From 29 September to 1 October 2025, the interdisciplinary research community engaged in archetype analysis convened for the 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research. Hosted at the Thรผnen Institute of Biodiversity in Braunschweig, Germany, the event brought together around 40 researchers, providing a dynamic forum for exchanging and advancing ideas at the... Continue Reading →
In 2022, Czech Globe in cooperation with the Institute of Informatics of the CAS completed the project "Adaptation challenges of cities: supporting sustainable planning using integrated vulnerability analysis", supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. The project has developed an integrated methodology for assessing the vulnerability to future temperature extremes in cities, which... Continue Reading →
V ฤervnu 2024 probฤhl jiลพ druhรฝ vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop na tรฉma resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ vedenรฝ tรฝmem vฤdcลฏ a vฤdkyล z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI pลฏsobรญcรญch takรฉ na รstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR. Na workshopu se s vรฝzkumnรฝm tรฝmem setkali opฤt takรฉ aktรฉลi a aktรฉrky sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤesku. Jednรญm z cรญlลฏ setkรกnรญ bylo pลedstavit dosavadnรญ vรฝsledky... Continue Reading →
SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital) is a Horizon Europe project with the mission to provide robust practical information and recommendations on ecosystem services to stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. SELINA will develop guidance for evidence-based decision-making that supports the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of ecosystems. Through... Continue Reading →
This blog post summarises a recently published article Understanding the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport and health nexus in Europe by Kim et al. 2024, also co-authored by the Czech Globe team represented by Romana Jungwirth Bลezovskรก, Simeon Vaลo and Alejandrina Viesca-Ramirez. This work is part of the wider activities... Continue Reading →
With the global climate negotiations progressing, and countries now - for the first time ever! - being called on to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, the role of biodiversity in tackling the climate crisis is becoming more and more apparent. Unprecedentedly, the most awaited final text of COP28, the Outcome of the... Continue Reading →
Vฤdkynฤ a vฤdci z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI uspoลรกdali v listopadu 2023 workshop resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ pro aktรฉry sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤesku. Tento navazoval na pลedchozรญ spoluprรกci a pลedstavoval รบvodnรญ ฤรกst vรฝzkumnรฉho projektu zamฤลenรฉho na adaptaci na zmฤny klimatu a ลeลกenรญ krizovรฝch situacรญ. Hlavnรญm cรญlem byla prezentace vรฝzkumnรฝch vรฝsledkลฏ z oblasti sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉ resilience a pลedstavenรญ konceptu... Continue Reading →
Mฤsto Veฤพkรฝ ล ariลก, kterรฉ se nachรกzรญ na vรฝchodnรญm Slovensku, se v roce 2022 zapojilo do projektu MรSES+, v rรกmci kterรฉho zรญskalo strategickรฝ dokument Mรญstnรญ รบzemnรญ systรฉm ekologickรฉ stability (MรSES) s pลidanou sociรกlnรญ dimenzรญ (+). *Mรญstnรญ รบzemnรญ systรฉm ekologickรฉ stability - รSES - je zรกkladnรญm nรกstrojem ochrany pลรญrody a krajiny, rozmanitosti podmรญnek a forem ลพivota, jakoลพ... Continue Reading →
Climate change and its impacts, such as extreme heat, represent an unprecedented challenge for cities, causing overheating and threatening the future prosperity, health and well-being of urban residents. Climate adaptation is one of the central topics for sustainable cities and societies. Yet, we have limited knowledge about the magnitude of climate change that we will... Continue Reading →
Last summer I started my research on conservation-development conflicts in the process of returning large carnivores in Europe (namely wolves in the Czech Republic) to the wild. A year later I returned to the field and spent two weeks among farmers in the cultural landscape of the Beskid Mountains area. Preliminary results show social injustices... Continue Reading →
Uncertainties arising from the climate crisis and socioeconomic challenges are a key issue for urban planners in terms of future sustainability and wellbeing.ย Climate change adaptation planning and practice have gained more attention in the past decade, and many cities around the world, including the cities in the Czech Republic, have adopted climate change adaptation... Continue Reading →
LIFE Tree Check (โSo the city doesnโt burnโ) is a project led by Nadace Partnerstvรญ in which we are partners. It aims to help Central European cities to effectively tackle climate change. The intention is to strengthen green-blue infrastructure and the knowledge of city councillors and residents about its importance in a variety of ways... Continue Reading →
