CCCA-News 2/2015

At the invitation of the Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA) and in cooperation with WU, AAU, BOKU, alpS, the Environment Agency Austria, TU Wien, ZAMG and the City of Vienna, this year's Austrian Climate Day took place once again in Vienna.

The congress of the Austrian climate research community attracted over 300 experts, early-career researchers and a broad interested public to the Library & Learning Center of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, designed by star architect Zaha Hadid, to exchange ideas on climate change, climate protection, and measures against and strategies for climate change adaptation.

In numerous scientific sessions, colleagues and participants discussed questions around this pressing topic, which was presented across 48 talks and 31 posters. The scientific talks and posters are available for download on the CCCA homepage.

Alongside the scientific exchange, dialogue with society was also a key priority.

For the second time, two school classes (HTL Spengergasse & BRG Schopenhauerstraße from Vienna) had the opportunity to engage directly with scientists as part of the "Dialogue between Science & Schools" and discuss their questions about climate change. Under the patronage of the City of Vienna, multipliers (such as teachers, educators and environmental advisers) from a wide range of social sectors were invited for the first time to exchange ideas with scientists in workshops and explore effective, audience-appropriate ways of communicating the topic of climate change.

In the early-career researchers' session initiated by CCCA, Austria's ambitious young researchers were given the opportunity to connect with one another and build future-oriented networks.

The CCCA Early-Career Prize went to Philipp Babcicky and Sebastian Seebauer (both University of Graz), for their scientific paper entitled "The impact of Social Capital on Flood Risk Perception and Response Capacity of private Households". The 16th Austrian Climate Day drew to a close with the awards for the three best scientific posters: "Decreasing greenhouse gas emissions of meat products through food waste reduction - Framework for a sustainability impact assessment approach", Ralf Aschemann, Thomas Winkler (1st place); "Modelling impacts of second generation bioenergy production on Ecosystem Services under climate change scenarios in Austria", Dagmar Henner, Pete Smith, Christian Davies, Niall McNamara (2nd place); "Vom Zuschauen zum Anpacken - neue Wege in der Klimakommunikation an Jugendliche", Sybille Chiari, Silvia Mandl, Sonja Völler (3rd place).

A list of all poster contributions can be found here.

With this event, the Climate Change Centre Austria has taken another important step towards connecting climate research with policy, media and the public.

Next year, this successful event will continue in the form of the 17th Austrian Climate Day, taking place in early April in Graz.

With its Fact Sheets, the CCCA provides climate-relevant fundamentals as well as current research findings, in the form of brief summaries to both interested laypeople and experts alike.

The two latest Fact Sheets on the topics of "Regional Climate Modelling in Austria" and "Tourism" are available here as a pdf download.

The sixth call of ACRP is open, and projects can be submitted online until 3 September 2015.

Details can be found at: https://www.klimafonds.gv.at/foerderungen/aktuelle-foerderungen/2015/austrian-climate-research-programme-2/http://www.startclim.at/index.php?id=115

The Climate and Energy Fund is pleased to announce the launch of the Energy Research Programme 2015. The call is endowed with 30 million euros for the submission of innovative energy and mobility research projects.

All call documents can be found on our homepage.