Projects

PIK scientists contribute to numerous research projects commissioned by external funders.
 

In the past 10 years, PIK has conduced over 500 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) or the European Union. The list is generated from our database, which contains current and completed projects from 2007 on (newest first).

ClimateMigration 2050

Modelling climate change-related international migration
Feb 01, 2021 - Jan 31, 2023
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: H. Lotze-Campen/ Robert Beyer

Atmo-POEM

Postdoc and PhD student in Atmospheric Dynamics to advance the development of POEM
Feb 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2023
Funded by: H&M Foundation
Contact: Stefan Rahmstorf

Pakistan

Climate Risk Profile and Analysis for Pakistan
Feb 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: C. Gornott

GEOLQUEA

Der Beitrag von Vergletscherung und Erosion zur Spätquartären Hebung der Europäischen Alpen
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

POEM-PBSim

POEM-PBSim – A Simulator for Earth’s Planetary Boundaries (Pilotphase)
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: VW-Stiftung
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

Agrica_Sahel

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in sub-Saharan Africa
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: C. Gornott

GCS

Global Commons Stewardship Framework: Modelling Transformation Pathways
Jan 01, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
Funded by: University of Tokio
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

NaWu_PH

Nachwuchsförderung Klimawandel und Gesundheit
Jan 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Dr. Pritzsche-Stiftung
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

PROCLIAS

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

FSEC

Food Systemic Economic Commission
Nov 01, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
Funded by: EAT
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen

Bolivia

National climate risk analysis/assessment for the water sector in Bolivia to identifying and weighting adaptation strategies and actions
Oct 15, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: F. Hattermann

SoftWert

Verbundvorhaben: Methodenbaukasten zur Verwertung von wissenschaftlicher Software - SoftWert - Teilvorhaben: Zielgruppenorientierte Analyse- und Verwertungsstrategien
Sep 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2023
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Ulrike Sylla

DBU Stipendium

Kolleg-Energiewende: Entwicklung von interaktiven Analyseverfahren für die explorative Bewertung komplexer Zusammenhänge in zukünftigen Stromnetzen in Anbetracht der Herausforderungen der Energiewende basierend auf maschinellem Lernen
Sep 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2023
Funded by: DBU
Contact: Frank Hellmann

PROTECT - RD1

PROjecTing sEa-level rise : from iCe sheets to local implicaTions
Sep 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

PROTECT - RD4

PROjecTing sEa-level rise : from iCe sheets to local implicaTions
Sep 01, 2020 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Anders Levermann

PalMod 2 WP1.4

Ice sheets/shelves interacting with the solid earth and ocean in the Antarctic (TP2)
Aug 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

CLIMRISK

Leben mit Klimarisiken
Jul 01, 2020 - Jun 30, 2023
Funded by: DBU
Contact: L. Mogge

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 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: A. Lobanova

KoSe

Klimaorientierte Stadtentwicklung - Treibhausgasminderungspotenzial in synergetischen Handlungsfeldern
Jun 10, 2020 - Sep 30, 2023
Funded by: UBA - Umweltbundesamt
Contact: J. Kropp

NEGEM

Quantifying and Deploying Responsible Negative Emissions in Climate Resilient Pathways
Jun 01, 2020 - May 31, 2024
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

Konferenz Klimawandel & Wasser

„Klimawandel und Wasser - Anpassung an die Folgen des Klimawandels“
May 04, 2020 - Mar 25, 2021
Funded by: BMU UA von adelphi
Contact: F. Hattermann

QUIDIC-RD4

Quantifying direct and indirect costs of climate-related hazards
May 01, 2020 - Apr 30, 2023
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Sven Willner

CO2-Preis

CO2-Preis – Analyse der kurz- und langfristigen Wirkungen unterschiedlicher CO2-Bepreisungs-Varianten auf Gesellschaft und Volkswirtschaft
May 01, 2020 - Apr 30, 2023
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Contact: Michael Pahle

GCFRA

Towards a Global Risks and Foresight Assessment on the Security Implications of Climate Change
Apr 06, 2020 - Apr 30, 2023
Funded by: Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Jacob Schewe

KNOW

KohleNstoff- und Holzvorräte des Deutschen Waldes (KNOW) - Verbesserung der Projektionen des aktuellen und künftigen CO2-Vorrates mittels ökophysiologischer u. empirischer Waldwachstumsmodelle. Teilvorhaben 3: Klimasensitive Simulationen u. Analyse
Mar 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2022
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR
Contact: Martin Gutsch

