PEAK – Perspectives on Engagement, Accountability and KnowledgeSpotlight on Climate, Biodiversity and Sustainability
The climate crisis is not one topic but — like democracy and human rights — is one dimension of every topic.Charter of the Climate Journalism Network Austria
The effects of human-induced climate change are evident across many sectors of society and are set to become more pronounced in the near future. The regular reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlight the serious nature of the situation. However, they also shed light on possible solutions, which call for a significant societal transformation.
At the University of Innsbruck, researchers tackle various aspects of climate and sustainability. Both the natural sciences and the insights from social sciences and humanities are instrumental in this endeavor. The University's communications team has unified this breadth of expertise under the banner of PEAK (Perspectives on Engagement, Accountability, and Knowledge).
PEAK-Experts
Focus: Biogas microbiology and Anaerobic degradation
energy transition
microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction
Focus: Waste Treatment and Resource Management
littering / waste treatment / urban mining / plastic waste / recycling / resource management
circular economy
Focus: Soil and Landscape Formation in Mountain Regions
adaptation / climate change adaptation / socio-ecological transformation
mountains / mountain and climate research
rockslide / rockfall
soil / soil respiration / nutrient cycle
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
Focus: Geotechnical Engineering
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
rockslide / rockfall
resilience / adaptability
Focus: Hydraulic Engineering, Natural Hazards
floods / rivers / flooding / flood protection / levees / water infrastructure / heavy precipitation / natural hazards / extreme weather events / natural hazards management / adaptation / climate change adaptation
Focus: Microbial Ecology of Glaciers
microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction
glaciers / glacier melt / glacial streams / ice
arctic / antarctica / polar research
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Focus: Caves and stalactites, hydrogeochemistry of groundwater, sediment geochemistry
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
climate model / climate modeling
climate history / environmental history
environmental behavior / behaviour / attitudes / affects / emotions
Focus: European law and digitalisation law
climate policy / governance / law / climate change act / climate lawsuit
Focus: Ethics in Media, Medicine, Animals and Environment
ethics / morality / ethical behaviour
science communication
climate governance
Focus: Landscape architecture
anthropology of art
microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction
Focus: Sustainable Energy Storage
battery technologies / long-term energy storage / sustainable energy storage
Focus: Sustainability Economics
public goods / resources / common pool resources
incentives / nudges / bonus and incentive systems
greenwashing
donations
business / economy / economics / market
Focus: Human-Animal Studies
human-environment relations / human-animal relations / ethics / morality / ethical behaviour
Focus: Aquatic Ecology
fish / marine organisms / aquatic life
glaciers / glacier melt / glacial streams / ice
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
streams
Focus: Biometeorology, Carbon Cycle
tree / tree line / forest / forestry / wildfires
carbon / carbon cycle
land use / landscape ecology / rural areas
ecosystem / ecosystem services
greenhouse effect / greenhouse gases
Focus: plants, environmental stress factors
Focus: Mountain Meteorology
atmosphere / atmospheric physics / atmospheric dynamics / atmospheric boundary layers
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
Focus: High-alpine Cryosphere
permafrost
rockslide / rockfall
Focus: Environmental Psychology
psychology / environmental psychology / social psychology
Focus: Biodiversity
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
ecosystem / ecosystem services
insects / butterflies
Focus: Materials and electrochemistry
battery technologies / long-term energy storage / sustainable energy storage
Focus: Geographies of Sustainability
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
fair trade
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets
Focus: Law of Sustainability and Mobility
climate policy / governance / law / climate change act / climate lawsuit
Focus: Education for Sustainable Development
environmental education / climate education / critical animal pedagogy / life-long learning / science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Focus: Human Geography
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism
psychology / environmental psychology / social psychology
Focus: Geodesy, Geoinformation
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
rockslide / rockfall
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
Focus: Soil ecology
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events
Focus: Natural Hazards
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
landslide / mudflow / natural hazards
flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events
Focus: Dynamic meteorology
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
atmosphere / atmospheric physics / atmospheric dynamics / atmospheric boundary layers
climate model / climate modeling
air quality / air pollution / aerosols / trace gases
Focus: Ecosystems under global change
ecosystem / ecosystem services
greenhouse effect / greenhouse gases
soil / soil respiration / nutrient cycle
Focus: Behavioral Economics
Focus: Biodiversity, sustainable mountain agriculture
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
birds
insects / butterflies
