Projects (Selection)

Ongoing research activities at the institute
 

This is a small selection of the numerous research projects currently in progress at PIK. To see more current and past projects, please see our Projects page.

B-EPICC-FL

Brazil East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities
Jan 01, 2018 - Dec 31, 2023
Funded by: AA - Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Fanny Thornton / Andrea Kambergs

BG-Water

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

CoCoHype 2

Consistent control design for the coordination of distributed actors in a multilayered integrated grid system
Aug 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Frank Hellmann

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

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: Iulii Didovets

HOLMES

Grant objective: to identify and assess the climate policy levers that would result from a possible socialization of a substantial portion of Berlin's building stock.
Dec 31, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
Funded by: European Climate Foundation
Contact: Peter Paul Pichler

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

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

PECan

PECan – Die Politische Ökonomie der nachhaltigen Transformation des Klima-Finanz-Systems – Teilprojekt B: Agentenbasierte Modellierung von Risiken
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Anders Levermann

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

SCARF

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

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

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