Yesterday's kickoff marked the official start of the @nccr-climplus.bsky.social 🎉 A huge congrats to @kariningold.bsky.social, @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social, @omartius.bsky.social and @davidnbresch.bsky.social! We are looking forward to all of the amazing and incredibly important research output!

At the Eawag Infotag, @kariningold.bsky.social moderated the Politics and Practice Podium which focused on the role of science in energy security and environmental concerns. The podium provided important insights for water management with Nicolò Paganini, Andreas Stettler and Christian Stamm.

This week, @kariningold.bsky.social introduced the @nccr-climplus.bsky.social and the new Uni Bern Management Center at the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) plenary session. After her time as president of the OCCR, new challenges await as an NCCR co-director.

Are you interested in governance and justice regarding the regulation of climate extremes? 🌍 Applications are now open for a new PhD position with Prof. Laura Mai and Prof. @kariningold.bsky.social, situated within the new @nccr-climplus.bsky.social, which investigates climate extremes.

New PEGO publication 🎉 Ertuğrul Nehri published a paper titled "Climate justice and the difference principle: A justificatory approach to global climate governance" which proposes a narrowed adaptation of the Rawlsian difference principle for global climate governance. doi.org/10.1177/0963...

We would like to welcome two new PEGO members who started this week! 🎉 Ertuğrul Nehri has joined PEGO as a PhD researcher and Sebastian Rüegg has joined PEGO as a student research assistant. Welcome both, we are excited to have you!

After 3 years at PEGO, Anu Seiler had her last day of work yesterday. We are thankful for all her valuable work and dedication over the past years! She will be starting an internship at SIF (State Secretariat for International Finance) and we wish her all the best for this next position!

📢 New PEGO publication! What can help early-career researchers (ECRs) navigate the science-policy interface in biodiversity conservation? 📖 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1548...

Empowering early-career researchers for science-policy engagement in biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity loss is a central dimension of the triple planetary crisis and underscores the need for stronger science-policy engagement to support transformative change. Early-career researchers (E...

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🎙️A new podcast episode from Art of Science features COMPON members, Tuomas Ylä-Anttila, Antti Gronow and Keiichi Satoh discussing their paper on coalition formation across democracies. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0vPO... YouTube: youtu.be/fJvXysw7f9E

🚜 Wie schätzen Landwirt:innen die Gesundheitsrisiken von Pflanzenschutzmitteln (PSM) ein? Ein neues TRAPEGO Factsheet gibt spannende Einblicke 👉 trapego.ch/de/factsheet... Vielen Dank an unsere Advisory Board, ohne euch wäre diese Forschung nicht möglich gewesen!

Last week, PEGO PhD Student Annika Krüger attended the "Climes - Swedish centre for impacts of climate extremes" summer school on climate extremes in Uppsala, Sweden! Many thanks to Climes and the organizers for putting together such a great summer school!

This morning, the PEGO group and the group of Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen had the opportunity to participate in a serious game focused on Switzerland’s energy transition ⚡ Many thanks to the organizers, Swen Bos and Jessica Schneider for putting together such an amazing game!

How can environmental policy regain political momentum? 🤔 An article by Der Bund last week featured @kariningold.bsky.social's insights on this pressing question, highlighting possible pathways for strengthening environmental policy in today's Swiss political landscape.

How can Switzerland design effective and coherent policies to address plastic pollution? ♻️ 💡 Next week on June 11, experts will come together at the University of Bern for a half-day workshop on Swiss plastic policy.

This week, @kariningold.bsky.social participated in the last session of the ENLIGHT Leadership Programme in Ghent, Belgium! 🇧🇪 Representatives from universities across the ENLIGHT network took part in the programme, focused on strengthening collaboration and enhancing leadership skills.

PEGO member @marlenekammerer.bsky.social presented research findings from her project on plastic pollution at the International Conference on Marine Plastic Pollution in ASEAN (ICMPP 2026) in Hiaphong, Vietnam!

