The project “Maximizing the carbon sequestration in urban trees (CliMax): Developing knowledge and tools for climate change mitigation and adaptation with multifunctional urban green infrastructure” is a collaboration between the JKI Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Urban Green, the JKI Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment, and the Technische Universität Braunschweig with the Institute of Geoecology and the Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics.
The Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis group contributes with terrestrial laserscans for deriving volume equations and growth rates for urban trees. [Website]
Projec Management Dr. Mona Quambusch, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institut für Pflanzenschutz in Gartenbau und urbanem Grün
Researcher Dr. Michael Strohbach
Duration 2022- 2025
Funding Klimaschutz-Sofortprogramm der Bundesregierung (Federal government's immediate climate protection program)