Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)

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The Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) is a leading institution for climate research, it carries out interdisciplinary research that is at the forefront of climate science. The OCCR brings together researchers from 17 institutes and 5 faculties. It was founded in 2007 and is named after Hans Oeschger (1927-1998), a pioneer of modern climate research.

The OCCR has built up a unique interdisciplinary research environment focusing on climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. At the interface between physics, geography, biology, chemistry, history, economy, political sciences and philosophy, approximately 330 researchers are investigating the effects of these unprecedented changes on humans and ecosystems.

News

New video

Film off for Climate Master

The Graduate School of Climate Sciences at the OCCR is promoting its Master's programme with a new video. The protagonists are former and current students of the programme

Funding

SNFS Consolidator Grant

Palaeoecologist and OCCR member Christoph Schwörer is supported by the SNSF for an innovative project.

"Nature" study

Nitrogen emissions influence climate change

OCCR Postdoc Qing Sun has been involved in an international study on the influence of nitrogen on the climate.

Resignation

“At an international level, climate research in Bern is a brand”

Thomas Stocker, the President of the Oeschger Centre, is retiring. In an interview, he looks back on his extraordinary career.

People

Social tipping points

Juggling dual roles successfully

Economist and philosopher, Philippe Colo, analyses social tipping points. He says that a project like this is only possible in an interdisciplinary environment such as the Oeschger Centre, which uniquely supports and thrives on interdisciplinary collaboration.

Frontiers of Knowledge Award

High honour for OCCR researchers

Thomas Stocker and Jakob Schwander have been honoured with one of the most important science prizes in Europe.

European Geosciences Union prize

Michael Sigl receives the Hans Oeschger Medal of the EGU

This prestigious prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of ice research.

uniAKTUELL web journal

Climate facts 2023 presented by four OCCR researchers

Researchers get to the heart of current developments in their field in video statements.

Publications

Paper of the month

Heat, humidity and health impacts

An interdisciplinary study by various OCCR members addresses the intricate relationships between heat, humidity and health outcomes. The article published in ‘Environmental Research Letters’ introduces so-called ‘directed acyclic graphs’ (DAGs) as causal models to elucidate the analytical complexity in observational epidemiological studies that focus on humid-heat-related health impacts.

Events