Annual report 2024 published

With a slight delay, but full of content: the Annual Report 2024 shows how research and networking at the ZKfN are picking up speed.
  • September 29, 2025
  • 1 min. Reading time
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The second annual report of the Centre for Climate Research Lower Saxony is now available after a slight delay due to a staff vacancy.

2024 was the warmest year since measurements began, providing impressive evidence of the urgency of new research, creative solutions and shared responsibility. The report shows how the ZKfN has provided important impetus with the first Climate Future Labs, a successful kick-off event and the "Microclimate in Urban Areas" funding call.

Read more about the development of a lively research ecosystem that brings together science, politics, business and society - and gain insights into the work of the first Climate.future labs.

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  • Black woodpecker in the Lower Saxony forest – its calls and drumming are recorded acoustically in the DIVERSA project.Black woodpecker in the Lower Saxony forest – its calls and drumming are recorded acoustically in the DIVERSA project.

    Is the black woodpecker endangered in Lower Saxony due to the loss of coniferous wood caused by calamities?

    A guest contribution by Dr. Marcus Schmidt and David Singer from the Northwest German Forest Research Institute

    3 min. Reading time
  • Interview with UMEX-HOPE speaker Prof. Dr. Björn MarongaInterview with UMEX-HOPE speaker Prof. Dr. Björn Maronga

    Taking a holistic approach to climate adaptation in cities

    Interview with UMEX-HOPE speaker Prof. Dr. Björn Maronga

    7 min. Reading time
  • Panel discussionPanel discussion

    Big visions, but quick small steps

    Social sustainability arises when different actors take responsibility, act together, and combine big visions with concrete, small steps.

    4 min. Reading time