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Table of Contents<br />

Looking Back 5<br />

The First 10 Years 7<br />

Petra Schellnhuber: an Obituary 10<br />

The <strong>Institute</strong> and its Mission 11<br />

The <strong>Potsdam</strong> Approach to the Integrated Investigation of <strong>Climate</strong> Change 13<br />

Departments 15<br />

Five Scientific Departments to Advance the Knowledge Base 17<br />

<strong>Climate</strong> System 18<br />

Global Change & Natural Systems 19<br />

Global Change & Social Systems 20<br />

Integrated Systems Analysis 21<br />

Data & Computation 22<br />

Research 23<br />

The Evolution of <strong>PIK</strong>’s Research Programme 25<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 1 - Nonlinear Dynamics of the Ecosphere 29<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 2 - Management of Singular Events 35<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 3 - Socio-economic Causes of Global Change 40<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 4 - Emergence of a Global Subject 42<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 5 - Regional Simulators 46<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 6 - Sectoral <strong>Climate</strong> Sensitivity 50<br />

TO<strong>PIK</strong> 7 - <strong>PIK</strong>uliar Culture 54<br />

Completed Projects 60<br />

Sustainability Science 71<br />

Integrating Science <strong>for</strong> Sustainability 73<br />

Coevolution of Nature, Society and Science - The Dynamics of a Complex Relationship Becomes Critical 73<br />

The First Sustainability Days 79<br />

The First Sustainability Days and the 10th Anniversary of <strong>PIK</strong> 81<br />

The New Main Building 87<br />

The Historic Astrophysical Observatory 89<br />

From the Royal Astrophysical Observatory to the <strong>Climate</strong> Impact Research <strong>Institute</strong> 90<br />

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