Climate Impacts, Risks and Adaptation

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to society which can only be understood using inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches that draw from multiple lines of evidence. Our research group investigates a variety of climate impacts and risks with a particular focus on complex and cascading risks which affect multiple systems and regions. We study impacts and associated risks over a large range of space and time: from analyzing hazards and impacts in the past and the attribution to climate change to future projections and deep uncertainties. We have a broad regional focus with projects located in Switzerland, Central Asia, South Asia and South America.

A large portion of our research is performed in the context of national and international climate and environmental policy, where we collaborate with national governments and international organizations, typically with an adaptation, capacity building and risk reduction perspective.

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Group leader

Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel

Group members

Dr. Simon Allen
Dr. Alessandro Cicoria
Dr. Holger Frey
Isabel Hagen
Dr. Andreas Linsbauer
Dr. Veruska Muccione
Laura Niggli
Dr. Randy Muñoz
Dr. Raphael Neukom
Dr. Manu Tom
Dr. Saeid Ashraf Vaghefi

Former group members

Dr. Muhammad Azmat
Jan Baiker
Dr. Nadia Castro
Dr. Fabian Drenkhan
Dr. Christine Jurt
Dr. Graham McDowell
Dr. Alina Motschmann
Dr. Samuel Nussbaumer
Dr. Boris Orlowsky
Dr. Ashim Sattar
Dr. Nadine Salzmann
Luis Vicuna