News
High impact climate events: Better adaptation through earlier prediction
An international team of researchers (Josef Ludescher, Maria Anne Martin, Niklas Boers, Armin Bunde, Dr. Catrin Ciemer, Jingfang Fan, Shlomo Havlin, Marlene Kretschmer, Jürgen Kurths, Jakob Runge, Veronika Stolbova (ETH Zürich, RESEC), Elena Surovyatkina, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber) has shown that a forecasting of climate phenomena can be significantly improved using network-based approach (please see the external pagelatest publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)). This can potentially save thousands of lives and avoid billions in economic losses. Prediction times for events like El Niño, monsoons, droughts or extreme rainfall could be increased substantially, to a month or in some cases even a year in advance, depending on the type of the event. The new framework can thus become key for improving adaptation to the global warming crisis.
The Swiss Net Zero Target
Strictly following the COVID-19 security regulations, we successfully held our workshop on the Swiss net zero target, jointly organized with EAWAG and WSL. 30 participants from different universities, research institutions and the government discussed the current state of research with regards to net zero carbon emissions. Read more here.
«Wer nicht bereit ist, hat verloren» - Tages Anzeiger 16.03.2020
"Whoever is not ready, has lost": Lucas Bretschger's interview with Tages Anzeiger (Downloadpdf in German (PDF, 3.8 MB))
Short Interview with Prof Bretschger
Seminars, Lectures and Conferences
Important Notice
Due to the coronavirus outbreak the SURED 2020 conference on Monte Verità is postponed to fall 2020. The new dates are: October 19-22, 2020 (Arrival Sun Oct 18, departure Thu Oct 22 or Fri Oct 23, 2020).
Workshops & Conferences
The SURED 2020 conference will take place October 19 - October 22, 2020.
The EAERE-ETH European Winter School 2019/2020 took place January 26-31, 2020.
The EAERE-ETH European Winter School 2018/2019 took place January 27 - February 1, 2019.
The EAERE 2016 conference took place June 22-25, 2016 here in Zürich. More info
Overview of upcoming and past workshops and conferences organized by the chair.
SURED
The SURED 2018 conference took place June 3-7, 2018.
European Economic Review published a external pagespecial issue about SURED 2012.
The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management has published a special issue about the SURED conference 2010. More information and the issue are available on the external pageJEEM homepage.
CER-ETH/KOF Lectures
From time to time, CER-ETH and KOF organize special lectures with highly renowned speakers.
Information on upcoming and past CER-ETH/KOF lectures