Climate Finance and Sustainable Economic Recovery

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published on Handelsblatt Online (September 23, 2014)
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by K. Toepfer, J-C. Hourcade, M. Aglietta, C. Jaeger

English version:
The day before this year’s UN General Assembly, September 23, its secretary general will host a UN climate summit in New York. President Obama will attend a meeting taking place in his country but key countries like China, India, Russia as well as the EU and Germany will not be represented by their top leaders. This is one more sign of the mismatch between dramatic rhetoric on global climate change and ineffective action in global climate policy. Read more

The Way Forward in International Climate Policy: Key Issues and New Ideas 2014

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The Climate Strategies – CDKN publication with the chapter of Carlo C. Jaeger is now published.

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Managing coasts under threat from climate change and sea-level rise

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Coastal regions under threat from climate change and sea-level rise need to tackle the more immediate threats of human-led and other non-climatic changes, according to a team of international scientists.

The team of 27 scientists from five continents, led by Dr Sally Brown at the University of Southampton, reviewed 24 years of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments (the fifth and latest set being published in 2013 and 2014).They focused on climate change and sea-level rise impacts in the coastal zone, and examined ways of how to better manage and cope with climate change. Read more