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Science for safe & just #Climate future. Scientific Directors @jrockstrom, Ottmar #Edenhofer // DE @PIK_Klima // PIK social media

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

🆕 The planet’s frozen landscapes, known as the #cryosphere, are declining, putting the conditions for human societies at risk. A study published in @ScienceMagazine finds that climate change has pushed it beyond its safe operating space.
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https://t.co/b2QHVORipp

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

Two ERC Synergy Grants for PIK! 👏 Congrats to @jrockstrom & Franziska Piontek, who have secured @ERC_Research funding as part of two international teams researching societal transformation & the interactions between climate action & inequality. #ERCSyG
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[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

Ocean heat uptake, accelerating sea-level rise, continental drying, and more: at #COP31, PIK Director @jrockstrom has just been speaking on the “10 new insights in #ClimateChange” report co-authored by PIK (see our former news item here: https://t.co/M4kmF1q7Ks).

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

"1.5°C is a limit above which we enter danger." @jrockstrom addresses the high-level meeting meeting on the United Nations Global Compact's Caring for Climate initiative at #COP31 to advance credible climate implementation.

[Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung PIK @PIK_Klima]

So wichtig ist die knappe Ressource Land beim Klimaschutz. Zu unserer heute veröffentlichten Studie und Pressemitteilung (https://t.co/D4O0WfeWnw) gibt es auch ein interessantes Kurzinterview des Leitautors Leon Merfort im Deutschlandfunk.

Hörtipp:
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https://t.co/SVZCfebCqY

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

“One message we have for the #COP31 is that our only chance to minimize overshoot and avoid a disastrous, unmanageable outcome, is to start reducing global emissions by 6% per year from this year onwards,” says PIK's @jrockstrom on CNN’s Amanpour: https://t.co/IJNlsHJMRL

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

Out now!

PIK study explores interrelationships, competing objectives of 2 major areas of #ClimatePolicy:
➡️fossil fuel phase-out and
➡️measures taken on natural land.
It demonstrates how a well-balanced policy mix can keep costs low for people & nature.

https://t.co/tPkS6ci744

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

On my way to Antalya for COP31 today. Looking forward to convening this event with a great lineup of speakers next Monday.

[Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung PIK @PIK_Klima]

#Klima und #Wirtschaft: Im zweiteiligen Podcast @Fidelity erklärt PIK-Klimaökonom @mkalkuhl, welche wirtschaftlichen & sicherheitspolitischen Folgen Öl- und Gasimporte haben, wie der #Tankrabatt schadet und wie #CO2Bepreisung und #Elektrifizierung helfen.
https://t.co/7A32OnXsK3

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

Some thoughts of mine as COP31 kicks off this week in Antalya.
https://t.co/R4YkxwfAWw

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

"Are climate talks delivering enough" asks the Guardian as #Cop31 is under way. According to PIK Director @jrockstrom progress has been too slow. Yet the Paris Agreement remains essential; tackling the climate crisis requires countries to act together. https://t.co/NWv41fBuxi

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

Options for action in the fight against the #ClimateCrisis.

Co-edit by PIK and aimed at a broader public: the new #ClimateFactsPaper. Published just in time for #COP31 by the German Climate Consortium (DKK) & Klimafakten.

Story (EN) & link to paper (DE):
https://t.co/yG5TXWuMen

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

As #COP31 opens in Antalya, PIK Director Johan Rockström tells AP: “We have failed so far” on limiting warming. More extreme weather and the crossing of tipping points, such as Amazon rainforest collapse, could be among the consequences.
https://t.co/xoGNaHyIBh

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

Ottmar Edenhofer explains: As humanity is headed for overshoot, carbon dioxide removal technologies are becoming necessary tools alongside hard emission cuts to achieve #NetZero.
Overshooting without a plan to return below 1.5°C would be ethically and economically indefensible.

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

NEW: PIK study finds a self-reinforcing interaction between temperature, soil moisture, and atmospheric pressure triggered at high temperatures is making extreme heatwaves 10% hotter than they would otherwise be.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/GvwSYmbFKl

[Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung PIK @PIK_Klima]

Danke für Ihr Interesse, Ihr Besuch hat uns gefreut! Brandenburgs Wissenschaftsministerin @ManjaSchuele (SPD) und Wirtschaftsministerin Martina Klement (CSU) kamen heute auf den Potsdamer Telegrafenberg und informierten sich u. a. über die Arbeit des PIK.

https://t.co/F0xzUsvZT1

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

The call for parallel session proposals for the Global Tipping Points Conference 2027 is now open!
🗓️ 24–28 May 2027
📣 Submit your session proposal by 30 November 2026, 23:59 CET: https://t.co/i0e4FN5IPk
👉️ Preliminary programme & submission guidelines: https://t.co/A9oVmhBG4E

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

From 9 to 20 November 2026, the UN Climate Change Conference #COP31 will bring together delegates from nearly 200 countries in the Turkish city of Antalya. Here’s a brief overview of events that PIK scientists will be speaking at.

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https://t.co/cR8trfpgFv

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

Even a temporary rise above 1.5°C can leave lasting damage to Earth’s ice: UNEP–ICCI report shows how cutting emissions & bringing temperatures back down can limit ice loss & slow sea-level rise. Some impacts still can't be reversed on human timescales.
https://t.co/aTpBHSNFI6

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

The TRANSIENCE project wants to hear from policymakers, industry representatives, researchers and intermediaries working on climate, energy and industry on how modelling results should reach them.

👉 Take the anonymous survey: https://t.co/bSvlbzWUvp