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Climate change is a highly contentious topic that has led to such labels such as “alarmists” and “deniers”.  While the former urge immediate and drastic action to stop global climate change, the latter deny many of the key claims made by scientists about climate change.  Among other, less extreme groups, are the “skept ...

The Vienna Tree Protection Act is considered one of the factors that makes Vienna the “most liveable city” in the world.  While Vienna has a highly effective and strictly enforced tree protection ordinance, the rest of Austria vehemently resists such strict nature conservation measures.  Regulations to protect trees an ...

The global climate is constantly changing and global warming is progressing faster than the best models can cope with.  Assessing the future impact of influencing factors requires hundreds of years of simulations as we move further and further away from the reference points (see “Climate models can't explain what's hap ...

Flooding is increasing due to climate change, urbanization and land-use changes.  Nature-based solutions (NBS) are commonly used as innovative and sustainable methods of flood risk management.  In addition to reducing flood risk, NBS also offer economic and ecological benefits for society and the environment.  However, ...

Global climate is constantly changing and global warming is moving faster than the best models can handle.  Assessing the future impact of influencing factors requires hundreds of years of simulations while we are moving further and further away from our reference points.   “We are asking a lot of the models” because m ...