About Us
Here you can find the contacts of the KIT-Center for Climate and Environment
Portrait | Name | Function | Tel. | |
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Meo Colombo, Sabrina | Assistant KIT Climate and Environment Center | +49 721 608-25541 | sabrina meocolombo ∂ kit edu | |
Hilgers, Christoph | Scientific Spokesperson | +49 721 608-42139 | scientific spokesperson ∂ zku kit edu | |
Hennrich, Kirsten | Managing Director KIT Climate and Environment Center | +49 721 608-28592 | kirsten hennrich ∂ kit edu | |
Gerçe Wolff, Berna | Executive Assistant KIT Climate and Environment Center | +49 721 608-285 94 | berna wolff ∂ kit edu |
Associated institutes
As the Center for Climate and Environment we work together with many different institutes at KIT. You can find the list of institutes here
Area IV - Natural and Built Environment
Area IV - Natural and Built Environment: Head of Department Prof. Dr. Johannes Orphal
In Area IV - Natural and Built Environment, knowledge about a changing Earth is generated, taught, and applied. This includes natural processes and developments as well as human-induced changes and their impacts. Research, teaching, and innovation are concentrated on strategic topics across more than 30 institutes, spanning the fields of architecture, civil engineering, geosciences, environmental sciences, meteorology, and climate science. The scientists in Area IV research, develop, and teach local, regional, and global solutions for a sustainable future. The teaching and academic affairs of Area IV are organized within the KIT faculties of Architecture and Civil, Geo, and Environmental Engineering, while the large-scale research activities are conducted within the framework of the Helmholtz Program "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future."
Further information can be found on the website of Area IV.
Helmholtz Programme Atmosphere and Climate (ATMO)
ATMO
The aim of the Atmosphere and Climate Programme (ATMO) is to
to better understand the atmosphere in the climate system. To this end, scientists are pursuing
complex measurements of atmospheric parameters and laboratory tests and
numerical modelling of processes that play an important role in the atmosphere
play.
Research approaches include high-resolution satellite measurements of tropospheric
trace substances, studies on the role of the middle atmosphere in the climate system, the
variability of biogenic emissions and the use of atmospheric water isotopes for
better understanding of the water cycle.
The programme is divided into four themes:
- Clouds and weather research
- Land surface processes in the climate system
- Tropospheric trace substances and their transformation processes
- Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and middle atmosphere
The website of the Helmholtz Programme Changing Earth can be found here.
More information about ATMO can be read here.
Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology CEDIM
CEDIM
The Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) is an interdisciplinary research center of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) External Link in the field of disaster management. The main goal of CEDIM is to advance our scientific understanding of natural and man-made hazards, and to develop disaster management solutions for the early detection and reduction of the related risks.
Süddeutsches Klimabüro
Süddeutsches Klimabüro
The South-German Climate Office is an interface between research and society, which supplies information on climate aspects in a competent and understandable manner. Work is based on the expertise of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where several institutes conduct fundamental and applied climate research, and on the expertise of several associated institutions. The regional focus lies on South Germany. Major topics covered are regional climate modeling, trends of extreme weather events, such as strong rain, and hail, and aspects of energy generation and water management. The South-German Climate Office is one of four regional climate offices of the Helmholtz Association that have a regional and thematic focus each. Since 2009, the South-German Climate Office has been part of the KIT Climate and Environment Center.