Event Archive
Winter 2015/2016
Summer 2015
Winter 2014/2015
Summer 2014
Summer 2013
Winter 2012/2013
Summer 2012
Winter 2011/2012
Winter 2015/2016
Colloquium Series „Sustainability and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)“
Interdisziplinäres Institut für Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Gesellschaft, University of Education in cooperation with the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)
Programme Winter 2015/16 (Ger)
IODP/ICDP Colloquium 2016
Colloquium International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) and GESEP-School 2016 March 2016
Programme (Ger)
Symposium Sustainable Development
German-Brazilian Symposium Sustainable Development, 04-10 October 2015 at Heidelberg University.
Information and registration
Summer 2015
Santander International Summer School
HCE excecutive committee member Prof. Dr. Ulrich A. Glasmacher is scientific coordinator of the Santander International Summer School entitled “Arising Awareness – Sustainable Development of Human Society within the Frame of Planet Earth“
Press Release
Conference of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Stabile Isotope e.V."
28th - 30th September 2015 at Heidelberg University
Conference Website (Ger) 
Special Event with Prof. Detlef F. Sprinz Ph.D.
14 July 2015, 09.15 am, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227 (Kirchhoff Institute for Physics), Room 3.402
Topic: "Hard Law Beats Soft Law"
Presentation and discussion with Prof. Detlef F. Sprinz Ph.D., Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam University
Does the form of multilateral environmental agreements matter? In particular, do non-binding international agreements pose a rival to the effect of traditional binding international agreements? We test rival propositions on the effects of form and sequencing of international environmental agreements of hard law vs. soft law on water quality. Empirically, we focus on all European transboundary rivers dyads with clear upstream-downstream configurations during 1954 - 2008. Regardless of specification, our results indicate that hard law beats soft law in predicted (and sometimes unexpected) ways.
Scenario Workshop „International Politics: Climate Engineering, Adaptation and Mitigation in 2030“
at the Institute for Political Science, Heidelberg University in collaboration with the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)
The Workshop will take place on 10/11th July 2015. For further information please visit http://www.hce.uni-heidelberg.de/veranstaltungen/ (Ger).
Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2015
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Höfle was part of the Organisational Committee of the "Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2015“
Summer School Website
The HCE at the „Klimaschutztag“ at the Heidelberg Zoo
„How does a potato end up french fried at McDonalds?“ This and many other questions have been addressed by the HCE at the „Klimaschutztag“, 14 June 2015, at the Heidelberg Zoo. With games and a presentation on Climate Change, the main principles of sustainable development have been introduced.
Further information on the „Klimaschutztag“ at the Heidelberg Zoo (Ger)
Winter 2014/2015
TANGR2015
A workshop on the progress in the technique and application of Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA), 26.-29. March 2015 at Heidelberg University.
Further information
Lecture Prof. Dr. Thomas Stocker
Within the scope of this year's Spring Meeting at Heidelberg University, the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) presented an evening lecture given by Prof. Dr. Thomas Stocker (University of Berne, Switzerland).
Prof. Stocker is Co-Chair of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). His presentation „Klimawandel: Zu spät für 2°C?” on 24 March 2015 started at 8:00 pm in the Aula of the Neue Universität and was open to the public.
DPG Spring Meeting Heidelberg 15
Summer 2014
***SPECIAL EVENT***
21 July 2014, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Grabengasse 3-5, Aula der Neuen Universität
ZDF-Umweltdokureihe „planet e“ geht auf Filmtour
Movies on climate change and discussion with Volker Angres (ZDF) and Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig (HCE)
Photo: Florian Freundt
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Summer 2013
HCE participation at the "Sommerfest" of the Botanical Garden
Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig (Leader of the group "Aquatic Systems" at the Institute of Environmental Physics and Director of the HCE), Dr. Nicole Vollweiler and Wayne Götz presented water experiments and information about the HCE at the "Sommerfest" of the Botanical Garden on June, 9th 2013.
16th Conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) 17.-20. April 2013
The high-mountain region of Ladakh in northern India was the topic of an international conference from 17 to 20 April 2013 at Heidelberg University. Approximately 80 scholars and scientists from Germany and abroad discussed historical, societal and political developments in this region as well as issues of environmental research. The conference has also been the 16th Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS), hosted for the first time by Heidelberg University. Conference organisers were the Department of Geography at the South Asia Institute, the Heidelberg Center for Environment (Junior Research Group Leader Dr. Juliane Dame) and the IALS.
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International summer school 28 July through 2 August 2013
PhD students organize event for junior researchers on "Speleothem Science" at Heidelberg University. [More...] (Ger)
Geoengineering summer school
As part of an annual series of interdisciplinary summer schools, Harvard University, Heidelberg University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are jointly organizing a summer school on Solar Radiation Management.
