Cluster of ExcellenceClimate, Climatic Change,
and Society (CLICCS)

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 January 2nd, 2023. The award is worth €5,000.

The expansion of offshore wind farms in the North Sea is making progress. But the consequences for the marine environment they are built in have not yet been fully researched. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have already provided valuable insights into the effects of wind farms in past studies. In their latest...

This year, the 27th Climate Change Conference will be held in Egypt. Dr. Jan Wilkens from Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research, CLICCS, will travel to Sharm El Sheikh for the COP27. In the following interview, the expert on climate policy management and climate justice discusses historical...