Wie können die Risiken von Pestiziden in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft reduziert werden? 🌱🇨🇭 Im neuen TRAPEGO-Factsheet werden verschiedene politische Massnahmenkombinationen zur Reduktion der Risiken von Pflanzenschutzmitteln (PSM) analysiert. Hier zum Factsheet 👉 trapego.ch/en/factsheets/

This week, PEGO member Annika Krüger presented the first results from her PhD research at the European Geosciences Union Conference! 🔥 Her work is exploring the management and governance of wildfires in Switzerland, focusing on the collaboration and cooperation between different actors.

📣 New PEGO publication PEGO member Milena Wiget co-authored a new paper with Judit Lienert where they evaluate policy mixes for agricultural pesticide risks reduction in Switzerland. 🌱 🇨🇭 Read more here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

How to reduce agricultural pesticide risks? An evaluation of policy mixes considering stakeholder preferences and uncertain consequences

Pesticide use in agriculture is a pressing but complex sustainability problem. It involves various stakeholders and trade-offs between health, environ…

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Neuer TRAPEGO Factsheet zu PIWI-Rebsorten 🎉 🍇 Der Factsheet zeigt das pilzwiderstandsfähige (PIWI) Rebsorten den Einsatz von Pflanzenschutzmitteln im Weinbau um bis zu 80% reduzieren können. Trotzdem werden sie in der Schweiz bisher nur auf einem kleinen Teil der Rebflächen angebaut

Thank you ProClim for organizing a great Swiss Global Change Day yesterday! 🌎 The event brought together inspiring keynote speakers working across climate science and communication, and highlighted the importance of collaboration across fields and to wider audiences 🤝

We are very excited about the new "Brennpunkt Klima Schweiz" Report that was published last week, especially since @kariningold.bsky.social, Jeanine Janz and Lukas Fesenfeld are some of the authors of this report 🎉 To the report 👉 proclim.scnat.ch/de/uuid/i/45...

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Wo steht die Schweiz im Umgang mit dem Klimawandel? Der neueste Bericht der Akademien der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT) liefert eine Antwort auf diese Frage. Ausserdem ordnet er künftige Risiken...

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Last Friday, PEGO member @jeaninejanz.bsky.social attended the Vereinigung für Umweltrecht conference on PFAS ("forever chemicals") in Aarau 🔬 👉 Discussions pointed out gaps in the precautionary principle and questioned whether current focus on end-of-pipe solutions is still appropriate

Neue Mitarbeiterin im PEGO Team 🎉 Jeanine Janz ist neu (wieder) Teil von PEGO und arbeitet als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in einem gemeinsamen Projekt der Universität Bern, der Eawag und des Oekotoxzentrums. Willkommen im Team Jeanine!

Braucht die Politik Evidenz aus der Wissenschaft? 🤔 Das erste Factsheet vom TRAPEGO Projekt geht dieser Frage im Kontext der Schweizer Landwirtschaftspolitik 🚜 nach. Link zum Factsheet 👉 lnkd.in/eGhu3R_H

This week, @kariningold.bsky.social traveled to Galway to participate in the ENLIGHT Academic Leadership Programme and represent Uni Bern. We are excited to hear about her experience and insights from the programme! Read more about the ENLIGHT Programme here 👉 enlight-eu.org

🧠 Science or experience: what shapes political arguments? A fact sheet from the TRAPEGO project outlines the findings from a study on the regulation of plant protection products in Swiss agricultural policy. trapego.ch/de/factsheet... Authors: Ueli Reber, @kariningold.bsky.social, Christian Stamm

How is evidence used in pesticide regulation policymaking? 🌱 In a new blog post and a corresponding article, this question is addressed by comparing the use of problem-oriented evidence and solution-oriented evidence during parliamentary discussions in Switzerland on pesticide regulation.

How does one effectively manage plastic pollution? ♻️ Two PEGO members, Marlene Kammerer and Anastasiia Nikolova, are trying to find out. Their field work has taken them from Nepal to Malaysia where they are now currently on the island of Borneo in the Malaysian town of Semporna.

A great first day of the DVPW Group's Workshop to Federalism at the University of Tübingen! We had many inspiring presentations on federalism, each offering a unique lens on the topic. And there was even some time to see the lovely old town of Tübingen. Thanks to the organisers for the event!