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Scientists at the Planetary Science Pavilion on #COP30: Most of the 1.5°C CO₂ budget is gone. 2025 emissions still rising. ~4 years of budget left. We need 5% cuts yearly & roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. Science must stay in the text, not be scrubbed.
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"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIK Director Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIK Director Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
A shutdown of the AMOC, a crucial system of ocean currents, “cannot be considered a low likelihood risk anymore in view of the evolving science over the past years,” explains PIK scientist @rahmstorf.bsky.social via CNN.
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A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat | CNN
Without warm currents from the South Atlantic, Iceland would be much icier and stormier. Now, those currents are at risk of collapse and the country is preparing for this “existential threat.”
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November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A shutdown of the AMOC, a crucial system of ocean currents, “cannot be considered a low likelihood risk anymore in view of the evolving science over the past years,” explains PIK scientist @rahmstorf.bsky.social via CNN.
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#COP30: "Wir alle sind auf den Amazonas-Regenwald angewiesen, um ein stabiles Klima zu gewährleisten. Daher sollte Brasilien für diese Dienstleistung, den Schutz des Waldes, eine Entschädigung verlangen können", so PIKs Rockström. "Dies sollte Teil eines Abkommens sein."
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Amazonas im Stress – «auch in Berlin spürbar»
Der Regenwald in Brasilien steht unter Stress – das macht auch dem deutschen Umweltminister Sorgen. «Die Auswirkungen der Regenwälder auf das Weltklima...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#COP30: "Wir alle sind auf den Amazonas-Regenwald angewiesen, um ein stabiles Klima zu gewährleisten. Daher sollte Brasilien für diese Dienstleistung, den Schutz des Waldes, eine Entschädigung verlangen können", so PIKs Rockström. "Dies sollte Teil eines Abkommens sein."
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#COP30 Don't miss this important event tonight with PIK Director Johan Rockström, Carlos Nobre, Mary Robinson and more: "Justice and Wellbeing within Planetary Boundaries: Pathways for COP30".
18:30 Side Event Room 2 (Blue Zone).
Find out more: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
18:30 Side Event Room 2 (Blue Zone).
Find out more: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#COP30 Don't miss this important event tonight with PIK Director Johan Rockström, Carlos Nobre, Mary Robinson and more: "Justice and Wellbeing within Planetary Boundaries: Pathways for COP30".
18:30 Side Event Room 2 (Blue Zone).
Find out more: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
18:30 Side Event Room 2 (Blue Zone).
Find out more: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Scientists at the Planetary Science Pavilion on #COP30: Most of the 1.5°C CO₂ budget is gone. 2025 emissions still rising. ~4 years of budget left. We need 5% cuts yearly & roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. Science must stay in the text, not be scrubbed.
planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/14/s...
planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/14/s...
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Scientists at the Planetary Science Pavilion on #COP30: Most of the 1.5°C CO₂ budget is gone. 2025 emissions still rising. ~4 years of budget left. We need 5% cuts yearly & roadmap to phase out fossil fuels. Science must stay in the text, not be scrubbed.
planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/14/s...
planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/14/s...
“Ten years ago we had a more orderly path for staying away from 1.5 °C, with low or no #overshoot. Now we have failed,” Johan Rockström tells @apnews.com.
“Without carbon dioxide removal it is simply impossible to manage the overshoot scenario,” says Ottmar #Edenhofer.
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“Without carbon dioxide removal it is simply impossible to manage the overshoot scenario,” says Ottmar #Edenhofer.
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Climate leaders are talking about 'overshoot' into warming danger zone. Here's what it means
After years of pushing the world to limit Earth's warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, climate leaders are starting to acknowledge that the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement will almost surely be brea...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Ten years ago we had a more orderly path for staying away from 1.5 °C, with low or no #overshoot. Now we have failed,” Johan Rockström tells @apnews.com.
“Without carbon dioxide removal it is simply impossible to manage the overshoot scenario,” says Ottmar #Edenhofer.
