First Swiss Global Change Day

On 6 April 2000 ProClim- organized the first Swiss Global Change Day in Bern. After the end of the main national environmental research programs (SPP Environment, NRP 31) the aim of the meeting was to provide a platform where the Swiss global change research community can meet as a whole and discuss current problems in a transdisciplinary manner. It is planned to organize such a meeting every spring. About 160 participants took the opportunity to hear about new findings and future challenges in the broad field of global environmental change research.