Speakers: Prof. Dr. Britta Tietjen (FU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Uwe Ulbrich (FU Berlin), and Prof. Dr. Tobias Sauter (HU Berlin) lead the Einstein Research Unit.

The Einstein Research Unit Climate and Water under Change (CliWaC) is a transdisciplinary research initiative of the Berlin University Alliance dedicated to investigating water-related risks of climate change in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. CliWaC brings together social and natural sciences, as well as practical expertise from stakeholders, to develop mitigation and adaptation measures against the impacts of climate change.

The consortium comprises 28 project leaders from the Berlin University Alliance members Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité. In addition, the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research and the Institute for Ecological Economic Research are involved.