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“Without carbon dioxide removal it is simply impossible to manage the overshoot scenario,” says Ottmar #Edenhofer.
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Wie gesund ist das Essen im #Krankenhaus?
Darüber spricht Lisa M. Pörtner von @pik-potsdam.bsky.social und Charité Berlin bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
🍲🏥👉 pod.fo/e/3523d9
#Pflege #Ernährung #Altenpflege #Klimaschutz #Medizin #Gesundheit #Umwelt
Darüber spricht Lisa M. Pörtner von @pik-potsdam.bsky.social und Charité Berlin bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
🍲🏥👉 pod.fo/e/3523d9
#Pflege #Ernährung #Altenpflege #Klimaschutz #Medizin #Gesundheit #Umwelt
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wie gesund ist das Essen im #Krankenhaus?
Darüber spricht Lisa M. Pörtner von @pik-potsdam.bsky.social und Charité Berlin bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
🍲🏥👉 pod.fo/e/3523d9
#Pflege #Ernährung #Altenpflege #Klimaschutz #Medizin #Gesundheit #Umwelt
Darüber spricht Lisa M. Pörtner von @pik-potsdam.bsky.social und Charité Berlin bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
🍲🏥👉 pod.fo/e/3523d9
#Pflege #Ernährung #Altenpflege #Klimaschutz #Medizin #Gesundheit #Umwelt
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
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Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
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🎉 Congratulations to the 13 PIK scientists named among 2025’s Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivateag.bsky.social! 👏💐 They rank among the top 1% of the most cited researchers worldwide: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎉 Congratulations to the 13 PIK scientists named among 2025’s Highly Cited Researchers by @clarivateag.bsky.social! 👏💐 They rank among the top 1% of the most cited researchers worldwide: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Even limiting global warming to between 1.6 - 1.8C would require far stronger policies to reduce fossil fuel emissions than those currently adopted by governments - which would allow the world to heat by at least 2.7°C, says PIK Director Johan Rockström at #COP30. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
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November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Even limiting global warming to between 1.6 - 1.8C would require far stronger policies to reduce fossil fuel emissions than those currently adopted by governments - which would allow the world to heat by at least 2.7°C, says PIK Director Johan Rockström at #COP30. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PIK Stellungnahme zum Klimaschutzgesetz: 🇩🇪 Klimaziele nur mit klaren Zuständigkeiten & verbindlicher Kontrolle erreichbar. Die Stellungnahme für das Bundesverfassungsgericht thematisiert ethische & ökonomische Kriterien für wirksamen Klimaschutz.
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PIK Stellungnahme zum Klimaschutzgesetz: deutsche Klimaziele nur mit klaren Zuständigkeiten und verbindlicher Kontrolle erreichbar
13.11.2025 - In einer Stellungnahme für das Bundesverfassungsgericht betont das Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), dass aus ökonomischen Erwägungen ambitionierter Klimaschutz geboten ist...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
PIK Stellungnahme zum Klimaschutzgesetz: 🇩🇪 Klimaziele nur mit klaren Zuständigkeiten & verbindlicher Kontrolle erreichbar. Die Stellungnahme für das Bundesverfassungsgericht thematisiert ethische & ökonomische Kriterien für wirksamen Klimaschutz.
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...
Hej alla! 🇸🇪 Check out the Swedish SVT program “Jorden” on the health of the planet - featuring major contributions from PIK director Johan Rockström and the #PlanetaryBoundaries Science Lab’s Planetary Health Check report.
🔗 planetaryhealthcheck.org
▶️ www.svtplay.se/video/KZmQog...
🔗 planetaryhealthcheck.org
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Jorden 2025
Hur mår jorden? Med hjälp av framstående forskare gör vi en hälsoundersökning av jordens tillstånd och hur det påverkar oss människor. Vetenskapsjournalisten Victoria Dyring och utrikeskorrespondenten...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hej alla! 🇸🇪 Check out the Swedish SVT program “Jorden” on the health of the planet - featuring major contributions from PIK director Johan Rockström and the #PlanetaryBoundaries Science Lab’s Planetary Health Check report.
