Projects

PACO

Implementing regional and national adaptation priorities in West and Central Africa
Nov 01, 2023 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: Christoph Gornott

CODEC

Improving the representation of crop production losses due to nuclear conflict
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: Future of Life Institutes
Contact: Christoph Müller

Climate-nature scenarios

Climate-Nature Risk Scenarios
Jun 10, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
Funded by: Nature Finance
Contact: Miodrag Stevanovic

Juba_River

Scenarios of future water availability under climate change conditions for the Juba River basin
Jun 01, 2023 - Dec 14, 2023
Funded by: adelphi
Contact: Fred Hattermann

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

NCS SIM

Towards improved simulations of NCS potentials
Mar 01, 2023 - May 31, 2025
Funded by: Conservation International
Contact: Christoph Müller, Johan Rockström

CriticaL

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

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

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

SCARF

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

DecLaRe

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

Re-Livestock

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

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

SWAPNO

Safe Water - Advances in Purification Options
May 01, 2022 - Apr 30, 2024
Funded by: German Alliance for Global Health Research BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Amanda Wendt

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

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

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: Jürgen Kropp

B-EPICC-RD2

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

IKI Kenya

Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to promote Ecosystem Based Adaptation in the Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment, Kenya
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: BMU - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit
Contact: Stefan Liersch

RECOVERY

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

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

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

Upon

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

DBU Stipendium Hemmen

Auswirkungen einer verbesserten Abbildung von Hitzestressfolgen auf simulierte Ernteerträge und Bewertung von landwirtschaftlichen Anpassungspotentialen durch Weiterentwicklung und Anwendung des prozessbasierten Landwirtschaftsmodells LPJmL
Aug 01, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Funded by: DBU - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Contact: Marie Hemmen

CCH PI3

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Jun 01, 2021 - May 31, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Hermann Lotze-Campen/Christoph Gornott

Leibniz Biodiv

Zentrale Koordination des Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerks Biodiversität
Apr 15, 2021 - Apr 14, 2024
Funded by: 18 Mitgliedsinstitute des Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerks
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke, Eva Rahner