Christian Wirth

Professor for Spezielle Botanik & Funktionelle Biodiversität

• Why do we need a systems approach to analyze the biodiversity and climate crisis?

The talk will deal with topics discussed in

• IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored Workshop: Biodiversity and Climate Science (Bonn, 2021)

The synopsis of these proceedings provides a good introduction into the topic.

• check the news about the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP 16 in Cali, Colombia, 21 October - 1 November 2024,

Critical assessments.

• Hannah Ritchie and Fiona Spooner: The 2024 Living Planet Index reports a 73% average decline in wildlife populations — what’s changed since the last report?, published online on 10th October 2024 by Our World in Data. Do not miss to inspect the data provided in their interactive chart.
• Steven Cohen: The Biodiversity Council of Parties (COP16) Is Ignored Once Again published online on 28 October on the pages of the Columbia University M.S. in Sustainability Management program.
• Benji Jones: Every country is negotiating a plan to save nature. Except the US. published online on 30 October 2024 on Vox (see also his other articles on the topic).

talk on 7 Nov 2024 — Ringvorlesung in the Winter Term 2024/25