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Ukraine

Safety and new jobs for persecuted scientists

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative is supporting Ukrainian and Afghani scholars at risk

Our view

There is no excuse for lacking action anymore

Extreme weather is no longer only a natural phenomenon, but exacerbated by human-made climate change

Agriculture

How the climate crisis affects cotton production in Pakistan

Rising temperatures have contributed to a 50 % decline in cotton production in Pakistan

Health care

Covid-19 vaccine rollout: upsides and downsides in Africa

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, but vaccinations help to make people’s lives safer

Global environment

The climate crisis is escalating fast

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns 1.5 degree-Celsius limit will probably be breached, at least temporarily

Philipp Schwartz Initiative

Safety and new jobs for displaced scholars

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative helps at-risk researchers to come to Germany

Transformation to sustainbility

New mindset needed

How to make transformation happen

Outdated paradigms

Shaping a common sustainable future

In view of environmental crisis, political economist wants economic activity, growth and consumption to be reconsidered

Restitution

The return of the Benin objects

Hamburg Museum will return first Benin bronzes to Nigeria this year

Climate crisis

Ban solar geoengineering

If a technology’s risks cannot be assessed, it must not be used – and certainly not globally

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