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Science for safe & just #Climate future. Scientific Directors: Johan #Rockström, Ottmar #Edenhofer // Website EN: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en, DE: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/de // All PIK social media channels: https://pik-potsdam.de/socials
🎉 Congratulations to the 13 PIK scientists named among 2025’s Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivateag.bsky.social! 👏💐 They rank among the top 1% of the most cited researchers worldwide: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎉 Congratulations to the 13 PIK scientists named among 2025’s Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivateag.bsky.social! 👏💐 They rank among the top 1% of the most cited researchers worldwide: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
1.5 degrees of warming plus deforestation might already be too high for the Amazon rainforest.”
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1.5 degrees of warming plus deforestation might already be too high for the Amazon rainforest.”
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
PIK at #COP30 in Brazil: find out where, what & when our scientists will be contributing. We’ll keep updating the overview as events are confirmed. PIK also co-hosts the Planetary Science Pavilion, led by PIK Director Rockström & Carlos A. Nobre.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
PIK at #COP30 in Brazil: find out where, what & when our scientists will be contributing. We’ll keep updating the overview as events are confirmed. PIK also co-hosts the Planetary Science Pavilion, led by PIK Director Rockström & Carlos A. Nobre.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
"Slow down warming. Stop warming. Bring warming down - for these three steps, we need carbon dioxide removal technologies; the only way to produce net negative emissions", states PIK director Ottmar #Edenhofer when talking to @cepr.org. Podcast out now: cepr.org/multimedia/h...
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Slow down warming. Stop warming. Bring warming down - for these three steps, we need carbon dioxide removal technologies; the only way to produce net negative emissions", states PIK director Ottmar #Edenhofer when talking to @cepr.org. Podcast out now: cepr.org/multimedia/h...
For the sixth time in a row: PIK receives TOTAL E-QUALITY award for its equality strategy. ‘This confirms that PIK takes the issues of equality and diversity seriously,’ says Equality Officer Christine v. Bloh www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
For the sixth time in a row: PIK receives TOTAL E-QUALITY award for its equality strategy. ‘This confirms that PIK takes the issues of equality and diversity seriously,’ says Equality Officer Christine v. Bloh www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
PIK-Direktor Ottmar #Edenhofer zum EU-Klimaziel für 2040. "Die Europäische Union zeigt, dass es eine europäische Klimapolitik gibt, die durch die beiden Emissionshandelssysteme verkörpert wird. Leider wurde dieser zweite Emissionshandel jetzt ein Jahr hinausgezögert." www.zdf.de/play/magazin... #NDC
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
PIK-Direktor Ottmar #Edenhofer zum EU-Klimaziel für 2040. "Die Europäische Union zeigt, dass es eine europäische Klimapolitik gibt, die durch die beiden Emissionshandelssysteme verkörpert wird. Leider wurde dieser zweite Emissionshandel jetzt ein Jahr hinausgezögert." www.zdf.de/play/magazin... #NDC
Starting in January 2026, PIK scientist @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social will join the newly established @ituaustria.bsky.social IT:U in Linz, Austria, as Founding Professor for Energy Transition and Climate Futures - congrats 👏 💐
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Starting in January 2026, PIK scientist @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social will join the newly established @ituaustria.bsky.social IT:U in Linz, Austria, as Founding Professor for Energy Transition and Climate Futures - congrats 👏 💐
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Global #climate targets could face major setbacks as forests, soils, and the oceans lose strength as carbon sinks, warns the 2025 edition of “10 New Insights in Climate Science” by @futureearth.bsky.social. Authored by 70 scientists, including researchers from PIK: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Global #climate targets could face major setbacks as forests, soils, and the oceans lose strength as carbon sinks, warns the 2025 edition of “10 New Insights in Climate Science” by @futureearth.bsky.social. Authored by 70 scientists, including researchers from PIK: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
"Unter globaler Erwärmung werden Hurrikane langsamer. Das bedeutet, dass ein #Hurrikan länger an einem Ort ist, dort mehr Energie aufnehmen kann und dann auch an Land mehr Zerstörung anrichten kann." @alevermann.bsky.social @Tagesschau zur die Rolle d. Klimawandels: www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Unter globaler Erwärmung werden Hurrikane langsamer. Das bedeutet, dass ein #Hurrikan länger an einem Ort ist, dort mehr Energie aufnehmen kann und dann auch an Land mehr Zerstörung anrichten kann." @alevermann.bsky.social @Tagesschau zur die Rolle d. Klimawandels: www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
The 2025 #StateoftheClimate report is out
Co-author / PIK Director Johan Rockström: “Vital signs are breaking their records by extraordinary margins. But our report also shows how this unprecedented threat to the Earth system and society can be mitigated.”
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Co-author / PIK Director Johan Rockström: “Vital signs are breaking their records by extraordinary margins. But our report also shows how this unprecedented threat to the Earth system and society can be mitigated.”
