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09.05.2025 - Biennale Architettura in Venice

The first room of the Biennale Architettura 2025 in Venice is hot – literally – and contains suspended air-conditioning units and a pool of what looks to be oil. It’s a promising opening devised by climate scholars Sonia Seneviratne and David N. Bresch in collaboration with Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte, Transsolar and environmental historian Daniel A. Barber (The Third Paradise Perspective). Heat and visuals combine to offer a vision of a future in which the temperature has soared. Perhaps this unity of concept and execution is a model for engaging the wider public in complex architectural theory. external page Read more
20.01.2025 – New study: Tropical storms will challenge ecosystems

In this study Chahan Kropf et al. show the significant impact of changing tropical cyclone patterns on global ecosystems. Read more here
December 2024 – CLIMADA Technologies affiliated with ETH AI Center

CLIMADA Technologies, an ETH start-up co-founded by Prof. David N. Bresch, is now affiliated with the ETH AI Center. Read more here
October 2024 – Simona Meiler wins 2024 SCOR Zurich’s annual Actuarial Award

WCR’s Simona Meiler is awarded with the award for her PhD thesis on uncertainties in tropical cyclone risk assessment. Read more about the award external page here
29.09.2024 – Prof. Bresch at Sternstunde Philosophie in SRF

Prof. David N. Bresch discusses how people around the world need to adapt to climate change. Watch the discussion external page hereexternal page
17.06.2024 - CLIMADA wins first prize at Venture Awards

ETH spin-off CLIMADA Technologies won the first prize in the Finance&Insurance category at the Venture Awards. Read more about the awardexternal page
24.03.2024 – Mangrove forests as breakwaters

WCR’s Sarah Hülsen gave a lecture at Treffpunkt Science City about the benefits of the restoration of natural coastlines. Watch the lecture external page here
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