Sustainability and Climate Risks

For the past two weeks, Dr. Kerstin Jantke, Dr. Hao Xia, and Prof. Uwe Schneider welcomed Prof. Trevor Lantz from the University of Victoria to the University of Hamburg. Currently on sabbatical, the landscape ecologist is collaborating with the team on the project SQUEEZE – Protection of the Disappearing Arctic Tundra...

Prof. Jana Sillmann, Deputy Director of the FNK, attended the IPCC Expert Meeting on Methodologies, Metrics and Indicators for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation which was held in Accra, Ghana, from March 3rd to 5th 2026. About 50 invited experts from around the world have gathered for this meeting that was...

On March 5, Isabel Rodríguez Peña presented a colloquium titled "The Socio-Ecological Paradox of the Energy Transition: Mineral Demand, Water Stress, and Environmental Policy Conflicts in Mexico — An Analysis Using the NEXUS Approach". The event took place at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS). Professor Dr...