Hägele, Ramona / Okka Lou Mathis (2020)
The Current Column, 25 May 2020
Despite the brief dip in greenhouse gas emissions related to COVID-19, the pandemic’s consequences may seriously set back climate action around the globe.
Högl, Maximilian / Christine Hackenesch / Daniel Stockemer (2020)
The Current Column, 15 June 2020
Whether it is US president Donald Trump, who initially talked down the risks of the Sars-CoV-2 virus for the US or Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, who dismissed the virus as a media trick and temporarily prevented the publication of infection numbers – right-wing populist governments are currently not distinguishing themselves through effective crisis management.
Dick, Eva (2020)
The Current Column, 09 April 2020
Repeated reference has been made to the risks associated with COVID-19. Nonetheless, there has so far been insufficient consideration given to the urban dimension of the crisis.
Strupat, Christoph / Paul Marschall (2020)
The Current Column, 29 April 2020
The corona crisis has grave consequences for health, the economy and society. Pandemics such as COVID-19, Ebola and cholera will return repeatedly unless we understand what causes them. New infectious diseases in humans are often unleashed by viruses and bacteria in wild animals.
Broocks, Anne-Katrin / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2020)
The Current Column, 11 May 2020
How is the spread of the coronavirus related to marginalisation? An analysis of Guayaquil, the major Ecuadorian city bearing the brunt of Covid-19.
Stamm, Andreas / Jeffrey Orozco (2020)
The Current Column, 04 May 2020
The Costa Rican government has proposed to the WHO that it should lead a global effort to pool intellectual rights on technologies that are useful against Covid-19.
Müngersdorff, Maximilian / Tim Stoffel (2020)
The Current Column, 14 May 2020
The corona crisis is intensifying social ills in many global supply chains. The negative consequences are hitting workers in the producer countries of the global South particularly hard.
Burni, Aline (2020)
The Current Column, 25 June 2020
Although populist leaders fail to provide adequate responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, it is too early to say that the virus has killed populism for good.