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.

AQUASIA

Advancing Hydrological Modeling for Improved Water Availability Forecasts in Central Asia
Dec 15, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

ARIADNE-2

Verbundvorhaben Ariadne: Evidenzbasiertes Assessment für die Gestaltung der deutschen Energiewende
Sep 01, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF, FZJ - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung / Forschungszentrum Jülich
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer, Gunnar Luderer, Michael Pahle

ClimTip-RD4

Climate Tipping Points: Uncertainty-aware quantification of Earth system tipping potential from observations and models and assessment of associated climatic, ecological, and socioeconomic impacts
Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 29, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Boers, Niklas

COMPASS

COMPound extremes Attribution of climate change: towardS an operational Service
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matthias Mengel

INFO-EW

Datenbasierte Informationssysteme für kommunale Akteur:innen zur Abschätzung der sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Energiewende und Strukturwandel
Oct 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: BMWK
Contact: Peter Paul Pichler

KARO

Klimaresiliente Anbauverfahren zur Risiko-Optimierung – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ziele der Ackerbaustrategie und ihrer regionalen Erfordernisse
Apr 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMEL, PT BLE
Contact: Tobias Conradt

KI-FounDyn

Grundlagen für Stabilitätsbestimmung in Stromnetzen mit Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz
Mar 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Contact: Frank Hellmann

NGFS V

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

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

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

PREVENT

Improved predictability of extremes over the Mediterranean from seasonal to decadal timescales
Oct 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Giorgia Di Capua