Economy 28.12.202028.12.2020 The changing face of the automotive industry – employment prospects in 2030 Electric mobility and digitization are having a profound impact on both qualitative and quantitative employment requirements [...]
Future 27.12.202027.12.2020 Calling for pan-European commitment for rapid and sustained reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infections Across Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing excess deaths, placing a burden on societies and health [...]
Science 26.12.202023.12.2020 Fires also threaten Brazil’s second largest ecosystem It is not only in the Amazon that forests are burning: According to a study carried [...]
Science 25.12.202023.12.2020 New energy conversion layer for biosolar cells Photosynthetic proteins can convert light energy into other forms of energy. Researchers want to make this [...]
Science 21.12.202018.12.2020 Dynamics in the root zone More regions in Europe are at risk of nitrate leaching than previously thought Nutrient contamination of [...]
Environment 20.12.202018.12.2020 Europe’s rivers fragmented by one million barriers A study published in the scientific journal “Nature” with the participation of IGB shows: Europe has [...]
Politics 19.12.2020 Current policy frameworks hinder expansion of renewable energies worldwide and undermine climate targets While governments around the world spend billions of dollars to rebuild economies in times of the [...]
Uncategorized 18.12.202016.12.2020 Standing up for a Sustainable World New book co-edited by Johan Rockström explores modes of resistance against systemic natural destruction The world’s [...]
Economy 18.12.202017.12.2020 BloombergNEF’s annual battery price survey finds prices fell 13% from 2019 Battery Pack Prices Cited Below $100/kWh for the First Time in 2020, While Market Average Sits [...]
Energy 16.12.202016.12.2020 Supporting Renewable Electricity: EU Member States Should Coordinate Reform Efforts The European Union recently adopted more ambitious climate goals for 2030 – their implementation is now [...]
Environment 16.12.202016.12.2020 EU Drinking Water Directive: Clean water for the whole EU The first successful European citizens’ initiative “Right2Water” for EU-wide access to clean drinking water becomes European [...]
Mobility 15.12.202015.12.2020 All new trucks sold must be fossil free by 2040 … agree truck makers and climate researchers In an unprecedented science-backed statement, Europe’s truck manufacturers have [...]
Environment 14.12.202013.12.2020 Cost of Planting, Protecting Trees to Fight Climate Change Could Jump Planting trees and preventing deforestation are considered key climate change mitigation strategies, but a new analysis [...]
Science 12.12.202012.12.2020 Pandemic brings record fall in global CO2 emissions The Global Carbon Project, of which LMU geographer Julia Pongratz is a leading member, reports an [...]
Energy 12.12.202012.12.2020 IHS Markit: 2020 is the “pivot point” for noncarbon energy For the past 30 years, noncarbon energy’s share of global primary energy demand compared to fossil [...]
Energy 12.12.202012.12.2020 Study shows: Solar facades and solar roofs are now profitable The additional costs for a solar building envelope compared to conventional construction methods amount to 30 [...]