Externally Funded Projects
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Title: Klimaschutz, Entwicklung und Gerechtigkeit: Dekarbonisierung in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern
Duration: August 2010 until July 2013
Budget: 500.000 € funded by BMBF
Description:
No. 9211 - RoSE
Title: Roadmaps towards Sustainable Energy Futures
Duration: January 2010 until December 2012
Budget: total of 1,170.000 € (545.000 € for PIK) funded by the Mercator Foundation
Description: In cooperation with FEEM in Italy, JGCR Institute in the USA, ERI and the Tsinghua University in China PIK scientists set up a model-based analysis of the economy of climate policies targeting at carbon dioxid stabilization at 450 and 550 ppm. The aim of this project is to provide a portfolio of roadmaps for establishing sustainable energy systems that also shows options for ambitious aims in climate policy.
No. 9170 - GLUES
Title: Global Assessment of Land Use dynamics on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ecosystem Services
Duration: January 2010 - December 2014
Budget: total of 2.759.522 € (765.405 € for PIK) funded by BMBF
Description: Together with colleagues from Research Domain I and II we are working on part 2 of the GLUES project: climate and landuse scenarios.
No. 95101 - EuropeAid
Title: Climate policy outreach on integrated assessment modeling
Duration: January 2010 - December 2012
Budget: total of 500.000 € (70.500 € for PIK) funded by the European Commission
Description: The overarching objective of this project is that of improving modeling capacity in developing countries and of advancing the dialogue among modelers and with policy makers, both in developing and developed countries.
No. 9510 - CITIES
Title: Car Industry, Road Transport and an International Emission trading Scheme – policy options
Duration: November 2009 until December 2010
Budget: total of 107.000 € (80.000 € for PIK) funded by BMW
Description: In cooperation with the TU PIK scientists investigate the potential that an upstream cap and trade mechanism for transport fuels with potentially sectoral and regional linking offers for the decarbonisation of road transport. Emphasis shall be on the potential to provide an international level playing field that is economically efficient in achieving environmental targets, while accounting for social considerations, political feasibility and robustness of the instrument(s). Specifically, a consistent regulatory or market-based approach on greenhouse gas emissions enables fair competition between technologies but also between car manufacturers currently facing varying regulations.
No. 9177 - PROGRESS
Title: Spitzenforschung und Innovation in den Neuen Ländern - Progress - Potsdam Research Cluster for Georisk Analysis
Duration: November 2009 until October 2014
Budget: total of 1,33 Mio. € (150.000 € for RD III) funded by German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF)
Description: The Potsdam Research Cluster for Georisk Analysis, Environmental Change and Sustainability (PROGRESS) is a joint research project of 7 institutions in the metropolitan region Potsdam-Berlin on geo-risks, climate adaptation/ mitigation and the governance of geo-risks. Our RD focuses on the fact that within the economics of climate change and global warming mitigation, new geo-scientific information obtains an economic value. In that context, this project shall put the strategic role of a refined knowledge on climate sensitivity, ocean heat uptake and aerosol forcing into perspective. In the context of CCS (carbon capture & storage), the economic value of minimum observable CO2 leakage rates in relation to costs of corresponding observation systems is integrated into the economic optimization of mitigation options.
No. 9168 - Biofuel as Social Fuel
Title: Biofuel as Social Fuel: a socio-economic and ecological assessment of biofuels and their compatibility with sustainable development.
Duration: October 2009 until October 2013
Budget: 1,42 Mio. € funded by German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF)
Description: The research focus lies on a regional level. Therefore two model regions were chosen, one in Brandenburg, Germany and the other one in Ribeirão Preto, Estado São Paulo, Brazil. The project content is to analyze the current situation in the respective regions regarding the agrarian structures, the value chains of biofuel production and the drivers of the biofuel industry as well as incentives and political framework. Following this analysis it will be researched and discussed what possible alternative approaches and structures are that could lead to a so called social sustainability.
