Flagship Report
17.03.2011
In this report, the WBGU explains the reasons for the desperate need for a post-fossil economic strategy, yet it also concludes that the transition to sustainability is achievable, and presents ten…
Press Release
06.06.2007, Berlin
Report "Climate Change as a Security Risk"
The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) will today, at the start of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, submit its report "Climate Change as a…
Flagship Report
06.06.2007
Without resolute counteraction, climate change will overstretch many societies’ adaptive capacities within the coming decades. This could result in destabilization and violence, jeopardizing national…
Press Release
12.02.2007, Berlin
Policy paper for the German EU/G8 dual presidency
The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) will today present its latest policy paper, 'New impetus for climate policy: making the most of…
Press Release
10.12.2005, Berlin/Montreal
United Nations Climate Change Conference ends
The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) welcomes the decision reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal to…
Press Release
11.02.2005, Berlin
Entry into force of Kyoto Protocol on 16.2.2005
For the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), the Kyoto Protocol's entry into force marks an historic turning point in international…