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  • Article from 27.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    How COVID-19 Can Drive Transformational Change in Cities

    … social, economic and environmental systems as economies grind to a standstill. Public transit systems are in a financial tailspin. Already a challenge at the best … cities? From what we have learned so far, national and city leaders should use this opportunity to focus on four key areas where transformational change is … types. In the United States,  more than 26 million new jobless claims  have been filed so far. In India,  more than half a million migrant workers  have left cities …

  • Article from 29.04.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    COVID-19 stimulus packages represent a critical juncture

    … as policies create losers and winners among firms and affected supply chains . Because of these distributional politics, decarbonisation remains a difficult task for … of their national economies. (iii) In democracies, major policy changes depend on public opinion and voting behaviour . There is growing evidence that citizens around …

  • Article from 06.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Sustainability has a solid record as a paradigm of resilience

    … Secondly, the current “crisis mode” is providing impetus for change which we must use. It is an opportunity for a change of direction in organisations, businesses and … with commitment, even in times of crisis, takes perseverance. Regarding the public stabilisation and reconstruction measures after the coronavirus, at the …

  • Article from 07.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Changing direction rather than ramping things up

    … horror of the coronavirus crisis, the realists who want to offset possible deaths caused by the pandemic against the certain losses due to the crisis and revive “the … is the only realistic demand. The pandemic has shown us what is necessary: a public sector that serves the general public , because system-relevant …

  • Article from 11.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    The coronavirus pandemic and protecting the climate – some discus

    … health care and the protection of the climate and rationalises globalisation by focusing on maintaining and redeveloping domestic and regional productive capacities. … in municipalities and parishes; an intensifying of the efforts to conserve and use raw materials efficiently by increasing the use of secondary raw materials and …

  • Article from 11.09.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    Navigating abrupt system changes

    … trajectory? The answer is “no” and, to date, the only time global greenhouse gas emissions have actually substantially reduced is as an unintended result of … lead to a structural reorganization at the whole system level. However, commonly used models in economics, as well as Integrated Assessment Models, are unable to … global inequalities. Resilient societies are societies that create and maintain public goods including a health care system accessible to everyone, and an education …

  • Article from 20.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    The Coronavirus Crisis as a Social and Scientific Challenge

    … towards the guiding concept of sustainability. Otherwise, new money will be used to reinforce rather than correct an already misguided course of development … collective resources and individual interests, as well as the relationship between public services and intervention, and private initiative and responsibility, must be …

  • Article from 18.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Killing two birds with one stone? Green dead ends and ways out of

    … Killing two birds with one stone? Green dead ends and ways out of Public measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic are leading to a severe economic … amount of public money is announced, huge desires arise. The opportunity to make use of these public funds in their own interest, brings lobbyists of every shade to …

  • Article from 16.05.2024 | Last changed: 22.05.2024

    SuMaHO-principles for Management of Harmful Organisms

    … the environment, especially non-biocidal options. If biocidal products need to be used, efficacious options posing the lowest risks for humans and the environment …

  • Article from 22.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Biodiversity as insurance: aligning economic stimulus packages

    … to reverse the trend in biodiversity decline ( IPBES 2019 ) requires enormous public spending. Accordingly, the zero order draft for global biodiversity targets … the further humanity interferes with nature, upsets the balance of ecosystems and causes several individuals of one species to live in a confined space ( BMU 2020 , …

  • Article from 09.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    The use of private capital to provide for climate-friendly recons

    The use of private capital to provide for climate-friendly recons The current corona … approach - activation of private capital for reconstruction in place of additional public indebtedness The current demands of many associations, organisations and …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … earth and thus reduce the global average temperature. SRM would not eliminate the cause of climate change, but merely address global warming as a symptom. Ocean … these changes could be distributed across the Earth is currently being researched using computer models. However, these always contain a certain degree of … computer models. Larger field experiments with balloons have been prevented by the public in the past. However, there is an American company that regularly releases …