No. 3006 - Bio Energy Planet
Title: Auswirkung weltweit expandierter Biomasse-Nutzung auf Ökonomie, Klima und Biodiversität der Erde
Duration: January 2009 until December 2011
Budget: total of 950.000 € for PIK
Description: In cooperation with RD I and RD II we explore the impact of a worldwide extension of bio energy use on economy, climate and biodiversity of the world.
No. 9667 - ENCI-LowCarb
Title: European Network engaging Civil society in Low Carbon scenarios
Duration: April 2009 until October 2011
Budget: 110.000 € funded by EU
Description: The overall aim of ENCI-LowCarb is to engage civil society in research on low carbon scenarios. This will be achieved by creating a European network related to the factor 4 composed by Civil Society Organisations and research institutes and elaborating two national studies (France and Germany) based on the confrontation between climate policies of low carbon scenarios and civil society organisations. (further information)
No. 9173 - HTC
Title: Hydrothermale Karbonisierung von Biomasse - Potential, Entwurf, Versuchsanlage
Duration: April 2009 - May 2012
Budget: total of 2 mio. € (395.000 € for PIK) funded by German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF)
Description: Together with several other partner institutes PIK scientists are working on the optimisation of so called HTC-reaction by gaining a deeper understanding of the chemical reactions involved. Building and running a trial plant for hydrothermal carbonisation of biomass is also involved in the project.
No. 9588 - GDV I
Title: Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Schadenssituation in der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft
Duration: December 2008 until April 2011
Budget: 1.120.000 € funded by Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V.
Description: The overall aim of GDV I is the estimation of likely changes to insurance loss ratios due to climate change in the relevant insurance segments subject to natural hazards. The key aspect is the modeling of variations in functional coherence of insured losses and loss return periods. Cooperation partners are Freie Universität Berlin and Universität zu Köln.
No. 9590 - GDV II
Title: Anpassungs- und Vermeidungsstrategien: Eine Marktsegmentstudie für den deutschen Versicherungssektor
Duration: December 2008 until October 2010
Budget: 300.000 € funded by Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V.
Description: The GDV II study concentrates on potential implications on the development of society, economy, and politics that are due to climate change. As key results, the short and mean-term implications for insurance business segments are concluded and the possibility to adapt insurance business models is assessed. Cooperation partners are Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftforschung GmbH (ZEW) and Universität Karlsruhe (TH).
No. 9502 - Kosten- und Modellvergleich langfristiger Klimaschutzpfade
Title: Kosten- und Modellvergleich langfristiger Klimaschutzpfade
Duration: March 2009 until December 2010
Budget: 130.000 € funded by Umweltbundesamt (UBA)
Description: In cooperation with the Wuppertal Institut PIK scientists assess long term climate policy options - until 2050 - in this project. Different scenarios will show, what the results of various options in international climate policy are.
No. 9163 - Kosteneffizienter Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien
Title: Kosteneffizienter Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien
Duration: October 2007 until April 2011
Budget: total of 380.000 € (180.000 € for PIK) funded by Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU)
Description: Together with the Technical University Berlin PIK investigates how a further implementation of renewable energies might help mitigating climate change and secure the world´s energy supply in the future.
No. 9416 - Klimawandel und weltweite Armut
Title: Klimawandel und weltweite Armut: Klimapolitik als Baustein einer gerechten Globalisierung und nachhaltigen Armutsbekämpfung
Duration: June 2007 - June 2010
Budget: 520.000 € funded by Misereor and MunichRe Foundation
Description: The main aim of the project is to study connections and interactions between the avoidance of dangerous climate change and global poverty from an interdisciplinary perspective. The basis for the study is an analysis of the consequences of climate change for developing nations, and especially for the poor both globally and in particular regions. The analysis will concentrate on certain key problem areas in which climate change and the poverty question are particularly closely interwoven: the security of food resources, energy supply and water availability.
No. 9663 - ClimateCost
Title: Full Costs of Climate Change
Duration: November 2008 until July 2011
Budget: 190.000 € funded by the EU
Description: Funded under the Seventh Framework Programme, ClimateCost aims at a major contribution towards an assessment of the full costs of global warming. Our RD organizes a review on major tipping elements in the Earth system that could be triggered by further increase of global mean temperature and outlines first steps towards the economics of tipping points.
