Policy advice, media and public talks

Policy advice

World Bank Reports

Capacity Building Workshop for Regional Scientists, 12th March 2014 at PIK. Sea level rise: state of the art, global to regional projections (talk).

Schellnhuber, H. J.; Hare, B.; Serdeczny, O.; Schaeffer, M.; Adams, S.; Baarsch, F.; Schwan, S.; Coumou, D.; Robinson, A.; Vieweg, M.; Piontek, F.; Donner, R.; Runge, J.; Rehfeld, K.; Rogelj, J.; Perrette, M.; Menon, A.; Schleussner, C.-F.; Bondeau, A.; Svirejeva-Hopkins, A.; Schewe, J.; Frieler, K.; Warszawski, L.; Rocha, M. (2013). Turn down the heat : climate extremes, regional impacts, and the case for resilience - full report. Washington DC ; World Bank.

Schellnhuber, H. J., Hare, W., Serdeczny, O., Adams, S., Coumou, D., Frieler, K., Martin, M., Otto, I. M., Perrette, M., Robinson, A., Rocha, M., Schaeffer, M., Schewe, J., Wang, X., Warszawski, L. (2012). Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided (pp. 1–106).  Washington, D.C ; World Bank.

(see also PIK's press release here)

Climate negotiations

UNFCCC COP17 (Durban, December 2011)

Scientific support to the Small Island Developing States with the Climate Analytics team.

+ briefing paper: Durban Agreements a step towards a global agreement, but risk of exceeding 3°C-warming remains

+ story in Nature: The science behing the durban talks

UNFCCC COP16 (Cancun, December 2010)

Scientific support to the Small Island Developing States with the Climate Analytics team.

Miscellaneous

Teleconference for the California Energy Commission (June 30, 2011)

Probabilistic projections of regional sea-level rise


In the media

Regional Sea Level Rise

http://sealevel.newscientistapps.com/

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729034.900-new-map-pinpoints-cities-to-avoid-as-sea-levels-rise.html

http://www.tovima.gr/science/article/?aid=514595

http://oglobo.globo.com/ciencia/nivel-do-mar-aumentara-entre-30-106-centimetros-ate-2100-7520903

Phytoplankton blooms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110304115609.htm


Public talks

Goethe Institut Ramallah (Ramallah and Nablus, January 23rd and 24th, 2012)

Climate Change and its Mid- and Long-Term Impacts on the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Oral presentation and participation at a panel discussion organised by the Goethe Institut in Ramallah, Palestinian Territories (invited)