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Neurodivergent individuals risk being overlooked as new technologies and work practices emerge in the green transition. In an article in The Conversation, researcher Martina Angela Caretta, PhD, who conducted research during Northvolt's early establishment and personnel recruitment, reminds us that fairness and inclusion must be built into sustainability efforts, not added afterwards.Link to the a

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/green-transition-must-leave-no-one-behind - 2025-12-17

Lund University invites you to the inauguration ceremony for 28 new professors. Three professors from the department will be inaugurated: Markus Grillitsch, Katherine Gough and Glyn Williams. The University’s new professors are inaugurated by the vice-chancellor, and after the inauguration, one of the new professors, Erik Green, will hold a short popular science lecture.  Musicians from Lund Akade

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/three-professors-departement-be-inaugurated - 2025-12-17

Ola Hall, head of department, has initiated a new Competence Centre on Earth Observation and Social Sciences — a hub for research, collaboration, and innovation at the intersection of satellite data, AI, and societal development. - Our goal is to bridge Earth observation and social science to better understand and address key societal challenges — from sustainability and welfare to urban change an

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/launch-new-competence-centre-earth-observation-and-social-sciences - 2025-12-17

We are very happy to announce that Lund University have been granted a new Project within Climate-KIC. The project is called "An Insurance-based climate adaptation tool for potato farming". Potato Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is a devastating potato disease which occurs earlier and earlier in the potato growing season over the last decades. Compared to other crops, potatoes require very hi

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-climate-kic-project-awarded-lund-university - 2025-12-17

Ullrika Sahlin, risk specialist at Lund University, was awarded 15 000 Euros for her project "gaming for better decisions under uncertanty"at the Climate-KIC Ideation Day II this Tuesday. Ullrikas project aims at developing a fun and educational game for decision makers where they can develop skills in making decisions on climate related issues with consideration of risk and uncertainty. The secon

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/ullrika-sahlin-awarded-project-money-climate-kic-ideation-day - 2025-12-17

The flagship Climate Risk Information (CRI) is looking for exciting early stage innovation project proposals to complement existing project suites. Proposals should address one of the following priorities: - Demonstrate the use of climate risk models and data for concrete end-user applications: Projects should have strong involvement from investors, insurance, or non-financial end-users, and be co

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/new-call-climate-kic-climate-risk-information - 2025-12-17

Climathon is a global 24-hour hackathon focusing on climate solutions that is run simultaneously in over 230 cities around the world on the 27th of October. This is the first time a Climathon is held in Lund. We face a number of significant climate challenges and need to work together, across traditional boundaries, to find new innovative solutions. Lund Climathon will focus on solar energy develo

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2710 - 2025-12-17

Are you an entrepreneur within the circular economy or do you simply have a brilliant idea? Enter our Urban Challenge and bring your idea to life in the Circular Economy Hub South Harbour! In collaboration with Climate-KIC, The Integrated Urban Renewal Initiative of the South Harbour (the Municipality of Copenhagen) now invites citizens, students, entrepreneurs, local organizations and brilliant i

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/urban-challenge-circular-economy-hub-south-harbour - 2025-12-17

Climate-KIC’s Climate Innovation Summit is Europe’s leading event connecting city representatives, policymakers, businesses, entrepreneurs, scientists and academics and more to share best practice and create the opportunities to scale-up the solutions that accelerate climate action. This year’s summit is endorsed by the Fijian COP23 Presidency, and will take place under the patronage of the Italia

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-innovation-summit-2017-milan - 2025-12-17

Climathon is an annual 24 hour hackathon for climate solutions. The format was launched by Climate-KIC 2015 and has spread rapidly across the globe. In 2017, 104 cities participated in 6 continents, all at the same time 27 October, 10:00 to 10:00 the following day. Lund University organized Climathon in Lund 2017 together with Lund Municipality and Kraftringen. This was the first time the event wa

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climathon-lund-2017 - 2025-12-17

Greenhouse is Climate-KICs pre-incubation program for early stage entrepenurship projects. please read more about the program in the attached flyer. Please read more about the program in this flyer.

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/greenhouse-deadline-3011 - 2025-12-17

Here is a video recording from the panel debate on Health, food and water – The need for innovations and new strategies in a changing climate that we organised in connection to the IPCC meeting in Malmö 23-27/10 2017.

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-sparks-lecture-health-food-and-water-need-innovations-and-new-strategies-changing - 2025-12-17

We had a photographer, Martin Olson, present at Climathon in Lund 2017. We wanted to share some of the pictures from this event with you.You can see them At Flickr web site it is also possible to see the pictures from the other 6 Climathons that were held in the Nordics this yearFlickr web site 

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/great-pictures-climathon-lund - 2025-12-17

Climate-KIC has released a number of important documents going forward 2018. There will be a common call for a number of different innovation and education projects at the 2 of March. Climate-KIC has released uppdated thematic priorities for 2018. Digging in to Climate-KIC theory it may be of interest to read the new Theory of Change document that has just been released.Allsao the outcomes and rec

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/climate-kic-documents-2018 - 2025-12-17

All calls for proposals in Climate-KIC will be gathered to three dates during 2018. One of the news for 2018 is that all calls (innovation and education) will be gathered at three specific dates during the year. This is great in itself because it makes things much easier. What is more important however is that there will also be dates (2 months in advance) when the call documents are being release

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/common-dates-calls-proposal-climate-kic-during-2018 - 2025-12-17

The Greenhouse Project has now restarted with four new exciting Projects. The four projects are:SOLEA Azotea Gardener that introduce a clever, efficient and easy vegetable growing method combined with the cultural richness of traditional handicraft and kitchen gardening. It is a simple hydroponioc technique that gives high yield of high quality products with minimum effort.SolarXbike makes loading

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/four-new-greenhouse-projects-lund-accepted - 2025-12-17

Enjay is a rising star among the Climate-KIC Startup Accelerator companies. Read more about the latest developments. Enjay is developing a heat pump that can reuse the heat in exhaust air from restaurant kitchens. Up until now, this heat has been wasted. Reuse has not been possible due to the large amounts of fat and soot that comes with the airflow. Regular Heat pumps quickly gets clogged and thi

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/things-are-going-well-enjay - 2025-12-17

Things are going well for Climate-KIC startup Vultus. Sydsvenskan published a good article about the Company Read about Vultus at Sydsvenskan web pageGreat reading about a very interesting company.

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/sydsvenskan-article-about-vultus - 2025-12-17

How can we adapt farming to an uncertain future? Could the answer be Climate Smart Agriculture? Find out with this free online course developed by University iof Reading with support from Climate-KIC. Climate-KIC supports different online education modules with content provided from the partners. In this case the University of Reading has been responsible for the content of this online course abou

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/future-farming-exploring-climate-smart-agriculture-online-education - 2025-12-17

During the Nordic Clean Energy Week in May, EIT Climate-KIC is inviting 60 young people to a Clean Energy Hack. Starting on 22 May, future change makers will during three days using their knowledge, insights and creativity to find solutions to climate challenges faced by international cities like Singapore and Hamilton. The best solutions will be honoured at the Sustainable Urban Solutions Confere

https://www.climate-kic.lu.se/article/clean-energy-hack - 2025-12-17