Environment and Climate Research Hub

Research Today,
Secure Tomorrow

Tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution demands collaboration across and beyond disciplines. The ECH provides essential knowledge, space for collaboration, and support for our shared future.

About ECH

Kickstarting Solutions

We are facing a triple crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution each pose separate yet interconnected challenges. An integrated and mechanistic understanding and approach to these different facets of the crisis is necessary to ensure a sustainable future for us all. The ECH brings together researchers to produce excellent scientific knowledge that can provide us with solutions for this multitude of challenges.

Our Community

Environment and Climate Research at University of Vienna

Latest Stories

Feeding the Planet Without Breaking It

02.03.2026 ECHO Story

View of a table with different dishes from above and human hands sharing the food

Created by Nora Gau

How can humanity feed a growing global population without undermining the ecological systems that sustain life? The EAT-Lancet Report offers a scientifically grounded vision for healthy diets within planetary boundaries. Researchers from the Environment and Climate Research Hub (ECH) reflect on its relevance - from biodiversity and plant resilience to pollution, food systems, and human behaviour.

From Vision to Action: How Behaviour Shapes Sustainable Food Systems

02.03.2026 ECHO Story

A couple in front of a produce shelf in a supermarket choosing between the different options

Created by Nora Gau

The EAT-Lancet report presents a bold vision for sustainable nutrition. However, changing people's eating habits requires more than that: In this interview, environmental psychologist Sabine Pahl explains how culture, identity, and habits influence food choices, and why insights from the social and behavioural sciences are essential to turn planetary health goals into real-world action.

The True Cost of What We Eat

02.03.2026 ECHO Story

A person holding their bills in a supermarket with shelfs in the background

Created by Nora Gau

Alexandra Brausmann, environmental economist at the University of Vienna, examines the EAT-Lancet Report through an economic lens, focusing on what it means for policy, prices, and incentives. She discusses how shifts in diets could reshape markets and inequalities - and why reflecting the true environmental and health costs of food in prices and policy decisions is essential for creating sustainable and politically viable food systems.

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Events

15th Environmental Dialogue: Our Oceans – Limits of Balance

16.06.2026 Environmental Dialogue

June 16th, 2026, 6pm - 8pm

Natural History Museum Vienna

Our Focus Areas

MOOC Environmental Emergencies

A free interdisciplinary online course (MOOC) coordinated by the Environment and Climate Research Hub of the University of Vienna.

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Get in Touch With Us

General Requests and Cooperations

❯ Timo Bühler

+43-1-4277-69411
timo.buehler(at)univie.ac.at

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Press and Media Inquiries

❯ Nora Gau

+43-1-4277-69412
nora.gau(at)univie.ac.at

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