| | ProClim – Forum for Climate and Global ChangeProClim Briefing No 4
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| | Patricia Ricklin,
Event Coordinator Swiss Global Change Day | | | |
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| | | Exhausted but happy - that's how I felt on 10 April, the day after Swiss Global Change Day. A varied and inspiring anniversary event was behind me. The programme featured keynote talks on topics such as unstable ocean currents, extreme weather risks, synergies between climate and biodiversity protection and the question of how companies can credibly communicate their net zero targets. The new format "Science Talk", in which the role of law in climate protection was discussed, provided an interesting twist. The posters honoured at the award ceremony also impressively demonstrated the breadth of current climate research - from Arctic ocean acidification to extreme weather in the Mediterranean region and health effects in West Africa. In between the programme items, the climate community took the opportunity to engage in lively discussions about posters, projects and current research - exactly what we aim to promote with this event. I am already looking forward to the next Swiss Global Change Day. Do you have any suggestions for topics or other inputs? Then please get in touch with us! On behalf of ProClim, I wish you an energetic start to the spring, | | | |
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| | ProClim Briefing now in three languages! The ProClim Briefing is now sent out in German, French and English. You are currently on the English mailing list. Would you like to receive the briefing in another language? Write to us at: proclim@scnat.ch | |
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| | Sonia Seneviratne and Severin Marty welcome the audience at the 25th Swiss Global Change Day. Photo: Andres Jordi, SCNAT | |
| | This was the 25th Swiss Global Change Day
Stefan Rahmstorf started off the Swiss Global Change Day with a warning: Even though it is still unclear how close the AMOC tipping point is, it is certainly too close for comfort. Reaching it should be avoided at all costs. This wake up call was followed by a talk by ETH Professor Lint Barrage. She compared the economic and human health consequences of tropical cyclones in Australia and Mozambique to illustrate the fiscal consequences of Climate Change. A switch was made from the fiscal to the legal space to discuss the case of the Senior Women for Climate Protection – exactly one year after the historical ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). After giving us a short overview of the case, Charlotte Blattner was joined on stage by Ana Vicedo-Cabrera and Sonia Seneviratne to discuss its implications. After lunch and a delightful surprise musical input, Niklaus Zimmermann gave a keynote on the co-benefits of finding joint solutions for biodiversity conservation and climate change protection. After the Poster Award Ceremony, the last keynote outlined the challenges for companies to communicate their Net Zero goals. Nadine Strauss, communication scientist from University of Zurich, gave us an insight into her research on why companies set themselves Net Zero goals in the first place, why they are sometimes hesitant to communicate them and how these challenges can be overcome. Meeting Report now online The full meeting report, as well as the presentations by the four keynote speakers, the Science Talk and the award-winning posters are now available online on our website. Read the full meeting report here! | | | |
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| | Charlotte Blattner giving an Input on climate litigation. Photo: Andres Jordi, SCNAT | |
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9 April 2025 marked the anniversary of the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the Senior Women for Climate Protection for case. Our 2023 ProClim Flash article explains how the court judgement came about and what role science played in it. Read the full article here (in German) | |
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| | | Photo: Senior Women for Climate Protection | |
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Online event on the Graz Charter on Climate Communication More than 1,000 experts and practitioners have signed the "Graz Charter on Climate Communication", calling for a change of course in communication on climate issues. The initiators of the charter, including ProClim, now want to take stock of the situation: What will it take for the "good professional practice“ formulated in the charter to be put into practice by as many people as possible in their day-to-day communication work? The online debate will take place on 13 May 2025 from 12:15 to 13:45. Register here (event in German and French)
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| | Federal Council brings revised CO2 Ordinance into force | |
| | The Federal Council has brought the revised CO₂ Ordinance into force with partial retroactive effect from 1 January 2025. The revised CO₂ Act aims to halve Switzerland's greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Two thirds of the reduction will be achieved through domestic measures. Mehr / Plus / Di più | | | |
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CH2025: New climate projections for Switzerland
In the "Climate CH2025" project, the physical basis of climate change in Switzerland is being developed, updated and made available. The results will be presented on 4 November 2025 from 16:00 as part of the "Climate CH2025" opening event at ETH Zurich. More / Mehr / Plus / Di più | | | |
| | Climate communication for municipalities | |
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In the new guide to climate communication from the Federal Office for the Environment, local authorities receive numerous concrete tips, examples and checklists for successful climate communication in addition to instructions for communication concepts. Mehr / Plus / Di più
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| | | | | 06.05.2025 How the Myth of the Free Market has blocked Climate Action Presentation, Zurich ❯❯ | |
| | 13.05.2025 Will climate communication improve with the "Graz Charter"?
Debate, online ❯❯ | |
| | 14.05.2025 Swiss Climate Reporting Forum 2025
Conference, Zurich ❯❯ | |
| | 15.-17.05.2025 Environment Expo: Our Climate
Exposition, Zurich ❯❯ | |
| | 19.05.2025 Prevention and natural hazard insurance: from the 2005 floods to the challenges of climate change Event, Bern ❯❯ | |
| | 02.-04.06.2025 EXCLAIM Symposium 2025: Is AI the Future of Weather and Climate Modeling?Veranstaltung, Zurich ❯❯ | |
| | 05.06.2025 Forum Klima SchweizSymposium, Bern ❯❯ | |
| | 05.06.2025 Save-the-Date: Status of the Swiss Carbon CycleSymposium, Zurich ❯❯ | |
| | 11.06.2025 Climate Justice & Corporate Leadership: Transforming Global Supply ChainsSymposium, Zurich ❯❯ | |
| | 13.06.2025 Current challenges in environmental law - perspectives for further development Conference, Zurich ❯❯ | | | |
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| | Greenhouse gas inventory 2023 | |
| | The Federal Office for the Environment published Switzerland's new greenhouse gas inventory based on data from the year before last. At 33.6%, the transport sector accounted for the largest proportion of greenhouse gas emissions (excluding international air and sea transport). The building sector follows with 22.2%, industry with 22.2% and agriculture with 16%. The greenhouse gas inventory is the comprehensive emissions statistic and forms the basis for reviewing Switzerland's reduction targets. More / Mehr / Plus | |
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| | European State of Climate 2024 | |
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The current ‘European State of the Climate report’ provides a comprehensive overview of climate conditions in Europe in 2024, covering developments in the Earth system, relevant weather events and progress in climate policy. The report was compiled in collaboration with around 100 scientists. Since the 1980s, Europe has warmed twice as fast as the global average, making it the fastest warming continent on Earth. More | |
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| | The graphs show different Welfare optimal climate policy in DICE 2023 using either the standard damage function or the revised damage function recalculated to fit the projections of economic loss presented in the article. | | | |
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| | | | | Research impulse of the month«To date, projections of how climate change will affect global gross domestic product (GDP) have broadly suggested mild to moderate harm (…) However, these models often contain a fundamental flaw – they assume a national economy is affected only by weather in that country. Any impacts from weather events elsewhere, such as how flooding in one country affects the food supply to another, are not incorporated into the models.» - Timothy Neal, Ben R. Newell and Andy Pitman in their article Reconsidering the macroeconomic damage of severe warming, published in Environmental Research Letters on 31 March, 2025. | | | |
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