10/14/2024 - Johan Rockström, Scientific Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), was awarded the Virchow Prize 2024 at a ceremony ...

10/09/2024 - Even if it is possible to reverse the rise of global temperatures after a temporary “overshoot” of 1.5 degrees Celsius, some climate damages ...

10/08/2024 - More frequent and intense extreme weather events, fossil fuel emissions at an all-time high: a new report led by an international team of ...

10/08/2024 - A new tool helps to assess and map security risks arising from climate hazards: The Climate Conflict Vulnerability Index (CCVI) was developed in ...

09/27/2024 - Summer heatwaves are four times more likely in some areas in the Northern hemisphere due to atmospheric teleconnections, scientists have found. ...

09/24/2024 - The Planetary Boundaries Science (PBScience), a new initiative led by PIK director Johan Rockström and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ...

09/17/2024 - The EU has decided to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. From then on, for every tonne of CO2 still emitted, one tonne would have to be taken out ...

09/13/2024 - In a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), researchers analysed how erratic weather events, increasingly ...

09/12/2024 - This year's prestigious Hermann Eiselen Science Award goes to Lisa Murken, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...

09/12/2024 - It remains possible for all humans to escape poverty and be safe from harm caused by Earth system change, but urgent global transformations are ...