COMMUNITYadapt

Climate change adaptability of farmers in Austria, Switzerland, and California – How agriculture can respond to the challenges of climate change

Climate change poses immense challenges for agriculture worldwide. The effects are already being felt in Austria, too: changes in growing seasons, extreme weather events, and rising temperatures are affecting the livelihoods of many farmers. But how do farmers perceive climate change, what measures are they already implementing, and how can they be better supported? The COMMUNITYadapt research project has addressed these questions and provides exciting insights and concrete recommendations for action by drawing on case studies from Switzerland (Graubünden) and California.

Drought: Agriculture has to adapt

Interview on PULS 24 with Marian Momen (in German)

Publication “Landwirtschaft. Klima. Wandel. Ideen für den Weg aus der Klimakrise” ("Agriculture. Climate. Change. Ideas for a way out of the climate crisis")

 

 

Publication “Bauernbetriebe zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel: Wie die Landwirtschaft dem Klimawandel begegnen kann.” ("Farms between continuity and change: How agriculture can tackle climate change")

ÖGA-Award 2025

Marian Momen received the award for best contribution at the 35th Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics (ÖGA) on September 19, 2025. His master's thesis, „Anpassungskapazität von Landwirt*innen an den Klimawandel in Graubünden, Schweiz – eine explorative Untersuchung von Kultur- und Sozialkapital" (“Adaptation Capacity of Farmers to Climate Change in Graubünden, Switzerland – An Exploratory Study of Cultural and Social Capital”), which he presented as a poster pitch, won out among 68 participants.

 

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“Wandel in Klima und Landwirtschaft”, published in Landwirtschaftliche Blätter (LK Tirol) on June 25th, 2025

“Klimawandelanpassung in der Landwirtschaft und die Rolle von Vorreiter:innen: Bio- und konventionelle Betriebe im Vergleich” ("Climate change adaptation in agriculture and the role of pioneers: a comparison of organic and conventional farms"), published on bio-austria.at on October 23, 2025 

“BOKU: Forschung zeigt Wege gegen Dürre in der Landwirtschaft”, published on Austria Innovative on August 6th, 2026

„Umbau des Ernährungssystems nötig“, published on orf.at on August 25th, 2026

“Österreich besonders von Dürre betroffen, Fachleute fordern Umdenken bei Ernährung”, published on derstandard.at on August 25th, 2026

Transformation der Landwirtschaft im alpinen Grünland: Eine Analyse praktischer, politischer und persönlicher Einflussfaktoren
Authors: Momen, M
Event: 26. Österreichischer Klimatag 2026
Date: 08.04.2026 - 10.04.2026  | Place: University of Vienna  | Organized by:  Climate Change Center Austria (CCCA)

Transformation der Landwirtschaft im alpinen Grünland: Eine Analyse praktischer, politischer und persönlicher Einflussfaktoren
Authors: Momen, M; Curran, M; Felmer, B; Laa, U; Zosso, C; Altenbuchner, C
Event: 35. Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie (ÖGA) 2025
Date: 18.09.2025 - 19.09.2025  | Place: Graz, Austria  | Organized by:  Österreichische Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie (ÖGA)

Transformation der Landwirtschaft in alpinen Bergregionen: Eine qualitative und quantitative Analyse der Anpassungskapazität von Landwirt:innen in Tirol und Graubünden
Authors: Momen, M; Felmer, B; Fischer, J; Zosso, C; Buchsteiner, M; Curran, M; Huber, S; Altenbuchner, C
Event: 28. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2025
Date: 30.06.2025 - 02.07.2025  | Place: Graz, Austria | Organized by:  Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie

Adaptive Capacity Of Farmers To Climate Change In Grisons, Switzerland - An Exploratory Study Of Cultural And Social Capital
Authors: Momen, M; Buchsteiner, M; Curran, M; Felmer, B; Huber, S; Laa, U; Zosso, C; Altenbuchner, C
Event: 18th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists 2025
Date: 26.08.2025 - 29.08.2025  | Place: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland  | Organized by: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Assessing the adaptive capacity to climate change of agricultural communities in rural areas - Comparing case studies from Austria, Switzerland and California
Authors: Altenbuchner, C; Curran, M; Momen, M; Huber, S; Zosso, C
Event: LANDSCAPE 2024 Agroecosystems in Transformation: Visions, Technologies and Actors
Date: 17.09.2024 - 19.09.2024  | Place: Berlin, Germany  | Organized by:  Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

FiBL: Mike Curran, Marlene Sander, Johann Blockeel, Lukas Baumgart

 

Team Klimaneutrale Landwirtschaft Graubünden: Sibyl Huber (Flury & Giuliani Gmbh), Cyrill Zosso (Agroscope)

UC Davis: Mark Lubel, Leslie Roche, Namah Taku-Forchu