Which climate futures are plausible?

The Paris climate agreement from December 2015 has provided a powerful impetus not only for climate policy but also for climate research. To address the resulting challenges, the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) has established a long-term program spanning the range from basic research on climate dynamics and climate-related social dynamics to the transdisciplinary exploration of human-environment interactions. 

CLICCS explores climate change with broad expertise. CLICCS investigates how the climate changes and how society changes with it, thereby feeding back on climate. Understanding these changes, including how societies adapt, enables us to assess with far greater confidence than before the range of imaginable climate futures. In taking on this challenge, CLICCS is guided by the overarching question: "Which climate futures are possible and which are plausible?" Watch the video to see how researchers in CLICCS answer this question: