Research can act as a mapmaker for climate policy, identifying different pathways to reach societal goals and assessing the relevant costs and benefits - for generations to come and around the world. Interdisciplinary research teams explore options for decision-makers. The energy sector accounts for about two thirds of human-made greenhouse gas emissions and is thus a key area of investigation, from coal combustion to renewables and from grid design to CO2-pricing. As energy powers our modern economies, our industries as well as our homes, this is relevant for our businesses and jobs. And for our everyday lifes.
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![From ocean currents to the energy transition: thousands visit PIK for Potsdam Science Day](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/from-ocean-currents-to-the-energy-transition-thousands-visit-pik-for-potsdam-science-day/@@images/71beb472-d6d2-45c6-b04f-43722a723992.jpeg)
From ocean currents to the energy transition: thousands visit PIK for Potsdam Science Day
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![Climate change could become the most important driver of biodiversity loss by mid-century](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/climate-change-could-become-the-most-important-driver-of-biodiversity-loss-by-mid-century/@@images/3ff43bcc-d75c-4f17-8373-8e072e863bf3.jpeg)
Climate change could become the most important driver of biodiversity loss by mid-century
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![Securing competitiveness of energy-intensive industries through structural change: The pulling power of renewables](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/securing-competitiveness-of-energy-intensive-industries-through-relocation-the-pulling-power-of-renewables/@@images/a4fe55a0-a375-4ae3-b065-9cc2e0614d76.jpeg)
Securing competitiveness of energy-intensive industries through structural change: The pulling power of renewables
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![38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/38-trillion-dollars-in-damages-each-year-world-economy-already-committed-to-income-reduction-of-19-due-to-climate-change/@@images/09dd241d-04d0-4df3-a78c-3292255365d1.png)
38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change
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![Transforming energy, land use, production and consumption to safeguard Global Commons](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/transforming-energy-land-use-production-and-consumption-to-safeguard-global-commons/@@images/3a006984-0832-4259-8b25-864e0dee047e.jpeg)
Transforming energy, land use, production and consumption to safeguard Global Commons
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![Not in my backyard? Wind turbines have little effect on US property values](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/not-in-my-backyard-wind-turbines-have-little-effect-on-us-property-values/@@images/a38c7149-74c2-4ed2-aac6-6de4e56ebc13.jpeg)
Not in my backyard? Wind turbines have little effect on US property values
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![Edenhofer on the presentation of the German government's Carbon Management Strategy](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/edenhofer-on-the-presentation-of-the-german-governments-carbon-management-strategy/@@images/7546d4f8-ca4d-4870-828d-b8edd49d36a0.png)
Edenhofer on the presentation of the German government's Carbon Management Strategy
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![Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/electrification-or-hydrogen-both-have-distinct-roles-in-the-european-energy-transition/@@images/14cf6c10-ca9f-4560-8c06-b8ba7d1c8a9b.jpeg)
Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition
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![Transforming food systems could create multi-trillion dollars of economic benefits every year](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/transforming-food-systems-could-create-multi-trillion-dollars-of-economic-benefits-every-year/@@images/62019e69-6a04-4bbc-81fa-e79856259775.jpeg)
Transforming food systems could create multi-trillion dollars of economic benefits every year
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![EU climate Advisory Board: EU needs to significantly accelerate its emission reductions](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/new-report-eu-needs-to-significantly-accelerate-its-emission-reductions/@@images/c18d7b15-fb3c-4003-9868-4551926d2918.jpeg)
EU climate Advisory Board: EU needs to significantly accelerate its emission reductions
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![Real progress, yet transition away from fossil fuels too vague: PIK Assessment on COP28 closing](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/pivotal-land-mark-pik-assessment-on-cop28-closing/@@images/82e85dd4-464f-4dea-a04e-e73cc0e546ab.jpeg)
Real progress, yet transition away from fossil fuels too vague: PIK Assessment on COP28 closing
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![10 New Insights in Climate Science at COP28: Rapid fossil fuels phase-out crucial for minimising 1.5°C overshoot](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/top-10-climate-science-insights-unveiled-rapid-fossil-fuels-phase-out-crucial-for-minimising-1-5degc-overshoot/@@images/ed7d73de-1f68-40f2-968d-92c1ec9677a3.jpeg)
10 New Insights in Climate Science at COP28: Rapid fossil fuels phase-out crucial for minimising 1.5°C overshoot
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![A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/a-fifth-higher-tropical-cyclones-substantially-raise-the-social-cost-of-carbon/@@images/30cfc43b-1349-4dcc-b708-495628b769a2.jpeg)
A fifth higher: Tropical cyclones substantially raise the Social Cost of Carbon
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![More new fossil gas heating systems, only tentative progress: energy transition update](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/more-new-fossil-gas-heating-systems-only-tentative-progress-energy-transition-update/@@images/ae80df62-17e5-4bb4-9a9e-a8388621c306.png)
More new fossil gas heating systems, only tentative progress: energy transition update
