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16 Apr 2024
The silencing of social leaders in Colombia leads to historical erasure of social struggle
The silencing of social leaders in Colombia who are defending their territories leads to a historical erasure of social struggles, a decreased capacity to progress environmental an...
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8 Apr 2024
Read LUCSUS Annual Report 2023!
In our Annual Report for 2023, we have gathered highlights from the year from research, policy and engagement. We also outline key events within our PhD programme and our Education...
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25 Mar 2024
The use of biochar as a method to remove carbon can lead to mitigation deterrence
The inclusion of biochar as a method to remove carbon in Denmark's short term climate targets can lead to mitigation deterrence. This is according to a policy brief written by Inge...
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22 Mar 2024
New Master of Science programme in Climate Change and Society
Do you want to work with climate change transitions and sustainability? Then the LUCAS programme is for you! It offers potential and vital ways of addressing climate change in coll...
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19 Mar 2024
Key research areas at LUCSUS
To strenghten the visibility of LUCSUS, and LUCSUS research, a number of key research areas have been added to the LUCSUS website. The aim is to make it easier for external researc...
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11 Mar 2024
New LUCSUS research project aims to address climate anxiety in youth and enhance skills of educators and learners
A new research project aims to enhance educators' skills for nurturing inner resilience and reducing climate anxiety of learners through trauma-informed and creative approaches tha...
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11 Mar 2024
Join LUCSUS at this year's Sustainability week in Lund, 8–13 april 2024
Join LUCSUS, Lund University and Lund municipality for this year's Sustainability week. We are organising many different events, and hope to see you there!
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1 Mar 2024
Study identifies seven ways in which farmers can help increase carbon storage in soil
Farming practices have the potential to slow climate change by pulling carbon from the air and store it in the soil. A new study from LUCSUS has identified seven ways in which farm...
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30 Jan 2024
PhD student Carmen Margiotta studies how individuals' worldviews influcence connections to glaciers
PhD student Carmen Margiotta will explore how diverse cosmological worldviews influence individuals' connections with glaciers, as part of the project NaturICE. Her specific focus ...
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30 Jan 2024
Save the date for the DevRes Conference, 21-23 October
We’re happy to announce that this year’s Development Research Conference (DevRes) will be held at Lund University on October 21-23. The conference aims to gather Swedish affiliated...
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25 Jan 2024
PhD student Valentina Lomanto explores the role of Environmental Human Rights Defenders as agents of change
PhD student Valentina works in the FORMAS-funded project Environmental Human Rights Defenders – Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and Cultural Conserv...
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23 Jan 2024
PhD student Sahana Subramanian explores the plural values of human-nature relationships in glacierized environments
LUMES alumni Sahana Subramanian started her PhD Studies at LUCSUS in Spring 2023. Sahana Subramanian will be working in the NaturICE research project, where she hopes to provide a...
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11 Jan 2024
Meet the new LUCSUS Director, Barry Ness
Associate Professor Barry Ness is LUCSUS' new Director from 1st January 2024. He is excited about this new venture in his career, and aims to bring a collaborative and inclusive le...
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6 Dec 2023
Many questions remain as new loss and damage fund is formally established at COP28
On the first day of the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, a formal decision was taken to establish a loss and damage fund to support developing countries to deal with loss ...
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4 Dec 2023
LUCSUS at COP28
LUCSUS researchers are participating in several events and activities at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between 30 Nov - 12 Dec 2023...
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23 Nov 2023
UN climate meetings organised in a way that benefits richer, larger countries
The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from LUCSUS and t...
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21 Nov 2023
Coastal river deltas threatened by more than climate change
Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a unique study covering 49 deltas...
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17 Oct 2023
PhD student Emilia Ganslandt studies local climate adaptation in Skåne, Sweden
LUCSUS new PhD student, Emilia Gansland, hope to provide new insights on how climate change adaptation and power intersect, and influence the debate about local climate adaptation ...
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17 Oct 2023
Unique research infrastructure on perennial crops in Lund
As part of innovative research on perennial crops, a unique research infrastructure has been developed outside Lund. The infrastructure will measure the exchange of greenhouse gase...
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16 Oct 2023
Strengthened rights to Indigenous People can reduce deforestation in Brazil
In a historic decision, Brazil's Supreme Court has voted down the agricultural lobby's attempt to limit Indigenous People's land rights. Sustainability researcher Torsten Krause is...