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Manual showing how to adapt to climate change presented in Glasgow

11 November 2021
Anthology by professor at HAW Hamburg presented to UN Climate Conference

Climate researcher Walter Leal, professor at HAW Hamburg and head of the Research and Transfer Centre for Sustainability and Climate Impact Management (FTZ NK) there, has presented a manual on climate change management at the 26th World Climate Conference underway in Glasgow ("COP26"). More than 600 authors focus on adaptation and transformation processes necessitated by climate change in the "Handbook of Climate Change Management, Research, Leadership, Transformation".

Klimawandel-Management: erfolgreiche Beispiele für Anpassung

„Es besteht ein enormer Bedarf an einem ganzheitlicheren Verständnis der Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Länder und Regionen. Untersucht werden muss außerdem, wie die vielen Probleme, die durch die Erderwärmung verursacht werden, bewältigt werden können“, sagt Leal, der einer von 200 Leitautoren des Sechsten Sachstandsberichts des Weltklimarats (IPCC) aus dem August dieses Jahres ist. „Wir haben hier vor allem eine bessere Anpassungsfähigkeit im Blick. Daher zeigen wir in unserem inzwischen sechsbändigen Handbuch erfolgreiche Beispiele, wie die sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Probleme, die der Klimawandel aufwirft, angegangen und bewältigt werden können.“

W. Leal

Focus on research, leadership and transformation

The "Handbook on Climate Change Management - Research, Leadership, Transformation" is reportedly the largest non-publicly funded editorial project on climate change adaptation. It includes essays by scientists, representatives of social movements and members of government agencies. All of the authors conduct research and implement projects in different regions. "The focus of the manual is on research, leadership and transformation - all key areas related to practices that promote adaptive capacity to global climate change. We want to support government officials in their work among others. To this end, the book offers an excellent and solid source of information," said Leal. 

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