Oeschger Newsletter December 2025

General News

• Well received media release on supercell thunderstorms
• New OCCR Mandate (“Leistungsauftrag”) 2026-2029
• Hans Sigrist Prize 2025: prestigious award for climate law expert
• SNSF Grant for CIVES
• SERI Support Group for Horizon Europe Cluster 5 
• Vincent Lam leads the “My Climate Risk” Working Group 

Past Events

• The 2nd Bern Climate Law Conference

Upcoming Events

• STING26: Stable Isotope Meeting 2026
• COPPR 2026
• OCCR Plenary Meeting 2026
• Feminist Perspectives on Climate Research Workshop
• PAGES IMPACT workshop 2026 
• 2nd Swiss Ocean Day
• Young Researchers Meeting 2026
• Swiss Climate Summer School 2026
• Beat the Heat 2026

People

• EGU Alfred Wegener Medal 2026 for Thomas Stocker
• Doina Radulescu joins Horizon project ENERPOL
• SNSF Starting Grant for Heike Lindner
• Bernese Award for Environmental Research for Jonas Schmid
• Benjamin Stocker and Yann Vitasse on “Highly Cited Researchers” list
• Two awards for Monika Feldmann
• EGU25: OSPP Awards for Sujung Lee and Malve Heinz
• Eric Allan appointed full Professor
• Recognition for Madhav Thakur, Hubertus Fischer, and Adrien Mestrot
• Visiting scientists: Andrea Burke and James Rae
• OCCR researcher contributes to 2025 Global Carbon Budget
• Researchers who have recently joined the OCCR
• Researchers who have recently left the OCCR

Publications

• Recent journal publications by OCCR members