Northwest2050

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The Emma Maersk, one of the largest container ships in the world in the port of Bremerhaven. Conflicts between nature conservation, coastal protection and shipping are exacerbated by climate change.

nordwest2050 is an interdisciplinary science and regional funding project that aims to develop strategies for adapting to global warming in the Bremen-Oldenburg region. In addition to Klimzug-Nord (“Hamburg Metropolitan Region”) and RADOST (Baltic Sea), nordwest2050 is one of the three northern German projects in the nationwide Klimzug network . The project focuses on the regional consequences of global warming and not on the mitigation of climate change (CO 2 emissions). After two and a half years of planning, northwest 2050 was officially started on August 19, 2009 with a ceremony in Bremen's town hall .

Like all Klimzugprojekte is nordwest2050 created interdisciplinary and wants scientific , economic and technological expertise to merge. In addition, political , administrative , scientific and private-sector actors are integrated, who should work together to develop solutions for the consequences of global warming. The name comes from the desired time horizon, the year 2050.

tasks and goals

According to its own information, the research project nordwest2050 has the goal of “developing a long-term roadmap for climate adaptation for the Northwest metropolitan region together with actors from business, politics and society - the so-called 'Roadmap of Change'. It will show how the risks of climate change for the region can be reduced and the opportunities that arise can be used, and is thus a signpost for maintaining the region's competitiveness. "

Subject areas

So-called clusters were developed for subject-specific work:

  • Analyzes and methods , overriding
  • Cluster region
  • Cluster energy
  • Cluster nutrition
  • Port & Logistics cluster : Extreme events can affect operations in ports, for example by restricting the usability of shipping routes or hinterland connections or the energy supply. Due to the exposed location of the ports in the northwest directly on the coast (Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven), additional costs may be required to protect the infrastructure. The cluster deals with this planning.

There is a cooperation with the Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER) at the University of Maryland in the coastal US state of Maryland .

financing

The northwest 2050 project is largely funded by the federal government with almost 10 million euros. In addition, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , the City of Oldenburg and the districts bear part of the costs. The institutions involved bring in their own funds, mostly in the form of services.

Institutions involved

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.nordwest2050.de/index_nw2050.php?obj=page&id=125&unid=b2c08b3494c65e837e39d5206722d997
  2. ↑ http://www.bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=bremen02.c.12540579.de
  3. ^ Weser Kurier (from August 20, 2009)
  4. ^ Research and teaching ( Memento of April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), homepage of ecco ecology + communication Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Oldenburg
  5. ↑ QuickCheck for companies , northwest2050 ( Memento from May 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )