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Landmark ruling in the Advisory Opinion by the ICJ on Climate Change. 1.5 degree C is legally the Planetary limit. All countries are legally obliged to comply. Even fossil-fuel subsidies can be illegal. States have duty to solve the planet crisis and can be held accountable.
📢PIK & @MPI_GEA are hiring: Earth Resilience Analyst ⁉️postdoc to explore planetary resilience, tipping points & planetary boundaries 🧪 Earth system/climate science 💻 HPC & modeling 📍 Potsdam | Start: 01.09 | Deadline: 20.07 🔗 potsdam.pi-asp.de/bewerber-web/?…
Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’ | Cecilia Keating @rtmcswee @AyeshaTandon @GSI_Exeter @PIK_Climate Read here: buff.ly/ECWvN3z
NEW – Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’ | Cecilia Keating @rtmcswee @AyeshaTandon @GSI_Exeter @PIK_Climate Read here: buff.ly/ECWvN3z
Fascinating and important for our future: the European Space Agency ESA plans to monitor changes in the Atlantic Ocean Circulation #AMOC from satellite with a new gravity mission. That is important since the AMOC may be approaching a #tippingpoint. esa.int/Applications/O…
Instead of supporting recovery, food served in hospitals and nursing homes may undermine both patient and planetary health, researchers from PIK, @ChariteBerlin, @Stanford find - too few healthy plant-based foods, too many unhealthy, unsustainable options: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…
"The ICJ pointing the direction for the entire world and making clear that every nation is legally obliged to solve the climate crisis," says PIK director @jrockstrom in @RFI. 1.5°C would now be recognised in international law as planetary limit. rfi.fr/en/internation…
📊 New study involving PIK researchers provides a data-only estimate of when #ParisAgreement thresholds could be breached - if global heating continues linearly. Based solely on observed temperature data, the results support key climate model projections. pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…
“Until we get to net-zero emissions, extreme weather will only get worse, and it’s already damaging crops and pushing up the price of food all over the world” guest researcher at PIK @KotzMaximilian in @CNN on how climate change is driving food inflation. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/21/bus…
📺 Friday watch tip: How do we know Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas? The new explainer video from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab @planetarygdns shows you how with a simple experiment. #ClimateChange #PlanetaryBoundariesScience #SciComms 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=cYQ9dB…
New PIK study: Ambitious action on land use and food systems can limit warming to 1.5°C and ease pressure on multiple planetary boundaries, especially with food system reform. Yet: all five assessed planetary boundaries still exceeded by 2100. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
10 years after the Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission launched the field of Planetary Health, a NEW commentary marks a key milestone as #PlanetaryHealth & #PlanetaryBoundaries researchers align to confront interconnected global crises. 📖Read now: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
New comment in @TheLancet: Planetary boundaries & health are inseparable. Breaching planetary boundaries already costs lives, through climate extremes, water stress, pollution & rising health threats. Science must drive the transformation to protect both. thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Healthy planet, healthy people: scientists from planetary boundaries & planetary health call for a framework linking climate, biodiversity & pollution to health risks. @TheLancet comment by @jrockstrom, Masztalerz & Myers (@ph_alliance, @JohnsHopkins) . pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…
Extreme weather is devastating communities around the world. Learn more about how climate change is fuelling extreme weather events in a new 40 minute documentary featuring PIK Director @jrockstrom. Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=X6VCTf… #Weekendwatchtip
“It would be a huge mistake to deviate from 1.5.” PIK Director @jrockstrom and other leading scientists spoke to @NewYorker about the realities of delayed emissions reductions and the dire consequences of giving up hope. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
Coming up this Wednesday, 6:30PM CEST: Announcement of the 2025 edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, @FCGulbenkian. The prize recognizes climate action that is not only science-based and transformative, but also has humanity in focus.
🌍 Join us live for the announcement of the 2025 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, worth one million euros! The ceremony will feature a special concert by the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Orquestra Geração, conducted by maestro José Eduardo Gomes. Awarded annually, the Gulbenkian…
📺Weekend watch tip: Want climate change explained in under two minutes? The new explainer video from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab has it covered. #PlanetaryBoundaries #SciComms 👉youtube.com/watch?v=l8ByMS…
Atmospheric carbon removal #CDR can increase international #climate cooperation, creating new political momentum: PIK-authored chapter 7 in a new book published by @ceprdc. Important input for designing future climate negotiations. Free access to PDF: ⬇️ cepr.org/system/files/p…
I support EU commission target of 90% emission reductions by 2040. But, it must be fully delivered domestically. The proposal of allowing ”flexible” offsets (compensate failed reductions at home with investments abroad) is not aligned with scientific necessity, and thus a mistake