AIT as scientific key partner for the Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change

The Second Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change (AAR2) was officially published on 17 June 2025. The report is coordinated by the Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA) and serves as a scientific basis for climate policy at national and regional level.

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology was significantly involved in Chapter 4 "Provision of goods and services" and Chapter 8 "Transformation pathways", which deal with climate-resilient future pathways for Austria. Dr Gustav Resch and Dr Franziska Schöniger, experts in climate-resilient energy systems at the AIT, acted as coordinating lead authors. Further contributions came from AIT experts Dr Klaus Kubeczko, Tara Esterl, MSc, Christian Schützenhofer and Lukas Liebmann.

Chapter 4 sheds light on:

• The defossilisation of industry and the manufacturing sector
• Demand-side measures to reduce energy and resource consumption
• Additional investments to achieve net-zero emissions from energy use in transport, industry and buildings by 2040

Chapter 8 sheds light on:

• Technological options for decarbonising the energy system
• The importance of sufficiency, efficiency and governance innovations
• Ways to achieve climate neutrality by 2040, taking into account economic, social and environmental factors

With its multidisciplinary expertise, the AIT is making an important contribution to the evidence-based design of the energy transition in Austria.

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