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13 Jun 2022
New study: Envisioning sustainable carbon sequestration in Swedish farmland
The agricultural sector and industrial food system is a major contributor to climate change, and biodiversity loss, and particularly vulnerable to its impacts. It is therefore esse...
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18 May 2022
New Report about Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out
To meet the climate crisis, we urgently need more integrative policy approaches that link inner and outer dimensions of climate change, states a newly released report co-authored b...
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13 May 2022
Natalia Rubiano studies the social and ecological implications of negative emissions technologies
With a focus on justice and transformative change, PhD candidate Natalia Rubiano wants to contribute to fill some of the knowledge gaps in the space of Carbon Removal and Negative ...
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26 Apr 2022
The most effective ways of reducing car traffic
Researchers have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use. The most effective measure was applying a congestion charge, with the notable case of Lo...
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22 Apr 2022
Achieving more sustainable value chains are crucial for preventing deforestation and biodiversity loss
The increasing demand of minerals, oil, and agricultural goods have severe negative social and environmental impacts. The extraction of resources leads to land dispossession of sma...
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11 Mar 2022
New book: Revolutionizing sustainability education
How to source inner qualities and capacities for life-long learning and transformation? In the new book, “Revolutionizing sustainability education”, LUCSUS Professor Christine Wams...
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10 Mar 2022
Impact story: Collaboration with local brewery to improve the sustainability of the craft beer industry
In a collaboration with the Swedish local brewery, Brygghuset Finn, LUCSUS researchers are working toward finding ways of improving sustainability of the craft beer industry. The p...
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28 Feb 2022
UN Climate Report: How vulnerable are we and how can we adapt?
How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February ...
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24 Jan 2022
New collaboration with school children focuses on children's ideas and questions on sustainable development
A unique collaboration between school children and researchers and students at LUCSUS, focusing on children’s thoughts and questions related to sustainable development, aims to con...
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21 Dec 2021
New positions: Associate senior lecturers
LUCSUS announces three new Associate senior lectureship (tenure track) positions in Sustainability Science
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2 Dec 2021
Conflicts between national climate targets and local communities jeopardize the renewable energy transition
Offshore wind power is presented as one of the solutions to solve the energy crisis in southern Sweden. But the issue has been met with a "not in my backyard” attitude, as many mun...
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22 Nov 2021
How did flying go from luxury aspiration to contested norm in Sweden?
The “Staying on the ground” movement initiated in Sweden has gained rising influence internationally, indicating the start of an important shift in not just attitudes but also cult...
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17 Nov 2021
We can’t let markets decide the future of removing carbon from the atmosphere
Net zero emission pledges by countries and companies are everywhere at the moment. Most of these pledges rely on massive amounts of carbon removal, yet details on how this will tra...
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15 Nov 2021
Emily Boyd - new Editor-in-Chief of Global Sustainability
LUCSUS Director professor Emily Boyd, has recently been appointed Editor-In-Chief for the journal Global Sustainability.
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10 Nov 2021
PhD candidate Sara Ullström knows how to pitch her research in 4 min – These are her tips!
LUCSUS PhD candidate Sara Ullström competed in the national popular science competition, Forskar Grand Prix. We took the opportunity to talk to her about the experience and the imp...
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2 Nov 2021
Researcher Torsten Krause comments on the World leaders’ pledge to end deforestation by 2030
Sustainability researcher and deforestation expert, Torsten Krause comments on The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use.
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21 Oct 2021
New PhD course on the politics of 'Net Zero' and carbon removal
In June 2022, LUCSUS will co-organise a 5-day intensive PhD course focusing on climate change mitigation and the politics of 'Net Zero' and carbon removal.
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8 Oct 2021
Global and internal transformation are tied together. A new study provides a roadmap for advancing related research, policy and practice
In a newly published article in Global Environmental Change, LUCSUS Professor Christine Wamsler and colleagues map out existing research on internal and external transformations. D...
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7 Oct 2021
From the IPCC-report to COP26 – Emily Boyd comments on what science can do for climate action
In August, the IPCC published the first part of its sixth assessment report (AR6). It summarises the “physical science basis” for climate change. The message was loud and clear: hu...
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2 Sep 2021
Quick funds for recovery need to be combined with long term plans - David O'Byrne comments on storm Ida
LUCSUS researcher David O'Byrne comments in the wake of storm Ida.