News13 May 2026|Internal FNK NewsWorking Group Meeting on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting in Horticulture in HanoverPhoto: Sönke HäselerOn 5 and 6 May 2026, the Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting in Horticulture met in Hanover, following an invitation by Dr Hendrik...11 May 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksProf. Dr. Hermann Held Appointed as a Member of the German Committee Future EarthPhoto: dkn-future-earth.orgThe DFG (German Research Foundation) appointed Hermann Held as member of the DKN (German Committee Future Earth) for the period 2026-2028. The DKN is...8 May 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksWCRP EPESC-LEADER Science Meeting in South KoreaPhoto: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 107, 4; 10.1175/BAMS-D-26-0009.1; figure 1An article recently published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society summarizes the key themes and outcomes of the WCRP EPESC-LEADER...22 April 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksModerate warming can have serious impacts, new publication showsPhoto: tagesspiegel.deA recent publication by Jana Sillmann et al. published in Nature shows that even a moderate 2-degree rise in global temperatures can have extreme...27 March 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksCanadian landscape ecologist Prof. Trevor Lantz completes FNK research visitPhoto: Uwe SchneiderFor 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...13 March 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksIPCC Expert Meeting in GhanaPhoto: Jana SillmannProf. Jana Sillmann, Deputy Director of the FNK, attended the IPCC Expert Meeting on Methodologies, Metrics and Indicators for Assessing Climate...9 March 2026|Internal FNK NewsTandem of HIAS Fellowship: How Sustainable Are "Green Energies" in Mexico?Photo: Isabel Rodríguez PeñaOn March 5, Isabel Rodríguez Peña presented a colloquium titled "The Socio-Ecological Paradox of the Energy Transition: Mineral Demand, Water Stress...26 February 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksThe KERMIT project at the horticultural trade fair "Norddeutsche Obstbautage"Photo: Sönke HäselerFrom February 11–12, 2026, Professor Uwe Schneider, Dr. Kerstin Jantke, Dr. Lea Sophia Schröder, and Dr. Sönke Häseler of the FNK attended the...24 February 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksFNK's doctoral candidates participate in Max Planck Science Policy Winter School in BerlinPhoto: Ellen RumleyTwo doctoral candidates of FNK, Josipa Zupanic and Vidur Mithal, joined the first Max Planck Science Policy Winter School 2026 held in Berlin. The...13 February 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksBringing climate research to the classroomPhoto: Lukas BrunnerOn January 20, 2026, Dr. Lukas Brunner from the Climate Extremes group participated in the interactive teaching program “Wir wollen’s wissen” from the...Show all news
