizes the key debates of the two-day conference "The Great Transformation - Greening the Economy". Additionally audio recordings of all sessions are available as well as video recordings of several key notes
Conference on "Global Carbon Budgets and Equity in Climate Change" The crucial global climate policy issue today is the current unequal occupation of carbon space with the developed nations having occupied far more than their fair share of carbon space. Without these nations sharply reducing their emissions, it is evident that other nations cannot get their fair share. From the carbon space perspective, it is also clear that no nation can lay claim to more than its fair share, and that the burden of mitigation will fall progressively on all nations as they approach their fair share of global carbon space
Where’s the Money? The Status of Climate Finance Post-Copenhagen When the dust settled after the near failure of the UNFCCC climate talks in Copenhagen, the issue of climate finance seemed strangely to have been one of the few areas, where despite all procedural and political misgivings, real progress was made. By Liane Schalatek, Neil Bird and Jessica Brown By By Liane Schalatek, Neil Bird and Jessica Brown
A Green New Deal in India? Although India can be perceived as a low-carbon economy, with only 1.3 tons CO2 emissions annually per person, it is already the fourth biggest CO2 polluter worldwide. Therefore a green change within India’s development framework is badly needed. By Dr. Michael Köberlein
The Great Transformation – Greening the Economy The international conference deals with the political framework, regulatory instruments, as well as leading technologies, key projects and new alliances for the economic-ecologic turnaround. On May, 28-29 a live-stream will be available.
Mehr Verlierer als Gewinner Dr. Michael Köberlein über die Gewinner und Verlierer des Kopenhagener Weltklimagipfels und warum die Etablierung eines funktionierenden Klimaregimes ohne Alternative ist.
Threat to Himalayan glaciers is real Dr. Jürgen Kropp from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) about the errors of the last IPCC report and the direct impact of melting of Himalayan glacier on water resources and agriculture in India
Roundtable Discussion with Indian Parliamentarians on the Impacts of Climate Change in India Date: March 16, 2010Venue: Hotel Claridges, New Delhi
Opportunity or Failure? If the Copenhagen Accord on climate change can be called a small step forward or a grand failure depends on the regional perspective. Two months after the Copenhagen climate summit, this paper sheds some light on the different regional and national evaluations of the conference and analyzes how perceptions on the outcome of the conference vary between key countries and regions
