Our mission: Understanding change to address the climate crisis.
Understanding a complex phenomenon such as climate change, assessing the consequences with scientific precision and thinking about solution strategies - this requires the close cooperation of many disciplines and a strong regional and international network.
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. In order to limit the rise in temperature to well below 2 degrees - target 1.5 degrees - CO2 emissions must be reduced by at least 50 percent by 2030 and by at least 90 percent by 2050 in line with the Paris climate targets. The transformation to an almost emission-free and climate-robust economy and society requires a profound reorientation. In the Field of Excellence Climate Change Graz over a hundred researchers are investigating climate change and the economic, production-related, social, political and legal changes that are necessary for a sustainable transformation.
The aim of Climate Change Graz is to gain a better understanding of the uncertainties, risks and opportunities associated with climate change, particularly with regard to critical thresholds, the exceeding of which would threaten the continued existence of various systems. To this end, possible strategies for a transition to an almost emission-free and climate-robust economy and society are investigated, which are connected with a fundamental transformation of many economic, technical, social, political and legal processes and ways of life.