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Achieving the Paris agreement mitigation targets through water

Online event, from Aug 24, 2021 07:30 PM to Aug 24, 2021 07:55 PM

Water’s role for mitigating climate change is much greater than previously acknowledged. In this event, we show how major mitigation measures either depend on access to freshwater or have implications for water management and availability. To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, we must take water into account.

Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation

Online event, from Jul 27, 2021 09:00 AM to Jul 27, 2021 10:00 AM

Public seminar with Dr Falko Ueckerdt from PIK hosted by the University of Melbourne

Making the Green Deal a Reality

Online event , from Jul 22, 2021 09:00 AM to Jul 22, 2021 10:00 AM

Ottmar Edenhofer joins Ursula von der Leyen, Alexander Stubb, Jos Delbeke (EIB Climate Chair, School of Transnational Governance, EUI) for a conversation about the Fit for 55 package. The event is organized by the EUI School of Transnational Governance

360° view of climate impacts

Online event, from May 31, 2021 11:00 AM to May 31, 2021 01:30 PM

Christopher Reyer, researcher at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, takes part in a webinar within the framework of the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2021.

German-Brazilian Dialogue

Online event, from May 17, 2021 02:00 PM to May 20, 2021 06:00 PM

Stefan Rahmstorf is a speaker at the 9th German- Brazilian Dialogue on Science, Research, and Innovation under this year’s theme: “Cities and Climate – The Multi-level Governance Challenge”.

Green Growth

Online event, from May 10, 2021 12:10 PM to May 10, 2021 01:30 PM

PIK Director Ottmar Edenhofer discusses the opportunities and risks of transitioning our economy with Cameron Hepburn, Director of the Economics of Sustainability Programme and Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford.

Nobel Prize Summit

Digital event, from Apr 26, 2021 01:30 PM to Apr 27, 2021 10:30 PM

Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), is one of the organisers alongside Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Vidar Helgesen, executive director of the Nobel Foundation, of the first-ever Nobel Prize Summit, titled "Our Planet, Our Future".

The New European Bauhaus

Online event, from Apr 08, 2021 10:00 AM to Apr 08, 2021 04:00 PM

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founding director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, will present the key note on the vision for a New European Bauhaus.

The Future of Planetary Health

Online event, from Apr 07, 2021 08:00 AM to Apr 07, 2021 09:30 AM

Sabine Gabrysch, Professor for Climate Change and Health at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, takes part in “The Future of Health” conversation series by the Philippine St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine.

Webinar: Tipping Points

Online event, from Mar 30, 2021 06:00 PM to Mar 30, 2021 08:00 PM

As part of the Nobel Prize Summit, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and Jonathan Donges, researcher on Earth System Analysis at PIK, will be speakers at a webinar titled "Tipping points for sustainability transitions".

Quo vadis Europa?

Facebook Live, from Mar 29, 2021 07:00 PM to Mar 29, 2021 08:30 PM

The Goethe-Institut Portugal is hosting an online debate entitled "Green Deal, pandemic crisis - what next?" with Ottmar Edenhofer, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), as guest.

Climate risks and policies

Online event, from Mar 22, 2021 02:45 PM to Mar 23, 2021 06:30 PM

Climate change is a risk multiplier: It increases risks, fragility, inequalities and the vulnerability of economies. Responding to the challenges of climate change requires a comprehensive approach to transition towards resilient low-carbon economies. Achieving this transition requires an understanding of the socio-economic and socio-political factors that enable and constrain a “just transition“. The PEGNet Conference 2021 will provide a platform for leading development scholars, practitioners and policy-makers to reflect on relevant topics in the field of development economics. Ottmar Edenhofer, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), will give a key note on the conference's first day and Sophie von Loeben, also a scientist at PIK, will take part in a session on "Policies for strengthening resilience and managing risk" on its second day.

Book a Scientist

Digital event, from Mar 18, 2021 12:00 PM to Mar 18, 2021 06:30 PM

Speed dating with science - experts from the Leibniz Association answer questions in individual, 25-minute, one-on-one online conversations on more than 150 topics in various fields. Participating for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) are: Frederik Wolf on the topic of "Climate Networks: Uncovering Connections in the Earth System" and Norbert Marwan on caves as scientific archives. In addition, Julia Brugger and Peter Steiglechner, who used to do research at PIK.

A new carbon pricing paradigm for the path to NET ZERO

Online, from Mar 09, 2021 02:00 PM to Mar 09, 2021 03:15 PM

At this online event - hosted by Bruegel, the European think tank that specialises in economics - Ottmar Edenhofer (PIK Director, MCC Director), Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament), Sam Van den Plas (Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch), Beatriz Yordi Aguirre (Director, European & International Carbon Markets, European Commission, Directorate General for CLIMA) and Georg Zachmann (Senior Fellow) will discuss how to strengthen the role of carbon pricing, while taking economic, political and institutional considerations into account.