🔗 planetaryhealthcheck.org
▶️ www.svtplay.se/video/KZmQog...
🔗 planetaryhealthcheck.org
▶️ www.svtplay.se/video/KZmQog...
#COP30: National interests don’t have to block climate action — “Joint action can emerge from national interests,” says PIK’s Ottmar Edenhofer. In a 🆕 paper, researchers from PIK and KfW outline new avenues for cooperation on climate finance: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
COP30: New avenues for cooperation on climate finance
12.11.2025 - Even though governments are increasingly prioritising national interests in their economic and financial policies, these very priorities can still offer ways to achieve greater cooperatio...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#COP30: National interests don’t have to block climate action — “Joint action can emerge from national interests,” says PIK’s Ottmar Edenhofer. In a 🆕 paper, researchers from PIK and KfW outline new avenues for cooperation on climate finance: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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🆕"Wir werden nahezu komplett auf Elektromobilität umsteigen, die Frage ist nicht mehr ob, sondern wann", sagt Gunnar Luderer vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social in einem neuen Artikel der @tagesschau.bsky.social über die Frage, wo Deutschland bei den Klimazielen steht.
👉 www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima...
👉 www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima...
Wo Deutschland bei den Klimazielen steht
Deutschland will bis 2045 klimaneutral sein - so steht es im Gesetz. Gleichzeitig rutscht die Klimapolitik inmitten der Wirtschaftskrise immer weiter in den Hintergrund. Wo Deutschland steht, erklärt ...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🆕"Wir werden nahezu komplett auf Elektromobilität umsteigen, die Frage ist nicht mehr ob, sondern wann", sagt Gunnar Luderer vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social in einem neuen Artikel der @tagesschau.bsky.social über die Frage, wo Deutschland bei den Klimazielen steht.
👉 www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima...
👉 www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima...
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www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:... Ein Podcast mit weitem Panorama dazu, warum die Politik doch immer was anderes beschließt als die Klimawissenschaft und die VWL empfehlen würden. Ich darf auch ein bisschen was dazu sagen @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social
Podcast: Starke Fakten, schwache Politik - Wie kann Klimaforschung überzeugen?
Haben Forschende nicht klar genug gewarnt? Hat wissenschaftliche Vernunft gegen Lobbygruppen keine Chance? Oder haben Forschende zu viel Schreckensszenarien entworfen anstatt auf positive Nebeneffekte...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:... Ein Podcast mit weitem Panorama dazu, warum die Politik doch immer was anderes beschließt als die Klimawissenschaft und die VWL empfehlen würden. Ich darf auch ein bisschen was dazu sagen @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social
The road back to Paris: The world will likely exceed 1.5°C within the next decade. Science shows it’s still possible to return below this limit by century’s end. PIKs #Edenhofer, Rockström, @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social, Kriegler on pathways back to safer levels.
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The road (back) to Paris: Science-based pathways to return below 1.5°C
12.11.2025 - The world is likely to exceed 1.5°C of global warming within the next decade, yet science shows that returning below this threshold by the end of the century remains physically possible. ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The road back to Paris: The world will likely exceed 1.5°C within the next decade. Science shows it’s still possible to return below this limit by century’s end. PIKs #Edenhofer, Rockström, @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social, Kriegler on pathways back to safer levels.
