Excellent and climate-friendly: University of Graz presents Green Academia Award 2024
How can outstanding academic achievements and sustainable mobility be successfully combined when travelling on business? The philosophers of the University of Graz shows how. For the combination of these two goals, the discipline received the first prize of the Green Academia Award 2024, endowed with 50,000 euros, on 10 October as part of the Sustainability Day. Earth Sciences came in second place, with a prize of 20,000 euros. Third place, with 10,000 euros, went to Environmental Systems Science.
New climate records
Whether in terms of greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures across the globe, ocean heat and global sea level, total land area in extreme drought or the melting of Antarctica sea ice– the highest values since records began were measured in 2023. The latest international annual report on the state of the climate, published by the National Center for Environmental Information of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, documents the rapid warming of the Earth and its consequences. In 2023, El Niño acted as an additional booster. Researchers from the University of Graz also contributed to the report.