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  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Getting through the crisis: with the right goals in mind

    … we are familiar from climate policy. Managing the coronavirus crisis and protecting human life currently has top priority. The picture of the world afterwards remains … we are familiar from climate policy. Managing the coronavirus crisis and protecting human life currently has top priority. The picture of the world afterwards remains …

  • Article from 06.06.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    The virus has made it clear: the future is now

    … in the Global Sustainability Report of the UN : In our highly networked world, human well-being and an intact environ-ment depend on the ability to take action … in the Global Sustainability Report of the UN : In our highly networked world, human well-being and an intact environ-ment depend on the ability to take action …

  • Article from 29.04.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    COVID-19 stimulus packages represent a critical juncture

    … programs could kick-start the fastest and largest decarbonisation project in human history. Reality, however, is messier. Some of the sectors and firms … programs could kick-start the fastest and largest decarbonisation project in human history. Reality, however, is messier. Some of the sectors and firms …

  • Article from 07.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Changing direction rather than ramping things up

    … of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (KWI), Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen (Germany). Leggewie was a fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences (IWM) Vienna (1994 and 2006), Max Weber Chair at New York University …

  • Article from 11.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Navigating abrupt system changes

    …   There are five important points that I want to make here: Non-linear changes in human societies are possible and observed. Sometimes the pace of change increases … crises cascading through global trade networks, financial systems, or patterns of human mobility is high. In addition, global crises of varying natures are likely to …

  • Article from 20.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    The Coronavirus Crisis as a Social and Scientific Challenge

    … holistically as being "planetary health", i.e. as the interdependent resilience of human health, societies and ecosystems. In this respect, the economic and social … perspectives are crucial in order to rise to the further challenges and threats to human societies. (Jointly with Christoph Rosol, Benjamin Steininger, Thomas Turnbull …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    Questions and Answers on Water Reuse

    … If these are not removed sufficiently thoroughly from the waste water, risks to human health, soil, groundwater, plants and animals result.  The three-stage waste … exposure of the environment and human beings plays a role - e.g. the risk to humans posed by the consumption of raw food is higher than it is in the case of …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … pesticides, biocides and other chemicals can have effects on the environment and human health even in low concentrations. These micropollutants are increasingly … pesticides, biocides and other chemicals can have effects on the environment and human health even in low concentrations. These micropollutants are increasingly …

  • Article from 06.03.2025 | Last changed: 06.03.2025

    Formaldehyde

    Gronspanplatten gestapelt

    … are classified as follows: Category 1A (substances known to be carcinogenic to humans), Category 1B (substances likely to be carcinogenic to humans) and Category 2 …