Potsdam Climate & Sustainability Lectures | WiSe 2025/2026
The lecture series of the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography is open to everyone! It is organised as a hybrid lecture. Join us at Campus Golm, house 25, lecture hall F0.01 or online. The lecture will provide an introduction and overview of current challenges in researching and addressing global and regional change issues in climate, earth, water and sustainability sciences.
Room & time: Tuesdays, 16:15 to 17:45, lecture room 2.25.F0.01 (+ online)
Online - Access: https://openup.uni-potsdam.de/course/view.php?id=260
Language: English
| No | Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 1 | 14.10.2025 | Groundwater recharge trends using cosmic ray neutron sensing | Lena Scheiffele (UP) |
| 2 | 21.10.2025 | Exploring polar climate history by geological field work and ship cruises with RV Polarstern | Bernhard Diekmann (AWI) |
| 3 | 28.10.2025 | Strong Roots, Strong Women - Ecosystem-based adaptation in Vietnam | Philip Bubeck (UP) |
| 4 | 04.11.2025 | Climate change impacts on biodiversity | Damaris Zurell (UP) |
| 5 | 11.11.2025 | Hydrological extremes: mechanisms, impacts and trends | Axel Bronstert (UP) |
| 6 | 18.11.2025 | Investigating microplastics in the environment | Sascha Oswald (UP) |
| 7 | 25.11.2025 | Climate Change, Arctic Coasts & Permafrost | Michael Fritz (AWI) |
| 8 | 02.12.2025 | Human Mobility in the Context of the Climate Crisis | Sabine Minninger (Brot für die Welt) |
| 9 | 09.12.2025 | Modern Global Warming and the Climate Debate | Stefan Rahmstorf (PIK) |
| 10 | 16.12.2025 | Health, nutrition and climate change | André Kleinridders (UP) |
| Christmas break (22.12.2025 till 04.01.2025) | |||
| 11 | 06.01.2026 | Climate Policy | Elmar Kriegler (PIK) |
| 12 | 13.01.2026 | The CO2 balance of energy production and consumption | Dieter Neher (UP) |
| 13 | 20.01.2026 | Drought monitoring in Germany | Sabine Attinger (UfZ) |
| 14 | 27.01.2026 | Carbon Pricing | Matthias Kalkuhl (MCC) |
| 15 | 03.02.2026 | Planetary boundaries | Johan Rockström (PIK) |