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Health, Security & Development

Keeping people safe in the face of climate impacts. This is one of our research topics.

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Planetary Boundaries, Tipping Elements & Global Commons

Grand concepts put to work to tackle grand challenges. This is one of our research topics.

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Weather, Extremes & Atmosphere

What happens high up in the sky affects everyone’s life down on the ground. This is one of our research topics.

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Ice, Oceans & Sea Level Rise

Identifying long-term dynamics to assess the risks. This is one of our research topics.

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Climate Policy, Economics & Energy

Finding ways to stabilize our climate and ensure equitable prosperity. This is one of our research topics.

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Complex Networks, Machine Learning & Decision Theory

Frontier science with new methods. This is one of our research topics.

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Land Use, Food, Water & Ecosystems

Understanding the multiple interactions is key to sustainable development. This is one of our research topics.

From natural science to social science, from risks to solutions, from identifying Planetary Boundaries to managing Global Commons: The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is advancing the frontier of integrated research for global sustainability, and for a safe and just climate future. A member of the Leibniz Association, the institute is based in Potsdam, Brandenburg and connected with the global scientific community. Drawing on excellent research, PIK provides relevant scientific advice for policy decision-making. The institute’s international staff of about 480 is led by a committed interdisciplinary team of Directors. This is science – for a safe tomorrow.

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PIK supporting the next generation of scientists

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PIK Director Ottmar Edenhofer on the reform of the EU Emissions Trading System

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Healthier, more sustainable diets would reshape global agriculture; a new study shows by how much

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Mobility transition for Berlin, cooling strategies for Tirana: new study identifies suitable climate actions for European cities

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Climate Impact Attribution: Professorship for Sabine Undorf

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New UN brief highlights governance challenge of Earth system tipping points

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This is how fair climate action works: Findings for 88 countries with 5 billion people

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A new approach to the EU’s promised cross-border climate action

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Earth’s heat imbalance reaches record high as human-caused warming hits 1.37°C

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Videos

Video series: “Core research topics at PIK”

Episode 3: What works in climate policy? Hanna Heiliger from the “Climate Economics and Policy” research department explains how PIK ensures the quality of its policy advice. This ranges from assessing individual measures for their impact to updating the overall state of knowledge.

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Video series: “Core research topics at PIK”

Episode 2: How can we clean up the atmosphere? PIK Director Ottmar Edenhofer highlights the importance of going beyond zero emissions in the second half of the century. Just as we fund waste collection in cities, we must create systems to fund atmospheric carbon removal.

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Video series: “Core research topics at PIK”

Episode 1: How stable is our planet? PIK Director Johan Rockström explains the “Planetary Boundaries” scientific framework. These limits refer to the stability of the Earth, its capacity to support life – and ultimately the safe operating space for humanity.