Current Projects

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

In the past 10 years, PIK has conducted over 500 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) or the European Union. This list of current projects is generated from our database (newest first). Separate lists of completed  and all projects from 2007 on are available.

Current projects at PIK:

ACCREU

Assessing Climate Change Risk in Europe
Jun 01, 2023 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: European Commission
Contact: Franziska Piontek

Agrica Ethiopia

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

AgrImpact

Evaluating the impact of agroecological practices on farm system resilience in Madagascar
Apr 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Lisa Murken

CriticaL

Landscape Criticality in the Anthropocene - Biodiversity, Renewables, and Settlements
Mar 01, 2023 - Feb 28, 2026
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Diego Rybski

COMMITTED

Climate pOlicy assessment and Mitigation Modeling to Integrate national and global TransiTion pathways for Environmental-friendly Development
Jan 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: EU
Contact: Christoph Bertram

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

EC-WG1-TIPMIP

Tipping Point Model Intercomparison Project (TIPMIP) with the Earth Commission
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: Rockefeller Philantrophy Advisors
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

NGFS IV

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

AfriValue

Recommendations to avoid climate change-related effects in East African coffee value chains
Dec 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

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

SCARF

Scaling agroforestry for holistic climate resilience-building in rural Tanzania
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMU
Contact: Christoph Gornott

Global Hydrogen Futures

Modelling of Global Hydrogen Futures (Modellierung globaler Wasserstoffszenarien)
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 30, 2026
Funded by: Bosch-Forschungsstiftung
Contact: Gunnar Luderer, Falko Ueckerdt

HyValue

Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research
Nov 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Contact: Gunnar Luderer, Falko Ueckerdt

DecLaRe

Decision support for strengthening land resilience in the face of global challenges
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF/DLR
Contact: Christoph Gornott

OCEAN:ICE

Ocean Cryosphere Exchanges in Antarctica: Impacts on Climate and the Earth system
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

PyMiCCS

Pyrogenic carbon and carbonating minerals (PyMiCCS) for enhanced plant growth and carbon capture and storage - Teilprojekt 4: Bewertung des wirtschaftlichen Potentials
Oct 15, 2022 - Oct 14, 2024
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Alexander Popp, Isabelle Weindl

DIRECTED

Disaster Resilience for Extreme Climate Events providing interoperable data, models, communication and governance
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Fred Hattermann

Re-Livestock

Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

WETHorizons

Upgrading knowledge and solutions to fast-track wetland restoration across Europe
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Florian Humpenöder

RESCUE

Response of the Earth System to overshoot, Climate neUtrality and negative Emissions
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Nico Bauer

BG-Water

Global Blue-Green Water Assessment
Aug 16, 2022 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Contact: Johan Rockström

SpreeWasser:N

Adaption an Wasser-Extremereignisse: Dürremanagement, integrierte Wasserbewirtschaftungskonzepte und verbesserte Wasserspeicherung in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PTKA-WTE
Contact: Hagen Koch

ABCDR

Agroforestry’s Biophysical potentials for CDR and Decision making across scales
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF/DLR
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

OVERHANG

Schuldenüberhang und grüne Investitionen - die Rolle von Banken für den klimafreundlichen Umgang mit emissionsintensiven Anlagenvermögen
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kai Lessmann

CLIMVEST

Climate Impact Investing – Der Beitrag Nachhaltiger Geldanlagen zur Erreichung der Klimaziele (Climvest)
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Kai Lessmann

ELEVATE

ENABLING AND LEVERAGING CLIMATE ACTION TOWARDS NET-ZERO EMISSIONS
Jun 01, 2022 - May 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Bertram

NEVERMORE

New Enabling Visions and tools for End-useRs and stakeholders thanks to a common MOdeling fRamework towards a climatE neutral and resilient society
Jun 01, 2022 - May 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan Volkholz, Martin Park

WaldSpektrum-RD1

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Boris Sakschewski

SWAPNO

Safe Water - Advances in Purification Options
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
Funded by: German Alliance for Global Health Research BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Amanda Wendt

LOKONET

Netzwerk Lokale Konflikte und Emotionen in Urbanen Räumen: Transdisziplinäre Konfliktforschung in Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kooperationen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Fritz Reusswig

WaldSpektrum-RD2

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Martin Gutsch

Nu-Tree

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

B-EPICC-RD1

Brazil East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities
Apr 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2023
Funded by: BMUV
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

DFG_prenatal

How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using quasi-experiments
Mar 14, 2022 - Mar 13, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

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: Prajal Pradhan

B-EPICC-RD2

Klimakapazitätsvorsorge: Risikovorhersage und -Minimierung
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: BMU
Contact: Fred Hattermann / Christoph Gornott

RADON

Einsatz von klimatischen Modellrechnungen zur Beurteilung der Robustheit der Sicherheitsaussage und der Szenarienungewissheiten bei der Endlagerung hochradioaktiver Abfälle
Dec 16, 2021 - Oct 15, 2024
Funded by: Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH
Contact: Andrey Ganopolski

RECOVERY

Recent Changes in Northern Vegetation Carbon Cycling
Dec 01, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

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: Martin Gutsch

AGRICA_Madagaskar

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in Madagascar
Dec 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken

Boreas

Beratung der Abteilung III des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi)
Nov 02, 2021 - Nov 01, 2024
Funded by: BMWi
Contact: Michael Pahle

CDR SynTra

CDR Synthese- und Transferprojekt | CDR Synthesis and Transfer project
Nov 01, 2021 - Oct 31, 2024
Funded by: BMBF/DLR
Contact: Jessica Strefler

NGFS III

Network for Greening the Financial System
Nov 01, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

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

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

Upon

Urban Percolations
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Diego Rybski

STEPSEC

Überprüfung der Machbarkeit von terrestrischen CDR-Potenzialen unter sozio-ökologischen Randbedingungen
Oct 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Dieter Gerten

Agrica_21

Support of the AGRICA-project in Sub-Saharan Africa by implementing additional measures
Oct 01, 2021 - Aug 31, 2023
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken

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: Luis Costa

ERA

Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene (ERA) Integrating non-linear biophysical and social determinants of Earth-system stability for global sustainability through a novel community modelling platform
Sep 01, 2021 - Sep 30, 2023
Funded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Contact: Johan Rockström / Jonathan Donges