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Register now for the 25th Swiss Global Change Day

Look beyond the horizon of climate and global change research and register now for the 25th Swiss Global Change Day on 9 April 2025. In addition to expert talks, we will provide you plenty of time to present your own research or organisation with a poster or at a stand and to network with colleagues. The most attractive and comprehensive posters submitted by students or postdocs will be honoured with a travel award of 1000 francs.

25th Swiss Global Change Day Teaser
25th Swiss Global Change Day Teaser
25th Swiss Global Change Day Teaser

🔗 Registration closed.

Students and post-docs can submit posters in the following categories:

  • Geosphere | Biosphere
  • Atmosphere | Hydrosphere
  • Human Dimensions | Sustainability

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary, we are particularly pleased to announce our keynote speakers:

  • Stefan Rahmstorf (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK): "Changes in Atlantic ocean currents - an underestimated risk?"
  • Lint Barrage (Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ): "Unseen and Unprepared: The Fiscal Toll of Climate Change"
  • Niklaus Zimmermann (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ): "Co-Benefits and Joint Solutions: Biodiversity Conservation under Climate Change"
    Originally scheduled: Sandra Lavorel (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, CNRS)
  • Nadine Strauss (University of Zurich UZH): "Communicating Net Zero: Narratives, Challenges and Ways Forward!"

Apart from thought-provoking keynotes, another highlight will be a Science Talk:

  • Charlotte Blattner (UNIL), Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera (OCCR) and Sonia Seneviratne (ETHZ): "Climate Litigation: The Case of the Senior Women for Climate Protection and Beyond"

Related topics

Categories

  • Biosphere
  • Climatology, Atmospherical Chemistry, Aeronomoy
  • Hydrology
  • Hydrospheres