Germany’s
sustainability tech industry,
in focus.

Flood Risk and Management

18.9% of this theme group

Researchers highlight challenges in flood mitigation, risk assessment, and resilient urban planning.

Flood myth (1,109) · Flooding (538) · Flood mitigation (250) · Flood risk management (83)

Flood risk and flood management

Flood resiliency approach for urban planning: critical review and future research agenda

Climate Change Governance

17.6% of this theme group

Papers discuss political, economic, and justice dimensions of global warming and policy responses.

Climate change (995) · Political economy of climate change (223) · Global warming (140) · Climate justice (77)

Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Transforming Economies and Policies for a Sustainable Future

Public Perceptions Of Climate Change: Risk, Trust, and Policy

Agriculture and Climate Impacts

16.3% of this theme group

Studies examine how climate change threatens food security and agricultural productivity.

Agriculture (627) · Food security (300) · Climate change (755) · Agricultural productivity (90)

Climate change adaptation: Challenges for agricultural sustainability

A Comprehensive Review on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Challenges in Agriculture

Urban Climate Resilience

15.0% of this theme group

Research focuses on building resilient cities and communities amid climate pressures.

Resilience (601) · Climate change (559) · Climate resilience (230) · Urban resilience (107)

Shaping resilient buildings and cities: Climate change impacts, metrics, and strategies for mitigation and adaptation

Empowering Communities for Climate Resilience

Climate Finance and Risk

11.9% of this theme group

Works explore financial system exposure to climate risks and management strategies.

Climate risk (290) · Climate Finance (147) · Climate change (560) · Risk management (129)

Climate Change and the Financial System

Managing Climate-Related Financial Risk: Prospects and Challenges

Psychological Resilience to Climate

10.7% of this theme group

Investigations address community and individual capacity to adapt to climate stressors.

Psychological resilience (564) · Climate change (534) · Resilience (305) · Climate resilience (161)

Assessing community resilience to climate change

Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Vulnerability and Adaptation

9.6% of this theme group

Literature reviews pathways to reduce vulnerability through climate adaptation measures.

Adaptation (315) · Climate change (530) · Vulnerability (212) · Climate change adaptation (82)

Climate change and development: adaptation through transformation

Transforming Vulnerability into Resilience: Strategies for Climate Adaptation

Agricultural Climate Cautions

18.2% of this theme group

Authors caution about limits and trade‑offs of climate‑smart farming practices.

Agriculture (143) · Food security (57) · Climate change (158) · Agricultural productivity (26)

Conservation agriculture and climate resilience

Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia

Flood Mitigation Limits

16.8% of this theme group

Studies warn of uncertainties in drainage design and natural flood management effectiveness.

Flood myth (193) · Hydrology (90) · Flooding (79) · Surface runoff (34)

Many-Objective Optimization of Sustainable Drainage Systems in Urban Areas with Different Surface Slopes

Evaluating the effectiveness of land use management as a natural flood management intervention in reducing the impact of flooding for an upl

Financial Portfolio Climate Risks

15.8% of this theme group

Research highlights challenges in integrating climate risk into investment and lending decisions.

Climate risk (73) · Climate change (136) · Portfolio (20) · Stock (19)

Firm climate risk, risk management, and bank loan financing

Climate transition risk and bank lending

Equity in Climate Policies

14.6% of this theme group

Papers raise concerns about unequal impacts and social justice in climate adaptation schemes.

Climate change (165) · Political economy of climate change (21) · Global warming (19) · Climate risk (35)

Weather index insurance: promises and challenges of promoting social and ecological resilience to climate change

Unequal impacts of future droughts on global croplands: contributions of climate and land-use changes across different income groups

Infrastructure Flood Safety

13.5% of this theme group

Analyses point to gaps in levee management and insurance modeling under changing climate.

Flood myth (164) · Flooding (64) · Flood mitigation (39) · Flood risk management (16)

Better use and management of levees: reducing flood risk in a changing climate

Application of re/insurance models to estimate increases in flood risk due to climate change

Policy Resilience Trade‑offs

12.5% of this theme group

Works discuss unintended consequences of climate policies on resource management and urban sustainability.

