Completed Projects

Q-DYNAMICS

Simulation and understanding of the major transitions in Quaternary climate dynamics
Jan 01, 2014 - May 31, 2017
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Andrey Ganopolski

ANTCAL

The influence of fracture-induced calving on Antarctica's contribution to future sea-level change
Sep 01, 2014 - Mar 31, 2017
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Anders Levermann

LEGATO

Landnutzungsintensitäten und ökologische Massnahmen-Werkzeuge zur Bewertung von Risiken und Möglichkeiten in Ackerbausystemen
Mar 01, 2011 - Dec 31, 2016
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

CE-LAND WP4

Climate Engineering on Land: Potentials and side-effects of afforestation and biomass plantations as instruments for carbon extraction
Sep 01, 2013 - Aug 31, 2016
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Dieter Gerten

CE-LAND WP5

Climate Engineering on Land: Potentials and side-effects of afforestation and biomass plantations as instruments for carbon extraction
Jun 01, 2013 - Aug 31, 2016
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

IRTG - RD1

International Research Trainig Group (IRTG): Dynamical Phenomena in Complex Networks: Fundamentals and Applications
Oct 01, 2011 - Mar 31, 2016
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

POLFREE

Policy Options for a Resource-Efficient Economy
Oct 01, 2012 - Mar 31, 2016
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

ROBIN

The Role Of Biodiversity In climate change mitigatioN
Nov 01, 2011 - Oct 31, 2015
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

IMPACT2C - RD1

Quantifying projected impacts under 2 grad C warming
Oct 01, 2011 - Sep 30, 2015
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Dieter Gerten

CSIRO - RD1

CSIRO-PIK Collaboration in assessments of sustainable pathways for feeding 9 billion people
Sep 01, 2013 - Aug 31, 2015
Funded by: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Contact: Jens Heinke

CLARION

Coupled simulations of Antarctic ice-sheet/ocean interactions using POP and CISM
Jul 01, 2014 - Jun 30, 2015
Funded by: US Department of Energy
Contact: Xylar Asay-Davis

MACSUR - RD1

Climate change risk assessment for European agriculture and food security
Jul 01, 2012 - Jun 30, 2015
Funded by: BMBF, PTJ
Contact: Dieter Gerten

STACEE

Stability of atmospheric circulation patterns and its relation to extreme events
Jan 01, 2013 - Jun 30, 2015
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Dim Coumou

VOLANTE - RD1

shared with RD2, Visions Of Land use Transitions in Europe
Nov 01, 2010 - Apr 30, 2015
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Ariane Walz

GREENLAND TIMESCALES

Modelling the Greenland ice sheet response to climate change on different timescales
May 01, 2012 - Apr 30, 2015
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Andrey Ganopolski

GLUES - RD1

Global Assessment of Land Use Dynamics, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Ecosystem Services
Jan 01, 2010 - Apr 30, 2015
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

GREENPEACE

Global Land Use scenarios and modeling analyses
Dec 01, 2012 - Feb 28, 2015
Funded by: Greenpeace
Contact: Tim Beringer

SCOPUS

German Fellowship Programme for S&T awardees - Dr. Junguo Liu
Aug 01, 2012 - Dec 31, 2014
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Wolfgang Lucht

CLA AR5

Qualitätssicherung von IPCC-AR5: Assistenz für koordinierenden Leitautor Arbeitsgruppe II, Kapitel 18 (Erkennung und Zuordnungen von beobachteten Auswirkungen)
Jan 01, 2011 - Nov 30, 2014
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

CLIMAFRICA

Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and adaptations
Oct 01, 2010 - Sep 30, 2014
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Hoff, Holger / Hattermann, Fred

AMAZALERT

Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and long-term land use change in the Amazon
Sep 01, 2011 - Aug 31, 2014
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

SESL

Semi-Empirical Sea Level
Sep 01, 2011 - Aug 01, 2014
Funded by: NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Stefan Rahmstorf

FUME - RD1

Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world
Jan 01, 2010 - Dec 31, 2013
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

GREENCYCLES II

Anticipating climate change and biospheric feedbacks within the earth system to 2200
Jan 01, 2010 - Dec 31, 2013
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Georg Feulner

UFOPLAN

Synthese bestehender Erkenntnisse über Abtauprozesse des Permafrostes und daraus resultierender Rückkopplungseffekte im Klimasystem
Dec 01, 2012 - Nov 30, 2013
Funded by: UBA - Umweltbundesamt
Contact: Thomas Schneider von Deimling

ERMITAGE - RD1

Enhancing Robustness and Model Integration for The Assessment of Global Environmental Change
Dec 01, 2010 - Nov 30, 2013
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Dieter Gerten

LakeRisk

Lakes at risk under climate change: Climate variability matters
Oct 01, 2009 - Sep 30, 2013
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Dieter Gerten

ISI-MIP RD1

Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison - Sektorenübergreifender Klimafolgen-Modellvergleich
Apr 01, 2012 - Aug 31, 2013
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Dieter Gerten

GHG Europe

Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems
Jan 01, 2010 - Jun 30, 2013
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

SLANT

Sea Level projections for ANTarctica
Nov 01, 2011 - Jun 01, 2013
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Anders Levermann