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A team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now provides a method to quantify monetary losses from coastal floods under sea - level rise.

Researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now analyzed the magnitude of future hurricane losses in relation to economic growth.

«We can predict the beginning of the Indian monsoon two weeks earlier, and the end of it even six weeks earlier than before — which is quite a breakthrough, given that for the farmers every day counts,» says Veronika Stolbova from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the University of Zurich, the lead - author of the study to be published in the Geophysical Research Letters.

In any location worldwide the same simple and universal expressions hold true,» says co-author Jürgen Kropp, deputy chair of PIK research domain Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities.

«Projected rainfall changes for the end of the 21st century will not lead to complete Amazon dieback,» says co-author Carl Schleussner from Berlin - based scientific think tank Climate Analytics and PIK.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

This is shown in a study now published in Nature Climate Change by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

«Until recently, only West Antarctica was considered unstable, but now we know that its ten times bigger counterpart in the East might also be at risk,» says Levermann, who is head of PIK's research area Global Adaptation Strategies and a lead - author of the sea - level change chapter of the most recent scientific assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.

This study has been conducted in collaboration with researchers from Columbia University, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and University of Bonn.

It complements previous research that already linked such phenomena to climate change, but did not yet identify a mechanism behind it,» says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of PIK and co-author of the study.

Behind these devastating individual events there is a common physical cause, propose scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

«If the same weather persists for weeks on end in one region, then sunny days can turn into a serious heat wave and drought, and lasting rains can lead to flooding,» said Stefan Rahmstorf, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany.

«We don't trust climate models yet to predict specific episodes of extreme weather because the models are too coarse,» said study co-author Dim Coumou of PIK.

Edenhofer is a UN economist and researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and is responsible delivering the economic arguments for conducting the Great Transformation to a decarbonized society.

Rudolf Kipp of the Science Skeptical site has a post on the latest climate predictions of Hans - Joachim Schellnhuber, the Director of the alarmist Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Researchclimate predictions of Hans - Joachim Schellnhuber, the Director of the alarmist Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchClimate Impact Research (PIK).

This week's print edition of Der Spiegel features an interview with Prof. Hans - Joachim Schellnhuber, the Director of the climate doomsday Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and advisor to Pope Fclimate doomsday Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and advisor to Pope FClimate Impact Research (PIK), and advisor to Pope Francis.

He serves on several scientific committees and boards, e.g., as the vice-chair of the science advisory board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research (PIK) and he chairs the visioning process on global environmental change of ICSU, the International Council for Science.

It is based on collaborative research between IIASA and PIK, the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Dr Alexander Popp, who was not part of today's research, is head of the land - use management group at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).

Organized by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the GOTHAM Summer School (18th - 22nd September 2017) will train young scientists on a unique combination of interdisciplinary scientific topics and tools relevant for understanding teleconnections and their role in causing extreme weather events.

Writing in Nature Climate Change, two scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) say the melting of quite a small volume of ice on the East Antarctic shore could ultimately trigger a discharge of ice into the ocean which would result in unstoppable sea - level rise for thousands of years ahead.

He is a leader at the renowned Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PIK; an Adjunct Scientist at Columbia University in New York; the Lead Author of the latest IPCC chapter on Sea Level Change; journal editor, and more.

They will be supported by experts from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

«Two degrees is not a magical limit — it's clearly a political goal,» says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

I was wondering for some time now, how much the findings of the work of scientists, be it the IPCC, be it the PIK in Potsdam or what have you, can be taken for granted in order for policy makers to make valuable decisions (e.g. cutting carbon emissions by half by 2050) and if the uncertainties in the models might outweigh certain decisions to reduce carbon emissions so that in the end it might happen that these uncertainties make these decisions obsolete, because they do not suffice to avoid «dangerous climate change»?

H. J. Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Norwich, UK

Recent independent analyses of current mitigation proposals on the table in Copenhagen by Nicholas Stern, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Ecofys, Climate Analytics, the Sustainability Institute (C - ROADS), the European Climate Foundation and ClimateWorks (Project Catalyst), all point to the same conclusion: the negotiations must deliver the high end of current proposals and stretch beyond them, if the world is to have a reasonable chance of containing warming to below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, or the 1.5 °C goal of many developing nations.

