Research UnitSustainability and Climate Risks

Two doctoral candidates of FNK, Josipa Zupanic and Vidur Mithal, joined the first Max Planck Science Policy Winter School 2026 held in Berlin.

The winter school brought together doctoral researchers and postdocs from the Max Planck Society with speakers from research organisations and politics to address science policy...

On January 20, 2026, Dr. Lukas Brunner from the Climate Extremes group participated in the interactive teaching program “Wir wollen’s wissen” from the University of Hamburg. The aim of the program is to bring scientists and research into the classrooms of Hamburg. Lukas visited a secondary school, the Stadtteilschule...

Which societal inequalities are resulting from the climate crisis? What should be the goal of eco-social transformation? In what way do climate impacts and policy responses affect social groups? These were some of the exciting issues addressed at a panel discussion about who bears the cost of the climate crisis and the...