Videos

Causes and Consequences of Climate Change

Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, explains about causes and consequences of climate change and what can be done to combat it.

Science & Policy: Exploring Climate Solutions

The official presentation of the Working Group III contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on April 14, 2014 at TU Berlin.

LOOPS 2014 - Towards co-evolutionary modeling of global society-environment interactions

Closing the loop - Workshop: 16-18 February 2014, Chorin Monastery, Berlin, Germany

Press conference Impacts World 2013

Webcast of media briefing with EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, UNEP Chief Scientist Joseph Alcamo, Rachel Kyte of the World Bank, Pavel Kabat of IIASA and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) on May 27th 2013.

Climate Sensitivity - what is it and why is it important to know?

Andrey Ganopolski of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is one of the pioneers of constraining climate sensitivity from paleoclimatic data. He coauthored the recent Nature paper "Making sense of paleoclimate sensitivity", which concludes on the basis of many studies that the experience of past climate changes in Earth's history implies a warming of 2.2–4.8K per doubling of atmospheric CO2, which agrees with IPCC estimates.

Global Sustainability Summerschool 2013 in Potsdam

Forty young professionals and academics came together in July 2013 and have been deliberating about urban sustainability at the Global Sustainability Summer School (GSSS) hosted by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS). Weaving throughout Potsdam on their bicycles, they have attended lectures, workshops, and discussions; met world renown experts; visited start-ups; and enjoyed many leisure activities showcasing the sights and tastes of Berlin and Brandenburg. 09/12/2013

Reinhard Süring - Potsdam - Wissenschaft für die Zukunft

Die Filme der Jahreskampagne „Wissenschaft für die Zukunft" widmen sich historischen Wissenschaftlern, die einmal eng mit Potsdam verbunden waren. Reinhard Süring gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Meteorologen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er war langjähriger Direktor des Meteorologischen Observatoriums auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg. Seine Spezialgebiete waren die Wolken- und die Strahlungsforschung. Für weltweites Aufsehen sorgte auch seine Rekordballonfahrt im Jahr 1901, als Süring mit seinem Kollegen Berson in einem offenen Ballon bis auf über 10.500 Meter Höhe aufstieg.