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October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The 2025 #StateoftheClimate report is out
Co-author / PIK Director Johan Rockström: “Vital signs are breaking their records by extraordinary margins. But our report also shows how this unprecedented threat to the Earth system and society can be mitigated.”
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www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Co-author / PIK Director Johan Rockström: “Vital signs are breaking their records by extraordinary margins. But our report also shows how this unprecedented threat to the Earth system and society can be mitigated.”
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www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
More atmospheric carbon removal needed.
Ahead of #COP30, G20 pledges fall short in their ambition and credibility to scale up #CDR alongside emission cuts.
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Policy brief by the #StateofCDR research network, led by PIK’s William Lamb & Carley Reynolds.
www.stateofcdr.org/insight-repo...
Ahead of #COP30, G20 pledges fall short in their ambition and credibility to scale up #CDR alongside emission cuts.
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Policy brief by the #StateofCDR research network, led by PIK’s William Lamb & Carley Reynolds.
www.stateofcdr.org/insight-repo...
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
More atmospheric carbon removal needed.
Ahead of #COP30, G20 pledges fall short in their ambition and credibility to scale up #CDR alongside emission cuts.
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Policy brief by the #StateofCDR research network, led by PIK’s William Lamb & Carley Reynolds.
www.stateofcdr.org/insight-repo...
Ahead of #COP30, G20 pledges fall short in their ambition and credibility to scale up #CDR alongside emission cuts.
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Policy brief by the #StateofCDR research network, led by PIK’s William Lamb & Carley Reynolds.
www.stateofcdr.org/insight-repo...
Wie geht das mit den Kipppunkten?
Eindrucksvoller Kurzfilm von @artede.bsky.social zur gefährlichen Dynamik durch #Klimawandel, mit Input der PIK-Fachleute Shivani Ehrenfeucht und @rahmstorf.bsky.social .
„Jedes Grad, jeder Bruchteil eines Grades zählt.“
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Eindrucksvoller Kurzfilm von @artede.bsky.social zur gefährlichen Dynamik durch #Klimawandel, mit Input der PIK-Fachleute Shivani Ehrenfeucht und @rahmstorf.bsky.social .
„Jedes Grad, jeder Bruchteil eines Grades zählt.“
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Wie geht das mit den Kipppunkten?
Eindrucksvoller Kurzfilm von @artede.bsky.social zur gefährlichen Dynamik durch #Klimawandel, mit Input der PIK-Fachleute Shivani Ehrenfeucht und @rahmstorf.bsky.social .
„Jedes Grad, jeder Bruchteil eines Grades zählt.“
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Eindrucksvoller Kurzfilm von @artede.bsky.social zur gefährlichen Dynamik durch #Klimawandel, mit Input der PIK-Fachleute Shivani Ehrenfeucht und @rahmstorf.bsky.social .
„Jedes Grad, jeder Bruchteil eines Grades zählt.“
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Strategien für mehr #Klimaresilienz in Deutschland: Beim #PolicyRoundtable der Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz mit Grußwort des Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt ging es um #Klimaanpassung & #Dekarbonisierung im Gebäudebereich. 👉 www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Strategien für mehr #Klimaresilienz in Deutschland: Beim #PolicyRoundtable der Wissenschaftsplattform Klimaschutz mit Grußwort des Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt ging es um #Klimaanpassung & #Dekarbonisierung im Gebäudebereich. 👉 www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
🆕 Climate risks don’t stop at borders. From water stress to conflict, local shocks can create ripple effects globally. In a new paper, scientists identify where systems are most vulnerable and how targeted #adaptation can prevent cascading crises. #ClimateResilience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🆕 Climate risks don’t stop at borders. From water stress to conflict, local shocks can create ripple effects globally. In a new paper, scientists identify where systems are most vulnerable and how targeted #adaptation can prevent cascading crises. #ClimateResilience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Oberhalb von 1.5 Grad steigt das Risiko für einige wichtige Kippelelemente," so PIK-Forscher Jonathan Donges im @zdfde.bsky.social. Betroffen sei u.a. der Subpolarwirbel im Nordatlantik - sein Zusammenbruch könnte zu starken Wetterveränderungen in Europa führen.
www.zdf.de/play/magazin...
www.zdf.de/play/magazin...
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"Oberhalb von 1.5 Grad steigt das Risiko für einige wichtige Kippelelemente," so PIK-Forscher Jonathan Donges im @zdfde.bsky.social. Betroffen sei u.a. der Subpolarwirbel im Nordatlantik - sein Zusammenbruch könnte zu starken Wetterveränderungen in Europa führen.
www.zdf.de/play/magazin...
www.zdf.de/play/magazin...
