Climate Protection Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation visit MPI-M and DKRZ
What is happening in Germany in terms of climate protection and adaptation? The three-week introductory seminar for the International Climate Protection Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers an insight into this. The program takes the form of a trip to various institutions in Germany, where the researchers establish contact with actors from science, economy, and politics. The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) and the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) welcomed the 16 scientists from Asia, Africa, South and Central America in Hamburg on 20 March. The fellows come from different fields, including climate and environmental protection, migration research and sustainable transformation.
MPI-M researchers Moritz Günther, Hauke Schmidt, Lara Wallberg, and Yuting Wu, as well as MPI-M Director Jochem Marotzke, gave lectures providing an overview of selected aspects of climate research at the MPI-M. Afterwards, DKRZ scientist Florian Ziemen gave the visitors a guided tour of the German Climate Computing Center.
With the fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, young professionals from non-European countries of the Global South can carry out scientific projects in Germany in the field of climate and resource protection. They will spend at least one year at a host institution. The three-week introductory seminar at the beginning of the stay is organized by the DBU Center for Environmental Communication of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
Further information
Climate Protection Fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
DBU Center for Environmental Communication
Contact
Sylvia Houston
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
sylvia.houston@mpimet.mpg.de