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

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...

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...

Artificial Intelligence is currently revolutionizing virtually every aspect of our lives. At the German Climate Computing Center, Dr. Christopher Kadow is exploring how AI can be applied in climate research. In the following interview, he tells us how to get bots to stop telling tall tales.

What can AI contribute in climate...