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2021 CO2 emissions at nearly 2019 level
After dropping considerably worldwide in 2020, this year fossil carbon dioxide emissions will likely reach the level before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the conclusion arrived at by the Global Carbon Project. Every year, experts assess how much CO2 was released into the atmosphere around the globe, and how much was absorbed by natural sinks. Dr Judith Hauck, a climate researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute, is also part of the team. The project has just released its preliminary report in the journal Earth System Science Data.
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The AWI at the COP26 summit
At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the Alfred Wegener Institute is represented on site with various contributions: On November 3rd from 14:00-15:00 (CET) the panel discussion of the EU Polar Cluster will be moderated by AWI expert Nicole Biebow and Marcel Nicolaus, AWI expert on sea ice will give the keynote speech on the MOSAiC expedition on the same day at 18:30 (CET).
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Expert service to accompany the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow
From 1 to 12 November 2021, heads of state, organisations and researchers will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. Their primary goal is to assess and further develop national measures and targets in an effort to keep global warming well under two degrees Celsius. After all, the far-reaching effects of climate change can already be seen and felt. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute are in attendance, will take part in the various COP26 events, and will share their own experiences and findings from polar and marine…
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![[Translate to English:] POGO Graduierung](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/3/csm_20211026_POGO_Graduierung_UweNettelmann_3d22459a0c.jpg "POGO Graduation")
Congratulations!
The eighth cohort of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute successfully completed their training on October 26, 2021.
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![[Translate to English:] Meereis ind er Framstraße](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/6/csm_20120706_Polarstern_ARKXXVII_31_SMenze_3821626bee.jpg "Sea ice in Fram Strait")
Award-Winning!
Science journalist Tim Kalvelage receives the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism 2021 in the text category.
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Arctic Circle
Antje Boetius will moderate a plenary session at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík on October 16th. The AWI director will discuss the topics MOSAiC expedition, the IPCC report and the COP26 with AWI scientist Markus Rex and Halldór Þrgeirsson, President of the Climate Council of Iceland. The session takes place from 12:45 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. and is organized in cooperation with the AWI and the German Arctic Office. The Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic.
New Italian-German research cooperation
PAIGE - Chronologies for Polar Paleoclimate Archives is a partnership project between the AWI and Italian Polar Research Institute ISP and is led on the German side by Gesine Mollenhauer and Frank Wilhelms. The aim is to improve the chronologies of palaeoclimate archives, namely of ice and marine sediment cores. As part of the project, experts discussed the state of research at a workshop in Bologna from 6.-7.10. At the opening, the Memorandum of Understanding between AWI and ISP was signed by the directors Antje Boetius and Carlo Barbante.
Franco-German scientific cooperation
The REKLIM Helmholtz Climate Initiative REKLIM "Regional Climate Change and People" invites on October 6th together with the University of Paris-Saclay and the French Embassy to a festive event entitled "Perceiving Arctic Change - Climate, Society and Sustainability". After lectures and a panel discussion, the official opening of the Graduate School PACCSS will take place. AWI Director Antje Boetius will officially open the event. The entire event will be streamed live from 6 p.m.
Aquaculture Europe 2021
"Sustainable marine food systems" - a talk by AWI scientists Gesche Krause and Laurie Hofmann at the international "Aquaculture Europe" conference on Maderia revolves around this complex of topics. The lecture will take place on October 7th from 11.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. More information about the conference.
„Antarctica: Present and Future“
This is the title of an international Antarctic conference to be held on October 4 in Madrid - 30 years after the Madrid Protocol. It will be opened by the prime ministers of Australia, New Zealand and Spain. Hans-Otto Pörtner, co-chair of the IPCC Working Group II (WG II) and head of the section Integrated Ecophysiology at the Alfred Wegener Institute, will participate in one of the three discussion formats "Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change".