Mission
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie; MPI-M) is an internationally renowned institute for climate research. The institute researches the processes that establish Earth’s climate and that cause it to change. The MPI-M consists of three departments as follows:
- Climate Physics - investigates how water in the atmosphere, on the land surface, and as exchanged with the ocean, influences Earth’s climate, and its response to perturbations
- Climate Dynamics - aims to understand global climate dynamics with a focus on exploring the mechanisms that govern large-scale climate change patterns across various regions
- Climate Variability - investigates the role of the ocean in climate variability and climate change on all timescales from hours to millennia
Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.