The NCCR CLIM+ Programme on 'Climate Extremes & Society' (www.nccr-climplus.ch) has been approved for funding by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF for the coming 4 years. With 47 PIs, 10 project partners, 20 partner institutions and 22 stakeholder organisations from health to finance and agriculture, NCCR-CLIM+ will unite expertise from both the natural and social sciences to support Switzerland’s effective transformation towards a more resilient and safer future (Co-lead by the University of Bern / Karin Ingold, Olivia Romppainen-Martius and ETH Zurich).