On February 29, 2024, Sigrid Prehofer from ZIRIUS at the University of Stuttgart presented her work with CIB in the ReMoDigital. project. She explained the various roles that CIB can play in a multi-model ensemble and highlighted the function of CIB for sensemaking, i.e. the interpretation and synthesis of modeling results.
How can we anticipate and possibly avoid future water conflicts by using serious games? To what extent should complexity be mapped or simplified? How can we deal appropriately with the uncertainty of future developments and the at times limited data situation, e.g. on water consumption and availability? These questions were addressed by the partners of
What did ZuWaKo take away from this year’s drinking water colloquium on February 15, 2024 in Stuttgart? Water availability in Baden Württemberg is currently looking quite good again. Nevertheless, adapting to possible future peak demands and simultaneous resource shortages (at least in terms of time and/or location) was a major topic at yesterday’s 36th Drinking
What options for action do the various irrigation stakeholders have in the future and how do these strategies, measures and instruments relate to each other? How can the ZuWaKo simulation game be used to bring together stakeholders from different sectors to better understand the complex interplay of contexts and policies and ultimately select the most
SEcond Stakeholder Workshop in Module B: PoliCIES and SERIOUS GaME Read More »
On 23.11.23, Fabian Hölzlberger PhD student from the ZuWaKo team was able to attend a meeting of the Lusatia Round Table, a cross-state municipal alliance to tackle the many challenges associated with structural change in Lusatia. Following a keynote speech by Mr. Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, there
The Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG) hosted the Climate Status Colloquium in Dresden on November 23, 2023. A welcome address by State Secretary Dr. Gerd Lippold from the State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture (SMEKUL) was followed by a lively panel discussion on the Federal Climate Adaptation Act.
On November 11, 2023, Dr. Davi Francois, Angela Ciotola and Dr. Witold-Roger Poganietz from KIT ITAS presented their work with CIB on context energy scenarios considering disruptive events for the RESUR project: “CIB Multilayer Analysis of the German energy system under the influence of disruptive events”. Their ideas on how to use multi-layer CIB, linking
The Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG) hosted an expert discussion on agricultural water protection in Löbtau on November 9, 2023. The wide range of expert contributions covered topics such as dealing with drought and the use of pesticides as well as a review of the achievements of recent years in the
Expert discussion on water protection in AGRICULTURE, Löbtau Read More »
The lignite phase-out in Germany will make it necessary to backfill or flood the mines in the future. Such flooding is a controversial project, with diverse interests and uncertain feasibility. Where will the water come from?- And where is it missing then? What are the effects of flooding on the environment? What conflicts of interest
Today a pit, tomorrow a lake? ZuWaKo project meeting in Jülich Read More »
We presented the ZuWaKo project at the German Congress of Geography 2023 (DKG’23), September 20 to 22, 2023 in Frankfurt a. M. The title of our presentation was: Future water conflicts in Germany: Participatory modeling and simulation games to deal with uncertainty and complexity. The session “Water: A Conflict Potential of the Future“ was chaired
ZuWaKO at the German Congress of Geography DKG’23 Read More »
