The Council's principal tasks are to:
WBGU publishes flagship reports every two years, making its own choice of focal theme. In addition, the German government can commission the Council to prepare special reports and policy papers.
WGBU research focuses on critical changes in the Earth System, identifying ways of mitigating or avoiding related problems, and predicting future trends.
The Earth League, an IIASA research partner, is an international network of leading scientists working on pressing issues facing humankind today. This year’s annual symposium focused on the ambitions and challenges set out in the Paris climate agreement in 2015. More
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is the founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and — along with IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat and Deputy Director Nebojsa Nakicenovic — was one of 18 prominent international scientists to launch the Earth League. More
A new report from the German Advisory Council on Global Change examines the trend of urbanization and its implications for sustainability. More
Civil society must play a key role in the push for a global climate change agreement, according to a new report from the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). More
A comic book on climate change, featuring IIASA Deputy Director General Nebojsa Nakicenovic, is now available in English. More
Environmental protection and poverty eradication go hand in hand, according to a new policy paper from leading scientists including IIASA researchers. More
IIASA Council Chair Peter Lemke has been appointed, and Deputy Director Nebojsa Nakicenovic has been re-appointed to the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), an independent scientific advisory board to the German government. More
A report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has been adapted as a comic for the first time. IIASA Deputy Director Nebojsa Nakicenovic serves on the WBGU and appears in the comic book. More
In order to transform to a system of clean and sustainable energy, Germany and other countries must invest billions in energy transformations. More
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