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werkintegrierte Photovoltaik auf denkmalgeschütztem Gebäude
14.09.2023

Photovoltaics and listed buildings do not have to be mutually exclusive

Installing photovoltaic systems on listed buildings helps fight climate change by generating energy sustainably and reducing CO2 emissions. In this interview, Niklas Albinius from the Consultancy Office for Building-Integrated Photovoltaics at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin tells us what does not have to be considered when installing them.

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Ein junger Flussotter schwimmt durch einen See in Ottawa, Kanada.
23.11.2022
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“Biodiversity is like insurance against extreme weather”

Josef Settele is an agrobiologist and professor of ecology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. At the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Halle, he investigates how change in climate and land use affect biodiversity, and how reduced biodiversity affects ecosystems and people.

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Blaue Frösche in einem Moor mit kleinen Ästen.
23.11.2022
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Biodiversity and the climate: We need more and bolder measures

From December 7-19, 2022, 196 nations will meet in Montreal to determine a new global biodiversity framework. At issue are wildlife conservation efforts, more areas for nature conservation and spending in the billions. Climate action also hangs on the balance of this agreement. What is needed now is political courage and commitment to binding measures.

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Sonnenkollektoren in der Oase Dakhla, Ägypten
22.11.2022
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Tipping point less favorable to climate action

The results of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) have been overwhelmingly criticized as weak and vague. That said, the negotiators did demand that the development banks mobilize greater amounts of money for climate action.

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Eine bunte Menschenmenge, die über die belebte Kreuzung läuft
21.10.2022
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“We’re in something of an emergency now”

Dirk Messner is a sustainability researcher and has been president of the German Environment Agency (UBA) since 2020. In this interview, he tells us about his hopes and worries on the way to a sustainable future with equitable sharing of the burdens associated with climate change.

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Scharm el-Scheich
03.10.2022
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Agenda dispute threatens Sharm El Sheikh

The damage caused by the climate crisis is growing and growing. Developing countries want to make that the focus of the UN Climate Change Conference, but industrialized countries would rather discuss reducing emissions. This dispute could waste valuable time.

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Abgase aus Fabrikschornsteinen strömen in die Luft
07.09.2022
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Have we exceeded the planetary boundary for air pollution?

Human activity causes the emission of small particles such as soot from combustion into the atmosphere. These particles, also called aerosols, have a growing impact on the climate system and negative effects on human health. Further research is needed to conclusively determine whether we have already overstepped the global boundary for this kind of air pollution.

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Nach einem Erdrutsch im Petropolis im Staat Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien (Februar 2022).
17.08.2022
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Landslides: When the ground collapses

Landslides can have devastating consequences, swallow up houses and roads, pour vast amounts of debris into valleys, and damage lives, ecosystems, and infrastructure. Such hazards could occur more often in the future, says scientist Ugur Öztürk.

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