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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.
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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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