160 scientists, 23 countries, 1 report: The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, together with @exeter.ac.uk, highlights mounting risks across Earth’s systems, from melting glaciers & ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. Watch now👇
👉global-tipping-points.org
👉global-tipping-points.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
160 scientists, 23 countries, 1 report: The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, together with @exeter.ac.uk, highlights mounting risks across Earth’s systems, from melting glaciers & ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. Watch now👇
👉global-tipping-points.org
👉global-tipping-points.org
Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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October 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Food production is the primary driver for breaching 5 of the planetary boundaries & accounts for ca. 30% of global emissions, while billions still lack access to healthy diets. New EAT Lancet report with PIK director Johan Rockström & EAT Forum out now!
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October 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Food production is the primary driver for breaching 5 of the planetary boundaries & accounts for ca. 30% of global emissions, while billions still lack access to healthy diets. New EAT Lancet report with PIK director Johan Rockström & EAT Forum out now!
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
🆕 Four key parts of the Earth’s climate system are destabilising. Researchers analysed the interconnections of #Greenland ice sheet, #AMOC, #Amazon rainforest and the South American monsoon system. All four show signs of diminished resilience: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... @climtip.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🆕 Four key parts of the Earth’s climate system are destabilising. Researchers analysed the interconnections of #Greenland ice sheet, #AMOC, #Amazon rainforest and the South American monsoon system. All four show signs of diminished resilience: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late... @climtip.bsky.social
PIK researcher @jansteckel.bsky.social takes on a new role today: he has been appointed Professor of #PoliticalEconomy of #ClimatePolicy @tum.de and is setting up a corresponding working group at PIK. This move strengthens PIK’s social science profile.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
PIK researcher @jansteckel.bsky.social takes on a new role today: he has been appointed Professor of #PoliticalEconomy of #ClimatePolicy @tum.de and is setting up a corresponding working group at PIK. This move strengthens PIK’s social science profile.
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Planetary boundaries show rising risks + urgency to protect Earth’s life-support systems, states PIK scientist Boris Sakschewski, lead author of the 2025 Planetary Health Check. Scientists monitor these boundaries to track the planet’s condition.
Report▶️ www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...
Report▶️ www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Planetary boundaries show rising risks + urgency to protect Earth’s life-support systems, states PIK scientist Boris Sakschewski, lead author of the 2025 Planetary Health Check. Scientists monitor these boundaries to track the planet’s condition.
Report▶️ www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...
Report▶️ www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...
Let the price signal for #Climate work, but balance it.
In #Brussels, PIK Director Ottmar #Edenhofer discussed today the design of the EU emissions trade system for road transport & buildings, wth Eva Welskop-Deffaa (Caritas) and MEP Peter Liese and Dennis Radtke. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
In #Brussels, PIK Director Ottmar #Edenhofer discussed today the design of the EU emissions trade system for road transport & buildings, wth Eva Welskop-Deffaa (Caritas) and MEP Peter Liese and Dennis Radtke. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Let the price signal for #Climate work, but balance it.
In #Brussels, PIK Director Ottmar #Edenhofer discussed today the design of the EU emissions trade system for road transport & buildings, wth Eva Welskop-Deffaa (Caritas) and MEP Peter Liese and Dennis Radtke. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
In #Brussels, PIK Director Ottmar #Edenhofer discussed today the design of the EU emissions trade system for road transport & buildings, wth Eva Welskop-Deffaa (Caritas) and MEP Peter Liese and Dennis Radtke. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
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September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
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"Der entscheidende Punkt ist: Die Schwankungen nehmen zu. Es gibt extreme Hitze, Dürre, aber auch Kälte-Extreme und zugleich extreme Niederschläge", so PIK-Forscher @alevermann.bsky.social im @zdfde.bsky.social über die Folgen des Klimawandels: www.zdfheute.de/video/zdf-mi... #EWK #ExtremWetter
September 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Der entscheidende Punkt ist: Die Schwankungen nehmen zu. Es gibt extreme Hitze, Dürre, aber auch Kälte-Extreme und zugleich extreme Niederschläge", so PIK-Forscher @alevermann.bsky.social im @zdfde.bsky.social über die Folgen des Klimawandels: www.zdfheute.de/video/zdf-mi... #EWK #ExtremWetter
Within-country inequality can reduce acceptance of #ClimatePolicy.
Study @pnas.org co-authored by PIK now explores how #CarbonPricing with redistribution can help the energy transition & reduce economic inequality – which is important for enforceability.
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Study @pnas.org co-authored by PIK now explores how #CarbonPricing with redistribution can help the energy transition & reduce economic inequality – which is important for enforceability.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Within-country inequality can reduce acceptance of #ClimatePolicy.
Study @pnas.org co-authored by PIK now explores how #CarbonPricing with redistribution can help the energy transition & reduce economic inequality – which is important for enforceability.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Study @pnas.org co-authored by PIK now explores how #CarbonPricing with redistribution can help the energy transition & reduce economic inequality – which is important for enforceability.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...