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:

OptimESM - RD2

Optimal High Resolution Earth System Models for Exploring Future Climate Changes
Jan 01, 2023 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

PRISMA - RD3

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

OptimESM - RD3

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

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

EAT Lancet 2.0

EAT Lancet 2.0
Jan 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: EAT Foundation
Contact: Johan Rockström

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

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: BMUV - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz
Contact: Christoph Gornott

RD1 - WorldTrans

Transparent Assessments for Real People
Dec 01, 2022 - Nov 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jonathan Donges

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

DKT Tourismus

NKI: Konzeption und Pilotierung des Deutschen Klimafonds Tourismus
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: BMWK - Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Contact: Helga Weisz

AdJUST

Advancing the understanding of challenges, policy options and measures to achieve a just EU energy transition
Oct 01, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan Steckel

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

RESCUE- RD2

Response of the Earth System to overshoot, Climate neUtrality and negative Emissions
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp

WETHorizons

Upgrading knowledge and solutions to fast-track wetland restoration across Europe
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Florian Humpenöder

RESCUE- RD3

Response of the Earth System to overshoot, Climate neUtrality and negative Emissions
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Nico Bauer

Re-Livestock

Facilitating Innovations for Resilient Livestock Farming Systems
Sep 01, 2022 - Aug 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

SpreeWasser:N

Adaption an Wasser-Extremereignisse: Dürremanagement, integrierte Wasserbewirtschaftungskonzepte und verbesserte Wasserspeicherung in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg
Aug 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PTKA-WTE
Contact: Hagen Koch

CLIMVEST

Climate Impact Investing – Der Beitrag Nachhaltiger Geldanlagen zur Erreichung der Klimaziele (Climvest)
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF
Contact: Kai Lessmann

ABCDR

Agroforestry’s Biophysical potentials for CDR and Decision making across scales
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

OVERHANG

Schuldenüberhang und grüne Investitionen - die Rolle von Banken für den klimafreundlichen Umgang mit emissionsintensiven Anlagenvermögen
Aug 01, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
Funded by: BMBF, PT DLR
Contact: Kai Lessmann

HyValue

Norwegian Centre for Hydrogen Value Chain Research
Jul 01, 2022 - Jun 30, 2027
Funded by: The Research Council of Norway (RCN)
Contact: Gunnar Luderer, Falko Ueckerdt

PPjury

Jury of 100 for the Planet Prize
Jun 20, 2022 - Jun 19, 2026
Funded by: Frontiers Research Foundation
Contact: Johan Rockström

ELEVATE - RD2

Enabling and Leveraging climate action towards net-zero emissions
Jun 01, 2022 - May 31, 2026
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Jan P. Dietrich / Alexander Popp
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