Climate impact research at the UFZ
Impact of the August 2002 flood - Elbe loop north of Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ
At the UFZ, research on the ecological, economic and social impacts of global and regional climate change and on issues concerning the best adaptation strategy is carried out on an interdisciplinary basis by natural scientists, sociologists and economists.
This page summarises selected climate impact research projects in which the UFZ is involved.
Climate change and biodiversity
Title:
ALARM - Assessing Large Scale Environmental Risks with tested Methods
Department:
Community Ecology
Contact:
PD Dr. Josef Settele, Dr. Ingolf Kühn, Dr. Stefan Klotz
josef.settele@ufz.de | ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de | stefan.klotz@ufz.de
Abstract:
ALARM is a project funded by the European Union for research into threats to biodiversity and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including threats related to climate change.
Title:
ECOLINK - Understanding effects of environmental toxicants at population and community levels
Department:
System Ecotoxicology
Contact UFZ:
PD Dr. Matthias Liess
matthias.liess@ufz.de
Abstract:
A link between ecotoxicological experiments and field observations within Eurasian climate scenarios (German-Russian research initiative)
Title:
MACIS - Minimisation of and Adaptation to Climate change Impacts on Biodiversity
Department:
Community Ecology
Contact:
Dr. Ingolf Kühn, PD Dr. Josef Settele
ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de | josef.settele@ufz.de
Abstract:
MACIS is funded by the European Union. In this project, scientists are drawing up strategies to lessen the impacts of climate change.
Title:
TERENO - (TERrestrial ENviromental Observatoria)
Department:
Monitoring and Exploration Technologies (MET)
Contact UFZ:
Dr. Steffen Zacharias
steffen.zacharias@ufz.de
Abstract:
A Helmholtz Association initiative which aims to create an observation platform consisting of various terrestrial observatories in different regions in order to record among other things the impacts of global climate change.
Title:
Protected Areas in Germany under Climate Change - Risks and Management Options
Department:
Community Research
Contact:
Dr. Stefan Klotz, Dr. Ingolf Kühn, Jan Hanspach
stefan.klotz@ufz.de | ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de | jan.hanspach@ufz.de
Abstract:
This project funded by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation aims to carry out a risk assessment of German`s protected areas with regard to climate impacts in order to assess wether of the protection aims continue to be met in the near future.
Climate change and water management
Title:
FLOODsite - Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies
Departments:
Economics, Computational Landscape Ecology
Contact UFZ:
Dr. Volker Meyer
volker.meyer@ufz.de
Abstract:
The socio-economic sub-project on vulnerability sets out to develop and improve methods for quantifying and qualifying loss. It will deliver methods for flood risk management.
Title:
NeWater - New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty
Department:
Computational Landscape Ecology
Contact UFZ:
Dr. Dagmar Haase
dagmar.haase@ufz.de
Abstract:
In this EU project, the UFZ is investigating cross-border river basin management approaches adapted to climate change in the catchment basins of the Theiss/Tisza (Ukraine/Hungary/Serbia) and the Amudarya (Uzbekistan/Tajikistan).
The Tisza basin in Central Europe
Coordination of the Tisza Case Study
Case Study Amudarya
Title:
GLOWA-Elbe
Department:
Economics
Contact UFZ:
Dr. Volker Meyer
volker.meyer@ufz.de
Abstract:
The aim of Global Change and the Hydrological Cycle, a major funding area of the German Ministry of Education and Research, is to develop strategies based on case studies of four river basins (Danube, Elbe, Jordan River and Volta) for sustainable, future-oriented water management at regional level, taking into account global environmental changes and socio-economic conditions.
Title:
SMART - Integrated Water Resources Management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley
Departments:
Hydrogeology, Economics, Environmental and Biotechnologcal Centre (UBZ)
Contact UFZ:
Dr. Stefan Geyer, Dr. Roland Mülller
stefan.geyer@ufz.de | roland.mueller@ufz.de
Abstract:
Integrated Water Resources Management in the Lower Jordan Rift Valley (Jordanien/Palästina/Israel)
Climate change and health
Title:
CAIRO Pollution - Comparative study of contamination in regions of different climate: Cairo vs. Leipzig.
Department:
Human Exposure Research and Epidemiology
Contact UFZ:
PD Dr. Uwe Schlink, Dr. Silke Matysik
uwe.schlink@ufz.de
Abstract:
The impact of climatic conditions on the variation of pollution relevant to health is analysed in air and water in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Helmholtz Association)
Title:
BEIJING-AIR - Short term health effects of fine and ultra-fine particle pollution in Beijing, China (German -Chinese Research Initiative)
Department:
Human Exposure Research and Epidemiology
Contact UFZ:
Dr. Ulrich Franck, Arne Leitte, PD Dr. Uwe Schlink
ulrich.franck@ufz.de
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The health effects of airborne pollutants, esp. a broad range of particulates with various diameters, and their modification by climate conditions are investigated by means of different epidemiological methods (DFG funded project).
Titel:
NoMiracle - Novel Methods for Integrated Risk Assessment of Cumulative Stressors in Europe
Departments:
Ecological Chemistry, Human Exposure Research and Epidemiology, Environmental Immunology
Contact UFZ:
Prof. Dr. Gerrit Schüürmann
gerrit.schuurmann@ufz.de
Abstract:
This EU project is investigating the impact of chemicals on the environment and on human health.
Title:
Mosquito control - risk assessment and integrated management for the control of potential disease vectors
Department:
System Ecotoxicology
Contact UFZ:
Dr Matthias Liess, Dr Sabine Duquesne
matthias.lies@ufz.de | sabine.duquesne@ufz.de
Abstract:
This involves 1) the characterization of mosquito breeding sites in wetlands of different climatic regions and 2) the investigation of combined control strategies of mosquito larval populations using chemical and ecological approaches.