Newsroom – Category: Environment & Climate

ICJ report sees states as having a duty to show more commitment in the climate crisis. Which climate lawsuits have been successful so far - and which have not more

AI can assist early warning systems that predict impacts of extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy rainfall more

Using light to break down and bind CO₂: two new research groups want to make what nature already does much more efficient more

Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology,  shares his assessment of what the Trump administration's policies mean for his American colleagues and national and international climate research more

A weakening of the North Atlantic overturning circulation would cause the ocean to absorb less carbon dioxide - this is associated with economic costs and the climate continues to heat up more

Max Planck researchers are witnessing first-hand the alarming scale of forest fires in the Amazon more

HyFiT fuels can reduce the carbon footprint of heavy goods transport and cut harmful emissions more

Jürgen Renn, Director at the Institute of Geoanthropology, discusses the Institute’s concept, the phenomenon of the "Great Acceleration," and the Jena location more

In this joint interview, Anne Peters and Axel Ockenfels discuss legal and economic approaches to tackling the global climate crisis more

The Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials will explore methods for producing, utilising, and recycling materials in a climate-friendly way more