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University of Graz receives the City of Graz's Ökoprofit seal of approval

This year, the University of Graz was once again awarded the Ökoprofit seal of approval by the City of Graz for its successful environmental and climate protection measures. The university has been taking part in this programme since 2005 in order to continuously improve its environmental performance. Deputy Mayor Judith Schwentner presented the award at a ceremony at the University of Music and Performing Arts on 26 November 2024.

Diverse and unique

The Wegener Centre at the University of Graz is an internationally outstanding institution for climate research. It celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025.

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Climate change update: ClimateTracer of the University of Graz provides reliable data

Yesterday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union published its data on global warming up to end of November 2024. These confirm that this year will see the 1.5 °C threshold clearly exceeded for the first time. The Wegener Center at the University of Graz already computed an accurate full-year prediction: the global near-surface air temperature in 2024 will rise by 1.62 °C – plus/minus 0.05 °C standard deviation – compared to the pre-industrial level. Such latest predictions for 2024 and other essential data on climate change are provided by the scientists via the Graz Climate Change Indicators (GCCI) portal.

Reliable forecasting of extreme weather: new study supports improvement of climate models

Torrential rainfall such as that recently experienced in Spain is just one form of extreme weather event that is becoming more frequent as a result of climate change. With catastrophic consequences. Storms, droughts and heatwaves are also increasing in intensity. One of the decisive factors for the damage they cause is their duration. However, it is not yet possible to reliably predict this using current climate models. A research team led by Albert Ossó from the Wegener Center at the University of Graz has now succeeded in identifying some of the causes of this modelling problem. The new findings, which have been published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, might help to improve the accuracy of climate models and thus forecasts of extreme weather events in Europe.

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