Launch of the Einstein Research Unit on Climate and Water under Change

Berlin-Brandenburg as a model region for research on the risks and solutions of altered water resources under climate change. No 129/2021 from Jul 02, 2021 Joint press release from Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin along with Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin How does climate change affect the availability and quality of water? How can the new challenges for water resource management be addressed together with stakeholders? These and other issues on the topic of "Climate and Water under Change" are the questions that the second Einstein Research Unit (ERU) of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) will address. The interdisciplinary research team of the partner institutions Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has set itself the task of researching the risk of water availability and quality caused by climate change and finding solutions for the sustainable management of water resources together with society, administration, economy, and politics. The Einstein Research Unit "Climate and Water under Change" (CliWaC) will be funded with six million euros annually for an initial three years. The ERU is dedicated to the German urban capital and its surroundings, which is severely affected by water scarcity representative of many regions worldwide. "We don't have to go to the Arctic to see how much the climate crisis is affecting our lives.