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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 ...

While skepticism is crucial to scientific inquiry and research, the precautionary principle is ambiguous about the distinction between risk and uncertainty.  One challenge for proponents of the precautionary principle is to clarify when evidence that a harmful event could occur is sufficient to consider it a real possi ...