Climate Change – Resources and Conflict

Scrap devastating fishing subsidies to help save the ocean and climate

Annabelle Bladon Climate Change, Fishing, Global Governance July 29, 2020January 16, 2023 0 Comment

by Annabelle Bladon, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

The World Trade Organization resumed talks on fishing subsidies this week. Originally, it committed that by the end of 2019 it would prohibit the subsidies that are causing overfishing and damaging the life of the ocean. But despite the urgency, it failed to meet this deadline. This has significant implications for life in the ocean, the health and livelihoods of poor coastal communities in developing countries and climate change.

“COP23 Makes Progress”

Janpeter Schilling Climate Change, Energy, Interview December 1, 2017February 14, 2018 0 Comment

Jun. Prof. Dr. Janpeter Schilling attended the UN World Climate Conference (COP23) in Bonn. In the interview with R&C he shares his impressions and assesses the progress made at the conference. Read more

Energy Transitions Revisited: The Material and Socio-Political Dimensions of Renewable Energy Technologies

Linda Wallbott & Judith Kreuter Climate Change, Conference report, Energy, Institutions October 25, 2017February 14, 2018 0 Comment

by Linda Wallbott & Judith Kreuter, Institute of Political Science / Technische Universität Darmstadt

Renewable energies are often regarded as a silver bullet to abundant social and ecological problems, amongst them the rising energy-hunger and the challenges of anthropogenic climate change. However, the transition towards renewable energies is paved with conflict – be they discursive contestation, resource competition (including access to land), or concerning policy aims and trade-offs. Read more