Recognizing the need, Mark Lawrence, Dieter Gerten and Stefan Schäfer organized a 2013 workshop in Potsdam, Germany focused on the «Religious and Spiritual Perspectives of Climate Engineering,» sponsored by IASS and PIK - Potsdam.

«More rain in a dry region can be good news,» said Jacob Schewe from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

************************************************************************ 2002 BERLIN CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE Berlin, 6 - 7 December 2002 Plenary speakers include Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Oran Young, chair of the IHDP Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change project; and John Schellnhuber, director of PIK and research director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

Research at PIK is organized in four Research Domains: Earth System Analysis, Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities, Sustainable Solutions and Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods.

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was founded in 1992 and currently has a staff of about 280 people.

Through institutions like the Climate - KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), whose German branch was founded with PIK support, the institute is in continuous exchange with the business community.

PIK plays an active role in activities such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), also known as the world's climate council, whose working group on the mitigation of climate change is coordinated by PIK reseaClimate Change (IPCC), also known as the world's climate council, whose working group on the mitigation of climate change is coordinated by PIK reseaclimate council, whose working group on the mitigation of climate change is coordinated by PIK reseaclimate change is coordinated by PIK researchers.

«There was a concern that it is a lot harder than suggested by energy scenario models to achieve climate targets, because of the energy required to produce wind turbines and solar panels and associated emissions,» explains project leader Dr Gunnar Luderer, who is an energy system analyst at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Researchclimate targets, because of the energy required to produce wind turbines and solar panels and associated emissions,» explains project leader Dr Gunnar Luderer, who is an energy system analyst at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts ResearchClimate Impacts Research (PIK).

But Jürgen Kropp, another of the study's co-authors and PIK's head of climate change and development, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation the potential for food waste curbs to reduce emissions should be given more attention.

Professor Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate research (PIK) provided the following comment:

So vast are the potential changes that the scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany comment that they doubt if humans have the capacity to manage the impacts it will have.

Up to 14 percent of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could be avoided by managing food use and distribution better, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in 2015 come from combining emissions data, including LULUCF, compiled by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and population data from the World Bank.

According to data compiled by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Brazil's emissions had only fallen to 1.4 bn tonnes CO2 equivalent (CO2e) by 2012, a 32 % drop on 2005 levels.)

Research Domain Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegraphenberg A62, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.

This is the result of a new comprehensive analysis by a team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Before joining Climate Analytics, Theresa worked as a scientific project coordinator at the Potsdam - Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) supporting the implementation of two EU - funded research projects dealing with climate change in cities and the role of community - based initiatives in the low - carbon tranClimate Analytics, Theresa worked as a scientific project coordinator at the Potsdam - Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) supporting the implementation of two EU - funded research projects dealing with climate change in cities and the role of community - based initiatives in the low - carbon tranClimate Impact Research (PIK) supporting the implementation of two EU - funded research projects dealing with climate change in cities and the role of community - based initiatives in the low - carbon tranclimate change in cities and the role of community - based initiatives in the low - carbon transition.

A 2014 study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) further explained that we're seeing «an exceptional number» of extreme North American weather in recent years because some Rossby waves are stalling out for extended periods of time: «the study shows that in periods with extreme weather, some of these waves become virtually stalled and greatly amplified.»

Organized by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the GOTHAM Summer School (18th - 22nd September 2017) will train young scientists on a unique combination of interdisciplinary scientific topics and tools relevant for understanding teleconnections and their role in causing extreme weather events.

«Today, we have to assume that the risks of negative impacts of climate change on humans and nature are larger than just a few years ago,» says Hans - Martin Füssel from the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Researcclimate change on humans and nature are larger than just a few years ago,» says Hans - Martin Füssel from the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact ResearcClimate Impact Research (PIK)

And his PIK colleague, Anders Levermann, professor of the dynamics of the climate system, says: «So far, we lack sufficient evidence to say whether the Amundsen ice destabilisation is due to greenhouse gases and the resulting global warming.