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Targeted reimbursement: A fair price for CO2
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Postdam, [Germany], September 30 (ANI): If properly designed, a CO2 tax can be both extremely effective and socially just. This is the conclusion of a new study on Global Commons and Climate Change conducted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Mercator Research
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Extreme weather fuels online hate speech: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], September 11 (ANI): Extreme temperatures are fuel for online hate speech, according to a recent study from the German Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
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Risk of climate tipping points escalates at 1.5°C warming: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], September 9 (ANI): New study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany reveals the risk of passing multiple climate tipping points escalates above 1.5°C global warmings.
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Study finds extreme temperatures fuel online hate speech
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], September 8 (ANI): New study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany reveals that extreme temperatures fuel online hate speech.
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Living in timber houses will help save more than 100 billion tonnes of CO2
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], September 3 (ANI): According to new research from Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), living in timber cities could reduce emissions.
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Living in timber cities could avoid more than 100 billion tons of CO2 emis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], August 30 (ANI): New research by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany suggests that living in timber cities could avoid emissions.
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Rapid global turnarounds in energy, food and equity required for prosperou
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Postdam [Germany], August 30 (ANI): After the Club of Rome published its new report 'Earth4all', Co-author of the report and Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Johan Rockstrom said that climate change is a strong attribute of inequity and that countries who have c
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Indian subcontinent to face more very wet monsoon seasons as climate warms
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): The latest generation of climate models projects an increase in severity and frequency of very wet Indian summer monsoon seasons, a new study by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research shows.
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How taxing the rich can help everyone
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Taxing rich people's gains from capital can help reduce inequality while keeping up overall prosperity - yet only with two conditions. First, the revenues from taxation must be invested in public infrastructure such as schools, public transport, or sustainab
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Climate Economics: Policies change people
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], June 9 (ANI): The makers of climate policy should rethink about how people think. A team of researchers led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that abiding by climate-friendly policies actually changes the way people think about what they do.
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Fighting poverty, protecting environment can work together: German policy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], June 2 (ANI): On the occasion of the Stockholm+50 summit which is starting Thursday, a report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) for the German Environment Ministry shows that a decent living for all people and better protection of nature and clima
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Here's how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], May 16 (ANI): According to a study by a team of Potsdam scientists, global food system needs to be transformed in order to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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