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Coping with Uncertainty in Climate Sciences and Society

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Welcome

to our course blog, the virtual study and discussion space for ‘Researching and Shaping Climate Futures’, ‘Uncertain Climate Futures’ and ‘Uncertain 2 degrees’. Here, we, students and lecturers, will jointly explore the possibility, and plausibility, of different climate futures. We will tackle questions such as how society handles different forms of uncertainty in this context, and what role we as climate scientists have in researching and shaping the future of our climate, and of our society. We hope you enjoy the course, and learn a lot from the interdisciplinary perspective it provides!

Course Information

Ave Scientia, morituri te salutant. ‘Reasearching and Shaping Climate Futures’ is a weekly course within the international Master programme ‘Integrated Climate System Sciences’ (ICSS) and was newly developed for the summer term 2023. It builds up the interdisciplinary teaching project ‘Uncertain 2 Degrees and its predecessor ‘Scales in the Climate…Continue reading “Course Information”

17Apr 2024

Protected: Climate Futures: Plausible or not?

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How much evidence is enough?

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7Jul 2022

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Desired Climate Futures 2026

World War III

3 Jun 2026
For decades, we’ve anticipated World War III through a 20th-century lens: massive troop deployments, formal declarations, and sudden invasions. Because we haven't seen this specific script play out between major…
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Beyond cruelty and destruction: a vision of a vegan future

2 Jun 2026
I am walking through tall green trees. Around me the wildlife is vibrantly alive. From everywhere I hear birds singing. I have been walking all day and there is no…
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Desired Climate Futures: Removing the Political Binary

2 Jun 20262 Jun 2026
In 2041, the future I want is one where we can have science communication without immediate opposition due to political identity. Conservative and liberal communities are passionate about their environmental…
Desired Climate Futures 2026

The Train I Can Take, and the Flight I Cannot Avoid

2 Jun 20262 Jun 2026
In 15 years, I imagine myself boarding a night train from Hamburg to Vienna, affordable, comfortable, and nearly carbon-free. Europe, I hope, will have finally made sustainable travel the easy…
Desired Climate Futures 2026

Attending 2041 Climate Conference

2 Jun 20262 Jun 2026
Divanshu In 2041, something changed. I am attending one of COP on Climate change. I see we finally learned to hold international climate meetings without pretending they were revolutions. The…
Desired Climate Futures 2026

Billionaires in the Orbit

2 Jun 2026
Today, we decided to take our bikes to meet our friends in the community garden “Rathausmarkt” right next to the Alster. Cycling past ongoing construction sides, replacing parking lots and…
Desired Climate Futures 2026

2041

1 Jun 20262 Jun 2026
It is 2041, the last German election before the country's legal deadline for climate neutrality in 2045 is taking place this year. Fifteen years ago, many doubted this would be…
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Desired Climate Future of 2041 – Homework #7

1 Jun 2026
Desired Climate Future of 2041 ...The year 2041 marks the grand opening of a new transcontinental high-speed and interstate/city passenger railroad systems in the United States of America... By Alyxander…
Desired Climate Futures 2026

Fewer Cruises, Cleaner Oceans: Our Vision for Travel in 2041. Ibolya and Eva

1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026
It is 2041, and we are planning our summer vacation. Cruise ships still exist, but they are no longer the unlimited floating cities they once were. Instead, the number of…
Desired Climate Futures 2026

Still Worth Listening the News

31 May 2026
Where my food comes from? Not in a romantic “farm to the table” way, but in a very IPCC way. Like tracking stock prices, tracking agro‑climate‑zone shifts from their interactive…

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This is the blog of ‘Researching and Shaping Climate Futures’, ‘Uncertain Climate Futures’ and ‘Uncertain 2 degrees’, an experimental course based on inquiry-based teaching and learning and interdisciplinary team-teaching.  For information on the course concept and content, please go to Course Information and Course Material. To stay up to date on our discussions, ideas, and findings, please go to On Futures, where we (mostly you, students) blog about our discussions on uncertainty, or follow our blog via email (see footer).

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  • World War III
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  • Desired Climate Futures: Removing the Political Binary
  • The Train I Can Take, and the Flight I Cannot Avoid
  • Attending 2041 Climate Conference

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