By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 24 August 2021 How can we shape our urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures? This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy in Europe and around the world. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. We connect the key trends o

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/greening-economy-sustainable-cities-world-leading-massive-open-online-course-over-80000-learners - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 25 August 2021 Windmills and solar panels. Photo: Shutterstock Every year the world adds more renewables than the year before. But is this growth on track to achieve climate targets? And what would it take to get there? In a paper published in Nature Energy Professor Aleh Cherp and co-authors analyse wind and solar pow

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/can-renewables-grow-fast-enough - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 30 August 2021 Climate change is a global problem, but not all countries are equally committed to solving it. Will it be much more difficult to stop global warming if not everyone fully cooperates? In a letter published in Nature Climate Change, Aleh Cherp reflects on recent scientific advances in answering this questi

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/cost-realistic-climate-policies - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 7 September 2021 Growing concerns about climate change, air pollution, human health and also the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have renewed the use of and policy interest in active transport (AT) modes, namely cycling and walking. However, what are the economic benefits of policies promoting AT modes in cities? This

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/assessing-economic-benefits-active-transport-policies - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 16 September 2021 The different pathways for future energy systems may technologically look very much the same, but they differ fundamentally when it comes to ownership, distribution of profits and what local values are created. How this is played out in practice is discussed in this new article by Anna-Riikka Kojonsaa

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/distributed-energy-systems-and-energy-communities-under-negotiation - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 17 September 2021 Nuclear power is an advanced low carbon technology that can help to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change. Yet, many countries, including those with rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions and enormous electricity needs, have not managed to construct a single nuclear power plant. Why do some cou

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/why-nuclear-power-not-used-more-countries - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 24 September 2021 The podcast returns with an episode on climate anxiety. Stay tuned, it will be published Monday 27 September! Read more about the podcast and listen to old episodes Season IV teaser

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-season-our-podcast-advancing-sustainable-solutions - 2025-04-01

Published 1 October 2015 Upcoming Seminar: Towards a competitive low carbon economy - Paris 2015! On 9 November 2015, the IIIEE and IVA are organising a seminar in Stockholm with the theme Towards a competitive low carbon economy - Paris 2015, with the purpose to focus on pathways towards a low carbon economy, in connection to the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, COP21, in Paris 2015, starti

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/upcoming-seminar-towards-competitive-low-carbon-economy-paris-2015 - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 27 September 2021 Bumble bee on roof park in Malmö. Photo: Björn Wickenberg Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help tackle climate change and advance urban sustainability by using nature to deliver social, ecological and economic benefits. However, their success largely depend on implementation for which several barriers

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-article-towards-operational-understanding-implementing-nature-based-solutions - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 27 September 2021 We are happy to be back with a new season of the IIIEE podcast "Advancing Sustainable Solutions"! Anxiety is a natural emotional response to stress, fear, or danger. Then, it is no wonder why some are experiencing anxiety in the face of the climate crisis. Although not a clinical diagnosis, climate an

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-coping-climate-anxiety - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 29 September 2021 Leonidas Milios, Jessika Luth Richter and Carl Dalhammar are authors of a new report, “Increasing the lifespan of products: policies and consumer perspectives”. The report looks at emerging European standards and policies to support longer lifetimes through design for durability and increasing repair

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researchers-author-new-report-policies-increasing-lifespan-products - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 30 September 2021 The ranking contains 250 courses from 100 universities based on 170,000+ learner reviews. “The best way to choose a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is to choose one that other people have taken and enjoyed” - Class Central. Read more about the ranking (link to Class Central's website)  Interest

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/our-sustainable-cities-mooc-now-ranked-best-online-courses-all-time-class-central - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 6 October 2021 All the latest news from the IIIEE in one place. Read the September issue Newsletter archive Subscribe to our newsletter

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By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 14 October 2021 In this new article published in Energy Research & Social Science, the authors offer a definition of the concept of new clean energy communities, discuss their potential for wider dissemination and identify four factors that contribute to the current mismatch between ambitions and reality in energy comm

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-clean-energy-communities-polycentric-settings-four-avenues-future-research - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 18 October 2021 Join the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), with the aim to find pathways towards accelerating the transitions to climate-neutral and resource-efficient economies. We are looking for a highly qualified candidate to lead, develop and coordinate this interdisciplinary

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/we-are-now-recruiting-director-iiiee - 2025-04-01

Published 2 October 2015 Steven at the IIIEE graduation ceremony on 25 September 2015 together with Jonas Hafström, Chairman of Lund University and Håkan Rodhe, Director of External Relations at the IIIEE Article published on the Lund University website: 29/09/2015:Three years ago Steven Curtis won the first prize in Lund University’s ” Challenge Your Perspectives” scholarship competition for Amer

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/scholarship-winner-steven-curtis-graduates-iiiee-and-closes-circle - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 19 October 2021 The production of renewable energy is increasing every year. But after analysing the growth rates of wind and solar power in 60 countries, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University in Sweden and Central European University in Vienna, Austria, conclude that virtually no country

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/press-release-expansion-wind-and-solar-power-too-slow-stop-climate-change - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 20 October 2021 Umeå i höstfärger. Foto: Shutterstock Den sista augusti 2021 avslutades det nationella programmet Sharing Cities Sweden. Programmet har utgjort en viktig del av Viable Cities - det strategiska innovationsprogrammet för smarta och hållbara städer. Mycket fokus har legat på städers möjligheter att främja

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/svenska-stader-leder-delningsekonomins-framfart-en-aktiv-delningskultur-driver-pa - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 21 October 2021 In this new article published in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, we collaborate with a team of researchers from around the world to critically review the contributions, advances and challenges related to research on energy efficiency. Labelled as the ‘first fuel’ for economic development

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/what-have-we-learnt-after-four-decades-research-energy-efficiency - 2025-04-01

By li [dot] strandberg [at] iiiee [dot] lu [dot] se (Li Strandberg) - published 28 October 2021 Photo: Unsplash Reaching the 1.5°C climate target requires a drastic decline in the use of fossil fuels, especially coal in Asia and OECD. Has such decline ever happed in the past? At the first glance, the answer is ‘no’. Globally, new energy and technologies have always been added on top of the old one

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/historical-lessons-getting-rid-fossil-fuels - 2025-04-01