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:

1.5 NPE

Renew and enhance support – 1.5°C National Pathway Explorer
Jul 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: IKEA Core Funding
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

LIFE-COASE

Collaborative Observatory for Assessment of the EU ETS
Jun 26, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: European University Institute
Contact: Sebastian Osorio

EU_post2030

EU_post2030
Jun 26, 2023 - Sep 02, 2024
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Michael Pahle

ETS_post2030

Study on Issues and Options for EU Emissions Trading after 2030
Jun 21, 2023 - Sep 02, 2024
Funded by: Technopolis France
Contact: Michael Pahle

ACCREU

Assessing Climate Change Risk in Europe
Jun 01, 2023 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: European Commission
Contact: Franziska Piontek

AgrImpact

Evaluating the impact of agroecological practices on farm system resilience in Madagascar
Apr 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Lisa Murken

Blessberg

Evaluation der Isothermal-Thermolumineszenzdatierung als Methode zur Bestimmung Mittelpleistozäner Wachstumsphasen von Speläothemen der Bleßberghöhle
Apr 01, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Norbert Marwan

NCS SIM RD2

Towards improved simulations of NCS potentials
Mar 01, 2023 - May 31, 2025
Funded by: Conservation International
Contact: Christoph Müller, Johan Rockström

ProGIRH

Multisectoral Management of Water Resources in the Mantaro River Basin
Feb 15, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Fred Hattermann

PRISMA

Net zero pathway research through integrated assessment model advancements
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

OptimESM

Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models for Exploring Future Climate Changes
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Nico Bauer

NGFS IV

Network for Greening the Financial System
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Climate Works Foundation
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

DAAD-PPP Australien

Climate & social preferences: Do climate conditions causally determine social preferences?
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Contact: Leonie Wenz

COMMITTED

Climate pOlicy assessment and Mitigation Modeling to Integrate national and global TransiTion pathways for Environmental-friendly Development
Jan 01, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
Funded by: EU - European Union
Contact: Elmar Kriegler

CAPABLE

ClimAte Policy AcceptaBiLity Economic framework
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Kai Lessmann

MonteVitis

Integrating a comprehensive European approach for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Montenegro viticulture
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Christoph Menz

CCH CP2_2 - RD3

Klimawandel und Gesundheit in Afrika südlich der Sahara“ für das Teilprojekt ZP 02 „Bereitstellung von klimatischen und biophysikalischen Antriebsdaten für Gesundheitsprojektionen
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Katja Frieler

CCH PI3_2

Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa - PI_3 Weather-related impacts on crop yields and food production
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Christoph Gornott

AfriValue

Recommendations to avoid climate change-related effects in East African coffee value chains
Dec 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: BMZ
Contact: Christoph Gornott

CWEH Usbekistan

Klimawandel, Potenzial für erneuerbare Energien und Gesundheit der Bevölkerung in Usbekistan
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Iulii Didovets

JustInequality

Facilitating a Just Transition into a Stable Climate by reducing inequality from climate damages
Dec 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2024
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Anders Levermann

PREVIEW

Development and validation of a multidimensional index to map climate-conflict vulnerability
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: AA - Auswärtiges Amt
Contact: Barbora Sedova

SCARF

Scaling agroforestry for holistic climate resilience-building in rural Tanzania
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2025
Funded by: BMU
Contact: Christoph Gornott

Global Hydrogen Futures

Modelling of Global Hydrogen Futures (Modellierung globaler Wasserstoffszenarien)
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 30, 2026
Funded by: Bosch-Forschungsstiftung
Contact: Gunnar Luderer, Falko Ueckerdt

DecLaRe

Decision support for strengthening land resilience in the face of global challenges
Nov 01, 2022 - Oct 31, 2026
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Christoph Gornott

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

PyMiCCS

Pyrogenic carbon and carbonating minerals (PyMiCCS) for enhanced plant growth and carbon capture and storage - Teilprojekt 4: Bewertung des wirtschaftlichen Potentials
Oct 15, 2022 - Oct 14, 2024
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Alexander Popp, Isabelle Weindl

DKT Tourismus

NKI: Konzeption und Pilotierung des Deutschen Klimafonds Tourismus
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: BMWK
Contact: Prof. Helga Weisz

DIRECTED

Disaster Resilience for Extreme Climate Events providing interoperable data, models, communication and governance
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Fred Hattermann

PECan

PECan – Die Politische Ökonomie der nachhaltigen Transformation des Klima-Finanz-Systems – Teilprojekt B: Agentenbasierte Modellierung von Risiken
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2027
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Anders Levermann