News1 April 2026|InterviewWhen climate policies collidePhoto: M. SkubatzThe Economic Journal has recognized Grischa Perino with its Best Article of the Year prize for 2025. Founded in 1891, the prestigious journal is...31 March 2026|InterviewClimate futures: understand, shape, and decidePhoto: UHH/CLICCSWhat are climate futures, which are desirable, and which are feasible? The Cluster of Excellence CLICCS brings together various actors and encourages...31 March 2026|CLICCS NewsExcellent preparation for global challengesPhoto: UHH/Laura VogiatzisThe graduate school SICSS (School of Integrated Climate and Earth System Sciences) offers options for every career stage: from master’s degree...31 March 2026|ResearchThe climate transition – how far has Germany come?Photo: UHH/CLICCS/A. LinkePoliticians and business are dragging their feet, consumption isn’t getting any environmentally friendlier, a political shift to the right has made...27 March 2026|ResearchProf. Dr. Stefan Aykut ins Deutsche Komitee für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in Future Earth berufenPhoto: DKNDas Deutsche Komitee für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in Future Earth (DKN) ist ein unabhängiges wissenschaftliches Beratungsgremium der Deutschen...Contribution from the news channel aktuelle Meldungen26 March 2026|ResearchExtreme global climate outcomes are possible even at 2°C of warmingPhoto: AdobeStockExtreme climate impacts on people and the environment are often associated with very high levels of global warming, such as 3 or 4 degrees Celsius. A...4 March 2026|ResearchHeatwaves: More intense and less predictablePhoto: Julia Weihe/UnsplashHeatwaves in Europe are not only becoming more frequent and intense, but also less predictable. A new study by a team led by Dr. Goratz...16 February 2026|ResearchTatiana Ilyina Appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyPhoto: Bettina Diallo/MPI-MTatiana Ilyina has been appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen. The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology...14 February 2026|CLICCS NewsHamburg Climate Researcher Erich Roeckner Has DiedPhoto: MPI-MErich Roeckner, one of the most influential researchers in the history of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, passed away in February 2026, at...11 February 2026|ResearchHope through actionPhoto: M. SchneggAnthropologist Michael Schnegg conducts research on climate change at the Cluster of Excellence CLICCS and spends several months of every year in a...10 December 2025|ResearchTropical Cyclones and the Carbon CyclePhoto: DKRZ/MPI-M/UHHFor the first time, scientists have resolved extremely intense tropical cyclones and their effect on the ocean carbon cycle in a global Earth system...9 December 2025|CLICCS NewsClimate-neutral by 2045? Only with large-scale CO₂ removalPhoto: Thomas Wasilewski/ClimeworksAccording to the Federal Climate Change Act, Germany is supposed to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. To do this, it is not sufficient to...8 December 2025|ResearchThe G20 summit in South Africa – just more hot air, or climate promises kept?Photo: Alex Ferro/ COP30The G20 summits often go hand-in-hand with the hope of finding concrete solutions to various crises, e.g. of positively shaping international climate...4 December 2025|TransferResearch “made in Hamburg” at Berlin’s FuturiumPhoto: Jan WindszusEffective immediately, Berlin’s Futurium museum features an exhibit showcasing Hamburg-based climate research. In the game, visitors can estimate for...27 November 2025|PublicationMichael Schnegg awarded in New OrleansPhoto: Michael SchneggAt this year's annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in New Orleans, Professor Michael Schnegg received the Stirling Prize...19 November 2025|CampusThe University of Hamburg Still Germany’s Most Sustainable UniversityPhoto: University of Hamburg / DenstorfThe University of Hamburg is once again ranked first among German universities in the latest QS Sustainability Ranking. Internationally, it still...Contribution from the university's newsroom13 November 2025|Studies and teachingSICSS master’s students honoredPhoto: privateFor the second half of their master’s degree studies, Clara Harms and Katherine Linscott will receive financial support from the Wübben Foundation. In...10 November 2025|Interview“Belém is a Signal”Photo: Raimundo Pacco/COP30This year, the world is heading to the Amazon for the UN Climate Conference. Sociologist Eduardo Gonçalves Gresse from the Cluster of Excellence...5 November 2025|ResearchClimate Action: Is Germany backtracking?Photo: UHH/CLICCS/A. LinkeGermany is increasingly at risk of failing to meet its own climate targets. A study just released by the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence...20 October 2025|ResearchCLICCS Researchers Named Young Academy FellowPhoto: AdWHH / Jann WilkenYoung talent for the scientific community: Dr. Andrés López Rivera, a political scientist at the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence...Show all news
