News (2026)18 September 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksNew publication on high-resolution urban pluvial flood risk mappingPhoto: Vogelbacher et al. (2026)Climate change is driving more frequent and intense heavy rainfall, increasing pluvial flooding hazards in densely built cities. Researchers at TUHH...26 August 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksHow butterflies react to climate change: A global studyPhoto: esiul at pixabayButterflies are widely considered to be a valuable 'early warning system' for environmental changes, as they react rapidly and pronouncedly to changes...10 August 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksPrevalence of GHG Accounting among German Fruit GrowersPhoto: Sönke HäselerAs part of the KERMIT project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in fruit growing, the FNK team conducted a survey of German fruit...22 July 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksProf. Dr. Jana Sillmann appointed as Co-Chair of the General Assembly of Future EarthPhoto: Jana SillmannJana Sillmann is the new Co-Chair of the General Assembly of Future Earth. In cooperation with Kristie Ebi, she leads from now on the responsibilities...7 July 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksNew Study Combines Target and Cost-Risk Trade-off based Approaches for Decision Making under UncertaintyPhoto: Vito Avakumovic/Benjamin BlanzClimate economists have long faced a choice: weigh today's mitigation costs against tomorrow's quantified economic damages, or fix a precautionary...1 July 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksThe new macro-economic Multimodel Intercomparison Project (macroMIP) initiative of the FNK is taking off!Photo: UHH/FNKThe macroMIP organizing team at the Research Group Climate Extremes at FNK (Jana Sillmann, Benjamin Blanz, Arnaz Dholakia, and Vito Avakumović)...28 May 2026|Sustainability & Climate RisksPresentation on the Motivation of Switching to Organic Farming at the Übersee-Club e.V.Photo: Jürgen JoostPhD student Luisa Gensch, funded by the Übersee-Club e.V, was invited on 26 March 2026 to speak about her dissertation project. She started the event...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...More articles
