Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK)
EU Transparency Register
735637118430-74 First registered on 06 Aug 2015
Goals / Remit
PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. Researchers from the natural and social sciences work together to generate interdisciplinary insights and to co-design with society sound information for decision making. The main methodologies are systems and scenarios analysis, modelling, computer simulation, and data integration.
Main EU files targeted
Research in the fields climate and energy policy
Roughly 3.0 million euros in Third Party Funding by EU (in 2023):
• 22 projects funded by EU funding linesAddress
Head Office
Telegraphenberg A 31
Potsdam 14412 - 60 12 03
GERMANYEU Office
Telegraphenberg A 31
Potsdam 14412 - 60 12 03
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
Leibniz Association
Deutsche Klima-Konsortium (DKK)
Earth League
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/institute/scientific-networks lists scientific networks to which PIK scientists contributeMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
37,283,950€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Public financing, EU funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution German federal sources 16,875,404€ Contribution German Länder (incl. budget Land Brandenburg) 7,270,000€ Contribution European Union 3,058,234€ Grant EU Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe third-party project funding 3,058,234€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe project funding 3,000,000€ Other financial info
Sum for Total amount of EU grants in the current year 2024 is an estimate.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Communication activities
Prof. Johan Rockström, Director of PIK, is a member of European Commission expert group: Mission Board for adaptation to climate change including societal transformations ( 2019-2025)
Johan Rockström is a member of the European Investment Bank’s new Climate and Environment Council, which is chaired by Christine Lagard, President of the European Central Bank.
PIK Director Prof. Ottmar Edenhofer is Chair of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC) of the European Environment Agency (appointed by the EU) 2022-2026.
Dr. Michael Pahle was appointed a member of the consultative working group for the standing Risk Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority 's (ESMA) in 2023
Members of PIK participated in 2023 in: activities around ESABCC Report ‘Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030–2050’., including presentation of the report to the European Commission on 14.06.2023 and at the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee (Ottmar Edenhofer), discussion of ESABCC's scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030-2050 e.g. with the EC AGRI Committee and with European Environment Ministers (Ottmar Edenhofer), ESABCC Chair Mission in Brussels meeting EVP Maroš Šefčovic, European Commission Executive Vice-President for European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight. Furthermore, Prof. Edenhofer held Strategic discussions with high-ranking EU politicians and officials in Brussels: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Frans Timmermans, Ruth Reichstein, Elina Bardram, Elena Visnar and Kurt Vandenberghe.
Advisory activities of other PIK scientists included: providing a briefing note entitled “The EU’s 2040 target – Insights from the NAVIGATE project” to the European Commission (Elmar Kriegler), invited participation in discussion workshop on ‘How will the ETS2 work?’ with experts, representatives of DG CLIMATE and the European Commission (Michael Pahle and Robert Pietzcker) and evidence supplied to the EU public consultation on the EU 2040 targets (Robert Pietzcker); hosting a visit of the 27 EU Ambassadors to PIK (7.6.2023, Ottmar Edenhofer and Johan Rockström), talks and presentations with the EU Commission (e.g. DG Environment in European Green Week) or members of EU Parliament (Johan Rockström).Other activities
Several PIK scientists spoke at to European Commission members or at meetings in 2020. E.g. H.J. Schellnhuber spoke to European Green Deal Advisor Kurt Vandemberghe in March and September 2020; W. Lucht gave a keynote talk for a high-level policy briefing for members of The European Commission and NEGEM Advisory Board on 11.06.2020; C. Gornott presented the AGRICA project on climate risk analysis at a Climate Change and Development conference organised by the Climate Change and Development Group of EU DEVCO.
Meetings
Meetings
10 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 17 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Ongoing and planned work by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Climate policies Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ruth Reichstein (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject climate challenges Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2023 Location Potsdam, Germany Subject Climate change and biodiversity nexus DG Environment Attending - Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General)
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Date 21 Dec 2021 Location Videonconference Subject Meeting with Founding Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 24 Apr 2021 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Founding Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 01 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with former director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 27 Jul 2020 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject High-Level Roundtable Discussion on The State of the Union in 2020 and the European Green Deal - [Via Webex] Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet member)
- Sonia Vila Nunez (Cabinet member)
- Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
- Brenda Furniere (Cabinet member)
- Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
- Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet member)
- Olivier Smith (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2019 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable development and climat science Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 28 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Climate Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)