Tag:Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050

Energy, transport, heating and industrial transition: a major modelling study now provides EU-wide guidance with high sector detail on the required pace of transition...

How Europe can use emissions trading to also manage carbon removals

The emissions trading system launched by the European Union in 2005 could one day also be used to capture CO₂ on a large scale....

Forest damage in Europe to rise by around 20% by 2100 – Study

Forest damage in Europe caused by wildfires, storms and bark beetle outbreaks is projected to increase compared to recent decades under all analysed climate...

Global warming has accelerated since 2015, says study

Global warming has accelerated since 2015, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Global warming is the long-term increase in...

New study identifies sequence of critical thresholds for Antarctic ice basins

The Antarctic ice sheet does not behave as one single tipping element, but as a set of interacting basins with different critical thresholds. This is...

Climate change could halve areas suitable for cattle, sheep, goat farming by 2100 – Study

A new study conducted at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that grassland-based grazing systems – currently covering a third of...

Book dispels five misconceptions about carbon pricing

Gradually increasing the price of fossil fuels is considered a key element of effective climate policy – and yet it remains the subject of...

Study identifies 23 levers for a sustainable food system

A large-scale model study has shown how the global food system can contribute to the fight against global heating. It identifies 23 levers, calculates their...

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The N129m question hanging over Lagos’ Obalende Underbridge Beautification Project

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The N129m question hanging over Lagos’ Obalende Underbridge Beautification Project

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