EClim
Research Group on
Environment and Climate
An interdisciplinary perspective
on climate impacts, risks and adaptation
in mountainous regions
🌊Tackling flood risks with a robust decision-making approach! Our study leverages Exploratory ...Modeling to identify flexible strategies that integrate infrastructure with nature-based solutions. Kudos to group members R. Muñoz, S. Vaghefi, & V. Muccione!
https://shorturl.at/HRWLi
🌍 As climate change pushes adaptation to its limits, understanding where and when these limits ...are reached is crucial. The new framework offers a strategy for assessing adaptation limits. Great work by group members C. Huggel and V. Muccione!
Red more: https://rb.gy/00wpq3
🚰 Water management in data-scarce mountain regions requires robust strategies. Our study uses ...Exploratory Modeling to identify policies that can avoid future water scarcity despite deep uncertainties. Kudos to group members R. Muñoz, S. Vaghefi, et al.!
🌲 How do combined climate risks threaten alpine protection forests? Our case study in Misox (GR)... reveals that cumulative extreme events may compromise forest resilience. Kudos to group members Neukom R., Huggel C., and Muccione V.!
#Forests #Adaptation
What we do
The EClim group investigates risks, impacts and adaptation options to climate change, focusing on mountain regions and its people throughout the world.
Our research integrates natural and social science disciplines to understand how environmental and socio-environmental systems respond to climate change.
We aim to produce actionable and solution-oriented knowledge, and we collaborate with stakeholders from practice and policy.
Who we are
Based at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich and the Department of Geosciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), we are a multi-disciplinary team. We are geographers, climate scientists and social scientists, who bring experience and expertise in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, climate policy advice and capacity building.
Where we work
Our group has research collaborations across the globe and conducts research with a focus in the Andes, the Alps, the Himalayas, and Central Asia. Our work is multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral, ranging from local to regional to global scale.
Explore the map to see where we work and our projects at each location.
