Current Projects

PIK scientists contribute to numerous research projects commissioned by external funders.

In the past 10 years, PIK has conducted over 500 projects funded, for example, through the research programmes of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) or the European Union. This list of current projects is generated from our database (newest first). Separate lists of completed  and all projects from 2007 on are available.

Current projects at PIK:

P2F-RD1

Past to Future: Towards fully palaeo-informed future climate projections
Mar 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2029
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Matteo Willeit

NewPathWays - RD2

New Pathways for equitable climate action in line with the Paris Agreement and sustainable development
Jan 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

ProLiCo

Promoting the commercial growth of coffea Liberica to strengthen climate-resilience of Ugandan coffee farmers
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Sophie von Loeben

CLIMPACT

Climate Information for Management, Peace-building, Adaptation, and Coordination in Central Asia
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

RENAT

Spatial assessments on production potential and climate resilience of natural farming in India
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: KfW
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

NewPathWays - RD3

New Pathways for equitable climate action in line with the Paris Agreement and sustainable development
Jan 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2028
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Elmar Kriegler, Alexander Popp

NextGenCarbon

Next Generation Modelling of Terrestrial Carbon Cycle by assimilation of in-situ campaigns and Earth Observations
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2029
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

AJusT

A just transition in agriculture and food systems though agroecological practices based on indigenous knowledge
Jan 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

MELANGE-PISM

Effects of ice mélange on ice flow and calving of Greenland glaciers in a warmer climate
Nov 01, 2024 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Ricarda Winkelmann

MEADOW

Measuring emission reduction and adaptation potentials in agricultural and food systems: what works at which scale?
Oct 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

TRANSFORM

Forschung für eine evidenzbasierte Klimapolitik durch die Transformation von Agrar- und Ernährungssystemen, die Finanzierung der Erhaltung von Waldsenken und eine gerechte Transformation der Wirtschaft
Sep 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

DCropS4OneHealth-2

BiodivGesundheit: Diversifying cropping systems for the One Health of soils, plants and humans
Aug 01, 2024 - Jul 31, 2027
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Amanda Wendt

RIKEN RD2

Piloting a new research agenda for managing the global commons within planetary boundaries
Jul 22, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: University Tokio
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

NGFS V - RD3

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

NGFS V - RD2

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jul 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

WPKS

Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz (WPKS)
Jul 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Ottmar Edenhofer

GeoClimRisk

The Geopolitics of Climate Change Risks
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: AA - Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Dr. Fanny Thornton / Andrea Kambergs

ILM-Track

Indigenous Territories Contribution to Atmospheric Moisture Flows
Jun 01, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
Funded by: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Contact: Lauren Andersen

AMaReNa

DATIpilot Modul 1 Innovationssprints - A Market for the Restoration of Nature
Jun 01, 2024 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PTJ
Contact: Detlef Sprinz

CLARS

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategies
Jun 01, 2024 - May 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Julia Blocher, Diogo A. Serraglio

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

MAgPIE

Collaboration to improvements to MAgPIE and the MESSAGEix integrated assessment framework.
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Contact: Jan Phillip Dietrich

CentraLand

Assessing land's centrality for global resilience
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Funded by: UNCCD
Contact: Lisa Murken

VISIBLE

InterSectoral Impact attriBution to cLimate changE
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Katja Frieler, Martin Park

Leibniz-Lab

Systemische Nachhaltigkeit – Biodiversität, Klima, Landwirtschaft und Ernährung innerhalb planetarer Grenzen
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Funded by: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Contact: Dieter Gerten

CCH PI3_2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Apr 01, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Christoph Gornott

ClimTip-ERSU

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: Ricarda Winkelmann/ Jonathan Donges

ClimTip-RD2

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 28, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Müller

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

CaTFoodS

Klimatische und handelsbedingte Risiken für die globale Ernährungssicherheit
Feb 01, 2024 - Apr 30, 2027
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kilian Kuhla