At the limits of adaptation, governments face a choice: point fingers, or seize the moment for transformational change.

Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.

Floods and landslides have killed at least 860 people in Indonesia. Many villages remain buried under mud and debris. On the island of Sumatra, DW's Jakarta correspondent met a woman who lost her home...

Climate models suggest that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is unlikely to collapse this century, owing to stabilization from wind-driven upwelling in the Southern Ocean.

An interview with the ClimTip project

Our Net Zero Economy Index reveals that the global reduction in carbon intensity has stalled to its lowest level in over a decade. The world must now decarbonise at a rate twenty times faster if we ar...

Our findings suggest that the role of fire in the future of forests needs greater attention..

Wie schnell sich Deutschland erhitzt, das ging in den Statistiken des Deutschen Wetterdienstes bisher unter. Deshalb nutzen die Forscher ab jetzt ein neues Verfahren.

CO₂ emissions directly increase the amount of energy trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere. This is not a vague or future issue—it is physical reality.

From 7 to 10 April 2025, climate scientists, Earth system modellers, impact researchers, and science communicators will gather in Paris for a week dedicated to advancing our understanding of climat…

The ClimTIP project continues its webinar series with a look at the impacts and uncertainties of Atlantic Ocean circulation shutdown.