{"id":14559,"date":"2021-10-26T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:40:23","slug":"unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the climate is changing at an accelerated pace and the Earth\u2019s biodiversity is at risk, fighting against climate change will require pooling together experts from an array of fields. To that end, scientists from the University of Lausanne (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/central\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNIL<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPFL<\/a> teamed up to create the Center for Climate Impact and Action (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/schools\/enac\/research\/centers\/climact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLIMACT<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/the-epfl-unil-joint-initiative-climact-will-address-the-impacts-of-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announced at the beginning of 2021<\/a> and recently inaugurated, this cross-disciplinary research center will serve as a focal point for climate-change experts and an effective interface between science and society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing nothing is not an option,\u201d says Nicolas T\u00e9treault, Executive Director of CLIMACT. \u201cScientists from different fields need to work together and develop holistic solutions to this challenge. The problem has numerous dimensions, and must be addressed as such.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMACT, a center with its work cut out for it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The multifaceted nature of climate change is what prompted CLIMACT\u2019s founders to draw on a broad panel of experts from not only core science and engineering fields like climatology, biology, physics and chemistry, but also softer subjects like economics, sociology and psychology.<\/p>\n<p>The center supports cross-disciplinary research that spans both universities and addresses societal, scientific and technological challenges through innovative, systemic approaches and close collaboration with business leaders and policymakers. It has formed working groups to examine specific topics such as how to better incorporate climate issues into curricula, what new degree programs can be offered and what pilot projects can be set up with students and associations from both universities.<\/p>\n<p>Through their expansive contact networks, the Center\u2019s employees will seek to recast the climate discourse with a focus on the benefits and positive aspects of the shifts that society will inevitably need to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CLIMACT center brings together experts in climate change from the University of Lausanne and EPFL. Its goal is to serve as an effective interface between science and society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[853],"tags":[949,899],"class_list":["post-14559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleantech-en","tag-education-en","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action - Greater Geneva Bern area<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action - Greater Geneva Bern area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CLIMACT center brings together experts in climate change from the University of Lausanne and EPFL. Its goal is to serve as an effective interface between science and society.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Greater Geneva Bern area\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-26T11:29:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-04T11:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mathieu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mathieu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mathieu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/de091cdfd7d8bce46f9b8b1cf9d868ab\"},\"headline\":\"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-26T11:29:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-04T11:40:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Education\",\"Sustainability\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cleantech\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\",\"name\":\"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action - Greater Geneva Bern area\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-26T11:29:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-04T11:40:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/de091cdfd7d8bce46f9b8b1cf9d868ab\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg\",\"width\":630,\"height\":380},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Greater Geneva Bern area\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/de091cdfd7d8bce46f9b8b1cf9d868ab\",\"name\":\"mathieu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/author\/mathieu\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action - Greater Geneva Bern area","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action - Greater Geneva Bern area","og_description":"The CLIMACT center brings together experts in climate change from the University of Lausanne and EPFL. Its goal is to serve as an effective interface between science and society.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/","og_site_name":"Greater Geneva Bern area","article_published_time":"2021-10-26T11:29:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-04T11:40:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":630,"height":380,"url":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"mathieu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mathieu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/"},"author":{"name":"mathieu","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/de091cdfd7d8bce46f9b8b1cf9d868ab"},"headline":"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action","datePublished":"2021-10-26T11:29:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-04T11:40:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/"},"wordCount":292,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg","keywords":["Education","Sustainability"],"articleSection":["Cleantech"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/","name":"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action - Greater Geneva Bern area","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-10-26T11:29:38+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-04T11:40:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/de091cdfd7d8bce46f9b8b1cf9d868ab"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EPFL-Unil-Climate-Change-630x380-1-3.jpeg","width":630,"height":380},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/unil-and-epfl-inaugurate-the-center-for-climate-impact-and-action\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UNIL and EPFL inaugurate the Center for Climate Impact and Action"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/","name":"Greater Geneva Bern area","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/de091cdfd7d8bce46f9b8b1cf9d868ab","name":"mathieu","url":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/author\/mathieu\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17015,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14559\/revisions\/17015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}