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© Picture Credit: Tatjana Schneider/TU Braunschweig. Transdisziplinäre Aktionsforschung Marseille, 2022.

From climate knowledge to climate-conscious action

6 min. Reading time
Map of Lower Saxony showing all settlement units in the federal state as points.Map of Lower Saxony showing all settlement units in the federal state as points.
© Picture credit: SpACE Lab at ISU, TU Braunschweig, 2024; Map data: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy; own calculations

Identifying and tackling climate challenges at the local level

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An eddy covariance tower taking atmospheric measurements at one of the measurement sites. An eddy covariance tower taking atmospheric measurements at one of the measurement sites.
© Picture Credit: Nora Roesky/ZKfN.

What makes forests resilient?

8 min. Reading time
Dead trees in the Harz mountains Dead trees in the Harz mountains
© Picture Credit: Cornelius Senf

Learning climate resilience from natural forests

7 min. Reading time
Symbolic image of the forest in the Harz foreland Symbolic image of the forest in the Harz foreland
© Katharina Zickwolf/ZKfN

Fourth National Forest Inventory

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News

A portrait of Katharina Zickwolf, managing director of the Lower Saxony Center for Climate Research A portrait of Katharina Zickwolf, managing director of the Lower Saxony Center for Climate Research

Katharina Zickwolf – Managing Director at the Lower Saxony Center for Climate Research

Wo we are: The team at the ZKfN office

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Half-timbered houses in the city centre of CelleHalf-timbered houses in the city centre of Celle

Heat check for German cities

Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. publishes city ranking on heat protection at high temperatures

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Federal State of Lower Saxony supports research into the microclimate in urban areas

MWK and Volkswagen Foundation fund the establishment of a Climate Future Lab at the Lower Saxony Climate Research Center with up to five million euros

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DG HochN Hub Climate Research and Transfer Centres on 04 July

The ZKfN presents itself in the digital DG Hoch N-Hub on the topic of climate and transfer centers on July 04, 2024, 10-11.30 a.m.

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ZKfN in ti-Magazin

ZKfN introduces itself in new issue "Climate-Protection-Measures".

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The logo of the Sustainability Network of Universities in Lower SaxonyThe logo of the Sustainability Network of Universities in Lower Saxony

ZKfN at HochNiNa-annual conference 2024

Meeting of the Sustainability Network of Universities in Lower Saxony - HochNiNa took place in Hanover 2024.

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Forest path with bare, dead trees on both sidesForest path with bare, dead trees on both sides

2023 Lower Saxony Climate Impact Monitoring Report

Lower Saxony's Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection publishes report on the effects of climate change

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Birch in the heathland region of Lower SaxonyBirch in the heathland region of Lower Saxony

2023 Climate Protection Programme of the German Federal Government

Programme for implementing the climate targets published

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Tree crown photographed from belowTree crown photographed from below

Greenhouse gas projection report 2024 for Germany

Overview of the emissions trend up to 2030

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Steering committee constituted

Following the Scientific Advisory Board, the ZKfN Steering Committee has now also started its work.

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Dossiers

A page from the Herbarium Ruperti with pieces of nettle glued to it.A page from the Herbarium Ruperti with pieces of nettle glued to it.

Historical Biodiversity Archive

Presenting: Climate research for Lower Saxony

4 min. Reading time
A photograph of Beltringharder KoogA photograph of Beltringharder Koog

Transformation Processes of the North Sea Coast

Presenting: Climate Research for Lower Saxony

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