In our recent blog post we argued that engaging in climate adaptation does not undermine the willingness of individuals to engage in climate mitigation and vice versa.ย In another study that is currently under review in a peer-reviewed journal (preprint of this study is linked here) we studied what values are typically associated with individual... Continue Reading →
Vย letech 2018โ2022 รstav vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤny AV ฤR ve spoluprรกci sย รstavem informatiky AV ฤR realizoval projekt โAdaptaฤnรญ vรฝzvy mฤst: podpora udrลพitelnรฉho plรกnovรกnรญ sย vyuลพitรญm integrovanรฉ analรฝzy zranitelnostiโ, kterรฝ byl podpoลen Technologickou agenturou ฤR (TAฤR) vย rรกmci programu รTA. Cรญlem projektu bylo na pลรญkladu Prahy, Brna a Ostravy vyvinout jednotnou metodiku pro hodnocenรญ budoucรญ zranitelnosti mฤst vลฏฤi teplotnรญm... Continue Reading →
We have just published a preprint of a new study together with colleagues from the Department of remote sensing. The preprint reports the results of three studies conducted on residents of Czech cities of Brno and ฤeskรฉ Budฤjovice (N = 1,877) in which we explored heat perception in cities during summer heatwaves. Using street view... Continue Reading →
Would you like to read our highlights of 2021? We have prepared a little newsletter to show you what we have done over the last year. We wish you a wonderful winter holiday, and look forward to seeing you again in 2022. highlights2021_finalDownload
Project LIFE LOCAL ADAPT aims to integrate climate change adaptation into the work of urban authorities on a local level. Six partners from four countries (figure 1) came together in 2016 to start a five-year project that addressed: Improvement of data and information base on climate change impactsEnhancing the knowledge of municipalities on climate change... Continue Reading →
In our new paper in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, we report results from an experimental cross-cultural study conducted in Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. We found that support for climate adaptation does not undermine peopleโs commitment to climate mitigation and vice versa. In fact, we found that prior focus on climate adaptation increases worry... Continue Reading →
Eskalujรญcรญ klimatickรก zmฤna se vรญce ฤi mรฉnฤ hmatatelnฤ dotรฝkรก vลกech aspektลฏ naลกeho ลพivota a jejรญ dopady mลฏลพeme pociลฅovat bez ohledu na to, kde ลพijeme. To jen v zรกvislosti na mรญstnรญch podmรญnkรกch se liลกรญ charakter a sรญla tฤchto vlivลฏ. Zรกroveล ลพijeme v takzvanรฉm sociรกlnฤ-ekologickรฉm systรฉmu, ve kterรฉm je ฤlovฤk a pลรญroda kompletnฤ provรกzรกn โ lidskรก ฤinnost mรก pลรญmรฝ... Continue Reading →
The impacts of climate change on urban life require response in terms of adaptation planning. We investigated perceptions of and economic preferences for urban climate adaptation through nature-based solutions (NBS) in Prague and found that: (i) increased use of NBS is likely to generate significant economic public value; (ii) people perceive the species diversity of the NBS measures positively; (iii) NBS implemented in...
This blog post summarises the background and core ideas of the recently published article dealing with the inclusive approaches to green space planning and governance in cities as part of my doctoral research. When doing my Masterโs, I got deeply interested in the topic of urban sustainability. It all started with my teacher talking about... Continue Reading →
When it comes to large carnivores in Europe, what are the main issues described by farmers, foresters and herd keepers, and what are the just measures to give both parties (animals and humans) their needed living space? The return of large carnivores to Europe as a means of rewilding nature is gradually becoming one of the burning issues for a variety of... Continue Reading →
Cities provide a locus for sustainability. We live on an increasingly urban planet. Roughly three-quarters of Europeโs population lives in cities today, including the Czech republic. Scientists predict that this will be the case for the rest of the world by the second half of this century. People are moving into cities and thus cities... Continue Reading →
Cities and large urban areas are major drivers of global environmental change that has negative impacts on human well-being. Consequently, urban areas are one of the most vulnerable to these impacts since they centre a large share of the population and economy. At the same time, urban areas are an important player in shaping policy... Continue Reading →
Climate crisis is happening here and nowโฆ and we must act! But do we know the whats, wheres, whens, and hows? We are witnessing an escalating climate crisis worldwide. Urban areas, accommodating a large portion of the worldโs population, experience growing concerns from climate-related impacts in relatively compact space. Increasing risks of heatwaves due to... Continue Reading →
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