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Climate change and biodiversity losses have long been addressed in parallel organisations. Now the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are launching the first global report that integrates the two issues. This is a welcome and much needed move, according to three researchers at the Univ

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/new-report-measures-support-both-climate-and-biodiversity - 2025-12-31

This year's Annual meeting: Ecosystem-based climate mitigation and adaptation ​Submit your title and abstract (250 words) by 15th of October. ​ Call for presentations 4 talks will be selected Length: 10 minutes incl. questions ​Submit your title and abstract (250 words) by 15th of October. Call for posters Any new or existing posters of past and future BECC activities within the remit of the confe

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-presentations-and-posters-becc-annual-meeting-2021 - 2025-12-31

At this ClimBEco summer meeting, mostly held online but with parallel in-person workshops in Gothenburg, Lund and Malmö, was themed around one of humanities ultimate equalizers; that of food. The way we produce, move and use food globally has important implications on just about every challenge we currently face in the world, reflected in the overall title of the summer meeting. To start off the e

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/summary-climbeco-summer-meeting-2021-food-andeverything-else - 2025-12-31

Welcome to Professor Nina Buchmann from the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zürich. The main research topics of Nina Buchmann include (1) plant and ecosystem physiology, (2) biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems, i.e., forest, grassland and cropland, particularly the response of soil and ecosystem carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics to climatic conditions and management regi

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researchers-professor-nina-buchmann-and-associated-professor-oliver-sonnentag - 2025-12-31

Professor Adam Hitchcock is one of the most renown and experienced researchers in x-ray adsorption microscopy and especially soft X-ray transmission microscopy (STXM). He has been a full professor at the department of Chemistry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario since 1989.  A major part of his work is the development of new experimental techniques based on X-ray absorption phenomena and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researcher-professor-adam-hitchcock - 2025-12-31

On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's canceled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. As part of the Paris Agreement in 2015, it was decided that all nations would renew their climate pledges or national climate plans, so-called NDCs (Nati

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-12-31

Dear all, We are proud to welcome you to the first national scientific climate conference in Sweden - a unique opportunity for climate scientists to interact, reflect, and identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for the future. The Swedish Climate Symposium will highlight the main conclusions of the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC and its consequences for Sweden. In a series of topical p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/welcome-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-12-31

In February, ClimBEco PhD students gathered for our annual winter meeting. For the second consecutive year – but hopefully for the last time – the meeting was held digitally due to pandemic restrictions, with a small lunch gathering at the conclusion. During this two-day event, participants presented their PhD research to each other in an interdisciplinary setting. They had the option of sharing e

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-winter-meeting-2022-summary - 2025-12-31

The BECC Board and the BECC and MERGE steering group at the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) have decided to strengthen the interdisciplinary development of BECC research by announcing funding for up to six 2-year post doc positions. This effort aims to specifically favour BECC’s research development within the field of ecosystem-based climate adaptation in response to actual or expected climatic s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-6-becc-post-docs-years-2023-2025-and-becc-call-research-funding-prolonged - 2025-12-31

Professor Sprinz will join Lund University as BECC guest researcher during two time periods; from mid-September to the end of October this year, and for another six week period during the spring term 2023. His BECC hosting institution will be the Department of Political Science. Professor Sprinz is a leading expert on climate governance. He is a Senior Scientist with PIK—Potsdam Institute for Clim

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researcher-professor-detlef-sprinz - 2025-12-31

As the holiday season approaches, we would like to extend our warmest wishes to you all.    After last year’s restrictive situation we are so happy to have been able to meet in person during 2022. Even so there are lessons to be learned and we are therefore staying partly with digital formats that work well. Here are some highlights from the past year: AI related Degree Project fairs both in Helsi

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/season-greetings-ai-lund - 2025-12-31

The first call for applications, Sustainable Idea Exploration, within the University’s Sustainability Fund opened during the autumn. The aim is to explore the innovative potential of sustainability-related research projects at an early stage. Four projects have now been granted funding. One of the projekts addresses text mining for environmental science and was applied for by Sonja Aits, Departmen

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/project-text-mining-environmental-science-gets-funding-universitys-sustainability-fund - 2025-12-31

Patients are often asked to rate their feelings using a rating scale, when talking to psychologists or doctors about their mental health. This is currently how depression and anxiety are diagnosed. However, a new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that allowing patients to describe their experience using their own words - is potentially viewed as more precise and preferred by the patients.

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/luse-ai-could-improve-mental-health-care - 2025-12-31

Welcome to the BECC Annual Meeting 2015 on November 2-3 in Falkenberg. Sign up to join the discussions about the future and the achievements 2010-2015. BECC Annual Meeting: Realizing the VisionWhen: 2-3 November 2015Where: Falkenberg StrandbadenProgrammeMonday 2 November10:00 Welcome and presentation of the annual meeting10:15-11:00 Achievements from BECC 2010-2015 and result from the SRA evaluati

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2015 - 2025-12-31

Monday the 16th of November was the starting date of the first risk conference within a new Nordic network. Researchers from different areas have met to discuss and coordinate the science of risk at the conference in Lund. Sydsvenskan has interviewed BECC researchers Ullrika Sahlin and Åsa Knaggård who are organizing the conference. "There is a lack of a joint forum in Sweden for risk researchers"

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/first-national-conference-within-new-nordic-network-risk - 2025-12-31

Bees are usually considered to be the most efficient pollinators for crops, but a new international study shows that other insects are just as important. A variety of different insects are needed for our food supply. Several BECC researchers have provided data to the study. "We already know that honeybees and wild bees are of great importance to our food production. This study shows that other pol

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/not-only-bees-are-important-pollination - 2025-12-31

Several BECC researchers and PhD students are in Paris for COP21 right now. And they're sharing their impressions on social media. From 30 November to 11 December 2015 all eyes are on Paris and COP21, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11). The conference is crucial because the expected outcome is a new international agreement

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/news-cop21-paris - 2025-12-31

Professor Deliang Chen has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. Professor Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and PI in BECC, has been elected Fellow of TWAS, the world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries. He was one of 44 new Fellows elected on the Academy's 26th General Meeting

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/deliang-chen-elected-fellow-world-academy-sciences-twas - 2025-12-31

Dams and irrigation systems mean that human consumption of water is increasing at a far greater rate than was originally thought, according to a study carried out as part of a research thesis by the researcher Fernando Jaramillo, who is employed at the University of Gothenburg and is also part of BECC. The results are published in Science. The study carried out by the researcher Fernando Jaramillo

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/human-freshwater-footprint-larger-expected-shows-new-study-science - 2025-12-31

BECC's annual meeting was held on 2-3 of November in Falkenberg. Find a report from the meeting here as well as presentations from the different parts of the meeting. MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER10:00 Welcome and presentation of the annual meetingBECCs coordinator Henrik welcomed everyone to BECCs 5th annual meeting with the agenda:Celebrating that we (BECC) have existed 2132 days!Discussing what BECC have a

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-annual-meeting-2015-reports-and-presentations - 2025-12-31