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19.01.2012 | General news
Arctic sea ice extent: 2011 in review
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Arctic sea ice extent fell to its seasonal minimum on September 9, 2011, falling just short of the record low set in September 2007, when summer weather conditions were extremely favorable for ice los ...>
18.01.2012 | Publications
EU Energy Roadmap 2050
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A secure, competitive and low-carbon energy sector is possible

To achieve the goal of cutting emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be almost carbon-free. How to achieve this without disrupting energy supplies and competitiveness ...>
21.12.2011 | General news
Open call to take part in a climate impact study
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Initiative by the Oeschger Center and the NCCR-Climate

This is an open call for participation in a cross-sectorial quantitative impact study for Climate Change based on CH2011 Scenario data for Switzerland. It extends the qualitative assessment of the OcC ...>
15.12.2011 | Publications
Climate adaptation and natural hazard management in the alpine space
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Final report

Climate change imposes extra stress on the social-ecological system of the European Alps. The rise of temperature as well as changes in precipitation measures have unforeseeable impacts on the intensi ...>
12.12.2011 | General news
Durban - UN Climate Change Conference 2011
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The 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban (South Africa) ended on Sunday, 11 December 2011. The outcome, an agreement to negotiate a comprehensive global compact for emissions reduc ...>
12.12.2011 | General news
IPCC AR5 expert review of WGI from 16 December 2011 to 10 February 2011
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Call for registration as expert reviewer

The WGI Expert Review seeks wide participation of experts and aims for a range of views, expertise, and geographical balance. The WGI Bureau therefore invites all experts with expertise and/or publica ...>
09.12.2011 | Publications
Migration and Global Environmental Change
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Foresight Report

The Migration and Global Environmental Change project by Foresight has explored the global patterns and impacts of migration over the next 50 years arising from environmental change as well as the cha ...>
23.11.2011 | Publications
New IPCC Special Report
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Extreme Events and Disasters

IPCC just published the Summary for Policymakers of the new special report on "Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)". The report was three ye ...>
23.11.2011 | Publications
An experimental framework for ecosystem capital accounting
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Ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and rivers as well as pastures or cropland supply basic goods and services. These include food, fibre, energy, clean water, temperature control and flood regulatio ...>
23.11.2011 | General news
Scientific Committee approves Knowledge, Learning and Societal Change (KLSC) initiative as alliance of IHDP
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The IHDP Scientific Committee has formally accepted the Knowledge, Learning and Societal Change (KLSC) initiative as an alliance of IHDP. After a presentation of the KLSC project proposal during the I ...>
23.11.2011 | Publications
Air quality in Europe - 2011 report
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Air quality in Europe has improved between 1990 and 2009, as emissions of most pollutants have fallen, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). But there is still a lot of ...>
18.11.2011 | Meeting report
3. Symposium Anpassung an den Klimawandel - "Herausforderungen für die Schweiz"
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18. November 2011 - Uni S Bern (OcCC, ProClim, BAFU, MeteoSchweiz, PLANAT, BLW)

Die Arbeiten an der Klima-Anpassungsstrategie des Bundes in den letzten Jahren haben gezeigt, dass Herausforderungen im Umgang mit Anpassungsmassnahmen insbesondere auch an thematischen Schnittstellen ...>
10.11.2011 | Publications
World Energy Outlook 2011
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Without a bold change of policy direction, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system, the International Energy Agency warned as it launched the 2011 editio ...>
04.11.2011 | Publications
Pathways towards a 100 % renewable electricity system
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Special Report of the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU)

The report discusses the need for transformation of the electricity supply system, in light of the relevant technical, economic, legal and political factors, and with the goal of ensuring that Germany ...>
03.11.2011 | General news
Rio+20
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Swiss submission handed in

In view oft the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012, stakeholders have been asked for input. The submissions made to the C ...>
28.10.2011 | General news
Mountain regions and IPCC AR5
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Call to submit relevant journal articles

Researches are asked to send relevant manuscripts and papers to the Technical Support Units of Working Group II of the IPCC. This Working Group focuses on the detection of observed changes in coupled ...>
17.10.2011 | Meeting report
Earth System Sustainability Initiative (ESSI) replaces WCRP, IGBP, IHDP, DIVERSITAS and ESSP
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Decision taken at the ICSU General Assembly 2011 in Rome

In Rome, ICSU members endorsed the Earth System Sustainability Initiative (ESSI) that would bring the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP; established 1980), International Geosphere Biosphere Progr ...>
12.10.2011 | Publications
Water Management in a Changing Environment
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Strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps

The role of mountains in providing indispensible water resources for municipal and industrial water supply, irrigation, hydropower production, and other environmental services is well-known and unques ...>
12.10.2011 | Publications
Water in the Alps: Striking the Balance
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Alpine Water Conference 2010

The Alps are widely known as the "water tower" of Europe because of their influence on the continental water balance. They supply a disproportionate amount of water to a wide area, going far beond the ...>
13.09.2011 | Publications
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change - Social implications
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Social Synthesis Report

The social component of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change study aims to highlight how vulnerability to climate change is socially differentiated, what elements are needed to strengthen the ...>

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