Climate protection and sustainable development are areas that are intricately interwoven over the long term.
For example, using biomass to produce “clean” energy to limit global warming could potentially result in increasing deforestation, biodiversity loss or rising food prices.

The complexity of the possible consequences of these (climate) policy actions requires a forward-looking, international perspective.
Here, the role of science could be to provide a sound informational basis without prescribing policy decisions.

The target groups of the policy advice of MCC are, among others, decision-makers from international organizations, parliaments and public administration as well as stakeholders from private-sector companies and NGOs.
Climate protection and sustainable development are areas that are intricately interwoven over the long term. For example, using biomass to produce “clean” energy to limit global warming could potentially result in increasing deforestation, biodiversity loss or rising food prices.
The complexity of the possible consequences of these (climate) policy actions requires a forward-looking, international perspective. Here, the role of science could be to provide a sound informational basis without prescribing policy decisions.
The target groups of the policy advice of MCC are, among others, decision-makers from international organizations, parliaments and public administration as well as stakeholders from private-sector companies and NGOs.
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change