Develops the Climate Time Machine, an interactive online climate simulation for companies, organizations and municipalities.
SCIARA GmbH
Potsdam (headquarters)New on Amplifa
About SCIARA
SCIARA GmbH develops and operates the Climate Time Machine, an interactive online simulation that makes complex climate relationships tangible. In moderated workshops – known as climate time journeys – groups of 5 to 250 participants make virtual decisions in a 2- to 4-hour video conference and see in real time how these affect emissions and climate impacts through the year 2100. The calculation of individual emission values is based on emission factors from the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), the Hector climate model, IPCC scenarios and the ISIMIP database; the scientific foundation was created in cooperation with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The formats are used for sustainability training, team workshops, leadership training, board presentations and events. SCIARA was founded in 2020 in Potsdam as an impact-oriented rather than profit-oriented company and is politically and ideologically independent.
- Site
- Potsdam
- Processes
- Interactive online climate simulation (Climate Time Machine), Moderated Climate Time Machine workshops (5–250 participants, 2–4 hours, video conference), Climate time journeys for companies (sustainability training, team workshops), Event and special formats (conferences, action days), Own emission scenarios and local climate data
- Materials
- Emission factors of the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), Hector climate model, ISIMIP database
- Founded
- 2020
- Industries
- Companies and organizations (ESG/sustainability), Municipalities and public institutions, Education and training
- 01
Climate data processing (UBA emission factors, Hector, ISIMIP)
- 02
Software development of the Climate Time Machine
- 03
Workshop design and moderation
- 04
Customer formats (training, workshop, event)
Data foundations and methodology
Emission factors of the Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency)
Basis for the calculation of individual emission values.
Hector climate model
Simulates global climate pathways and reproduces the results of complex climate models.
ISIMIP database
Provides regional climate values and climate impacts with high spatial and temporal resolution.
Locations
Potsdam
DEHeadquarters
Offerings and formats
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 2020
SCIARA GmbH founded in July 2020 by Daniel Tamberg and Dr. Sebastian Kutscha as an impact-oriented rather than profit-oriented company; six mid-sized IT companies seconded the initial team, which developed a first prototype within six months
- 2021
Crowdfunding and funding by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Federal Environmental Foundation)
- 2021
Privacy policy as of 17 March 2021; imprint page first published (19.11.2021)
- 2022
Climate time journeys in Russia via the German Embassy in Moscow (ended by the war); effectiveness study of the Climate Time Machine at PIK
- 2023
Climate time journeys, among others, in Egypt; Potsdam Climate Award
- 2023
Funding from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action; entry of two business angel investors after the decision to commercialize