Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK

Ottmar Edenhofer explains: As humanity is headed for overshoot, carbon dioxide removal technologies are becoming necessary tools alongside hard emission cuts to achieve #NetZero.
Overshooting without a plan to return below 1.5°C would be ethically and economically indefensible.

NEW: PIK study finds a self-reinforcing interaction between temperature, soil moisture, and atmospheric pressure triggered at high temperatures is making extreme heatwaves 10% hotter than they would otherwise be.

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The call for parallel session proposals for the Global Tipping Points Conference 2027 is now open!
🗓️ 24–28 May 2027
📣 Submit your session proposal by 30 November 2026, 23:59 CET: lnkd.in/dJbAqfv8
👉️ Preliminary programme & submission guidelines: lnkd.in/d5FwaMaN

From 9 to 20 November 2026, the UN Climate Change Conference #COP31 will bring together delegates from nearly 200 countries in the Turkish city of Antalya. Here’s a brief overview of events that PIK scientists will be speaking at.

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Even a temporary rise above 1.5°C can leave lasting damage to Earth’s ice: UNEP–ICCI report shows how cutting emissions & bringing temperatures back down can limit ice loss & slow sea-level rise. Some impacts still can't be reversed on human timescales.
iccinet.org/overshoot/