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22 April 2026|Sustainability & Climate Risks

Moderate warming can have serious impacts, new publication shows

A recent publication by Jana Sillmann et al. published in Nature shows that even a moderate 2-degree rise in global temperatures can have extreme consequences. The sectors most affected are expected to be agriculture, forestry and urban areas, resulting in droughts in global key breadbasket regions, fire weather extremes...

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27 March 2026|Sustainability & Climate Risks

Canadian landscape ecologist Prof. Trevor Lantz completes FNK research visit

For the past two weeks, Dr. Kerstin Jantke, Dr. Hao Xia, and Prof. Uwe Schneider welcomed Prof. Trevor Lantz from the University of Victoria to the University of Hamburg. Currently on sabbatical, the landscape ecologist is collaborating with the team on the project SQUEEZE – Protection of the Disappearing Arctic Tundra...

Opening Session IPCC Expert Meeting Ghana

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13 March 2026|Sustainability & Climate Risks

IPCC Expert Meeting in Ghana

Prof. Jana Sillmann, Deputy Director of the FNK, attended the IPCC Expert Meeting on Methodologies, Metrics and Indicators for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation which was held in Accra, Ghana, from March 3rd to 5th 2026. About 50 invited experts from around the world have gathered for this meeting that was...

Isabel Rodríguez Peña and Professor Dr. Uwe Schneider in front of the presentation

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9 March 2026|Sustainability & Climate Risks

Tandem of HIAS Fellowship: How Sustainable Are "Green Energies" in Mexico?

On March 5, Isabel Rodríguez Peña presented a colloquium titled "The Socio-Ecological Paradox of the Energy Transition: Mineral Demand, Water Stress, and Environmental Policy Conflicts in Mexico — An Analysis Using the NEXUS Approach". The event took place at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS). Professor Dr...

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26 February 2026|Sustainability & Climate Risks

The KERMIT project at the horticultural trade fair "Norddeutsche Obstbautage"

From February 11–12, 2026, Professor Uwe Schneider, Dr. Kerstin Jantke, Dr. Lea Sophia Schröder, and Dr. Sönke Häseler of the FNK attended the horticultural trade fair "Norddeutsche Obstbautage" in Jork, near Hamburg. The purpose of their attendance was to present their work in the KERMIT project. KERMIT, which is funded by...

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24 February 2026|Sustainability & Climate Risks

FNK's doctoral candidates participate in Max Planck Science Policy Winter School in Berlin

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...

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