PIK Biennial Report 2000-2001 - Potsdam Institute for Climate ...

programme of IHDP, and the Environmental Policy and
Global Change Working Group of the German Associa-
Contribution to the Third IPCC Report
Recognizing the problem of potential global climate
change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) in 1988. Its Third Assessment
Report (TAR) "Climate Change 2001" provides a comprehensive
and up-to-date assessment of the policy-relevant
scientific, technical, and socio-economic dimensions
of climate change. The IPCC has three working
groups (WGs), addressing the scientific aspects of the
climate system and climate change (WG I), the vulnerability
of socio-economic and natural systems to climate
change, impacts of and adaptation to climate change
(WG II), and options for limiting greenhouse gas emissions
and otherwise mitigating climate change (WG III).
Scientists from PIK have been heavily involved in the
work of the IPCC over many years, also contributing to
a substantial degree to preparation of its Third Assessment
Report in the years 1998-2001. Co-ordinating lead
authors of IPCC TAR chapters (i.e., individuals respon-
ECF
European Climate Forum
Chairperson: Carlo C. Jaeger
Contact person: Martin Welp
Objectives
The European Climate Forum (ECF) in a non-profit
association which brings together representatives of different
parties concerned with the climate problem. It
was established in July 2001 in Brussels and is based at
PIK in Potsdam. The core of the ECF activities is to
jointly define and carry out climate change studies.
Members
ECF cultivates an open dialogue between various institutions
and individuals concerned with the climate problem:
the coal, oil and gas industries, companies engaged
in renewable energy technologies, major energy users,
and finance sectors, NGOs, and scientific experts inves-
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sible for the shape of particular chapters) from PIK are
shown in the upper table, lead authors in the lower table.
Kundzewicz WG II Chapter 13
Schellnhuber WG II Chapter 19
Toth WG III Chapter 10
Toth WG II Chapter 2
Cramer WG II Chapter 5 & 13
Richard Klein WG II Chapter 18
A number of PIK scientists have also contributed as
contributing authors, as reviewers and as review editors.
The list of references of all IPCC TAR volumes contains
numerous publications by PIK scientists, demonstrating
that the research in the institute has found a broad, international
resonance.
tigating climate change and options for sustainable
development. Membership is open to companies, NGOs
and research institutes as well as private persons. The
founding scientific members are: Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research, Max Planck Institute for
Meteorology (Hamburg), Centre for Marine and Climate
Research (Hamburg University), Tyndall Centre for Climate
Change Research (UK), ENI Enrico Mattei
(Milano), Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing
Centre (Bergen) and the Paul Scherrer Institute (Zürich).
Chairperson of ECF is Prof. Carlo C. Jaeger (PIK) and
Vice-Chairperson Prof. Klaus Hasselmann (Max Planck
Institute for Meteorology).
Activities
In the first half year after the founding of ECF several
activities took place. The official opening event took