Climate Change
Volume 10/2009 Summer
California is a Seismograph 
IP interviews German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier about his California offensive
Volume 10/2009 Spring
Learning from Europe's Mistakes
Essay by Andreas Kraemer
Europe has been focusing on greater energy efficiency for some time, while the United States has lagged behind. But with its impressive capacity for innovation, the United States still has the potential to become an alternative energy role model alongside Europe. Ultimately, together they will have to prepare the rest of the world for the effects of climate change.
Volume 9/2008 Winter
The Geopolitics of Food Scarcity
Essay by Lester R. Brown
Falling water tables, eroding soils, and rising temperatures are undermining food production—and this as the global population grows. In some countries social order has already begun to break down in the face of soaring prices and spreading hunger. Could the worldwide food crisis portend the failure of global civilization?
Volume 9/2008 Winter
Apocalypse Soon
Essay by Harald Welzer
Despite all the recent attention, climate change is still an under-estimated threat: Should immediate and decisive measures not be taken, it could imperil the economic and social foundations of the democratic order itself. In parts of the world, there are already violent conflicts directly or indirectly related to global warming
Volume 9/2008 - Winter
Russia’s Achilles’ Heel: Climate Change
Essay by Sascha Müller-Kraenner
Energy policy is at the center of the EU’s relationship with Russia. Cooperation on climate change has so far been limited, even though both Russia and the EU have ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Enhancing cooperation on climate change could also expand the energy agenda beyond oil and gas. The current negotiations between the EU and Russia have the potential to advance an integrated energy and climate agenda
Volume 9/2008 Winter
Back to the Future of Farming
Article by Hans Herren
To rid the world of hunger, global policies have to be radically rethought. The key lies in production methods that rely on the sustainable use of natural resources. Mass production agrobusiness at the lowest possible cost is self-defeating. A third of all fertile land is already severely damaged by industrial cultivation. In developing countries, huge tracts of arable land have been turned into semi-desert.
