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2023 Monitoring report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change

Within the framework of the German Strategy for ⁠Adaptation⁠ to Climate Change (⁠DAS⁠), the Federal government presents the 2023 (third) ⁠Monitoring⁠ Report on the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change.
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Researchers add virtual spatial displacement to extreme flooding scenarios

In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Bruno Merz and Sergiy Vorogushyn from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences proposes a new strategy to motivate society to discuss appropriate flood risk management strategies.
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
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Impacts of climate framework laws: lessons from Germany, Ireland and New Zealand

This report and accompanying technical annex analyse the impact of climate framework laws in three countries, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand, based on evidence from 73 expert interviews and desk research.
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GERICS climate outlook at county level

This report evaluates the projected changes for 17 different climate parameters for each of the 401 German counties, districts, independent cities and regions.
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Reminders of death affect people's behaviours, research finds

Prolonged reminders of death from long-term disasters affect people’s choices and behaviours, finds a new study by King’s College London researchers.
King's College London
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Leveraging social media and crowdsourcing in disaster risk management processes in Europe

This report presents novel approaches rooted in co-created and tested processes to navigate complexity in using social media and crowd-sourcing in disasters primarily for organisations.
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GERICS climate outlook at county level

Diana Rechid, Sebastian Bathiany and Susanne Pfeifer, assess the future climatic changes in Germany at county level, in the GERICS Climate Outlook report.
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Strategy on climate foreign policy of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany

The German Government are aligning their structures and instruments so as to contribute to implementing the global transition to a climate-neutral future in a socially just and economically successful way.

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