Projects

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

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

CentraLand

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

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

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

CODEC

Improving the representation of crop production losses due to nuclear conflict
Feb 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
Funded by: Future of Life Institutes
Contact: Christoph Müller

OrganicYieldsUP

Improving yields in organic cropping systems
Feb 01, 2024 - Jan 31, 2028
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Susanne Rolinski

LegumES

Valorizing and balancing the ecosystem service benefits offered by legumes, and legume-based cropped systems.
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Benjamin Bodirsky

SAFE4ALL

Safeguarding African Foodsheds and Ecosystems for all Actors across Local, regional and international Levels to manage migration
Jan 01, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
Funded by: EU, Horizon Europe
Contact: Rahel Laudien

AQUASIA

Advancing Hydrological Modeling for Improved Water Availability Forecasts in Central Asia
Dec 15, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Iulii Didovets

HiClAP

High-Resolution Climate and Agricultural Projections
Nov 01, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Christoph Gornott / Lisa Murken

PACO

Implementing regional and national adaptation priorities in West and Central Africa
Nov 01, 2023 - Oct 31, 2027
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Contact: Christoph Gornott

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

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

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 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

SCARF

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

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

Re-Livestock

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

BG-Water

Global Blue-Green Water Assessment
Aug 16, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: Netherlands Enterprise Agency
Contact: Johan Rockström

SpreeWasser:N

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

ABCDR

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

WaldSpektrum-RD1

Klimaplastische Wälder – Die Potenziale im natürlichen Spektrum erkennen und forstwirtschaftlich nutzen
Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026
Funded by: BMEL, PT FNR Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Contact: Boris Sakschewski

DFG_prenatal

How do prenatal and postnatal circumstances interact in shaping health? An interdisciplinary approach using quasi-experiments
Mar 14, 2022 - Mar 13, 2025
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Sabine Gabrysch

ForHimSDG

Förderung der Entwicklung des Himalayas durch Stärkung von Lehre und Forschung im Bereich der Sustainable Development Goals [Promoting Himalayan Development by Strengthening Teaching and Research on Sustainable Development Goals]
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
Funded by: DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Contact: Jürgen Kropp

IKI Kenya

Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to promote Ecosystem Based Adaptation in the Ewaso Ng’iro North Catchment, Kenya
Jan 01, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
Funded by: BMU - Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit
Contact: Stefan Liersch

RECOVERY

Recent Changes in Northern Vegetation Carbon Cycling
Dec 01, 2021 - Nov 30, 2024
Funded by: DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Kirsten Thonicke

AGRICA_Madagaskar

Climate risk analyses for adaptation planning in Madagascar
Dec 01, 2021 - Jun 30, 2025
Funded by: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Contact: Lisa Murken