Climate change impacts on conflict

Online event, from Feb 25, 2021 02:00 PM to Feb 25, 2021 04:00 PM

Starting with inputs from experts on Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Syria, experts will discuss how climatic effects, such as droughts and shifting rainfall patterns, affect local conflict dynamics. Based on these insights, the nexus of climate change and peacebuilding will be explored. The Berghof Foundation and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) want to advance the debate from stating the facts to taking action. Ottmar Edenhofer, Director of PIK, will give the opening remarks to this event. PIK's Stefanie Wesch will contribute to the input on Afghanistan. And Kira Vinke, Co-chair Advisory Council for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding and project lead at PIK, will take part in the closing panel discussion.

Planetary Health in Europe

Digital event, from Feb 24, 2021 03:25 PM to Feb 24, 2021 03:40 PM

Aiming to expand the scope of research in planetary health in Europe, the Instituto de Salud in Barcelona hold multiple webinar in February and March 2021. The programme is aimed at strengthening the field of Planetary Health, particularly within Europe, by bringing together stakeholders from academia, government, and civil society. Johan Rockström, Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), takes part in its first session with a presentation titled: "The planetary boundaries: from science to politics – what is needed for better implementation of research"

IT within planetary boundaries

Digital event, from Feb 23, 2021 05:15 PM to Feb 23, 2021 05:45 PM

Digitalisation spans all areas, from the future of food, mobility, healthcare to technological innovations where science and technology are developing new applications for AI and Big Data methods. The great challenge for humanity is to reconcile the global sustainability transition of a world within the safe operating space of a resilient and stable planet and the digital revolution, which offers enormous opportunities for human development. As part of the programme for the Hamburger IT Strategie Tage, Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), will give a presentation on this interplay between global sustainability strategies and IT.

Launch of Berlin Insights Series on Climate Change and Development

Livestream at https://www.bmz.de/en/issues/klimaschutz/climate-events-cas-bis/, from Jan 20, 2021 03:00 PM to Jan 20, 2021 04:30 PM

The inaugural event of a new series of dialogues, the 'Berlin Insights Series on Climate Change and Development' marks the beginning of a deepened cooperation between the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The focus will be on driving forward applied development research on how to improve climate action and resilience in African countries. It will have the heading "From climate science to climate action: Climate-proofing African-European cooperation". Christoph Gornott, Leader of the working group Adaptation in Agricultural Systems (AGRICA) at PIK and Professor at Kassel University, will present latest results of the working group's research. The main focus of the panel discussion, in which Johan Rockström, Director of PIK, will take part in, will be on analysing climate risks as well as the cost-benefit ratio of adaptation options in Africa.

Performance Lecture by Johan Rockström: About our time on earth

Dramaten, Nybroplan, 111 47 Stockholm, from Nov 21, 2020 12:00 AM to Nov 21, 2020 11:59 PM

What will the planet of our children and grandchildren look like? What can we do today to avoid the worst disasters? And is there a light in the tunnel to a sustainable and attractive world? Meet Johan Rockström, professor of global environmental science, in a dramatized lecture on our future on earth. With the help of the actress Sanna Sundqvist from Dramaten, he tells about why the planet is in an acute emergency - and how we must immediately find a new direction so that global warming and the loss of biodiversity do not change the conditions for all life on earth. It will be dark, yet possibly a little hopeful. Johan Rockström has been named the most environmentally powerful person in Sweden twice, is a member of several scientific academies, has been head of the Stockholm Environment Institute and Stockholm Resilience Center and is now head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Rockström has written several books and been both summer and winter talker in P1. Performance Lectures, where knowledge is conveyed with the theater's tools, is a new way of exploring and communicating science with the help of the form of performing arts. The format is a recurring collaboration between Dramaten & and the Nobel Prize Museum. Previously, robot researcher Danica Kragić Jensfelt has given a Performance Lecture on robots, professor of theoretical physics, Ulf Danielsson, on the universe, psychology researcher Armita Golkar on fear, economics professor Micael Dahlen on happiness and philosophy professor Åsa Wikforss on truth. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the premiere on November 21 has unfortunately been postponed until further notice.

Race to Zero Dialogues

Virtual, from Nov 09, 2020 09:30 AM to Nov 19, 2020 06:00 PM

The Race To Zero Dialogues (9-19 November) are critical inputs to the UNFCCC Climate Dialogues from 23 Nov – Dec 4 to accelerate progress to meet the Paris Agreement. Together, both Dialogues will set the stage for the Anniversary of the Paris Agreement on 12 December as the world embarks on the ‘Race to Zero’ towards COP26 in 2021.

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