Funding Measures

Funding measures contribute to the Initiatives for Sustainability (Green Economy, City of the Future, and the Transformation of the Energy System) and play a major role in the four areas of preventative research covered by FONA. Research for sustainability is an active form of provision for the future: providing the knowledge necessary to meet the global challenges of climate change, resource scarcity, pollution, loss of biodiversity and the transition to a sustainable society.

Ssese-Islands im Victoriasee, Uganda: durch Klimawandel sinkender Wasserspiegel

01.07.2016 - 30.06.2020

Funding Measures

The national and international policy on climate change and adaptation to climate change is based on the progress reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). The progress reports document the current state of knowledge regarding climate change. An essential database is the results of the international climate model comparison CMIP (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project).

The Assessment Reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) are the basis for national...

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