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Zum Auftakt der COP30 in Belém betont PIK-Direktor Ottmar Edenhofer, dass die Reduktion von Emissionen im Vordergrund stehen müsse – ergänzt durch Technologien wie CCS, um „nicht vermeidbare Restemissionen in der Industrie zu kompensieren“ www.inforadio.de/rubriken/int... @cop30brazil.bsky.social
Klimaforscher Edenhofer: So können wir die Temperaturkurve zurückbiegen
Seit Montag läuft die Weltklimakonferenz in Belém. Ottmar Edenhofer vom Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung hat Hoffnung, dass der Temperaturanstieg zurückgedreht werden könnte.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Zum Auftakt der COP30 in Belém betont PIK-Direktor Ottmar Edenhofer, dass die Reduktion von Emissionen im Vordergrund stehen müsse – ergänzt durch Technologien wie CCS, um „nicht vermeidbare Restemissionen in der Industrie zu kompensieren“ www.inforadio.de/rubriken/int... @cop30brazil.bsky.social
1.5 degrees of warming plus deforestation might already be too high for the Amazon rainforest.”
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1.5 degrees of warming plus deforestation might already be too high for the Amazon rainforest.”
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
PIK scientist Nico Wunderling speaking today at the Planetary Science Pavilion at #COP30.
Check out the full agenda: planetarysciencepavilion.org
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
Raising the Voice of Science: COP30’s New Planetary Science Pavilion in Belém
YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
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New study looks at changes in regularity of #CropFailure, #heatwave and #wildfire exposure for different future #climate scenarios and reports major shifts in dominant periods when moving from pre-industrial to current climate conditions. @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming - Nature Communications
This work investigates changes in regularity of crop failure, heatwave and wildfire exposure for different future climate scenarios. Major shifts in dominant periods are observed when moving from pre-...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New study looks at changes in regularity of #CropFailure, #heatwave and #wildfire exposure for different future #climate scenarios and reports major shifts in dominant periods when moving from pre-industrial to current climate conditions. @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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„Australien als Handelspartner hat geopolitische Vorteile gegenüber anderen potenziellen Exporteuren von grünem Roheisen, die teilweise instabil oder autokratisch regiert sind“, sagt @philippverpoort.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social in einem neuen Artikel der @taz.de.
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Klimaneutraler Umbau: Der Weg zum grünen Stahl ist steinig
Die klimafreundliche Produktion von Stahl ist komplex und teuer. Mit Hilfe aus Australien könnten jedoch die meisten hiesigen Jobs erhalten bleiben.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
„Australien als Handelspartner hat geopolitische Vorteile gegenüber anderen potenziellen Exporteuren von grünem Roheisen, die teilweise instabil oder autokratisch regiert sind“, sagt @philippverpoort.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social in einem neuen Artikel der @taz.de.
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taz.de/Klimaneutral...
EU’s new 2040 climate deal: "It's a political compromise that at least keeps the 2050 target within reach,” PIK director Edenhofer says. “If the targets are constantly being watered down, that’s not a good idea, because then the 2050 target will not be achievable."
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
EU’s weakened climate target raises risk of missing net-zero, top adviser warns
Chair of bloc’s science advisory board also dismissed industry calls to scrap carbon pricing.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
EU’s new 2040 climate deal: "It's a political compromise that at least keeps the 2050 target within reach,” PIK director Edenhofer says. “If the targets are constantly being watered down, that’s not a good idea, because then the 2050 target will not be achievable."
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
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Ottmar Edenhofer @pik-potsdam.bsky.social talks with @talknormal.co.uk about how to make carbon removal work and what policies are needed to turn it from theory into practice.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ottmar Edenhofer @pik-potsdam.bsky.social talks with @talknormal.co.uk about how to make carbon removal work and what policies are needed to turn it from theory into practice.
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#EconSky
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#EconSky
PIK at #COP30 in Brazil: find out where, what & when our scientists will be contributing. We’ll keep updating the overview as events are confirmed. PIK also co-hosts the Planetary Science Pavilion, led by PIK Director Rockström & Carlos A. Nobre.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
PIK at #COP30 in Brazil: find out where, what & when our scientists will be contributing. We’ll keep updating the overview as events are confirmed. PIK also co-hosts the Planetary Science Pavilion, led by PIK Director Rockström & Carlos A. Nobre.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...