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![Land taxation can reduce wealth inequality](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/land-taxation-can-reduce-wealth-inequality/@@images/45e26762-c709-4dd5-b599-89df8c291580.jpeg)
Land taxation can reduce wealth inequality
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![2023 year of record extremes: new report](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/earth2019s-vital-signs-reach-new-record-extremes-in-2023/@@images/7e416894-5be6-4ee8-abe0-b5e198e11d88.jpeg)
2023 year of record extremes: new report
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![Diabetes, dementia, depression: Adapting fuel taxes could benefit people’s health](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/diabetes-dementia-depression-adapting-fuel-taxes-could-benefit-people2019s-health/@@images/0b3f4a44-f732-494c-a150-13b682018b01.jpeg)
Diabetes, dementia, depression: Adapting fuel taxes could benefit people’s health
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![“Shaping European environmental policy”: Ottmar Edenhofer on ENDS Europe Impact List](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/201cshaping-european-environmental-policy201d-ottmar-edenhofer-on-ends-europe-impact-list/@@images/a749ccba-0ff0-46f1-9e42-b54f234c9579.jpeg)
“Shaping European environmental policy”: Ottmar Edenhofer on ENDS Europe Impact List
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![Getting expectations right more relevant than getting prices right: Credibility is key for policies to achieve net zero targets](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/getting-expectations-right-more-relevant-than-getting-prices-right-credibility-is-key-for-policies-to-achieve-net-zero-targets/@@images/51f3c6ea-0255-4081-b71a-2c863fd9e1b7.jpeg)
Getting expectations right more relevant than getting prices right: Credibility is key for policies to achieve net zero targets
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![More economic struggle, less care about the environment](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/more-economic-struggle-less-care-about-the-environment/@@images/3745bbec-7995-4141-b592-06c98c6ddc48.jpeg)
More economic struggle, less care about the environment
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![Climate extremes hit stressed economies even harder](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/climate-extremes-hit-stressed-economies-even-harder/@@images/9b04f767-1965-4196-a2a6-e556c4250ec7.jpeg)
Climate extremes hit stressed economies even harder
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![John Schellnhuber new Director General at IIASA](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/john-schellnhuber-becomes-new-director-general-at-iiasa/@@images/fe40f40e-1e49-495e-a11f-3195b89ecf68.jpeg)
John Schellnhuber new Director General at IIASA
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![New series of talks by the Federal President on transformation opens with Ottmar Edenhofer](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/new-series-of-talks-by-the-federal-president-on-transformation-opens-with-ottmar-edenhofer/@@images/c5482e24-9f94-4d79-9979-6395c48504e0.png)
New series of talks by the Federal President on transformation opens with Ottmar Edenhofer
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![Six decades and more than 1600 regions worldwide: New database on economic development and climate change](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/economic-development-and-climate-change-on-a-local-scale-new-global-database/@@images/f90ded88-4f3a-453d-a20b-03b9e1b0ecec.png)
Six decades and more than 1600 regions worldwide: New database on economic development and climate change
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![Worse than diesel and gasoline? Bioenergy as bad as fossils if there is no pricing of CO2 emissions from land-use change](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/worse-than-diesel-and-gasoline-bioenergy-as-bad-as-fossils-if-there-is-no-pricing-of-co2-emissions-from-land-use-change/@@images/51180851-7687-47f3-9c86-e19910f1005a.jpeg)
Worse than diesel and gasoline? Bioenergy as bad as fossils if there is no pricing of CO2 emissions from land-use change
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![EU climate Advisory Board recommends ambitious 2040 climate target and urgent transitions](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/eu-climate-advisory-board-recommends-ambitious-2040-climate-target-and-urgent-transitions-for-the-european-union/@@images/aadd8ae2-2d43-4429-a847-41dae9876842.jpeg)
EU climate Advisory Board recommends ambitious 2040 climate target and urgent transitions
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![Greentech Honorary Award for Johan Rockström](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/greentech-honorary-award-for-johan-rockstrom-1/@@images/2a76ba08-10b1-49c7-9778-13873870b604.jpeg)
Greentech Honorary Award for Johan Rockström
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![Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities appoints Ottmar Edenhofer](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/berlin-brandenburg-academy-of-sciences-and-humanities-appoints-ottmar-edenhofer/@@images/7d04c0aa-e9b8-4d5b-b6ec-95b01c00e645.jpeg)
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities appoints Ottmar Edenhofer
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![PIK expertise at "Leibniz in the Bundestag"](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/leibniz-in-the-bundestag-2023/@@images/441dc43b-bbf3-4e13-8734-31eeed49e234.jpeg)
PIK expertise at "Leibniz in the Bundestag"
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![New framework from “Efficiency first” to “Decarbonization first” in European building sector needed](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/new-framework-from-201cefficiency-first201d-to-201cdecarbonization-first201d-in-european-building-sector-needed/@@images/820c6cb8-c377-4ef9-8ed9-d7d9ba20a68f.jpeg)
New framework from “Efficiency first” to “Decarbonization first” in European building sector needed
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