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German Environmental Award 2023

Climate scientist and sustainable builder win top German eco prize

Climatologist Friederike Otto and low-carbon construction innovator Dagmar Fritz-Kramer have jointly won the German Environmental Award and its €500,000 prize for their efforts to limit global heating.
climate attribution science

Climate enforcers need hard evidence. Friederike Otto has it

World Weather Attribution ties disasters and extreme conditions to climate change—providing crucial leverage for legal and policy battles.
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‘I am an optimistic person’: The scientist who studies climate catastrophes

Friederike Otto, a member of the world’s only rapid reaction force of climate scientists, on looking into the apocalypse of extreme weather.

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