Centre for Climate Resilience
The past major flood events as well as the extremely dry and hot summers of the last few years have demonstrated that climate change and its consequences are also becoming increasingly relevant in Central Europe with strong impacts on people's lives. Despite diverse political efforts and a growing global awareness of the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, these emissions continue to rise without review. Climate change is considered one of the most severe global challenges facing humanity. Both our past and our present actions continue to exert significant influence on the climate and the living conditions of future generations.
Active, sustainable climate policy requires the development and implementation of specific adaptation strategies, especially as the irreversibility of the changes in climate and environment are already becoming apparent. In order to secure prosperity, health, economic performance, biodiversity and sustainable coexistence with the environment and within our society in the long term, we must become more resilient to the impacts of global climate change.
Achieving climate resilience, we need to reduce our vulnerabilities and strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity to the impacts of climate change. Climate resilience must encompass a wide range, e.g. from ecosystems to human health and society, economy, politics and jurisdiction. Climate resilience hence requires a comprehensive transformation.
The aim of the Centre for Climate Resilience research is to develop scientific foundations as well as holistic and implementable strategies and applications at regional, national and international levels, thus showing options for adaptations to the inevitable consequences of climate change.
Start of the interdisciplinary Lecture Series "Climate Resilience - Research and Transfer" in the summer semester 2022
The Centre for Climate Resilience cordially invites you to the start of the
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series "Climate Resilience - Research and Transfer" in the summer semester of 2022.
Key Information:
- Slot: Thursday, Start at 4.00 pm
- Duration: lecture 30-45 minutes followed by discussion, end of the event around 5.30 p.m
- Digital lectures: Zoom
- Lectures in attendance: Room J 1109 (WiWi)
We are pleased to welcome Prof. Sarah Cornell from the Stockholm Resilience Centre (opening event on May 19th, 2022) and Prof. Sabine Gabrysch from the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (2nd lecture on June 9th, 2022 ) as two renowned experts for the start of our series!
More information about the lectures can be found at the following link:
News
ZfK-Direktor Prof. Harald Kunstmann im BR24-Interview zur Gefahr durch Gletscherschmelze im Alpenraum
Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann, Gründungsdirektor des Zentrums für Klimaresilienz und Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Regionales Klima und Hydrologie an der Universität Augsburg, äußert sich im BR24-Interview aus klimatologischer Sicht zum Gletscherbruch am Marmolata-Massiv vom 03.07.22, der zahlreiche Todesopfer und Verletzte forderte.

Studie zur Auswirkung landwirtschaftlicher Bodenbearbeitung auf Ernteerträge in "Nature Food" erschienen
Gemeinsam mit Prof. Quinton von der Universität Lancaster haben Prof. Fiener (Gründungsmitglied des Zentrums für Klimaresilienz und Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe "Wasser- und Bodenressourcenforschung") und seine Mitarbeiterin Frau Öttl eine Studie zur Auswirkung der landwirtschaftlichen Bodenbearbeitung in hügeligem Gelände auf die Ernteerträge durchgeführt, die Ende Juni in Nature Food veröffentlicht wurde.

Prof. Dr. Markus Keck (ZfK-Professur für Urbane Klimaresilienz) im Interview der “Grünen Klimareihe”
Prof. Markus Keck (ZfK-Professur für Urbane Klimaresilienz) äußert sich im Interview-Format "Grüne Klimareihe" der Partei "Die Grünen Augsburg" zur klimagerechten Stadtplanung.

Kontakt & Anschrift
Contact & Postal address
Centre for Climate Resilience - CCR
Universität Augsburg
Universitätsstraße 12
86159 Augsburg
Tel: +49 821 598-6417
E-Mail: info@ccr.uni-augsburg.de
Directions & Parking
The CCR ist based in the building I on the campus map.
Precise directions on how to get us with public transport or by car an be found on the bottom of this page.
Parking: P5 + P6
