Headline: RIFS Blog April 2020

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Im Blog des Forschungsinstituts für Nachhaltigkeit (RIFS) schreiben Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter aus allen Bereichen des Instituts. Die Themen reichen von Forschungsergebnissen über Veranstaltungsberichte bis hin zu Kommentaren über politische Entwicklungen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren äußern auf dem RIFS-Blog ihre persönliche Meinung.

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Arctic
Hydrogen
Social Justice
UN
Covid-19
Fellows
Coal phase-out
UN Climate Negotiations
Air quality
Mobility
Systemic risks
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Potsdam Summer School
Oceans
Narratives
Governance
Globalisation
Energy transition
Economy
Digitalisation
Democracy
Co-Creation
Climate engineering
Climate
Futures

Many countries are riding a wave of digitalization in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with office staff working from home, friends meeting on video conferencing platforms, online trade booming and governments rolling out tracing apps to track infection chains. However, developing and emerging countries could suffer setbacks in their efforts to strengthen their economies and societies through the adoption of digital technologies. Now more than ever, states must double down on efforts to ensure a globally just digital transition.