Research
Current projects (see here for cooperations with the larger team)
WaterForce (Water as a Driver of Change in Bio- and Agrosphere), 2008–2012, a PIK flagship project. Coordinator: Dieter Gerten.
IMPACT2C (Quantifying Projected Impacts Under 2°C Warming), 2011-2015, EU FP7. Coordinator: Daniela Jacob, Climate Service Center, Hamburg, Germany (PIK PIs: Dieter Gerten and Fred Hattermann).
Nachhaltiges Wassermanagement in einer
globalisierten Welt, 2010-2013, BMBF program „Nachhaltigkeit in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2“. Coordinators: Hermann Lotze-Campen and Dieter Gerten, PIK.
Lakes at Risk under Climate Change: Variability Matters, 2009-2013, DFG. Coordinators: Rita Adrian (IGB Berlin) and Dieter Gerten.
ERMITAGE (Enhancing Robustness and Model Integration for The Assessment of Global Environmental Change), 2010-2013, EU FP7, Coordinator: Neil Edwards, Open University, Milton Keynes (UK).
ClimAfrica – Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and adaptations, 2010-2014, EU FP 7, Coordinator: Riccardo Valentini, CMCC, Viterbo, Italy (at PIK: Holger Hoff).
D. Gerten is also engaged in the conference series Blue Planet: Berlin Water Dialogues and the Water Ethics Network and NewsletterFinished projects
WATCH (Water and Global Change), 2007–2011, EU FP6. Coordinator: Richard Harding, CEH Wallingford, UK (PIK PI: Dieter Gerten).
AQUASHIFT (The Impact of Climate Variability on Aquatic Ecosystems: Match and Mismatch Resulting from Shifts in Seasonality and Distribution), 2005–2008, funded by DFG (Schwerpunktprogramm). Coordinator: Ulrich Sommer, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel.
Der Preis des Wassers: Bewertung globaler Wasserressourcen mit Hilfe der dynamischen Optimierung, BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt "Wirtschaftswissenschaften für Nachhaltigkeit", 2007-2010. Coordinators: Hermann Lotze-Campen & Dieter Gerten, PIK.
ENSEMBLES (Ensemble-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts), 2004–2009, Integrated Project in the EU FP6. Director: Paul van der Linden, Met Office Hadley Centre (UK).
GREENWATER (Consistent Assessment of Global Green, Blue and Virtual Water Fluxes in the Context of Food Production), 2005–2008, funded by DFG. Coordinators: Dieter Gerten, Petra Döll, University of Frankfurt.
EPRECOT (Effects of Precipitation Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems), 2005–2006, Workshop and Networking Activity in the EU FP6 in association with the TERACC network. Coordinator: Claus Beier, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde (DK).
CVECA (Climate, Vegetation & Carbon), 2001–2006, funded by BMBF. Coordinator: Wolfgang Lucht, PIK.
BIOS-X (Scenarios of Expanded Human Use of the Biosphere), 2004–2007, PIK-internal project. Coordinator: Wolfgang Lucht.
PBM (Potsdam Biosphere Module), 2004-2007, PIK-internal project. Coordinators: Dieter Gerten, Wolfgang Cramer.
Long-term Response of Lake Ecosystems Differing in Thermal Regime and Trophic Status, 1998–2001, DFG. Coordinator: Rita Adrian, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin.