EXIMO

Extreme climate impacts interacting across sectors
Mar 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2023
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Christoph Müller, Dieter Gerten

DO Events

Dansgaard/Oeschger-Events During Marine Isotope Stage 8
Mar 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2023
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Fohlmeister, Jens

ClimXtreme

Räumliche Synchronisationsmuster von Starkniederschlagsereignissen in Europa
Mar 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2023
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Jürgen Kurths/Niklas Boers

EXIMO - RD1

Extreme climate impacts interacting across sectors
Mar 01, 2020 - Feb 28, 2023
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Christoph Müller, Dieter Gerten

PalMod 2 WP2.2

PalMod 2 - WP2.2 Land- und Schelf- Kohlenstoffkreislauf - Teilprojekt2: Kohlenstoffdynamik im CLIMBER-X Modell
Jan 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Andrey Ganopolski

open_plan

Bottom-up Energy Transformation: Optimized Open-Source Planning of Electricity- and Heat Supply in Cellular Energy Systems
Jan 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Frank Hellmann

CURE

Copernicus for Urban Resilience in Europe
Jan 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

CCH PI3

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Jan 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen/Christoph Gornott

CCH CP2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - CP2. Provision of climate and bio-physical forcing data for health impact projections
Jan 01, 2020 - Dec 31, 2022
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Katja Frieler, Fred Hattermann

FUME

Future Migration Scenarios for Europe
Dec 01, 2019 - Nov 30, 2022
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Jacob Schewe

GhanAgrica

A district-level case study in Ghana on climate risks and adaptation strategies for the agriculture sector
Nov 01, 2019 - Apr 30, 2021
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: Christoph Gornott

Geo.X

Integrating remote sensing and mixed social science methods for studying climate impact & adaptation in tropical agroecosystems
Nov 01, 2019 - Oct 30, 2022
Funded by: GFZ Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
Contact: Christoph Gornott

BIOCLIMAPATHS

Assessing climate-led social-ecological impacts and opportunities for resilience pathways in the EU bioeconomy
Nov 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2021
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Prajal Pradhan

PalMod 2 WP1.3

PalMod-II-WG1-3-TP4 Transiente Rechnungen des Systems Inlandeis, feste Erde und Klima mit CLIMBER-X zur Untersuchung von Prozessen zu Beginn der letzten Eiszeit
Oct 01, 2019 - Sep 30, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Andrey Ganopolski

PalMod 2 CC.1

PalMod II Verbundprojekt WP CC.1 Modellkopplung und Laufzeitoptimierung - TP4: Entwicklung des PICO-Modells zu einem pop-up Modell transiente Glazialsimulation
Oct 01, 2019 - Sep 30, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

UmRisk

Ökonomie des Klimawandels – Umgang mit Klimarisiken
Oct 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kati Krähnert

QTFINANZ

Ökonomie des Klimawandels - Themenkoordination: Finanzmärkte, Finanzwirtschaft, Finanzierung
Oct 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2022
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Kai Lessmann

PERSEVERE

Persistent Summer Extremes over Europe due to wave-Resonance Events (A4)
Oct 01, 2019 - Sep 30, 2022
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Dim Coumou

High end

"High end"-Szenarien: Nationale Anpassungsoptionen bei einem starken Klimawandel
Oct 01, 2019 - Nov 30, 2022
Funded by: BMU - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit
Contact: Fritz Reusswig

DIATRANS

Ökonomie des Klimawandels Themenkoordination Klimaschutz und Transformation
Oct 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2022
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

FoodSystemTargets

Operationalizing Food System Targets for Health and Sustaibability
Oct 01, 2019 - Jun 01, 2021
Funded by: EIT
Contact: Helga Weisz

TiPES

Tipping Points in the Earth System
Sep 01, 2019 - Aug 31, 2023
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Boers, Niklas

SHAPE

Sustainable development pathways achieving Human well-being while safeguarding the climate And Planet Earth
Sep 01, 2019 - Aug 31, 2022
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

RECEIPT - RD4

REmote Climate Effects and their Impact on European sustainability, Policy and Trade
Sep 01, 2019 - Aug 31, 2023
Funded by: European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Contact: Anders Levermann, Sven Willner

RECEIPT - RD3

REmote Climate Effects and their Impact on European sustainability, Policy and Trade
Sep 01, 2019 - Aug 31, 2023
Funded by: EU, H2020
Contact: Katja Frieler