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Zu sehen sind die Gewinnerinnen des Young Academy Fellow.

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20 October 2025|Research

CLICCS Researchers Named Young Academy Fellow

Young talent for the scientific community: Dr. Andrés López Rivera, a political scientist at the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), was recently inducted into the Young Academy Fellows program, offered by the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg.

López...

Collage: visualization of rocks; portrait of climate scientist Vladimir Köppen

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20 October 2025|Research

Climate-relevant dissertations wanted: 5000 Euro prize money

Each year, CLICCS nominates excellent doctoral theses in climate and Earth system research for the Wladimir Köppen Award. Outstanding dissertations with a clear connection to climate research can be submitted until December 15, 2025. The award is worth €5,000.

The Wladimir Köppen Award targets talented young researchers who...

Zu sehen ist eine kleine Insel names Coral key Belize.

Photo: Beate Ratter

9 October 2025|Research

Too small to survive?

At the UNESCO Symposium in Hamburg, experts from around the globe sought new ways to help island nations adapt to climate change.

“Sinking nations,” “in jeopardy,” “doomed”: phrases like these often give you the impression that small islands in the Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific will soon helplessly fall victim to the...

Photo: University of Hamburg / von Wieding

6 October 2025|CLICCS News

Seven new degree programs this Winter Semester

There are over 180 degree programs at the Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence, with regular new offers. We always focus on current developments and topics for the future. Seven new degree programs starting this Winter Semester reflect this approach.

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Zu sehen sind 2 kleine Kinder, die in der Stadt um Wasserfontainen herumlaufen.

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25 August 2025|CLICCS News

Concrete is better than abstract

Climate extremes are becoming more frequent and intense and often produce extremely high losses – which vary from place to place. Lives could be at risk, as could streets, bridges, the food supply or electricity. Yet to date, countries around the world have neither sufficiently reduced their CO2 emissions nor adequately...

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29 July 2025|Research

Harvests under pressure

Around the world, harvests are at risk: As global warming worsens, there is a growing risk of several breadbaskets – key agricultural regions – being struck by heatwaves simultaneously.

A team led by Dr. Leonard Borchert has investigated how frequent and intense these extreme events will likely be in the future. “If the...

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