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Natural forest reserves as a means of offsetting methane emissions from rice cultivation
The West African states want to become less dependent on rice imports and are promoting regional cultivation. In the journal Environmental Research Letters, scientists led by CCR board member Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann have now published a study that examines the semi-arid savannah forests of West Africa as potential methane sinks for offsetting methane emissions from rice cultivation.

Do early warning signals of tipping points lead to better decisions?

Land Use, Climate Change, and Hydrological Extremes – CCR member Prof. Fiener contributed to an opinion article
Floods, droughts, and heatwaves are increasing globally. This is typically attributed to CO2-driven climate change. In an opinion article for Hydrology and Earth System Science, Peter Fiener and colleagues argue that the focus on CO2-driven climate change is leading to a shift in focus away from potentially more important drivers of floods and droughts: past land-use changes.

The World Climate Game at the CCR

Call for Master and Ph.D. students - CASCADE October 17 - 26, 2025, Split, Croatia
Students will receive training in systemic risk, a concept that analyzes the accumulation of risks and tipping points through cascading effects of systems and sectors.

Social science research on climate change shows ways out of the implementation crisis

‘What you see is not what you get: ESG scores and greenwashing risk"

Review: Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research

Global carbon management – the earth as a rubbish tip?

威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 receives excellent rating in the WirtschaftsWoche business and economics ranking
The 威尼斯赌博游戏_威尼斯赌博app-【官网】 of Augsburg belongs to the top 10 percent of places to study business and economics in Germany. According to the current WirtschaftsWoche ranking, the university is ranked 18th among German universities and 24th among universities in the D-A-CH region.

Call for Sessions for the congress "New Cultural Geography" 2025
