RETHINKING CLIMATE RESEARCH – THROUGH KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND NEW PERSPECTIVES
The risks of exceeding planetary boundaries have already been explored by science for decades. But we still lack the comprehensive research findings, knowledge transfer mechanisms and innovations needed at regional level to develop systematic solutions to the global societal challenges we face. The Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg aims to play a key role in this regard. The center is supported by a council of leading experts from civil society, politics and government, business and industry, and the arts, culture and media. The goal is to ensure that science and research are designed to meet the needs of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region.

Projects funded from the CCC call for 2023
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.

Mobility Dashboard helps plan climate-neutral mobility
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.

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

More citizen participation in mobility and infrastructure in Berlin

Vera Meyer explores the potential of fungi as insulating material
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.

A sound installation called "Berlin Biophony of the Five Elements"

International Workshop on "Pathways to a Zero-Emission Society in Berlin, Paris and Kyiv”

Collecting Data for a Feminist and Inclusive Future of Mobility in Berlin
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Climate change and artificial intelligence Berlin Brandenburg

Heat & Health - Building future-proof hospitals

Regional cascading use of biomass in Berlin-Brandenburg
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.

Tempeh and seitan in the canteen kitchen - CCC project "KlimaKitchen" supports meatless nutrition in communal catering

Wood as the central building material of the future
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.

How to mesure climate data?
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.
The model region Berlin-Brandenburg
Current climatic changes are creating complex challenges for both urban and rural regions. Weather extremes like heatwaves, droughts and heavy rain are already occurring more frequently in Berlin and Brandenburg and leaving their mark on the region. The coal exit and the structural change this has brought about in Lusatia (the coal region south of Berlin) represent a major undertaking for the wider region. What specific measures can be delivered in the near future to shape climate change mitigation and adaption in the region ecologically, socially, and economically?
The research and science scene in Berlin and Brandenburg is ideally positioned to embark on a systematic interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary analysis of climate change.
In CCC, the Climate Change Center, a joint initiative has now emerged to mobilize the vast knowledge and wide-ranging solution-oriented expertise of participating institutions.
Universities
The Climate Change Center pursues an integrated and solution-oriented approach to transformation research with innovation as the central cross-cutting theme.
The four major competence fields —Society, Technology, Nature, Urban and Rural— serve to combine the research expertise of the participating institutions effectively. Researchers in Berlin and Brandenburg have developed a solutions triangle in a multi-step collaborative process to facilitate future interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.
For further information please click on the respective solution field.
Initial interdisciplinary research projects are already being realized during the two-year preparation phase leading up to the establishment of the Einstein Center Climate Change and Public Policy of Human Settlement (ECCC). This work is flanked by transdisciplinary discourse and events in formats such as stakeholder dialogues.
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Over a hundred participants at the Climate Challenge

Health effect of non-motorized transport is economically relevant and should be taken more into account in fuel taxes

International Humboldt Foundation fellows as guests at the Climate Change Center

New Climate Protection App in use
A new game app turns children and young people at the School-Environment Centre Berlin-Mitte into veritable climate heroes.

Cycling, saving energy and eating vegan were topics at the TU annual retreat workshop.
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.

Berlin is already on the way: From the “linear” throwaway society to the circular economy - New white paper
“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.

TU Berlin study shows built environment plays crucial role in modifying urban heat
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.

New EUBUCCO database can provide information on more than 200 million buildings in Europe
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).

Experts from Rwanda learn about sustainability projects at the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg
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.

Welcome to Berlin: Elke U. Weber & Eric J. Johnson

Stakeholder Workshop on Building within Boundaries in cooperation with Berlin Partner

ECCC SYMPOSIUM WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS
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Funding
Einstein Foundation Berlin
Pilot projects will be developed at the levels of climate governance, transformation pathways, and tools for the areas of construction and transportation in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region in 2022/2023 with funding from Einstein Foundation Berlin. The objective here will be to harness existing strengths in the fields of big data and artificial intelligence for innovative climate research and to draw on the power of experimental approaches in design, psychology and art to advance processes of technological and social transformation.
The State of Berlin
The Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg was supported in 2021 by funding from the Berlin Quality and Innovation Offensive (QIO) via the Berlin Senate Department for Higher Education and Research. It will be supported by funds from the Senate Department responsible for research in 2022/2023. Berlin’s state government has pledged the necessary funds for establishing the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg in its current coalition agreement.
Berlin University Alliance
1 November 2019 saw the start of the Berlin University Alliance of Excellence made up of FU Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, TU Berlin and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. It is supporting the initial phase of the CCC with project funding, public relations work and marketing.
"CCC connect" - the green network
In spring 2023, we intend to launch “CCC connect” (prototyp) that sets out to enhance the visibility of and foster closer networking between experts and change agents from research, civil society, politics, business, and the arts on the topics of climate change, climate mitigation and climate adaptation in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region. Registration is free for persons and organisations. The database will be publicly available for searches and will be expanded in further steps.
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Would you like to discover more about our initiative by keeping up to date? Register here!
Contact
LEADERSHIP AND RESEARCH COORDINATION AT THE CLIMATE CHANGE CENTER BERLIN BRANDENBURG

Prof. Dr. Frank Behrendt
President’s Representatives for International Affairs, Fundraising and Alumni
Spokesperson Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg
T +49 (0)30 314-79724
M frank.behrendt@tu-berlin.de

Vice President for Sustainability, Internal Communication, Transfer and Transdisciplinarity, TU Berlin
Chair of the Expert Council of the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg
T +49 (0)30 314-24286
M vp-nt@tu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Christian Thomsen
Chair of the Expert Council of the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg
M christian.thomsen@tu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Felix Creutzig
Head of the research group for Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements, TU Berlin
Scientific Coordinator, Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg
M creutzig@mcc-berlin.net

Berit Petzsch
CCC-Office, TU Berlin
Project Management & Communication
T +49 (0)30 314-73904
M berit.petzsch@tu-berlin.de

Martina Orth
CCC-Office, TU Berlin
Project Management Einstein Center Climate Change (planned
T +49 172 714 12 44
M martina.orth@tu-berlin.de

Katja Lehmann
CCC-Office, TU Berlin
Coordination of Human Resources and Finances
T +49 (0)30 314-70980
M katja.lehmann@tu-berlin.de


Michael Wilmes
Management of Strategic Projects in the Executive Office of TU Berlin
T +49 (0)30 314-22131
M michael.wilmes@tu-berlin.de