Swiss Climate Research is a consortium of leading Swiss institutions in Climate and Climate Change research. Swiss Climate Research emerged from the National Center of Excellence in Climate Research (NCCR Climate 2001-2013, Swiss National Science Foundation). Founder members of Swiss Climate research are the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern (www.oeschger.unibe.ch), the Center for Climate Systems Modeling at ETHZ (www.c2sm.ethz.ch/), MeteoSwiss (www.meteoswiss.admin.ch) and ProClim of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (www.naturalsciences.ch/organisations/proclim).
Swiss Climate Research is committed to continuing education. The flagship events are the Swiss Climate Summer Schools that are jointly organized and have taken place since 2002. The Summer Schools are open to young researchers worldwide. Participation is highly competitive and limited to 70 participants.
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24 - 29 August 2025
Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
The 23rd Swiss Climate Summer School focuses on the theme “Sustainable pathways to net zero”. Pathways to decarbonisation have trade-offs with energy security, land use, food production, biodiversity, and need to consider equity and social acceptance. The main questions to be addressed during the summer school 2025 are:
This summer school addresses early stage researchers from climate and earth system sciences to biodiversity, energy, social, political, and economic sciences. The one-week summer school is organised akin to a conference and is structured around keynote lectures by internationally renowned experts with ample time for discussions, poster sessions, workshops, and concluding fireside chats that involve lecturers and participants. All summer school participants are expected to present a poster of their research to discuss their own research.
The summer school is organised back-to-back with the Energy Summer School “Navigating the Energy Transition in an Insecure World” by the Energy Science Center of ETH Zürich from 31 August - 5 September 2025 to allow interested early stage researchers to attend both schools and expand their knowledge on different aspects on the path towards a net zero society.
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Grindelwald, Switzerland
3 – 8 September 2023
Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
28 August - 2 September 2022
Grindelwald, Switzerland
29 August – 3 September 2021
Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
Postponed to August 2022
Grindelwald, Switzerland
8 September – 13 September 2019
Congressi Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
26 August - 31 August 2018
Grindelwald, Switzerland
3 September - 8 September 2017
Congressi Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
28 August - 2 September 2016
Grindelwald, Switzerland
23 August - 28 August 2015
Congressi Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland
31 August - 5 September 2014
Grindelwald, Switzerland
1 - 6 September 2013
Grindelwald, Switzerland
9 - 14 September 2012
Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, Switzerland
4 - 9 September 2011
Grindelwald, Switzerland
29 August - 3 September 2010
Grindelwald, Switzerland
30 August - 4 September 2009
Grindelwald, Switzerland
31 August - 5 September 2008
Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, Switzerland
26 - 31 August 2007
Grindelwald, Switzerland
27 August - 1 September 2006
Grindelwald, Switzerland
27 August - 2 September 2005
Grindelwald, Switzerland
29 August - 3 September 2004
Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, Switzerland
30 August - 6 September 2003
Grindelwald, Switzerland
7 - 14 September 2002
Grindelwald, Switzerland