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Winter 2012/2013
Public lectures of the candidates for interdisciplinary junior research groups at the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)
Thursday, 8 November 2012
9 am - Im Neuenheimer Feld 308 - Lecture Hall 2
Dr. phil. Katharina Schneider (Institute of Anthropology - Heidelberg University)
Lecture: Trees in Sugarland: Human Mobility and Biodiversity Potentials in a Southeast Asian Coastal Zone
10 am - Im Neuenheimer Feld 308 - Lecture Hall 2
Dr. sc. pol. Wilfried Rickels (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
Lecture: Klimawandel oder Klimamanipulation?
2 pm - Im Neuenheimer Feld 308 - Lecture Hall 1
Dr. phil. Dominik Collet (Department of Medieval and Modern History - Göttingen University)
Lecture: Facing Famine. Climate and Society during the Global Food Crisis of 1770‐72
3 pm - Im Neuenheimer Feld 308 - Hörsaal 1
Dr. phil. Olaf Nehlich (University of British Columbia - Vancouver und Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology - Leipzig)
Lecture: Stable isotope analysis as measure for past life histories and environmental exploitation - a bio-archaeological approach
Friday, 9 November 2012
9 am - Im Neuenheimer Feld 308 - Hörsaal 2
Dr. rer. nat. Juliane Dame (South Asia Institute - Heidelberg University)
Lecture: Umwelt und Gesundheit in ariden Regionen: Neue Herausforderungen im Kontext von Urbanisierung
Summer 2012
The following lectures were held within the scope of the ”48 Hours for Sustainability“ Days of Action that form the high spot of the Sustainability Days Baden-Württemberg 2012.
20 April 2012, 4:15 p.m.
”Was macht denn das Klima für Geschichten?“
On Friday, 20th of April, at 4:15 p.m. knowledge seekers from the age of 12 were invited to the lecture ”Was macht denn das Klima für Geschichten“ by Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig and Dr. Nicole Vollweiler of the HCE. Many exciting examples showed how climate history can be reconstructed, how the climate could develop in the future and what this implies for our society.
The lecture took place at:
Kirchhoff Institute for Physics (KIP)
Lecture Hall 2
Heidelberg University
Im Neuenheimer Feld 227
69120 Heidelberg
20 April 2012, 7:00 p.m.
”Nachhaltigkeit und Resilienz - Wie passt das zusammen?“
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Wilderer, holder of the Stockholm Water Prize that equals the Nobel Prize
The lecture was followed by a moderated panel discussion that elaborates the given information. Apart from Prof. Wilderer the panel included Prof. Dr. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig and Prof. Dr. Alexander Siegmund of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) as well as the former Minister for Science, Research and the Arts Prof. Dr. Peter Frankenberg.
The lecture took place at:
TECHNOSEUM
Museumsstr. 1
68165 Mannheim
03 May 2012, 6:00 p.m.
in lecture hall 4a in the Neue Universität building
”Back to the roots? Statt in die Atmosphäre zurück unter die Erde: Unterirdische Kohlendioxidspeicherung in Deutschland: Konflikte, Interessen, Auswirkungen“
Panel discussion on invitation of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) and the Marsilius Kolleg of Heidelberg University with:
Prof. Dr. Frank Schilling (Professor for Petrophysics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Dr. Wolfgang Rolland (Managing Director of Vattenfall Europe Carbon Storage GmbH & Co. KG)
Dr. Roda Verheyen (Lawyer, Law Firm Günther Heidel Wollenteit Hack Goldmann)
Ralf Becker (Federal Environment Agency)
24 May 2012, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Haus Buhl, Hauptstraße 232, 69117 Heidelberg
„Medien und Diskurs von Climate Engineering“
Panel discussion on invitation of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) and the Marsilius Kolleg of Heidelberg University with:
Prof. Dr. Nina Janich (German Linguistics TU Darmstadt)
Dorothee Amelung, Stephanie Uther M.A. and Thilo Wiertz (Marsilius Project „The Global Governance of Climate Engineering“)
Winter 2011/2012
1 November 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Lecture held by Dr. Nicole Vollweiler on the topic of “What’s the story with the climate?” within the scope of the "Trend Conference on the Environment, Health and Climate Protection” " (30 October to 1 November 2011, Stadthalle Heidelberg) • The lecture is held in cooperation with the “Junge Universität Heidelberg” initiative.
21 December 2011, 5:00 p.m.
HCE Ceremony, Alte Aula
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter Schlosser (Earth Institute, Columbia University)
On Wednesday, 21st December at 5 p.m. the recently launched Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) invites all University members, students and the public to join the Ceremony at the Old University with Prof. Dr. Olaf Bubenzer (Director of the HCE), Rector Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel and Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Thomas Rausch. Central part of the event will be the lecture by Prof. Dr. Peter Schlosser (Earth Institute, Columbia University) on the topic “Universities and Sustainable Development: Research, Education and Practice”.
Schlosser received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Heidelberg in 1981, and his Ph.D. in physics from the same institution in 1985. He is Associate Director and Director of Research of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, Senior Staff Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Further information on Peter Schlosser