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Social and Natural science together: New Co-Directors to lead the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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23/02/2018 - The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is reinventing itself – appointing a twin leadership bringing together natural sciences ...
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Coal phase-out: Announcing CO2-pricing triggers divestment
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01/29/2018 - Putting the Paris climate agreement into practice will trigger opposed reactions by investors on the one hand and fossil fuel owners on the other ...
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Coalition-building for pricing CO2 could make sense even for egoistic countries
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02/26/2018 - Even countries that tend to act in an egoistic way in the long run have an incentive to participate in international climate stabilization ...
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PIK Research Days: “Keep digging in your pockets”
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02/23/2018 - Scientists and staff of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) gathered this week for their annual roadshow of scientific ...
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Sea-level legacy: 20cm more rise by 2300 for each 5-year delay in peaking emissions
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02/20/2018 - Peaking global CO2 emissions as soon as possible is crucial for limiting the risks of sea-level rise, even if global warming is limited to well ...
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New book: Water - scarcity, climate change and world nutrition by Dieter Gerten
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"Century drought in Australia", "Mexico City is running dry" or "Groundwater resources are drying up" - headlines like these illustrate that a global era of ...
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PIK ranked as the top climate think tank worldwide
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14/02/2018 - The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is the world’s most influential environmental think tank, a new ranking shows. For the ...
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Reports of coal’s terminal decline are premature
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02/07/2018 - While less new coal-fired power plants are now being built in China and India, the planned expansion in the use of coal in fast-growing emerging ...
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Biomass plantations not compatible with planetary boundaries
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01/22/2018 - Planting trees or grasses on a grand scale in plantations to extract CO2 from the atmosphere - this could make a long-term contribution to climate ...
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Adaptation now: River flood risks increase around the globe under future warming
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11/01/2018 - Rainfall changes caused by global warming will increase river flood risks across the globe. Already today, fluvial floods are among the most ...
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