dossier 2018/07 klima

Climate change

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Filipinos commemorating the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
Our view
– by Katja Dombrowski

Drawing the right lessons

In view of serious hurricane damage, Trump should reconsider his stance on climate change
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Disaster preparedness
– by Chinedu Moghalu

Building African resilience

The ARC plans to insure 30 African countries against climate risks by 2020
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Disaster risks
– by Raissa Robles

Changing attitude

The Philippines’ paradigm shift in regard to disaster preparedness
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Transforming transportation
– by Klaus Gihr, Friederike Bauer

Combining digitalisation and mobility

A transportation transformation is necessary and possible in Africa, but it will look different than in industrialised countries
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Urban development
– by Karim Okanla

Feeling the heat

Erosion and other impacts of climate change on urban life in Benin
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World Bank
– by Hans-Jochen Luhmann

All too modest goal

The World Bank’s plans regarding a shadow price on CO2 are oriented towards costs of mitigation goals, not external costs
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Electricity
– by Md Reaid Alam

Clean energy

To fully electrify Bangladesh by 2020, the government should invest in renewable energy
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Energy
– by Madhuchandrika Chattopadhyay

Rapid change

Indian government expects renewables to account for half of power generation by 2040
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Sustainability
– by Drake Jamali

Energy shift

Carbon pricing can drive international transformation to sustainability
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Humanitarian agencies
– by Raissa Robles

Unspoken competition

Downsides of international humanitarian aid after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013
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Protecting the oceans
– by Sabine Balk

A call to action

Many marine areas are at imminent risk of collapse, so experts are sounding the alarm
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Humanitarian aid
– by Katja Dombrowski

Prevention is better

In Bangladesh, new preventive approaches are being taken in humanitarian aid
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