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Published 11 December 2018 "No matter what happens in real time politics, some damage is already done”. Researcher Torsten Krause comments on the newly elected Brasilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s plans for deforestation and exploitation of the Amazon.  Bolsonaro takes office on the first of January 2019 and has promised to open protected areas and indigenous territories to mining, to relax enviro

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-exploitation-and-deforestation-brazilian-amazon - 2024-11-19

By Cecilia von Arnold - published 14 December 2018 Photo by Jesse Jones Many of us have noticed the increasing frequency of climate protests organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) across Sweden. What do these protests represent? Is this just another group of tree-huggers being a public nuisance? Or is this a needed development in taking our climate goals further? Lund University researchers, Steph

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/blog-post-what-can-we-learn-xr-movement - 2024-11-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 20 December 2018 The Lund University graduate school on Agenda 2030 is now open for applications. We welcome graduate school applicants from various disciplinary backgrounds who want to take an active role in Agenda 2030 research. The graduate school offers a unique opportunity to gain interdisciplinary pers

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-phd-positions-lund-university-agenda-2030-graduate-school - 2024-11-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] rektor [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 11 January 2019 Sara Gabrielsson and one of the health educators at the NGO Maji Safi during the film screening of the film "Break the Silence" or "Vunja Ukimya" in Kiswahili. A year ago LUCSUS researcher Sara Gabrielsson went to Tanzania to study the cultural acceptability and management challenges of diffe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/she-wants-break-silence-about-menstruation - 2024-11-19

LUCSUS' environmental work aims to create a working and learning environment in which environmental sustainability is prioritised. Environmental CommitteeSara BrogaardSara Ullström Wim Carton LUCSUS Travel PolicyLUCSUS travel guidelines apply to all staff and guests associated with, and visiting LUCSUS. The guidelines can also be used to inform LUCSUS teaching and inspire students to take correspo

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/about-lucsus/environmental-work - 2024-11-19

Published 21 January 2019 LUCSUS is starting a new capacity building programme to develop knowledge and leadership among leaders and decision makers from across Africa about the Agenda 2030. ‘Land is Life’ is a novel 2 MSEK pilot program on capacity development for Agenda 2030 funded by the Swedish Institute. The programme aims to train future leaders and decision makers from across Africa (Kenya,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-leads-new-capacity-building-programme-agenda-2030 - 2024-11-19

Advancing the societal dialogue on sustainability Read about our events and outreach activities LUCSUS enhances individual, organisational, and societal capacity in dealing with and solving sustainability challenges. Read more about how we work with capacity building LUCSUS actively engage with decision-makers to support informed and evidence-based actions. Read more about our policy work Previous

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/impact - 2024-11-19

We work actively to engage policy makers - to support them to make informed and evidence-based decisions. Our aim is to make a contribution to policies, regulations and laws that advance sustainable societal transformations. LUCSUS researchers contributes to various high level reports, assessments and dialogues such as the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental S

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/impact/policy-work - 2024-11-19

LUCSUS enhances individual, organisational, and societal capacity in dealing with and solving sustainability challenges. We enhance collaborations with partners from civil society and the private and public sectors, and provide and develop knowledge, skills and tools needed to support action for sustainable development. Key activities for LUCSUS capacity work Targeted training courses and programm

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/impact/capacity-building - 2024-11-19

Activities and communication to advance the societal dialogue on sustainability is at the core of LUCSUS strategic communication work to raise awareness and reach beyond academia with our research. LUCSUS participates in, and organises, outreach activities for many different audiences, from industry and public sector to students and members of the public. We influence and advance the societal deba

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/impact/outreach-and-societal-dialogue - 2024-11-19

Published 5 February 2019 Participants of the IPCC Working Group II AR6 First Lead Author Meeting in Durban, South Africa, January 2019. Photo: Maike Nicolai, IPCC. LUCSUS Director Emily Boyd is lead author for a chapter on poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development in the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She recently attended the first meeting

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/emily-boyd-lead-author-ipccs-sixth-assessment-report - 2024-11-19

Understanding, measuring and governing Loss and Damage for social and ecological systems LUCSUS organised a conference advancing and exploring L&D from multiple perspectives 30th October - 1st November 2019. While the proliferation of new papers and initiatives relating to L&D is promising, many challenges remain for the scientific and policy communities. These include how L&D from climate change

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-resilience/dice/conference-loss-and-damage-2019 - 2024-11-19

Recasting the disproportionate impacts of climate change extremes. "We are seeing an increase in the intensity of extreme climate events, as well as growing inequality. There is an urgency to look at the intersections between climate change and vulnerabillity", Director Emily Boyd. DICE applies different methods to evaluate the importance of Loss & Damage, and identify sites, groups and sectors af

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-and-resilience/dice - 2024-11-19

Published 13 February 2019 Researcher Karin Steen is leading a new Formas project on love, gender and agriculture in Zimbabwe. – I wanted to pursue research that took a different approach to sustainability, gender, power and agriculture. Usually, you look at things like ownership and access to land. By focusing on immaterial values such as love, I believe that you can gain new insights into existi

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/whats-love-got-do-it-place-gender-and-agriculture-zimbabwe - 2024-11-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 18 February 2019 Take the opportunity and apply for the capacity building programme Land is Life. The programme aims to train future leaders and decision-makers from across Africa to build knowledge, understand measurement and develop leadership on SDG15 – Ecosystem and biodiversity.  Land is at the heart of

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/open-application-capacity-building-programme-agenda-2030-land-life - 2024-11-19

Published 26 February 2019 Agriculture is critical to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. New research from Lund University shows that researchers, policymakers, and farmers in Europe currently have different, often conflicting priorities for sustainable agriculture. The researchers propose a way forward built on shared priorities. – We identified precisely where the major gaps be

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/identifying-common-ground-sustainable-agriculture-europe - 2024-11-19

Published 26 February 2019 Last summer's extreme drought hit farmers and horse stables in county Skåne hard. Yields were smaller than normal and the price of fodder has increased.  Now, researchers from LUCSUS and Lund University want to gather farmers’ experiences of the drought to find out more about the major challenges to adapt the Swedish agricultural sector.  – We are interested in how diffe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-researcher-will-gather-farmers-experiences-extreme-summer-drought - 2024-11-19

Published 11 March 2019 While deforestation and forest degradation have gained attention in recent years not least at the UN climate negotiations, defaunation, has to a great extent been overlooked. Human-induced faunal loss does not only reduce tree species diversity, but also significantly erodes key ecosystem services and functions and further disadvantages local communities. In a new article i

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/what-future-primates-conservation-struggles-forests-cross-river-state-nigeria - 2024-11-19

By cecilia [dot] von_arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (cecilia von Arnold) - published 14 March 2019 LUCSUS are recruiting three PhD candidates in Sustainability Science linked to three new research projects. Current vacanciesPhD in Sustainability scienceThe Takeoff of Staying on the GroundLast application date 8 April 2019Read the full announcement and apply here Negative emissionsLast applic

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/vacant-phd-positions-sustainability-science - 2024-11-19

Published 15 March 2019 School students are right to demand more ambitious climate policies on 15 March. The scientific facts are entirely on their side. As researchers working on climate change we support the student movement and share our insights and research-based advice for local and global policymakers. For the past months, school students around the world have taken to the streets to call f

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-supports-ongoing-climate-strikes - 2024-11-19