Research Field 2
NORTH SOUTH PROJECT
Head: Jürgen P. Kropp
Scientific Coordination: Nadja Rudolf
Phone: ++49 (0)331 288 2664
Fax: ++49 (0)331 288 20709
Email: rudolf(at)pik-potsdam(dot)de
P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam
For visitors: Pappelallee 20, 14469 Potsdam
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The team: Markus Böttle, Luís Costa, Torsten Grothmann, Bernd Hezel, Anne Holsten, Oleksandr Kit, Tabea Lissner, Matthias Lüdeke, Heike Munderloh, Mady Olonschek, Christian Pape, Flavio Pinto Siabatto, Prajal Pradhan, Boris Prahl, Dominik Reusser, Olivia Roithmeier (maternal leave), Anselmo García Cantu Ros, Diego Rybski, Michael Spiess, Till Sterzel, Vera Tekken (guest), Carsten Walther, Tobias Weiss (parental leave), Jana Werg, Markus Wrobel; Master students/scientific assistants: Till Fluschnik, Franziska Kaiser, Lisei Köhn, Julian Kossak, Steffen Kriewald, Julia Marusczyk, Anika Nockert, Olaf Tiemann, Katja Voigt, Bin Zhou
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Rationale and overarching goals
LEAD QUESTION
How can societal and physical infrastructure, their interactions with the environment be transformed to contribute to mitigation, adaptation, and development so that climate and our environment will be stabilised?
The North South Project (NSP) recognizes that changing environments and anthropogenic dynamics are closely related, whereupon a combination of relevant forces – including the unprecedented western life style, economic and demographic growth, urbanization - poses additional stress on Earth’s integrity and finally on humankind itself. Concerning that it is likely that mitigation efforts could be consumed by the growth dynamics in the developing countries. Nevertheless the distribution of current emissions points to an inverse relationship between climate change vulnerability and responsibility. Old-fashioned development pathways such as "economy first" will cause more severe human losses, in particular among the poorest. Therefore, innovative concepts pushing a transition to sustainability in terms of climate protection and development and in a fair cooperation are mandatory. We try to find such solutions considering welfare, climate protection, adaptation, and sustainable development.
Flagship Projects
- Mitigation, Adaptation and Sustainability (TripleWin)
- Infrastructural Dynamics under Climate Change (InfraDyn-C)
