Air quality monitoring is essential for understanding population exposure to pollution, yet many cities do not have complete or continuous Air Quality Monitoring Networks (AQMN). To support scientists, students, journalists, and decision-makers, we developed an interactive web application that allows users to visualize monthly median concentrations of NO₂ and SO₂ anywhere in the world.

Accessing long-term climate data is essential for environmental research, education, and informed decision-making. The DWD Temperature Explorer is a free, browser-based dashboard that allows users to easily explore, visualize, and download historical temperature data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorological Service).

Scientists from the Centre for Climate Resilience (CCR) participated in this year's International Climate Resilience Conference (iCARE), held from 26 to 29 October 2025 at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. The conference brought together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange insights and strategies for advancing climate resilience across diverse disciplines.

The University of Augsburg welcomes Prof. Dr. Simron J. Singh from the University of Waterloo as a visiting professor. Together with the Resource Lab, he is launching an international research network in the field of Industrial Ecology – with a focus on island nations, resource management, and climate adaptation.

As part of the Center for Climate Resilience lecture series, Prof. Dr. Katja Tielbörger will speak on January 22, 2026, on the topic of “Species extinction and climate change – a twin crisis.”

The lecture will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Center for Climate Resilience (Room 1201/1202).
All interested parties are cordially invited to attend.

Multiple cropping, the simultaneous cultivation of several crop species in space or time, is a widespread global agricultural practice. However, it is not adequately included in existing land use models. A study conducted at the University of Augsburg shows how such models could be improved.

We are proud to announce that researchers from the Center for Climate Resilience, together with Martin Nerlinger from the University of St. Gallen, received the Climate Finance Award from Liechtenstein Life Assurance AG and the University of Liechtenstein at the Liechtenstein Workshop of Sustainable Finance.

From August 3 to 6, 2025, twelve international doctoral students met with the coordination team of the BRaVE research network at the Mesnerhof in Tyrol to connect and exchange ideas in an interdisciplinary setting. The retreat was supported by Tobias Buser, a coach for interdisciplinary research and cooperation

At this year's ISAGA conference (International Simulation and Gaming Association: https://www.isaga2025.com/) in Stuttgart, Rouven Kaiser and Matthias Mittelberger were awarded a Best Paper Award for their joint study on the impact of serious games as interactive climate change simulations.

Miriam Rodriguez Carrasco, Anna Maier, Prof. Dr. Florian Diekert and Felix Kotulla represented the Centre for Climate Resilience of the University of Augsburg at the second edition of the Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter in the United Kingdom.

In the latest “SWR2-Wissen” podcast, Prof. Dr. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, an environmental and preventive medicine specialist, talks about the connection between the environment and health - and how we can accomplish a lot through knowledge, prevention and joint action.

The West African states want to become less dependent on rice imports and are promoting regional cultivation. In the journal Environmental Research Letters, scientists led by CCR board member Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann have now published a study that examines the semi-arid savannah forests of West Africa as potential methane sinks for offsetting methane emissions from rice cultivation.