Climate Change: Land Use Strategies in Germany (CC-LandStraD)

Land surface in Germany is used intensively. Land fulfils many societal requirements including the production of food, energy and wood, or provides area for settlement and transportation infrastructure and recreation. Global changes such as climate change and globalisation of economic systems will increase the competition for the limited land resources that exist between the various societal demands in Germany and in many other regions of world. How to integrate aspects of preserving an intact environment, climate protection, and sustainable resource management into this complex realm of land use conflicts is the research focus of the project. The aim is to analyse interactions between different land use forms and climate change, as well as to identify and evaluate alternative land use strategies in Germany. Thus, a contribution to the attainment of the climate mitigation goals shall be achieved and the necessary adaptation of land use to the impacts of climate change shall be supported.