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Table 1: Internal Contest of Ideas & Proposals • departmental concentration on providing state-of-theart methods and techniques (TOOLs, cf page 28)), • a set of criteria for initiating, evaluating and concluding PIK projects within this framework, • priority given to those externally funded projects that correspond thematically to PIK projects. As a result, PIK projects are being evaluated internally every year. Guidelines have been developed for the approval of new projects (depending on resources being available after conclusion of other activities). 26 Date Activity Result Jan. 2000 Internal Contest of Ideas 51 June 2000 Guided Call for Proposals 32 Jan. 2001 Start of Evaluated Projects 26 Table 2: TOPIK Research Areas TOPIK 1 - Nonlinear Dynamics of the Ecosphere - e.g. ice age cycles or the effects of land vegetation and marine biota on climate TOPIK 2 - Management of Singular Events, which are potentially disastrous - storms, droughts and floods or the risk of abrupt ocean circulation changes TOPIK 3 - Socio-economic Causes of Global Change - studies of greenhouse gas emissions and options for environmental policy TOPIK 4 - Emergence of a "Global Subject" in the form of information networks and institutions for global governance, such as the UN conventions on climate change and biodiversity TOPIK 5 - Development of Regional Simulators - flexible modelling tools for regional environmental management, e.g. in the state of Brandenburg or north-eastern Brazil TOPIK 6 - Sensitivity of Economic Sectors to climate change, e.g. the adaptability of viticulture, the vulnerability of European forestry and Moroccan agriculture TOPIK 7 - ’PIKuliar’ Scientific Culture at PIK - quality control, dealing with uncertainties and limitations in computer modelling GUIDELINES FOR PIK PROJECTS 1) Research activities are evaluated according to - quality (scientific potential and results), - 'PIKuliarity' with respect to TOPIKs and TOOLS, - relevance of questions for stakeholders. 2) Accordingly, an activity - will become (part of) a regular PIK project, - will become a pilot project to check the scientific potential within one year, - will be upgraded to a regular or co-ordinating project, - will be continued where there is high yield, or otherwise stopped. 3) Generally, every externally funded activity must prove to be essentially in support of a PIK project. ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH IN TOPIKS AND PIK PROJECTS Corresponding to its main issues, every PIK project will belong to a specific TOPIK and will consist of different TOOL-oriented tasks, which may be funded either internally or externally. Tasks will be established and resources allocated for all projects in accordance with the table of TOPIKS and TOOLs (cf page 27). A Steering Committee consisting of leading scientists from PIK (the heads of the departments plus director plus mentors specifically appointed for each TOPIK) has been set up to supervise the smooth functioning of the research programme and guarantee that guidelines are observed. The allocation of resources to the projects will be updated regularly. A survey of the PIK projects assigned to the TOPIKs is given on the next page. There are three types of projects: • regular projects (R), • pilot projects (P), and • co-ordinating projects (C), which include tasks which are linked to other projects. When the total number of projects and resources allocated to them is looked at, the organizational structure of research activities will emerge as a matrix, with each scientist belonging to a department while at the same time engaged in one or several projects. Incidentally, this is how present industrial production has long been organized.
Table 3: TOPIKs and PIK projects TOPIK 1 Nonlinear Dynamics of the Ecosphere QUEST QUaternary Earth-system STability C BIS Biosphere Interactions in the Earth System R EVITA Exergy, Vegetation and Information: Thermodynamics Approach R CLIMBER-3 Earth System Model of Intermediate Complexity R TRIPEDES Theoretical Research In Planetary Ecological Dynamical Earth Systems R TOPIK 2 Management of Singular Events EVA Environmental Vulnerability Assessment R GRAIN Guardrails and Indicators for Climate Protection R INTEGRATION INTEGRAted Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline CirculaTION R WADI Management of Water-related Disasters P TOPIK 3 Socio-economic Causes of Global Change EUROPA Modelling, Reflecting, Communicating Possible Futures of Europe in the Context of GC C BEAR Biodiversity and Nature Protection Enhancement through Participatory Action Research P GLOREM GLObal water Resources Modelling and Management P TOPIK 4 Emergence of a Global Subject PIAM Potsdam Integrated Assessment Modules C GloGov Global Governance - Policy Analysis for Earth System Management P GPP The Geoscope Preparatory Project - Observing the Anthropocene for Sustainability Science P TOPIK 5 Regional Simulators BEST Brandenburg Simulator of Environmental and Socioeconomic Transformations R ReCSim Regional Climate Simulation Models R SYNAPSE SYNdrome Assessment and Policy Strategy Evaluation R TOPIK 6 Sectoral Climate Sensitivity AIM Agriculture emphasising Integrated Modelling (Focus: Morocco) R CLAWINE Climate Adaptability of European Wine Industry R SAFE Sensitivity and Adaptation of Forests in Europe under Global Change R TOPIK 7 PIKuliar Culture IMEQ Integrating Models and Ensuring their Quality C PRUNE Propagation of Uncertainties in Earth-System Models R PIRSIG Pirsig’s Quality R QUIS Qualitative Intelligence Service R SIMENV An Integrated Simulation Environment for Quality Assurance and Scenario Analyses R 27
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Page 7 and 8: The First 10 Years By Udo E. Simoni
Page 9 and 10: Understanding the Earth system is a
Page 11: The Institute and its Mission
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state government, whose promises co
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The First Sustainability Days and t
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Scientific Symposia on the First Su
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Palaeoperspectives on Global Sustai
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The New Main Building
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From the Royal Astrophysical Observ
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Rediscovering hidden beauty. Ceilin
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Scientific Relations
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A Network for Our Future Understand
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issues, and integration of discipli
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place in October 2001 and was part
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Public Relations
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impac
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Appendix
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Organization Chart
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Board of Trustees Chair: State/Fede
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In: Public participation and integr
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Hoff, H. (2000): Deep rooted or: Ho
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Schaaf, C.; Strahler, A.; Gao, F.;
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and future climate changes: North-s
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Publications 2000 Publications, pee
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