agriculture / seeds / rural-urban linkages regarding food / agri-food-networks / mountain farming / mountain agriculture / agroecology / fruit trees
environmental DNA / eDNA
Focus: Tourism
artificial snow / tourism / winter sports
business / economy / economics / market
resilience / adaptability
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Focus: Human Rights/Migration
human rights impacts of climate policy
gender / diversity
Focus: Soil Microbiology & Climate Crisis
microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets
Focus: High-resolution modelling of climate
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
climate model / climate modeling
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change
climate communication / media
Focus: anthropogenic climate change, Anthropocene, eco-effects and posthumanism
anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
environmental behavior / behaviour / attitudes / affects / emotions
Focus: EU and Public International Law
climate policy / governance / law / climate change act / climate lawsuit
Focus: Economic, social and environmental history
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
climate history / environmental history
nature conservation / environmental protection
artificial snow / tourism / winter sports
environmental behavior / behaviour / attitudes / affects / emotions
Focus: Biodiversity
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
plants / plant communities / plant protection / shrubs / seeds / alpine plants / stress response / desiccation tolerance
Focus: Energy Efficient Building
energy transition / renewable energies / energy efficient building / solar energy
Focus: Environmental education, critical animal studies
anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism
environmental education / critical animal pedagogy / life-long learning
Focus: Environmental Economics
Focus: Sustainable food
agriculture / seeds / rural-urban linkages regarding food / agri-food-networks / mountain farming / mountain agriculture / agroecology / fruit trees
consumer-producer-relations / consumption / production
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Focus: Human geography
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
environmental behavior / behaviour / attitudes / affects / emotions
adaptation / climate change adaptation / socio-ecological transformation
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets
Focus: Geotechnical Engineering
flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events
natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention
Focus: Tourism
artificial snow / tourism / winter sports
Focus: Socio-Ecological Transformation
Focus: Alpine Plants
tree / tree line / forest / forestry / wildfires
heat waves / drought / extreme weather events
plants / plant communities / plant protection / shrubs / seeds / alpine plants / stress response / desiccation tolerance
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Focus: Mobility, Transport planning, transport in Alpine regions
Transport planning / transport in Alpine regions / transport economics / public transport
Focus: Microbial communication & biofungicides
fungi / mycology / mycoparasites / fungus-fungus communication / biofungicides / molds / lichens
Focus: Education for Sustainable Developement
environmental education / climate education / critical animal pedagogy / life-long learning / science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Focus: sustainable development, food, inequality, environmental behavior
human-environment relations / human-animal relations
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Inequality / equality / discrimination
food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets
Focus: Climate Education
environmental education / climate education / critical animal pedagogy / life-long learning / science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
Focus: Digital Society
technology / algorithmic management and control / digital transformation / digital rebound / dark side of information systems / platform economy / societal impact of information systems
circular economy
Focus: Hydroclimatology
avalanches / snow
artificial snow / tourism / winter sports
weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence
regional development / value chains / rural sociology
Focus: Landscape Ecology
ecosystem / ecosystem services
biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring
land use / landscape ecology / rural areas
Focus: European and Public International Law
climate policy / governance / law / climate change act / climate lawsuit
Focus: Mountain research
science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer
climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research
mountains / mountain and climate research
Focus: Energy Efficient Building
energy transition / renewable energies / energy efficient building / solar energy
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Since March 2022, 125 experts from Austrian climate, biodiversity and sustainability research have been working on the 2nd National Assessment Report on Climate Change in Austria (AAR2).
Climate Gl:oss:ier The Climate Gl:oss:ier of the University of Innsbruck combines the expertise of Innsbruck climate scientists with practical tips for climate communication in the form of a glossary dossier.
RISK
GL:OSS:IER_01 | The term “risk” is on everyone's lips in the context of climate change. But how are climate risks actually assessed? A classification.
TRANSFORMATION
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PEAK - P erspectives on E ngagement, A ccountability and K nowledge
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Mountain Regions – More than 200 scientists are part of the in Austria unique Research Area "Mountain Regions".
