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Thursday, 09 October 2025

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Die Erde heizt sich auf. Gleichzeitig aber wächst die Zahl derer, die nichts mehr davon hören wollen. Was könnte sie umstimmen? Hermine Mitter untersucht Anreize zu klimafreundlichem Verhalten.

Der Klimawandel schreitet voran. Ein Großteil der Menschen ist sich des Ernsts der Lage bewusst. Viele bemühen sich, ihren ökologischen Fußabdruck zu verringern – sei es bei der Wahl der Verkehrsmittel, in der Ernährung oder durch den Umstieg auf eine klimafreundliche Heizung. Gleichzeitig aber wächst die Zahl derer, die von all dem nichts mehr hören wollen. Was könnte sie umstimmen? Hermine Mitter untersucht, was zu klimafreundlichem Verhalten motiviert.

Aufs Fahrrad oder in die Öffis steigen, sich pflanzenbasiert ernähren, mit der Bahn in den Urlaub fahren – jene, die das tun, fühlen sich meist gut dabei, weil sie dadurch Treibhausgasemissionen einsparen. Andere reagieren schon allein, wenn sie das lesen, gereizt. Denn klimafreundliches Handeln bedeutet auch: zumindest öfter mal das Auto stehen lassen, weniger tierische Produkte essen, den Traum von der Flugreise ad acta legen. Wenn man etwas, das Freude und Genuss bereitet, aufgeben soll, kann das ganz schön frustrierend sein. Noch dazu, wenn der Verzicht erst langfristig Wirkung zeigt.

„Die Bereitschaft, durch das persönliche Handeln selbst zur Emissionsreduktion beizutragen, ist gesunken“, weiß Hermine Mitter, Professorin für Nachhaltigkeit, Klimawandel und menschliches Verhalten an der Universität Graz. 

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Take a renewable raw material from nature – wood, for example – break it down into its building blocks and use them to create a functional material, such as a water-repellent surface coating, with the help of green chemistry. Once this has served its purpose, break it down again into its chemical components and use them to build something new. This idea is set to revolutionise the production and life cycle of materials and goods. The Cluster of Excellence "Circular Bioengineering", funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is researching how to produce products from biomass, develop sustainable methods for the production process, and open options for returning products that have reached the end of their lifetime back into a cycle. The University of Graz is a partner in this Cluster of Excellence, for which the FWF is providing 18 million euros. Including its own funds, the total volume of the project is 27 million euros. The lead is with the BOKU University in Vienna.

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Yesterday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union published its data on global warming up to end of November 2024. These confirm that this year will see the 1.5 °C threshold clearly exceeded for the first time. The Wegener Center at the University of Graz already computed an accurate full-year prediction: the global near-surface air temperature in 2024 will rise by 1.62 °C – plus/minus 0.05 °C standard deviation – compared to the pre-industrial level. Such latest predictions for 2024 and other essential data on climate change are provided by the scientists via the Graz Climate Change Indicators (GCCI) portal.

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