Completed Projects

Research Department 2 - Climate Resilience

AgrImpact

Evaluating the impact of agroecological practices on farm system resilience in Madagascar
Apr 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Lisa Murken

MonteVitis

Integrating a comprehensive European approach for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Montenegro viticulture
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Menz

ForHimSDG

Förderung der Entwicklung des Himalayas durch Stärkung von Lehre und Forschung im Bereich der Sustainable Development Goals [Promoting Himalayan Development by Strengthening Teaching and Research on Sustainable Development Goals]
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

SpreeWasser:N

Adaption an Wasser-Extremereignisse: Dürremanagement, integrierte Wasserbewirtschaftungskonzepte und verbesserte Wasserspeicherung in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg
Aug 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PTKA-WTE
Contact: Hagen Koch

ABCDR

Agroforestry’s Biophysical potentials for CDR and Decision making across scales
Aug 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PT DLR
Contact: Christoph Müller

SCARF

Scaling agroforestry for holistic climate resilience-building in rural Tanzania
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMWK - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Contact: Christoph Gornott

ESM2025-RD2

ESM2025 - Earth system models for the future
Jun 01, 2021 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Alexander Popp

LOCALISED

LOCALISED decarbonisation pathways for citizens, local administrations and businesses to inform and support mitigation and adaptation action
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

TransformAr

Accelerating and upscaling transformational adaptation in Europe: demonstration of water-related innovation packages
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Fred Hattermann

EAT Lancet 2.0

EAT Lancet 2.0
Jan 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: EAT Foundation
Contact: Johan Rockström

CentraLand

Assessing land's centrality for global resilience
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: UNCCD
Contact: Lisa Murken

ProGIRH

Multisectoral Management of Water Resources in the Mantaro River Basin
Feb 15, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Fred Hattermann

AGRICA_Madagaskar

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in Madagascar
Dec 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken

IKI Kenya

Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to promote Ecosystem Based Adaptation in the Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment, Kenya
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: BMU - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit
Contact: Stefan Liersch

GreenPlantFood

Green technology for plant-based food
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

GVCA

Green Vision Central Asia: Bridging science and capacity building for safer future - Integrated water resources management strategies across competing sectors and transboundary dialogue in Central Asia under climate change
Jul 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Iulii Didovets

CWEH Usbekistan

Klimawandel, Potenzial für erneuerbare Energien und Gesundheit der Bevölkerung in Usbekistan
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Iulii Didovets

DIFENs

Waldentwicklung als Folge von Veränderung der Holznachfrage, Klimaveränderung, natürlichen Störungen und Politikanforderungen - Eine Analyse der Reaktionsmöglichkeiten von Forst- und Holzwirtschaft.
Dec 01, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Christopher Reyer

PROCLIAS

Process-based models for climate impact attribution across sectors
Nov 01, 2020 - Oct 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Christopher Reyer

EUCityCalc

European City Calculator tool to support cities in planning towards climate neutrality with prospective modelling
Sep 01, 2021 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

CapTain Rain

Capture and Retain Heavy Rains in Jordan CLIENT II
Jun 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: BMBF, PTJ
Contact: Peter Hoffmann

SWAPNO

Safe Water - Advances in Purification Options
May 01, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: German Alliance for Global Health Research BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Amanda Wendt

DFG_prenatal

How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using quasi-experiments
Mar 14, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

Agrica_Sahel

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in sub-Saharan Africa
Jan 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

CCH PI3

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Jun 01, 2021 - Jun 14, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen/Christoph Gornott

Nu-Tree

Integrating nutrition and health into agroforestry projects of GIZ and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa: a feasibility study
Apr 01, 2022 - May 31, 2024
Funded by: DBU - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Contact: Amanda Wendt

DIALOGUES

Inclusive DIALOGUES towards an operational concept of energy citizenship to support the Energy Union
May 01, 2021 - Apr 30, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Fritz Reusswig

Agrica_Ethiopia

Strengthening climate-resilient land and natural resource management in Ethiopia
Apr 01, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Funded by: GIZ
Contact: Lisa Murken

CriticaL

Landscape Criticality in the Anthropocene - Biodiversity, Renewables, and Settlements
Mar 01, 2023 - Feb 29, 2024
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Diego Rybski

Upon

Urban Percolations
Oct 01, 2021 - Feb 29, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Diego Rybski