Current Projects

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

In the past 15 years, PIK has conducted around 800 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR, formerly 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:

UPTAKE - RD3

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jessica Strefler

ARIADNE-2

Verbundvorhaben Ariadne: Evidenzbasiertes Assessment für die Gestaltung der deutschen Energiewende
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PTJ
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer, Gunnar Luderer, Michael Pahle

UPTAKE - RD2

Bridging current knowledge gaps to enable the UPTAKE of carbon dioxide removal methods
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

PERSEVERE2

Persistent Summer Extremes over Europe due to Wave-Resonance Events
Aug 01, 2023 - Jul 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PT DLR
Contact: Giorgia Di Capua

Pathfinder 2

Pathfinder 2: accelerating climate action for health
Aug 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: Wellcome Trust, Our Planet, Our Health
Contact: Jan Minx

CCH CP2_2 - RD2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - CP2. Provision of climate and bio-physical forcing data for health impact projections
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Fred Hattermann

1.5 NPE

Renew and enhance support – 1.5°C National Pathway Explorer
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: IKEA Core Funding
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

LIFE-COASE

Collaborative Observatory for Assessment of the EU ETS
Jun 26, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: European University Institute
Contact: Sebastian Osorio

ACCREU

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

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

NCS SIM RD2

Towards improved simulations of NCS potentials
Mar 01, 2023 - Jan 31, 2026
Funded by: Conservation International
Contact: Christoph Müller, Johan Rockström

PRISMA - RD2

Net zero pathway research through integrated assessment model advancements
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

OptimESM - RD2

Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models for Exploring Future Climate Changes
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

PRISMA - RD3

Net zero pathway research through integrated assessment model advancements
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

OptimESM - RD3

Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models for Exploring Future Climate Changes
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Nico Bauer

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 - European Union
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

CAPABLE

ClimAte Policy AcceptaBiLity Economic framework
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Kai Lessmann

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

CCH CP2_2 - RD3

Klimawandel und Gesundheit in Afrika südlich der Sahara“ für das Teilprojekt ZP 02 „Bereitstellung von klimatischen und biophysikalischen Antriebsdaten für Gesundheitsprojektionen
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Katja Frieler

FAIRCLIP

Stranded assets, financial constraints, and the distributional impacts of climate policy
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Nicolas Koch

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

PREVIEW

Development and validation of a multidimensional index to map climate-conflict vulnerability
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: AA - Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Barbora Sedova

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

RD1 - WorldTrans

Transparent Assessments for Real People
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jonathan Donges

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

DecLaRe

Decision support for strengthening land resilience in the face of global challenges
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PT 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
Oct 15, 2022 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, PT DLR
Contact: Alexander Popp, Isabelle Weindl

DKT Tourismus

NKI: Konzeption und Pilotierung eines THG-Inventars der Deutschen Tourismuswirtschaft
Oct 01, 2022 - Apr 30, 2026
Funded by: BMWE - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Contact: Helga Weisz

FEIRE

Verbundfrojekt KlimFi: Die Finanzierung der energetischen Gebäudemodernisierung
Oct 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: BMFTR - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
Contact: Matthias Kalkuhl