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Climate Change: A Planet at Risk

The effects of climate change are intensifying all over the world. Click on the interactive map below to learn more about the situation on each continent. A picture gallery under "Renewable Energy" illustrates ways climate change can be counteracted.

 
 

Climate News

Asia

A THW staff member prepares goods to be flown to Burma

Burma Crisis

A team of German experts hopes to provide clean water to cyclone survivors in Burma.»

 
 

UN

Corn

Pushing for Biosafety

Dispute marked the beginning of a UN bioconference in the former German capital of Bonn.»

 
 

Fuel

Second-generation production facility

The Next Big Thing?

As biofuels from food crops fall out of favor, a new contender takes center stage.»

 
 
 

Multimedia

Biodiversity

Jatropha bud

 
 

Water

Water faucet

 
 

Alternative Energy

Woman holds a solar panel

 
 
 

Emissions

Exhaust from a power station

 
 

Agriculture

Amorphophallus titanum blooms only for a few days, and opens up in the evening; shown here in Bonn

 
 

Auto Industry

Nissan's electric MIXIM

 
 
 

Dossier

Made in Germany: Environmental Initiatives

Coal plant in Germany

DW-WORLD.DE takes a closer look at six German-run projects that aim to combat climate change.  »

 
DW-WORLD.DE

Picture Galleries

Glacier Melt

 
 

Local Effects

 
 

Coastal Views

The coast off Essex