Simon Merschroth
merschroth.bsky.social
Simon Merschroth
@merschroth.bsky.social
Scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | working on climate and conflict, with a focus on migration
Full version of Climate Conflict Vulnerability Index now online.

Our index maps the (co)occurrence of climate and conflict risks on a global level. The index is updated quarterly and provided at a 0.5° gridded spatial resolution.

Explore the data here: climate-conflict.org/www
September 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by Simon Merschroth
New release of the Climate Conflict Vulnerability Index of the German government*, with design from @moritzstefaner.bsky.social

climate-conflict.org/www

*Developed: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Bundeswehr University Munich, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office
July 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The code for our project on the global overlap of climate and conflict risk is now available as open source
Viel Spaß gehabt vorhin bei #re:publica #rp25 unser tolles Projekt climate-conflict.org vorzustellen.

-> Website und Klima-Konfliktindex sind öffentlich verfügbar, transparent dokumentiert, und seit heute auch Open Source & Data. Hier alle Links aus unserem Vortrag vorhin t1p.de/9tt0c

#CCVI
May 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Simon Merschroth
The US does not stand for freedom and democracy any more, but is sliding fast into tyranny. Harvard is punished for standing up to this.
If you’re in the US and not doing something now, soon you will be unable to do anything.
We know this from experience here in Germany.
Trump just revoked the ability for foreign students to enroll at Harvard. Every foreign student, which is in the thousands, enrolled for next year at Harvard will not be able to continue studying if this isn't challenged in court.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Habitability is subjective and moderated by one‘s position in the socio-ecological system. Place connectivity and place attachment matter for habitability perception in the context of climate change.

Final version out now: doi.org/10.12854/erd...

@hasterly.bsky.social @transformres.bsky.social
Subjectivity and Social Positions Shape Habitability in the Context of Environmental Change: a Qualitative Case Study in Northern Ghana | DIE ERDE – Journal of the Geographical Society of Be...
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:27 PM