Press Release 015/2017

KIT’s Campus Alpine Joins Bavarian Climate Alliance

Work of the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Focuses on Processes in the Atmosphere and Global Climate Change
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At the foot of the Zugspitze, IMK-IFU studies interactions of climate, vegetation, soils, and water availability.(Photo: Markus Breig, KIT)

Changes of living conditions of vegetation and society in times of global climate change are among the central topics studied by the Atmospheric Environmental Research Division of the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Now, KIT’s Campus Alpine has joined the Ba-varian Climate Alliance. The Bavarian Minister of the Environment, Ulrike Scharf, and the President of KIT, Professor Holger Hanselka, signed the corresponding agreement today. 

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More about the KIT Climate and Environment Center: http://www.klima-umwelt.kit.edu/english.

 

In close partnership with society, KIT develops solutions for urgent challenges – from climate change, energy transition and sustainable use of natural resources to artificial intelligence, sovereignty and an aging population. As The University in the Helmholtz Association, KIT unites scientific excellence from insight to application-driven research under one roof – and is thus in a unique position to drive this transformation. As a University of Excellence, KIT offers its more than 10,000 employees and 22,800 students outstanding opportunities to shape a sustainable and resilient future. KIT – Science for Impact.

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