Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Impacts World 2017 conference - VI: Why climate-impacts research?

25 years of the Potsdam Institute - that's 25 years of climate impact research. In this very special session on the occasion of our anniversary we will reflect upon what has been achieved in the past quarter of a century.

Session chair: Lila Warszawski
Location: Potsdam, Germany

1) Orchestra of Change - Thought-provoking climate concert

2) Dr. Martina Münch (Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, Germany)
Welcome note
Starting time: 49:48:00

3) Thomas Rachel (Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany)
Welcome note
Starting time: 01:00:24

4) Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany)
Title: Avoiding the unmanageable, managing the unavoidable“: a slogan revisited
Starting time: 01:10:55

5) Patricia Espinosa (Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Germany)
Adress from the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
Starting time: 01:33:10

6) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner (President of the Leibniz Association, Germany)
Title: Why the world would urge for a PIK if it didn't already exist? Congratulations to the 25th anniversary
Starting time: 01:52:25

7) Carlos Moedas (European Commission)
A video message from the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
Starting time: 02:05:02

8) Prof. Dr. Klaus v. Klitzing (Max Planck Institute for solid state research, Germany)
Title: Climate-impacts research and the importance of basic science
Starting time: 02:08:02

9) 5-min surprise film screening
Starting time: 02:30:00