Joachim Thaler

Joachim Thaler MA is a researcher at the Centre for Global Change and Sustainability, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU). His work focuses on institutional sustainability strategies, greenhouse gas accounting, and climate neutrality frameworks.

• Email: joachim.thaler@boku.ac.at
• Location: Peter-Jordan-Straße 76, 1190 Wien
• ORCID: 0000-0001-7494-5638

Research Interests include:

• Climate neutrality in educational institutions
• Greenhouse gas emission reduction
• Renewable energy integration
• Sustainability policy frameworks

He leads two national research projects:

• Greenhouse Gas Balancing and Reduction (2023-2025) for Austrian universities
• makingAchange (2021-2023) for K-12 CO₂ balancing

In 2023-2024, Thaler delivered four keynote presentations on:

• ClimCalc project implementation
• Carbon footprint methodologies
• Emissions reduction strategies
• Climate governance frameworks