Research Areas
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Sustainable energy systems and
carbon negative materials
- Quantification of the renewable energy supply
- Assessment of carbon-negative materials for the building sector
- Evaluation of carbon capture and storage potential
Ingo Burgert
Massimo Filippini
Michael Lehning
Giovanni Sansavini
Larissa Schefer
Arno Schlüter
Tobias Schmidt
Jannis Wernery
Stefan Wiemer
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Biodiversity risks for different climate and
land/water-use scenarios
Projection of aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity
Assessment of risks for biodiversity under climate and land/water use changes
Development of measures to maximise biodiversity conservation
Florian Altermatt
Nina Buchmann
Catherine Graham
Francesca Pellicciotti
Loïc Pellissier
Nadine Salzmann
Jürg Schweizer
Sonia Seneviratne
Massimiliano Zappa
Niklaus Zimmermann
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Climate scenarios, compound events and
impacts on climate-resilient energy systems
- Development of machine learning based climate analytics and storylines
- Analysis of energy systems and biodiversity resilience under extreme events
- Evaluation of climate and weather extremes on society
André Bardow
David Bresch
Gabriel Hug
Reto Knutti
Michael Lehning
Nicolai Meinshausen
Fernando Perez-Cruz
Nadine Salzmann
Giovanni Sansavini
Christian Schaffner
Jürg Schweizer
Massimiliano Zappa
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Synthesis, integration and outreach
- Development of a pathway integration platform
- Identification of finance and policy instruments
- Synthesis and outreach of results
Florian Altermatt
Kay Axhausen
Christian Bauer
Thomas Bernauer
David Bresch
Massimo Filippini
Volker Hofmann
Gabriela Hug
Reto Knutti
Anthony Patt
Gian-Kasper Plattner
Tobias Schmidt
Jürg Schweizer
Michael Stauffacher
Bjarne Steffen
Sonia Seneviratne
Philippe Thalmann
Niklaus Zimmermann
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