Resilience (55) · Climate change (94) · Climate resilience (29) · Environmental resource management (19)

Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change

Sustainable, green, and climate-resilient cities: an analysis of multilateral development banks

Community Resilience Challenges

8.7% of this theme group

Research notes difficulties in scaling community‑based adaptation and integrating resilience into practice.

Psychological resilience (95) · Resilience (46) · Climate change (76) · Climate resilience (26)

Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

Food Security Under a Changing Climate: Exploring the Integration of Resilience in Research and Practice

Innovative Flood Risk Solutions

18.2% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on new modeling, land‑use scenarios, and mitigation technologies for flood management.

Flood myth (960) · Flooding (324) · Flood mitigation (215) · Flood risk assessment (108)

Land Use Scenario Modeling for Flood Risk Mitigation

Flood damage: a model for consistent, complete and multipurpose scenarios

Adaptive Climate Strategies

16.3% of this theme group

Papers highlight emerging approaches to build climate resilience and reduce vulnerability.

Climate change (751) · Adaptation (180) · Vulnerability (151) · Climate model (54)

Building Africa’s climate resilience: understanding the impacts and future strategies in the face of climate change

Changing Climate Changing Behaviour

Climate‑Smart Agriculture

15.5% of this theme group

Research showcases practices that enhance productivity while adapting to a changing climate.

Agriculture (528) · Food security (192) · Agricultural productivity (69) · Climate change (438)

Exploring the dynamics of climate-smart agricultural practices for sustainable resilience in a changing climate

Enhancing climate resilience of cropping systems.

Urban Resilience Frameworks

14.5% of this theme group

Studies propose integrated tools and services to strengthen city‑wide climate risk management.

Resilience (474) · Urban resilience (111) · Psychological resilience (229) · Climate change (375)

An Integrated Framework to Streamline Resilience in the Context of Urban Climate Risk Assessment

Climate change and emerging risks. Innovative urban climate services as a strategy to improve resilience of human systems.

Hydrologic Modeling Advances

13.1% of this theme group

Works present GIS and simulation techniques for improved flood mitigation in watersheds.

Flood myth (611) · Hydrology (294) · Flooding (230) · Hydrograph (58)

Modeling effectiveness of management practices for flood mitigation using GIS spatial analysis functions in Upper Cilliwung watershed

Simulating the hydrologic impact of distributed flood mitigation practices, tile drainage, and terraces in an agricultural catchment

Urban Flood Resilience Design

12.7% of this theme group

Research develops methodologies for assessing and enhancing flood resilience in growing cities.

Flood myth (623) · Flooding (331) · Urbanization (143) · Flood mitigation (181)

Methodology for flood resilience assessment in urban environments and mitigation strategy development

Modelling and resilience-based evaluation of urban drainage and flood management systems for future cities

Climate Finance Innovation

9.8% of this theme group

Papers explore new frameworks for assessing and disclosing climate‑related financial risks.

Climate risk (235) · Climate change (354) · Portfolio (72) · Climate Finance (62)

Dissecting climate change risk and financial market instability: Implications for ecological risk management

Climate-related Financial Risks: Considering an Emerging Framework for Assessment and Disclosure in a Regulatory Perspective

Berlin

46.4% across the displayed hubs

31 companies hiring · $3.1B disclosed funding

Munich

16.4% across the displayed hubs

26 companies hiring · $822.8M disclosed funding

Hamburg

11.5% across the displayed hubs

10 companies hiring · $132.2M disclosed funding

Cologne

6.2% across the displayed hubs

9 companies hiring · $106.1M disclosed funding

Stuttgart

5.6% across the displayed hubs

2 companies hiring · $20.1M disclosed funding

Dresden

5.1% across the displayed hubs

6 companies hiring · $231.7M disclosed funding

Aachen

4.8% across the displayed hubs

6 companies hiring · $83.3M disclosed funding

Frankfurt Am Main

4.1% across the displayed hubs

3 companies hiring · $25.1M disclosed funding