Links

Allgemeine Informationen zur Klimaforschung

Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz (BMUV)
https://www.bmuv.de/themen/klimaanpassung/ueberblick-klimaanpassung
Zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel

Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
http://www.dwd.de/klimawandel
Überblick über den Klimawandel und das DWD-Wetterlexikon.

FAQ of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
https://www.ipcc.ch/help/frequently-asked-questions/
Frequently asked questions on climate change, from the IPCC.

IPCC-Synthesebericht
https://www.ipcc.ch/ar6-syr/
Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report

Climate Facts
https://www.klimafakten.de/
This portal offers basic, reliable facts on the climate change debate.

Climate Navigator
http://www.klimanavigator.de
Internet portal of a cooperation project of many German climate research institutions, including the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (with dossiers on individual topics).

Climate Sceptics
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/klimaskeptiker.html
Statement and further links to the examination of the arguments of climate sceptics.

Deutschen-Klima-Konsortium (DKK)
http://www.deutsches-klima-konsortium.de/de.html
With a glossary of the many technical terms, a compilation of the scientific institutions in this field, a chronology of climate policy and an overview of their actors.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en
Information on research and projects of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

SkepticalScience
http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php
Scientific examination of the most popular arguments of climate change deniers.

Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt)
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/klimawandel
Information from the Federal Environment Agency on the subject of climate. In the right menu column you will find, for example, a FAQ on the 17 most frequently asked questions on climate change.

Teaching materials

Education for a better climate
https://www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/bildung-nrw/umwelt-schule2
A website of the consumer center of North Rhine-Westphalia with teaching materials on the topics of climate change and climate protection.

Education Server Berlin-Brandenburg
http://bildungsserver.berlin-brandenburg.de/
Broad range of services for educators of the State Institute for Schools and Media Berlin-Brandenburg.

Bildungsserver-Wiki
http://wiki.bildungsserver.de/klimawandel/index.php/Treibhauseffekt
Encyclopedia for educational purpose on anthropogenic climate change and its consequences.

Federal Agency for Civic Education
http://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/umwelt/klimawandel/
Dossier on climate change with basic information, picture galleries and interactive graphics.

Education Server Hamburg
http://klimawissen.de/
The Education Server focuses on climate change with worksheets, posters and background information.

Lehrer-Online
http://www.lehrer-online.de
Service and information material especially for the use of digital media in school lessons. The site also contains the teaching units for this web-portal.

max-wissen
https://www.max-wissen.de/ueber-maxwissen/
Internet portal of the Max Planck Society for students and teachers.

Environment in class
http://www.umwelt-im-unterricht.de/
Page of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety on which background information on environment-related topics is published every two weeks.

WWF Education
http://www.wwf.de/aktiv-werden/bildungsarbeit-lehrerservice/
Educational work and teacher service of the World Nature Foundation (WWF)

Das große Fressen
http://www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/Publikationen-PDF/WWF_Studie_Das_grosse_Fressen_Zusammenfassung.pdf
WWF study on the effects of nutrition on our environment, future scenarios and solution strategies.

The Sustainable Shopping Basket
http://nachhaltiger-warenkorb.de
Information page of the Council for Sustainable Development with brochures and an app that helps to consume in an environmentally friendly and social way.

The Tourist Climate Footprint
http://www.wwf.de/aktiv-werden/tipps-fuer-den-alltag/umweltvertraeglich-reisen/klima-fussabdruck/
Here the WWF explains what to look out for in emission calculators and compensation providers.

Discover the country
https://www.bmel.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Broschueren/Landfibel.html
Landfibel of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture with information about agriculture and its products in Germany.

WBGU
https://www.wbgu.de
Gutachten, Politikpapiere und Factsheets des Wissenschaftlichen Beirates der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU) zum Herunterladen als PDFs.

World Health Organization (WHO)
https://www.who.int/health-topics/climate-change
The WHO website provides information on the health effects of climate change, such as heat waves and the spread of mosquitoes.

Climate Policy

Climate Action Tracker
https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/eu/
Scientific analysis of government climate change mitigation commitments and measures and assesment of the accordance to the Paris Agreement ("well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C"). Evaluation carried out by Climate Analytics and New Climate Insittute using the MAGICC climate model.

https://climateactiontracker.org/press/analysis-germanys-proposed-2030-target-still-not-1o5-compatible/
Climate Action Tracker Analysis: Germany's proposed 2030 target not yet 1.5°C compatible

Klimapolitik

Climate Action Tracker
https://climateactiontracker.org/press/analyse-deutschlands-vorgeschlagenes-klimaziel-fuer-2030-noch-nicht-15c-kompatibel/
Climate Action Tracker-Analyse: Deutschlands vorgeschlagenes Klimaziel für 2030 noch nicht 1,5˚C-kompatibel

Fridays for Future Germany
https://www.fridaysforfuture.de
Climate-Justice Movement fighting for keeping the global warming under 1.5°C.

Scientists for Future Germany
https://de.scientists4future.org/
Non-party and non-institutional association of scientists from all disciplines, provide the current state of research in a scientifically founded and comprehensible form to the social debate on sustainability and safeguarding the future.

Videos / footage

E Mission CO2
https://vimeo.com/71004199
Explanation video for younger students with basics on the atmosphere, climate change and its causes.

Science Slam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D347BBDITNw
Meteorologist Sebastian Bathiany explains weather statistics and climate models vividly.

Online lecture MOOC on climate change and its consequences
http://www.deutsches-klima-konsortium.de/de/bildung/online-vorlesung-mooc.html
The German Climate Consortium (DKK) in cooperation with the nature conservation organization WWF has developed an interdisciplinary Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on climate change and its consequences.