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April 2026

Lancet Countdown Europe: New Report on Health and Climate Change

February 2026

Ambitious Climate Policy Ensures Reduction of CO2 Emissions

Measuring Exhaust Emissions of Heavy Duty Vehicles in Real Traffic Using “Plume Chasing”

Dissertation with Great Relevance for Environmental Research

May 2026

Sustainability

Sustainability Strategy

In April 2026, the Rectorate adopted the Sustainability Strategy 2026–2031, which defines sustainability as a shared guiding principle in research, teaching, operations and research operations, as well as transfer and communication.

December 2025

Short Talks and Discussion: Evolutionary Cell Biology meets Neuroscience

November 2025

Global competition

Heidelberg Students Win Innovation Competition Focused on Sustainability

October 2025

Universität Heidelberg Successful with Three Sustainability Projects in BWGreenLabs Ideas Competition

How Plants Regulate Adapting to Drought

August 2025

How the Atlantic Ocean Circulation Has Changed Over the Past 12,000 Years

New Lancet Countdown on Plastics and Health

July 2025

Successful Certification for Natural and Life Science Laboratories

May 2025

heiSPARK Project: Innovation Strategy for Student Affairs and Teaching

April 2025

Heidelberger Brücke: Climate Action in Times of Global Crises and Social Upheavals

March 2025

Outstanding Dissertations with High Relevance for Environmental Research

University Members Work on the Development of a Sustainability Strategy

February 2025

New Emmy Noether Junior Research Group in Political Science

European Report on Health and Climate Change Coordinated in Heidelberg and Barcelona

January 2025

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change

Energy-Draining Lab Equipment Replaced at Universität Heidelberg

December 2024

Dripstones Offer Insights into Climate Dynamics in Europe

Newly Discovered Carbon Pathway Could Explain Faster Plant Growth Under Rising CO2 Concentrations

Digital Elevation Models Provide Information on Aufeis Fields in Trans-Himalaya

September 2024

Consortium Project: Towards a Health-oriented Transformation of Agri-Food Systems

July 2024

How Plant Cold Specialists Can Adapt to the Environment

May 2024

“Research-to-Policy” Dialogue: Plastic Pollution, Climate Change and Antimicrobial Resistance

Plastic Particles and Climate Change as Drivers for Antimicrobial Resistance

Research

Presentation of the Europe Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change

Scientists from Heidelberg University spotlight results and discuss their consequences for Germany

How Climate Change Threatens Health and What this Means for Germany

April 2024

Heidelberg Center for the Environment

“Heidelberg Bridge” Colloquium: Embedding Sustainability in the University and Society

February 2024

Sustainability

Integrated Climate Action Plan

What is actually the situation with Heidelberg University’s carbon footprint? In September 2023 the Rectorate adopted an integrated climate action plan.

»A Routine Matter, Not a Constant Issue«

“My Green Lab”: Certification Programme for Scientific Laboratories

January 2024

Stalagmites as Climate Archive

Award for Flood Monitoring by App

Optimising Food Production and Carbon Storage

December 2023

Practice-Oriented Toolbox Aims to Help Reduce Climate-Harmful Air Travel

November 2023

Research Expedition: Climate and Cultural Change in the Aegean Sea

July 2023

Insolation Affected Ice Age Climate Dynamics

May 2023

After Paris: Climate Change Mitigation Inadequate in EU Member States

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