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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

In this study Chahan Kropf et al. show the significant impact of changing tropical cyclone patterns on global ecosystems. Read more here

CLIMADA Technologies, an ETH start-up co-founded by Prof. David N. Bresch, is now affiliated with the ETH AI Center. Read more here

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

Prof. David N. Bresch discusses how people around the world need to adapt to climate change. Watch the discussion external page hereexternal page

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

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