The Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg issued a call for proposals for 2023 with two funding lines in Research and Transfer. These funds are used for project ideas related to the sectors with the highest emissions – such as mobility, energy, construction, and agriculture. The projects therefore support climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region.

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The Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg presented research projects at the interface between artificial intelligence and sustainability at the Long Night of the Sciences (LNdW) on 17 June 2023.

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Public workshop on Saturday at Hohenstaufenplatz in Kreuzberg: In bright sunshine, there was a stimulating discussion about “Parking or not parking in the Graefekiez”.

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In spring, the first CCC workshops on mobility scenarios took place in Berlin. Several groups of citizens were involved and discussed different variants with Prof. Dr. Kai Nagel, Technische Universität Berlin.

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From May to July, various materials made from fungal cultures will be on display in the BHROX project space, which the TU runs with the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf on the central island of Ernst-Reuter-Platz.

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A sound installation called “Berlin Biophony of the Five Elements” could be heard and seen from 15 to 21 May on the central island of Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Charlottenburg.

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A workshop on possible “Pathways to a Zero Emission Society in Berlin, Paris and Kyiv” was organised by the Centre Marc Bloch with more than 20 participants from Germany, France and Ukraine.

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Zakia Soomauroo, a research associate at the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) is physically far from her home country Mauritius, but very close in thought. As a PhD student at the Chair of Sustainable Human Settlements Economics at the Technische Universität Berlin, she has been investigating ways to decarbonize the transport sector in small island states since 2018. But she is also intensively involved with her current home in Berlin. Since the beginning of the year, she has been investigating the current traffic situation in the German capital for a feminist mobility project.
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Climate change and the digital transformation are twenty-first century megatrends and their further evolution will have a decisive impact on the future of humankind. Climate change will determine the quality of life on our planet as digital technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning shape how we work and live. Felix Creutzig coordinates scientific exchange on artificial intelligence and climate change in Berlin Brandenburg in the context of the Climate Change Center.

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The Heat & Health project seeks to contribute actively to climate-friendly urban development. With its central location, the Charité has an influence on Berlin’s climate, air quality and cityscape that ought not be underestimated. The project pursues a green approach emphasizing health and sustainability that is oriented toward climate protection and actively works to counteract (or address) the growing challenges presented by increasing temperatures by considering the needs of all involved.

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In the project Regional Cascading Use of Biomass in Berlin-Brandenburg, Prof. Dr. Vera Susanne Rotter from the Institute of Environmental Technology at TU Berlin and Prof. Dr. Vera Mayer from the Institute of Applied and Molecular Microbiology at TU Berlin are investigating, in cooperation with the TU Berlin Natural Building Lab and Bauhaus Earth, how unused residual biomass can be processed and used so that it makes an optimal contribution to climate goals.

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What is seitan? And what does tempeh taste like? Gastronomes from Berlin canteens were able to find out about low-calorie and nutrient-rich meat substitutes from Asia at a tasting session. This took place as part of the “KlimaKitchen” project sponsored by the Climate Change Center (CCC) Berlin Brandenburg, in which five canteens from the two German states are participating.

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Ackerstraße 76, Hall 60. In the large hall of a former industrial building, wooden boards, tools and building models are stored, and architecture students file and sand their designs.

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A new CCC project “School as a local actor in the neighbourhood” brings pupils in Berlin-Spandau closer to climate protection: In spring 2023, a stationary SenseBox was installed in the school on Jungfernheide. The SenseBox is a digital environmental measuring station based on a mini-computer equipped with sensors.

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Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg organizes climate-friendly hands-on campaign at the Technical University of Berlin

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CCC researcher Linus Mattauch proposes complementary local measures such as urban tolls

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As of 14 August, ten international fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation are guests at the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg. Until 7 September, the researchers from Europe, South America, Africa and Asia will work in the co-working space in the Robert Koch Forum at Wilhelmstraße 67 and pursue their research projects on climate issues in Berlin and Brandenburg from here. In addition, there will be numerous climate policy discussions and events in the forum in the government quarter.

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A new game app turns children and young people at the School-Environment Centre Berlin-Mitte into veritable climate heroes.

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Anita Dame, Executive Director of the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg, had not imagined it would be like this. Her two workshops on the afternoon of the first day of the retreat, 15 May, at the Stober Estate in Brandenburg were completely booked out.

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“Every shopping mall should also have a repair service,” says Dr. Peter Berrill, a researcher on urban sustainability at the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin. He refers to the “Re-use” strategy Berlin, which is about repairing and reusing used objects.

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A recent study conducted by researchers at the Technical University Berlin and the Einstein Center Climate Change has found that the features of urban form have a significant impact on the ambient temperature in cities, affecting the well-being of urban residents.

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A new Europe-wide database covering the 27 countries of the European Union and Switzerland has now been created by a team of researchers led by the scientific coordinator of the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg, Prof. Dr. Felix Creutzig (Technische Universität Berlin). The highly relevant data were published in Scientific Data (Nature Portfolio).

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A delegation from Rwanda visited the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) on March 6, 2023 and learned about the work of the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg.

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The two researchers Elke U. Weber, Princeton University, USA and Eric J. Johnson, Columbia Business School, USA have received funding from the Einstein Foundation Berlin as Einstein visiting fellows. They will also spend several weeks on assignments in Berlin.

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As part of the sbe22 berlin conference, a two-hour co-design workshop on Building within Planetary Boundaries was held on 22 September 2022. ECCC researchers interested in climate action in the construction sector and members of Berlin Partner jointly explored what Berlin industry can contribute to climate change mitigation in the construction sector and how science and research can support it.

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At the beginning of June, the Einstein Center Digital Future brought together top-ranking experts for a symposium on climate research. As part of current preparatory efforts for the creation of a future climate-focused research center – Einstein Center Climate Change and Public Policy of Human Settlements (ECCC) – scientists from the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region discussed with leading international experts many of the pressing issues relating to the transformation of climate in urban areas.

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