Projects

ForestOvershoot

Realizing Carbon Dioxide Removals from German forests and innovative wood use in construction under increasing disturbance risk and overshooting
Nov 01, 2025 - Oct 31, 2028
Funded by: BMFTR, DLR
Contact: Christopher Reyer

KESD

Versteckte Kosten der Ernährung in Deutschland: Wissenschaftliche Hintergundstudie / Costs of the German Food System
Sep 01, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: Bosch Stiftung
Contact: Claudia Hunecke, Hermann Lotze-Campen

RIKEN-2 RD2

Establishing a scientific foundation and exploring socio-economic transformation scenarios to safeguard the Global Commons
Aug 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: RIKEN
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich, Alexander Popp, Christoph Müller

ClimaKid

Digital solutions for attributing climate change impacts on child nutrition and health
Apr 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2028
Funded by: Wellcome Trust, Our Planet, Our Health
Contact: Sabine Undorf

Nitrogen dynamics

Nitrogen dynamics in global biogeochemical cycles and food system transformation pathways
Apr 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2028
Funded by: Seeding the Future Foundation
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen

NewPathWays - RD2

New Pathways for equitable climate action in line with the Paris Agreement and sustainable development
Jan 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

ProLiCo

Promoting the commercial growth of coffea Liberica to strengthen climate-resilience of Ugandan coffee farmers
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
Contact: Sophie von Loeben

RENAT

Spatial assessments on production potential and climate resilience of natural farming in India
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: KfW
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

NextGenCarbon

Next Generation Modelling of Terrestrial Carbon Cycle by assimilation of in-situ campaigns and Earth Observations
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2029
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

AJusT

A just transition in agriculture and food systems through agroecological practices based on Indigenous knowledge
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

MEADOW

Measuring emission reduction and adaptation potentials in agricultural and food systems: what works at which scale?
Oct 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

TRANSFORM

Research for evidence-based climate policy through agricultural and food systems transformation, financing preservation forest sink and a just transition of the economy
Sep 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

NGFS V - RD2

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jul 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

KARO

Klimaresiliente Anbauverfahren zur Risiko-Optimierung – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ziele der Ackerbaustrategie und ihrer regionalen Erfordernisse
Apr 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMELH - Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Heimat, PT BLE
Contact: Tobias Conradt

MAgPIE

Collaboration to improvements to MAgPIE and the MESSAGEix integrated assessment framework.
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

Leibniz-Lab

Systemische Nachhaltigkeit – Biodiversität, Klima, Landwirtschaft und Ernährung innerhalb planetarer Grenzen
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Dieter Gerten

CCH PI3_2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Christoph Gornott

ClimTip-RD2

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 28, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Müller

CODEC

Improving the representation of crop production losses due to nuclear conflict
Feb 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Future of Life Institutes
Contact: Christoph Müller

OrganicYieldsUP

Improving yields in organic cropping systems
Feb 01, 2024 - Jan 31, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

LegumES

Valorizing and balancing the ecosystem service benefits offered by legumes, and legume-based cropped systems.
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

PREMUS - RD2

Aufbereitung von REMIND-MAgPIE für eine breitere Nutzung - PREMUS
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

SAFE4ALL

Safeguarding African Foodsheds and Ecosystems for all Actors across Local, regional and international Levels to manage migration
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Rahel Laudien

ReForMit

Understanding and securing the resilience of forest-based climate change mitigation
Dec 21, 2023 - Dec 31, 2028
Funded by: Stockholm Universität / Stockholm Resilience Center
Contact: Fabian Stenzel

AQUASIA

Advancing Hydrological Modeling for Improved Water Availability Forecasts in Central Asia
Dec 15, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

HiClAP

High-Resolution Climate and Agricultural Projections
Nov 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

PACO

Implementing regional and national adaptation priorities in Central and West Africa
Nov 01, 2023 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott

UPTAKE - RD2

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

PRISMA - RD2

Net zero pathway research through integrated assessment model advancements
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

OptimESM - RD2

Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models for Exploring Future Climate Changes
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp