Group leader Matthias Kalkuhl has now been appointed to a new commission that will develop a concept for relieving the burden on private households and ...

09/14/2022 - Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter, UK

09/09/2022 - Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new ...

On this website, you will find the answers to some frequently asked questions about Planetary Boundaries – intended as a quick guide for orientation, covering ...

We are in the middle of a global energy crisis. In the latest edition of the "Sustain Ability - The Potsdam Dialogues" podcast, Gunnar Luderer, Lead of the ...

After the roundtable agreement in Germany, public debate was even more polarized, rather than being pacified, according to big data analysis of comments on ...

08/02/22 - Researchers call for a new "Climate Endgame" agenda and say far too little work has gone into understanding the mechanisms by which rising ...

07/19/2022 - The political collapse of Mayapan, the Mayan capital on the Yucatán Peninsula in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries AD, was likely triggered ...

06/30/2022 - High-ranking guests attended the 30th anniversary celebration of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) - from federal and ...