ETH - UP - Sabine Perch-Nielsen

Welcome to this page on me and my research! I am a PhD student at the Environmental Physics group of the ETH Zurich and I am interested in the risks and opportunities that climate change might bring to social and economic systems, especially migration and tourism. Regarding tourism this includes its vulnerability to climate chagne as well as its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

Research Projects

Vulnerability to climate change in the tourism sector: a country level analysis (completed)

Does Climate Change Lead to Migration? (completed)

Conference Presentations

Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Tourism Sector: An Index Approach; 3rd International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Recreation, 22 September 2007; download PDF (0.3 MB) here

Climatic Resources for Tourism in Europe: An Application of the Tourism Climatic Index on a Daily Basis; International Conference on Climate Change Impacts on Tourism, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-8 September 2007, download PDF (1.7 MB) here

Understanding the Effect of Climate Change on Migration: Using Conceptual Models to Depict the Linkages; 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community, Bonn, Germany, 9 - 13 October 2005,
downlowad PDF (0.08 MB) here

Posters

Changing Climatic Resources for Tourism in Europe: An Application of the Tourism Climatic Index (TCI) on a Daily Basis; 3rd International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Recreation, 22 September 2007, download PDF (0.15 MB) here

How climate efficient is tourism? – The case of Switzerland; Sesartic, Stucki & Perch-Nielsen; International Conference on Climate Change Impacts on Tourism, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-8 September 2007,
download PDF (0.43 MB) here

Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Tourism Sector: An Index Approach; 8th Swiss Global Change Day, Bern, Switzerland 4 April 2007, download PDF (0.08 MB) here

Reports

Understanding the Effect of Climate Change on Human Migration: The Contribution of Mathematical and Conceptual Models , Diploma Thesis, October 2004, download PDF (1.25 MB) here

Driving Forces behind the Emergence of the Climate Centime as an Alternative to a CO2 Levy in the Swiss Transportation Sector, Semester Paper, February 2004,
download PDF (0.4 MB) here

Curriculum Vitae

Higher Education

since 2005	PhD study at the Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich. Working Title: "Vulnerability to climate change in the tourism sector: a country-level analysis"
1999-2004	MSc in environmental sciences at ETH Zurich. Masters Thesis: „Understanding the Effect of Climate Change on Human Migration“.

Professional Experience

since 2002	Founding and starting of the non-profit-organisation myclimate. At present vicepresident of the foundation.
2004/2005	Assisting at the "Chair of Environmental Sciences: Natural and Social Science Interface" for the case study on "Mobility and Sustainable Urban Development - Railway Station Dynamics“.
2001/2002	Internship at the National Cleaner Production Centre in Costa Rica.
1999-2003	Assistance work for courses on physical chemistry and on the management of complex environmental systems at the ETH Zurich.

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