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.

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Environment and Climate Research at University of Vienna

Latest Stories

University of Vienna receives observer status at the International Seabed Authority (ISA)

05.08.2026 News

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In the 2026 QS World University Rankings, the University of Vienna is ranked 140th, moving up 12 places from 2025 (152). It remains Austria’s highest-ranked university. Gains in Employer Reputation and Academic Reputation contributed to the rise. The result continues an upward trend; in October 2025, the university entered the THE top 100 for the first time.

Where Growth Meets Green: Competing for Talent in the Energy Transition

02.07.2026 ECHO Story

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Countries compete for many things: the FIFA World Cup trophy, access to markets and availability of minerals. And increasingly for people. Skilled workers turn out to be one of the most valuable resources for the energy transition. Preliminary research suggests that Asia and the Americas could have an edge on other regions in this race.

New OECD Test Guideline on Nanomaterials: University of Vienna Plays a Key Role

02.07.2026 News

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The OECD (Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development) has published a new test guideline for the risk assessment of nanomaterials designed to determine the solubility and dissolution rate of nanomaterials under realistic environmental conditions.

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Events

16th Environmental Dialogue: Why isn’t more happening? – In search of levers for transformation

01.12.2026 Environmental Dialogue

December 1st, 2026, 6pm - 8pm

Natural History Museum Vienna

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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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