University of Bremen: Highly acclaimed speech at the World Climate Conference

This year’s world climate conference COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheik (Egypt) has no lesser goal than to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement. Because time is pressing. In the opening ceremony of the COP27 World Leaders SummitVeronika Eyring, who is a professor at the University of Bremen and conducts research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), gave a widely acclaimed speech. She said what most of the audience thought: “Recent climate change is unprecedented. We all know and feel that.” The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reaches new record levels every year. As a result, global warming was already 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in 2020. The scientist from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the University of Bremen made an urgent appeal to the audience: “The scientific evidence is clear. But we are not on course!

improve climate models
Atmospheric research and climate modelling, including the development and application of artificial intelligence methods, are among Professor Veronika Eyring’s research priorities. The work of her and her team contributes significantly to the improvement of climate models and their evaluation with earth observation data. Her research results provide a basis for decision-making in international climate policy. As coordinating lead author of Chapter 3, “Human Impact on the Climate System,” she contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) Sixth Assessment Report of Working Group I and was an author in the preparation of the Summary for Policymakers (SPM). .
The comparison of earth observation data and earth system models is considered an important basis for improving climate forecasts.