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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. Uncertainties in the context of climate change are not only discussed from the purely scientific perspective anymore but also influence journalism, politics and the public. In the face of constantly new challenges and changing roles and tasks of scientists, journalists and politicians, a mutual understanding…Continue reading “Course Information”

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Protected: Climate Futures: Plausible or not?

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How much evidence is enough?

Throughout the course Uncertain Climate Futures, we investigated different aspects within the topic of uncertainty. A question that popped up…

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Local Food Systems

2 Jun 2025
Food supply systems are a key point to achieve sustainable development: there is a need for more sustainable, efficient and higher quality food production. As an alternative to the mainstream…
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Abstract for Poster : Power from below

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Access to reliable and sustainable electricity remains a persistent challenge in many rural and remote regions of India. Despite near-universal grid connectivity, actual energy access is often unreliable or unaffordable…
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Collaboration of Climate Science and Law: Climate litigation as driver to decarbonization

2 Jun 20252 Jun 2025
Changed topic: The goal of the poster is to provide climate scientists with an overview of  how they and lawyers can work together successfully in climate litigation to help hold…
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CCEW: A pioneering future committee exclusively dealing with climate change and extreme weather events in Germany

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Climate change happens on timescales far exceeding government terms, and therefore requires long-term measures for mitigation. The creation of a separate committee (CCEW) ensures that climate change mitigation is consistent,…
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From Footprints to Systemic change

2 Jun 2025
Many climate research studies focus on individual lifestyle changes, such as reducing waste or saving energy, to help fight against climate change. While these efforts are valuable, researchers show they…
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Staving off the Carbon Curse – Strategies for Successful Decarbonization of Petrostates

2 Jun 2025
I am investigating what strategies fossil fuel-rich countries' extraction can use to accelerate their decarbonization given the significant incentives to stay on carbon-intensive pathways Friedrichs et al. (2013) suggest the…
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Financing conservation through ‘Interspecies Money’ and addressing social motives for destroying and depleting the environment

2 Jun 2025
How can humans and other species coexist in a way that benefits both? What are the advantages and challenges of making this ambitious project a reality? These questions form the…
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Safeguarding our livelihoods – Towards a minimum standard for assessing human impacts on nature in Integrated Assessment Models

2 Jun 2025
Poster abstract for “Researching and Shaping Climate Futures” SoSe 2025 Integrated assessment models (IAMs) are strongly shaped by ethical and political dimensions, but due to insufficient model commentaries, the actual…

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This is the blog of ‘Uncertain 2 Degrees’/’Uncertain Climate Futures’, 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 Uncertainty, where we (mostly you, students) blog about our discussions on uncertainty, or follow our blog via email (see footer).

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