Research and Projects

Our research focal points are:

Improvement of our current understanding of physical processes leading to the occurrence of extreme weather and climatological events
Enhancement of our understanding of natural climate variability in terms of frequency and intensity of extreme events
Development of adequate projections of possible changes in frequency and intensity of extreme events at regional scales
The risk assessment of extreme weather events related impacts in a changing climate
The development of an effective knowledge exchange with stakeholders

Ongoing projects of working group "Regional Climate and Weather Hazards"
Title	Contact	Funding	Startdate
ACTUATE - Climate adaptation scenarios to reduce the Impacts of extreme events	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	HGF - InnoPool	2025
Aon Impact Forecasting - Floods	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	Aon	2022
Aon Impact Forecasting - Summer Storms	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig Dr. A. Ramos	Aon	2024
Aon Impact Forecasting - Windstorms	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig Dr. A. Ramos	Aon	2022
Impact of recent and future drought events on river discharge and fluvial transport sector for the Rhine River	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	CEDIM	2022
AXA Research Fund - Regional Climate and Weather Hazards	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	AXA Research Fund	2016
ClimXtreme II A1: Scale Dependent Process Representation and Sensitivity Analysis for Most Extreme Events (SEVERE)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II A5: Towards an improved description and attribution of the most extreme Central European Heat Waves (DesAttHeat)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Fink	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II A6: Intensity and structural changes of extreme mid-latitude cyclones in a warming climate (CyclEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. Julian Quinting	BMBF	2023
ClimXtreme II B3.7: Dynamical Systems perspective on weather regimes and heatwaves in a changing climate (DySyTEx)	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2023
Coming Decade - Decadal climate predictions for Europe	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
EDIPI - European Weather Extremes: Drivers, Predictability and Impacts	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. J. Mömken	Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions	2021
HGF Collaboration - Urban Climate	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. A. Christen (Uni Freiburg)	HGF KIT	2024
RegIKlim II - ISAP 2	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
RegIKlim II - NUKLEUS 2	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
UDAG - Updating the data basis for adaptation to climate change in Germany	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Dr. P. Ludwig H. Feldmann	BMBF	2023
Warmworld - ProImpact	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann	BMBF	2024
ZukoWa Subproject 2	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2025

Abgeschlossene Projekte
Title	Contact	Funding	Enddate
Aon Collaboration	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	Aon	2021
ClimXtreme A/B - Phase I	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. M. Kunz Dr. S. Mohr Dr. A. Voigt	BMBF	2022
GlobE - Wetlands in East Africa	Prof. Dr. A. Fink Prof. Dr. J. Pinto	BMBF	2018
Impact of recurrent extreme drought events and shrub invasion on Mediterranean cork-oak ecosystem functioning and resilience	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. C. Werner (Uni Freiburg)	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)	2023
MIKLIP II - Regional Decadal Prediction	Prof. Dr. Ch. Kottmeier Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann Dr. G. Schädler Dr. H.-J. Panitz Dr. M. Breil	BMBF	2018
RegIKlim NUKLEUS	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto H. Feldmann Dr. J. Mömken Dr. F. Ehmele	BMBF	2023
SCENIC - Storyline Scenarios of Extreme Weather, Climate, and Environmental Events along with their Impacts in a Warmer World	Dr. P. Ludwig Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. P. Braesicke	HGF - Innopool	2024
Waves to Weather	Prof. Dr. J. Pinto Prof. Dr. P. Knippertz	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)	2023